As 2025 gets out of the starting blocks, a wave of festivals have made fresh lineup announcements – while a UK event has been called off.

In the Czech Republic, Metronome Prague (19-21 June) has confirmed international stars Die Antwoord, Alanis Morissette and Rag’n’Bone Man, alongside domestic acts Aneta Langerová, Barbora Poláková and Klára Vytiskova.

Switzerland’s Stars in Town Schaffhausen (30 July-9 August) will feature Nelly Furtado, Alice Cooper, James Blunt, Biffy Clyro, Nothing But Thieves, Ugly Kid Joe, H-Blockx and Kontra K, plus Hecht, Pegasus and Nemo, among others.

Australia’s Palace Foreshore venue in St Kilda, Melbourne, has also unveiled the first acts for its 2025 series. The programme includes The Kooks (27 February), Maribou State (28 February), Denzel Curry (2 March), Magdalena Bay (7 March), Fontaines D.C. (8 & 10 March), Honey Dijon (9 March) and Six60 (14 March).

Over in the US, Bonnaroo (12-15 June) will be headlined by Luke Combs, Dom Dolla, Tyler, the Creator, John Summit, Glass Animals, Olivia Rodrigo, Avril Lavigne, Justice, Hozier, Vampire Weekend and Queens of the Stone Age.

Also on the bill in Manchester, Tennessee, are the likes of Sammy Virji, Insane Clown Posse, Megadeth, Nelly, Glorilla, Tyla, Remi Wolf, Raye, Royel Otis and Barry Can’t Swim. It will also unveil an Infinity Stage, touted as the “world’s largest” 360° live music experience.

The Governors Ball (6-8 June) will bring Tyler, the Creator, Benson Boone, Olivia Rodrigo, Feid, Hozier and Glass Animals to Flushing Meadows in New York City. The lineup will also include acts such as Raye, T-Pain, Tyla, Royel Otis, The Beaches, Conan Gray, Clairo, Wallows, Marina, The Japanese House, Mariah the Scientist and Amaarae.

The world’s largest hip-hop festival, Rolling Loud California (15-16 March) has secured headliners A$AP Rocky, Playboi Carti and Peso Pluma for Hollywood Park Grounds, with the supporting cast including YG, Sexyy Red, Ski Mask the Slump God, Quavo, Ken Carson, Destroy Lonely and Dom Kennedy.

Plus, Sips & Sounds Music Festival (7-8 March) at Auditorium Shores, Austin, Texas, is topped by Halsey, Khalid, Benson Boone and AJR. Acts will also include Suki Waterhouse, Ashe, Gus Dapperton, Chelsea Cutler & Jeremy Zucker, Nessa Barrett, Paul Russell and Claire Rosinkranz.

“Without intervention, the UK will keep losing these successful businesses and cultural cornerstones of communities all over the country”

Elsewhere, the UK has suffered its first festival casualty of 2025 after Liverpool’s Africa Oyé announced it will take a fallow year. Artistic director Paul Duhaney cites rising costs of 30% as being unworkable, despite record attendance at last year’s event.

“With increased infrastructure and compliance costs, it is simply a case that without major investment to cover the costs of delivering a festival of this size safely, it would be irresponsible to go ahead with the event in 2025,” says Duhaney.

The announcement comes after a record 78 events fell throughout the course of 2024 – more than double the amount (36) that did so the year before.

“Last year was one of the most turbulent times for the UK’s festival market with a record number of events disappearing from the calendar – despite strong sales,” says Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) CEO John Rostron. “Festival promoters are used to working with fine margins, but they have been eroded to near zero since the pandemic with skyrocketing costs compounded by the impact of Brexit on some elements of the live music sector.

“This problem will not ease without direct government support. Without intervention, the UK will keep losing these successful businesses and cultural cornerstones of communities all over the country.”

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Polygon Live is set to launch a new three-day festival in London, touted as the “world’s most immersive 360° live music experience”.

Following editions at Thailand’s Wonderfruit Festival and stints in Singapore and Saudi Arabia, immersive live event production firm Polygon Live is set to deliver a three-day festival in London’s Crystal Palace Park from 2-4 May.

“The event in London will be the biggest outdoor spatial audio event the UK has ever seen, and that applies all over the world. As far as we’re aware, no one’s really doing this in outdoor environments because it’s such a difficult-to-control space,” says Cassidy Parker, Polygon communications lead.

The new venture aims to deliver a fully immersive experience for attendees, with speakers positioned overhead and around the corresponding hemispherical stages. For a market as big as London, the team aspired to scale up their offerings with a bespoke event.

“We’re limited to a certain size because of the physics of sound delay, and therefore the only way for us to scale this is by doing multiple circles,” explains CEO Nico Elliott.

“London is a market where we need to have more capacity, and that’s kind of the reason why we’re doing two domes in London. We’ll be doing some really interesting synchronized lighting, so we’re hoping to have an exciting light show to go with the performances, with the light show being an art piece itself.”

“There’s no doubt that spatial audio is gaining momentum”

Between the two stages, roughly 100 speakers will immerse audiences in waves of live music, with each stage boasting “five times the speakers a stage of similar size would use,” the firm reported in its December announcement.

Performers for the inaugural London festival will include Arooj Aftab, Gold Panda, Halina Rice, Jon Hopkins, Nitin Sawhney, Photay and Tinariwen, along with a raft of names to be announced.

Despite historically centring on electronic music, the team says they want to open up to new genres and live instrumentation.

“We started programming a variety of different genres, and it’s a really interesting and different way to appreciate what you’ve historically always listened to in this area, format, with vocals and musical instruments coming from all around you,” Elliott says.

Though sound and sight are the two primary innovations of the domed stage design, the firm is also developing haptic and scent experiences to correspond with the music.

“When people are craving immersive events in different ways, they’re looking for the emotional response that an immersive event often offers. It’s not just about something cool to see or experience, it’s how it makes you feel and how it makes you feel connected to people around you, which is why we’re so excited about taking spatial audio away from headphones and making it something that you can connect with as part of a community of people around you,” she says.

“We’re very keen to take that further and take it to bigger audiences and more people in the years to come”

“There’s no doubt that spatial audio is gaining momentum. Stereo has had an almost 100-year history, and it’s kind of an unquestioning acceptance that this is how we listen to music.

“To be able to say there is an entirely different way of experiencing music and it does immerse your body and makes you part of the people around you, and you can feel it is a very rich and rewarding experience. So we’re very keen to take that further and take it to bigger audiences and more people in the years to come,” explains Parker.

Though the founders — Elliott, Adam Nicholas and Archie Keswick — were initially based in Hong Kong and Myanmar, the company’s recent relocation to London has opened up new markets of opportunities, both inside the UK and beyond.

Directly following the London festival, Polygon will deliver a three-dome iteration to Tennessee’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in its largest version yet: “The dual-dome design is only being launched in May, and a month later, we’re pushing on a little bit further,” Parker says.

The Infinity Stage will reside in the main festival area, known as Centeroo, alongside five pre-existing stages and will boast its own programming. Bonnaroo’s 2025 edition will be headlined by Luke Combs; Dom Dolla; Tyler, The Creator, John Summit; Glass Animals; Olivia Rodrigo; Avril Lavigne; Justice; Hozier; Vampire Weekend; and Queens of the Stone Age.

With international momentum, Elliott says the team is looking to bring the experiences to new markets, potentially in a more permanent format.

“One thing that we are exploring and hoping to bring is some kind of a more permanent immersive installation. It’s a growing area, and we hope to bring our own version of an immersive installation focused around the audio, but with some of our other kind of immersive technologies also in there,” he says.

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Tennessee’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival has unveiled an Infinity Stage for its 2025 edition, touted as the “world’s largest” 360° live music experience.

Backed by UK-based music technology company Polygon Live, the new venture aims to deliver a fully immersive experience for attendees with speakers positioned overhead and around the hemispherical stage.

“Our offering, however, is not just about sound. It’s designed to tap into almost every sense: sound, sight, scent and touch. It’s a multisensory environment that stimulates and amazes, and keeps our audiences coming back for more,” explains Polygon.

Featuring “spatialised sound and synchronised lights,” the structure will be erected alongside five pre-existing stages – three main and two tents – in the main festival area, known as Centeroo.

Dedicated programming is expected for the stage, with a lineup announcement expected this week.

Infinity Live is reportedly a North American first, with Polygon Live staging iterations across Asia

The four-day pop/rock festival, which welcomed 70,000 people last year, is set to return to Manchester, Tennessee for its 22nd edition from 12-15 June. Bonnaroo is produced by Superfly Presents, which also produces San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music Festival, and AC Entertainment.

Infinity Live is reportedly a North American first, with Polygon Live having staged iterations at Thailand’s Wonderfruit Festival and Singapore’s AFTER 2049, an electronic music event held before the country’s Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Polygon Live will also launch a bespoke three-day festival in London this May, dubbed the UK’s “largest outdoor spatial audio festival”.

Polygon Live LDN will be the first event to utilise Polygon Productions’ dual-dome design, with each stage boasting “five times the speakers a stage of similar size would use”, said Polygon during its December announcement.

The inaugural edition is set for 2-4 May 2025 at Crystal Palace Park and will include performances by Arooj Aftab, Gold Panda, Halina Rice, and Jon Hopkins.

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Festival lineup announcements have continued to come thick and fast in Europe and the United States as this summer’s calendar takes shape.

Serbia’s EXIT Festival has unveiled its first 24 acts for its 2024 edition, EXIT Starseeds, which is set for the Petrovaradin Fortress, Novi Sad, from 10-14 July.

The lineup is headlined by the Black Eyed Peas, Tom Morello, and Gucci Mane, with other acts to include DJ Carl Cox, Bonobo, KlangKuenstler, Sama’ Abdulhadi, Barry Can’t Swim, Franky Wah, and Mene. In addition, the Tesla Universe Stage will showcase the likes of Kenya Grace, Iniko, Rudimental, John Newman, The Exploited, Dub FX, Willy William, Ian Asher, and Steve Angello, and Joker Out.

Villagers of Ioannina City and Lakeside X are the first names confirmed for Visa Fusion Stage, while the Explosive Stage will feature Coroner and Nemesis.

Held under the slogan “Awakening our Superpowers Together”, EXIT Starseeds also has a special Starseeds Takeover performance on its Tesla Universe Stage reserved for day zero.

Elsewhere, Czechia’s Rock for People, which will be headlined by The Prodigy, The Offspring, Bring Me The Horizon and Yungblud, has added to its lineup. The event, which will take place at Park 360, Hradec Králové, from 12-15 June, will also star Sum 41, Avril Lavigne, Dogstar, Bad Omens, Corey Taylor, Enter Shikari, Parkway Drive, Bombay Bicycle Club, Body Count ft. Ice-T, Dogstar, Neck Deep, Thy Art Is Murder, Missio and Royal Republic, among others.

Meanwhile, Craig David, Ne-Yo, DJ Spoony, So Solid Crew and Shola Ama are the first acts unveiled for Ashton Gate Presents BS3. The new multi-artist event in Bristol, UK, will feature ten acts across two stages on 22 June.

In the US, Boston Calling will be held from 24-26 May in Allston, MA, headlined by Ed Sheeran, Tyler Childers and The Killers. The lineup also includes Leon Bridges, Trey Anastasio and Classic TAB, Hozier, Reneé Rapp, Khruangbin, Megan Thee Stallion, Jessie Murph, Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls, and Young the Giant.

It will also serve as a celebration of New England’s music scene, featuring over 20 artists from the region including Beach Weather, Kieran Rhodes, Senseless Optimism, Tysk Tysk Task, and Bad Rabbits, who opened the inaugural festival in 2013.

Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is scheduled for 13-16 June on the Bonnaroo Farm, 60 miles southeast of Nashville in Manchester, TN, with this year’s highlights including performances from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Post Malone,  Pretty Lights, Megan Thee Stallion, Cage The Elephant and a US festival exclusive performance by Fred Again..

Also on the bill: Maggie Rogers, Melanie Martinez, Khruangbin, Cigarettes After Sex, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Diplo, Carly Rae Jepsen, Fisher, Jon Batiste, Dominic Fike, Parcels, Idles, Joey Bada$$, Lizzy McAlpine, T-Pain, Interpol, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Two Friends, Taking Back Sunday, Gary Clark Jr, TV Girl, Thundercat, Ashnikko and Brittany Howard.

Southern California’s electronic music-focused Beyond Wonderland will host acts such as The Chainsmokers, Benny Benassi, Alesso, Madeon, Subtronics, Basscon, Rezz, Wax Motif, Chris Lorenzo, J. Worra, Gareth Emery, Zeds Dead and Afrojack b2b R3hab at NOS Events Center, San Bernardino, on 22-23 March.

And BottleRock Napa Valley has already sold out three-day tickets for its 24-26 May gathering, topped by Stevie Nicks, Pearl Jam and Ed Sheeran. It will also feature artists including Queens Of The Stone Age, Megan Thee Stallion, Maná, St Vincent, Nelly, Miike Snow, Bebe Rexha, Kali Uchis, The Kid Laroi, My Morning Jacket, Dominic Fike, Norah Jones, The Offspring, All Time Low and Holly Humberstone.

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Live Nation has extended its partnership with American subscription streaming service Hulu, after a successful turn as the official streaming destination of Lollapalooza in 2021.

Under the new deal, Hulu will become the official streaming platform for C3 Presents’ largest festivals – Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits – throughout 2022 and 2023.

For all three festivals, select performances will be livestreamed exclusively to Hulu SVOD (subscription video on demand) subscribers at no additional cost. Additional special footage and behind-the-scenes looks will also be available.

Two streaming channels will be made available for performances taking place between Friday and Sunday at each of the festivals. For Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza, only one streaming channel will be available on the Thursday of each event.

The deal marks the first time a streaming platform has had streaming rights to all three of the iconic festivals.

“The demand for live music is at an all-time high and the live experience has never been more connected to digital”

“Hulu and Live Nation are both committed to delivering exceptional entertainment to fans, so we are thrilled to be collaborating with them, again, as we expand our offering to include these three legendary festivals,” says Hulu president Joe Early. “Each event is unique, but all three bring people together for incredible music, artistry, and experiences, which we are fortunate to be able to share with Hulu subscribers.”

Charlie Walker of C3 Presents adds: “The demand for live music is at an all-time high and the live experience has never been more connected to digital. By expanding our partnership with Hulu, even more fans will be able to tune into each of these incredible festival experiences in real-time and enjoy live performances from their favourite artists with the fans on-site.”

Bonnaroo is set to take place 16–19 June as it returns to the farm in Manchester, Tennesse for the first time since 2019, with Lollapalooza slated for 28–31 July and Austin City Limits will return for two weekends from 7–9 and 14–16 October.

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This year’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival has been cancelled at the eleventh hour due to flooding from Hurricane Ida.

The Live Nation-owned festival was to be held in Tennessee, US, this week (2 to 5 September), with headliners Foo Fighters, Megan Thee Stallion, Tame Impala, and more.

In a statement posted on social media, the Bonnaroo team said it is “heartbroken” to pull the plug for a second consecutive year.

“While this weekend’s weather looks outstanding, currently Centeroo is waterlogged in many areas, the ground is incredibly saturated on our tollbooth paths, and the campgrounds are flooded to the point that we are unable to drive in or park vehicles safely,” reads the statement.

It continues: “We have done everything in our power to try to keep the show moving forward, but Mother Nature has dealt us a tremendous amount of rain over the past 24 hours, and we have run out of options to try to make the event happen safely and in a way that lives up to the Bonnaroo experience.”

“We have run out of options to try to make the event happen safely and in a way that lives up to the Bonnaroo experience”

The festival organisers revealed that Bonnaroo will return in June 2022 to mark its 20th anniversary.

The festival has historically been held in the month of June since 2002, however, this year’s edition was pushed back to September.

The festival last took place in 2019, when organisers welcomed around 70,000 attendees per day for the festival’s first sell-out since 2013.

While Hurricane Ida (a category four storm) has been making its way through the southern part of the country, the northeast is still reeling from Hurricane Henri which caused a slate of concert cancellations.

UK festival Standon Calling had similar bad luck with flash flooding, forcing organisers to pull the plug on the last day of the event. The boutique event took place from 22 to 25 July with headliners Bastille, Hot Chip, Primal Scream and Craig David’s TS5.

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Past performances at major festivals including Coachella, Primavera Sound and Rock in Rio, as well as from venues such as the O2 Arena, will be streamed as part of Warner Music Group’s three-day virtual event, PlayOn Fest.

The event, which kicks off on Friday (24 April) at midday EDT will stream live for 72 hours via the Songkick YouTube channel, allowing fans to “relive epic performances for one time only”.

The virtual festival will raise funds for the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Covid-19 solidarity response fund through the sale of merchandise and donations.

Performances from over 65 acts, including Ed Sheeran, Cardi B, Coldplay, Twenty One Pilots, Bruno Mars, Janelle Monáe, Green Day and Slipknot will be broadcast over the three-day event.

“PlayOn Fest is a great way to come together, enjoy good music and company, and support the WHO’s most urgent global work to combat Covid-19”

PlayOn Fest will include festival footage from Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Primavera Sound and Rock In Rio, as well as live shows from London’s O2 Arena, Sydney Opera House and Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

“During this pandemic, we are all searching for ways to stay connected,” says Elizabeth Cousens, president and CEO of the UN Foundation, which powers the WHO’s Covid-19 fund.

“The PlayOn Fest is a great way to come together, enjoy good music and company, and support the World Health Organization’s most urgent global work to combat Covid-19.”

Over the weekend, the Global Citizen-organised, Lady Gaga-curated One World: Together at Home benefit concert, which featured live performances from acts in real time, raised $127 million for the WHO’s fund.

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Burning Man is the latest US festival to be called off due to the coronavirus pandemic, with organisers announcing that the famous Black Rock City will take the form of a “virtual metropolis” instead this year.

The countercultural gathering was set to take place from 30 August to 7 September in Nevada’s Black Rock desert.

“After much listening, discussion, and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision not to build Black Rock City in 2020,” reads a statement on the Burning Man website.

“Given the painful reality of Covid-19, one of the greatest global challenges of our lifetimes, we believe this is the right thing to do.”

The event, often dubbed as an “anti-festival”, will go ahead online, however, with fans invited to enter the Virtual Black Rock City 2020, in keeping with the event’s 2020 theme, the Multiverse.

“Given the painful reality of Covid-19, one of the greatest global challenges of our lifetimes, we believe this is the right thing to do”

Unsure what form the online gathering will take, the Burning Man team says although it “will likely be messy and awkward with mistakes”, the virtual event will also be “engaging, connective, and fun”.

The first round of Burning Man ticket sales took place last month, with 4,000 tickets prices at $1,400 sold during the ‘FOMO’ ticket sale in March, as well as those sold through Direct Group Sale (DGS). The event’s main ticket sale was postponed earlier this month.

Organisers state they are “committed” to providing refunds to “those who need them”, adding that they hope some “will consider donating all or a portion of your ticket value, and/or making a tax-deductible donation to (non-profit festival organiser) Burning Man Project”.

“Substantial” staff layoffs, pay reductions and other cost-cutting measures will be needed to ensure the organisation remains operational into next year’s event season, say organisers.

Burning Man joins other major US events to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak, including South by Southwest, Governors Ball, Boston Calling, Firefly Festival and Ultra Miami, with Coachella, Bonnaroo, BottleRock, New Orleans’ Jazz Fest and Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas all pushed back to later in the year.

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Following the postponement earlier this month of California’s Coachella, other major US music festivals are falling prey to the coronavirus outbreak, with Bonnaroo, BottleRock and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival among those to have rescheduled for later this year.

Live Nation/AC Entertainment’s Bonnaroo Music & Artists Festival, based on the ‘Farm’ in Manchester, Tennessee, announced yesterday (18 March) it will take place from 24 to 27 September instead of the originally scheduled 11–14 June.

Bonnaroo, one of the longest-running multi-genre music festivals in North America, was to have been headlined by Tool, Lizzo and Tame Impala, with Miley Cyrus, Flume, Bassnectar, Lana Del Rey and Vampire Weekend also confirmed. It is unclear if all artists will play the rescheduled event.

“Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will be rescheduled to take place September 24–27, 2020, out of an abundance of caution and for the health and safety of all Bonnaroovians, artists, staff and our community,” reads a statement from the festival.

“Please continue to radiate positivity through this uncharted time in our world,” it adds. “Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to seeing you on the Farm this fall.”

BottleRock Napa Valley, originally scheduled for 22–24 May, has, like Coachella, been pushed back to October (albeit a week earlier, 2–4 October).

“The health and safety of the community, our musicians, festival fans, participants, sponsors and staff are paramount”

“It is with great pleasure we can announce that all our headliners, including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Nicks, Dave Matthews Band, Miley Cyrus, Khalid, Anderson Paak and the Free Nationals, Zedd and more are confirmed for the rescheduled dates,” the Napa, California, festival – also a Live Nation event – says in a statement.

“Additional line-up updates will be announced as soon as possible,” BottleRock adds.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, whose 2020 line-up features the Who, Foo Fighters, Stevie Nicks, Lizzo, Lionel Richie and Dead and Company, is also now taking place this autumn, though organiser New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation has to announce the new dates.

“At the direction of the City of New Orleans authorities, in response to ongoing Covid-19 health concerns, the 2020 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival will not occur this April and May, as scheduled,” reads a statement from the festival. “The health and safety of the community, our musicians, festival fans, participants, sponsors and staff are paramount, and we urge everyone to follow the guidelines and protocols put forth by public health officials.”

Jazz Fest was originally scheduled for 23 April to 3 May.

The postponements follow the outright cancellations of the 2020 editions of South by Southwest, Ultra Music Festival Miami and the UK’s Glastonbury Festival.

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The 1975 frontman Matty Healy has announced that he will only agree to play at festivals that commit to featuring 50% female and non-binary performers, saying “this is how male artists can be true allies”.

The statement evolved from a Twitter exchange with journalist Laura Snapes, who suggested the artist add a condition to his rider to stipulate a boycott of festivals dominated by male acts.

“Take this as me signing this contract,” wrote Healy. “I have agreed to some festivals already that may not adhere to this and I would never let fans down who have tickets. But from now I will.”

“This is how male artists can be true allies”

Healy admitted that he was sure “my agents are having kittens right now”, but stated that “people need to act and not chat”. The 1975 are represented by Mike Mori at Paradigm (North America) and Matt Bates at Primary Talent International (RoW).

The 1975 are headlining a one-day event at London’s Finsbury Park this summer, in a special eco-friendly show. The band are also making appearances at UK festivals Boardmasters and Edinburgh Summer Sessions, Bonnaroo and Boston Calling in the US, and Rock for People in Czech Republic.

Over 300 festival, industry organisations and events have now signed the Keychange pledge, committing to achieve a 50/50 gender balance by 2022.

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