Festival Playlists

Orelsan, Gims, Major Lazer, Amelie Lens — 50 acts, €80M raised, 28 years of commissioning the uncopyable.

Gorillaz, The xx, Little Simz, Charlotte Cardin — the 15th anniversary edition and a forest stage that keeps re-mapping electronic.

The Cure, Tyler the Creator, Lorde, Nick Cave, Deftones — a 5-day lineup that finally lets the festival breathe.

Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives, Acid Bath reuniting, Cavalera doing Chaos A.D. — 183 bands, six stages, one mud pit.

Judas Priest, Def Leppard, Sabaton, Powerwolf — and a Savatage 35th-anniversary set that might be the emotional centrepiece.

CONSCIENCIA theme, Calvin Harris's Belgium debut, the Cherry Moon tribute stage — two weekends, 400,000 People of Tomorrow.

Worthy Farm rests in 2026. A deep look at the fallow-year tradition + the 2027 Pyramid headliner odds (Harry, Fender, Sheeran, Taylor, Beyoncé).

The Cure, Massive Attack (finally), The xx (8 years later), Gorillaz, Kneecap — taste-maker reunions at 5am Catalan time.

Limp Bizkit, Guns N' Roses, Linkin Park (Emily Armstrong first woman to headline) — Donington's mud-pit pilgrimage, 90+ bands.

Florence + The Machine, Twenty One Pilots, Bring Me the Horizon, Skrillex, Jorja Smith — 33 years of the Island of Freedom on the Danube.

The Cure, Gorillaz, Clipse, Jennie — 177 artists, a brand-new Orange Stage, and the non-profit charity model still rewriting the rules.

Charli XCX, Lorde, The Smashing Pumpkins, The xx — 170+ acts and 35 years since Perry Farrell's Jane's Addiction farewell tour started it all.

Fontaines DC, Charli XCX, Florence + The Machine — the UK's A-level-results-weekend rite of passage, six headliners across twin sites.

The xx, Massive Attack, Khruangbin — Japan's mountain festival, the only major Asian stop on the international circuit and the cleanest fest on earth.

Foo Fighters, Florence + The Machine, Twenty One Pilots, Nick Cave — Mad Cool's 10th-anniversary edition, four nights of Spain's biggest stage.