Free for publication February 6, 2020 11 EET

The Strokes at Flow Festival

The Strokes, one of the most important alternative rock bands of the 2000s, are coming to Finland for the first time. Other confirmed acts include rising hip hop artist 070 Shake as well as two of the most interesting domestic acts around right now, Jesse Markin and Maustetytöt. All ticket types are on sale now in Ticketmaster and Tiketti.

Flow Festival’s latest booking are The Strokes from New York. They play in Europe infre- quently and finally, one of the most requested bands at Flow plays Finland, too. The Strokes hit it big with their debut album Is This It in 2001. British music magazine NME named it the best album of the decade and the fourth-best of all time. The band brought the 60s garage rock sound into the 21st century and had a major impact on the music of the millennium. Since then they’ve released a total of five successful studio albums. Their best-known songs include Last Nite and Reptilia.

Also confirmed for Flow is 070 Shake, hailing out of New Jersey, whose eagerly awaited debut album dropped in January and put her in the well-deserved spotlight. 070 Shake first came to people’s attention when she was featured on Kanye West’s album ye, and she has also worked with Pusha T, Nas and DJ Khaled, among others. The wonderful Jesse Markin, who’s been making waves on both the Finnish and international indie scene, and Maustetytöt, whose debut album was one of the most acclaimed and original records last year, will also be appearing.

Approximately 150 artists will perform at the festival. Previously published bookings in- clude Bon Iver, Stormzy, FKA twigs, Michael Kiwanuka, Mac DeMarco, Bikini Kill, Chro- matics, Koffee, Mabel, DJ Koze, Dixon, Gettomasa as well as Henrik! x Teksti-TV 666 – and there’s more to come.

Flow Festival is organized in the Suvilahti area of Helsinki August 14th–16th, 2020. All ticket types are on sale now in Ticketmaster and Tiketti.

Confirmed partners for the 2020 Flow Festival are the main partner Lapin Kulta Pure, partners Lanson and Oatly as well as media partners Basso, Clear Channel, Helsingin Sanomat and Resident Advisor. www.flowfestival.com www.facebook.com/FlowFestival www.twitter.com/FlowFestival www.instagram.com/flowfestivalhelsinki

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Additional information: Press Officer / Susanna Hulkkonen [email protected] / +358 50 911 6570

Tickets: Ticketmaster www.ticketmaster.fi p.0600-10-800 Tiketti www.tiketti.fi p.0600-1-1616 3 days: 195€ 2 days: 169€ 1 day: 105€ Gold Area 3 days: 295€ 1 day: 185€ Prices applicable for the time being. ticket prices include a service charge.