Clockenflap Music Festival 2023 line-up: De La Soul, Tom Grennan, and Tones and I among the latest additions to line-up of December event in Hong Kong

Easy-listening tunes from singer-songwriter Tom Grennan, rap from 80s hip-hop veterans De La Soul – Clockenflap adds more acts to roster for Hong Kong festival

Alt-rock fans have Tilly Birds and The Beths, on top of Idles, to look forward to; Korean electronic music acts 250 and Idiotape are also joining the party

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Hong Kong fans react to De La Soul during the hip-hop act’s set at the Clockenflap Music and Arts Festival in 2012. The rappers are among a raft of acts added to the line-up for the December 1-3 event. Photo: Kitmin Lee

Published: 5:16pm, 8 Nov 2023Updated: 5:21pm, 8 Nov 2023

De La Soul, Tom Grennan, The Beths, Tones and I, Tilly Birds and Idiotape are the latest international acts to be added to the line-up of Hong Kong’s upcoming Clockenflap Music and Arts Festival.

They join headliners Pulp, Yoasobi, Joji, Idles, Caroline Polachek and Prep for the festival, to be held at the Central Harbourfront between December 1 and 3.

The second Clockenflap of 2023 – it returned in March after a four-year hiatus – will provide a deep dive into contemporary and alternative world music.

With a broad spectrum of close to 100 acts to catch over its three days, we pick out the local and international acts you just won’t want to miss.

Tom Grennan performs at half-time during an NFL match at London’s Wembley Stadium in October 2023. The British singer-songwriter has been added to the line-up for December’s Clockenflap festival in Hong Kong. Photo: Getty Images

Indie pop

Fans of indie pop can expect some easy-listening melodies from Tom Grennan, a 28-year-old singer-songwriter from the UK who received several nominations in the late 2010s for MTV and BBC awards and the Brit Awards.