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YONAKA share ‘Wouldn’t Wanna Be Ya’ video and announce London headline show
The newcomers will play the Borderline in September.

Newcomers YONAKA have shared a new video for recent single ‘Wouldn’t Wanna Be Ya’ along with details of a new headline show.
The band will play London’s Borderline on 14th September following a summer of festivals including Citadel and Reading & Leeds.
The new clip for ‘Wouldn’t Wanna Be Ya’ sees the band channeling their significant live energy with a creepy, hazy clip.
The band have already appeared at the likes of Download, Dot to Dot and The Great Escape this summer, and are gaining a reputation as a fearsome live band.
Watch the new clip and catch them at the dates below.
JULY
16 London, Citadel Festival
21-23 Oxford, Truck Festival
29 Standon Calling Festival
AUGUST
25 Reading Festival
26 Leeds Festival
SEPTEMBER
14 London, Borderline (headline show)
24 Gloucester, Underground Festival
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