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Ashlyn Chak

Jack White, Jamie xx, St. Vincent, Air and Glass Animals are among the acts headlining this year’s Clockenflap festival in Hong Kong.
The music festival, which took place last year across two three-day events after a four-year hiatus, returns to its regular winter slot and will take place from November 29 until December 1 at Central Harbourfront on Hong Kong Island.
US rock musician Jack White, one half of former indie rock duo The White Stripes, will make his Hong Kong debut as Clockenflap’s headliner on December 1. He is credited as one of the key figures behind the revival of garage rock in the 2000s.
The singer has, more recently, made headlines for suing former US president Donald Trump for unauthorised use of The White Stripes’ 2003 anthem “Seven Nation Army” in a now-deleted campaign video.

Also performing on December 1 are UK DJ-producer Jamie xx and UK indie pop band Glass Animals.
London-born Jamie xx is a member and producer of English indie-pop three-piece The xx and one of the drivers behind the band’s international success.
Outside his solo career, he has remixed and produced music for the likes of Adele, Alicia Keys, Florence and the Machine and Tyler, the Creator. His Clockenflap debut will follow the release of his third album, In Waves.
Glass Animals, founded in 2010, remained popular largely in the UK until 2020, when their single “Heat Waves” became a viral hit on TikTok; they received their first Grammy nomination in 2022.

The festival’s first day will be headed by French atmospheric electronic duo Air, who performed at the Paris Olympics’ closing ceremony in August.
Formed by Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel in the French town of Versailles in 1995, Air are known for their 1998 track “Sexy Boy” and their collaborations with independent filmmakers. Air wrote the soundtrack for Sofia Coppola’s 1999 film The Virgin Suicides, and Charlotte Gainsbourg’s 2006 album 5:55.
The headline act for November 30 has not been announced yet, but the day’s line-up will feature US indie rock singer-songwriter St. Vincent.
The singer-songwriter, who was raised in Dallas in the state of Texas, is a multidisciplinary creative who co-wrote pop queen Taylor Swift’s 2023 hit single “Cruel Summer”, produced US alt-rock band Sleater-Kinney’s 2019 album The Center Won’t Hold, and co-wrote and starred in the 2020 mockumentary thriller-comedy The Nowhere Inn.

Festival organisers have also announced the participation of US electro house DJ-producer Porter Robinson, US indie pop duo Fiji Blue, Japanese musicians Creepy Nuts, Yama, Toe, Sakurazaka46 and Cody Lee, Canadian indie rock band Mother Mother, and Japanese-Australian group Last Dinosaurs.
In addition to the Japanese acts, East and Southeast Asia will be represented by Hong Kong hardcore group An Id Signal, Taiwan’s Deca Joins, Gigantic Roar, Golden English Party, Thai singer-songwriter Violette Wautier and South Korean rock musician Memi.
The initial announcement about the bands performing follows the sale by Clockenflap organisers of “blind bird” tickets – discounted early-bird passes music fans bought without knowing this year’s line-up.
The blind bird tickets, priced at HK$1,690 (US$220) and 15 per cent cheaper than Clockenflap’s three-day pass for December 2023, became available on April 23 and have since sold out online.

On Facebook, one of the most-liked comments within 30 minutes of Clockenflap’s announcement, written in Chinese, read: “This is the consolation area for blind bird [buyers].”
On Instagram, the general consensus was positive, with many comments praising Clockenflap for hosting St. Vincent, Air and Glass Animals.
Sales of regular Clockenflap 2024 tickets will begin at 11am on September 27, with three-day passes priced at HK$1,990 and single-day tickets costing HK$1,290.
This time last year, after organisers’ initial announcement about the line-up, three-day tickets for the festival sold out in just under a day, with one-day tickets for the first day selling out soon afterwards.
For more information, visit the official Clockenflap website.


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