Ed Sheeran, Tyler Childers and The Killers are set to headline this year's Boston Calling, but they won't be the only notable acts taking to the stage at the three-day festival.
Headliners will feature more than 50 artists, including more than 20 from the Northeast.
To highlight these local artists, MassLive will publish artist profiles leading up to the festival's start date.
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Samantha Hartsell, frontwoman of the band Tysk Tysk Tusk, has been eager to perform at Boston Calling since attending the music festival in 2016.
“It was very exciting to be in a crowd of thousands of people,” she told MassLive. “Everyone was so focused and present, especially when I was in the front row with Fleet Foxes. I cried because the music was beautiful, but the energy was palpable as well.”
Tysk Tysk Task will be playing against their biggest crowd to date when they take to Boston Calling's Orange Stage on Sunday, May 26th.
The show is not only Tysk Tysk Task's first performance at New England's largest music festival, but also a “once in a lifetime opportunity” for the Lowell-based band.
“When we started the band in 2018, we set playing in BC as a lofty goal that we never imagined we would actually achieve,” Hartsell said. “We're so excited to connect with our audience and bring the woodsy grunge vibe from Lowell's basement and his underground DIY scene to the main stage.”
Tysk Tysk Task was first formed between friends in 2018. The band grew “more seriously” in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Hartsell said. But that didn't stop the group.
“I found a practice space to write songs in response to a large part of the pandemic,” Hartsell explained.
Now, the band is excited to open on the same day as major artists Megan Thee Stallion, Hozier and The Killers. Stay up to date with Tysk Tysk Task by following the band on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
Boston Calling will be held at the Harvard Athletic Complex in Allston over Memorial Day weekend, Friday, May 24th through Sunday, May 26th.
Fans interested in purchasing Boston Calling tickets can visit: stub hub and vivid seat.Click here for more information on this year's lineup and how to purchase tickets. here.