Charli XCX has been announced as the first headliner for Parklife 2025, with the huge Manchester festival dropping the first wave of its line-up.
She’ll be joined by Confidence Man, Interplanetary Criminal, and Salute, among loads of other names confirmed this morning.
Parklife had already dropped a very big hint that Charli XCX would be headlining next year, with posters appearing all over town in her signature ‘Brat’ green hue.
And today, for the first time ever, the massive music event has shared a preview of its line-up before the full line-up drops in January, with Charli XCX right at the top of the bill when the festival returns between 14 and 15 June.
She’s been announced hot of the back of a huge Brat summer season, with tracks from the album dominating dance floors and festivals and social media over the last 12 months.
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Charli XCX’s album celebrates a confident and hedonistic attitude and has resulted in Grammy Award nominations, remixes with the biggest names in music, and now a Parklife headline slot too.
Charli XCX has been announced as Parklife 2025 headliner. Credit: Harley WeirPosters teasing Charli XCX as a Parklife 2025 headliner appeared last week. Credit: The Manc Group
Also on the 2025 line-up announced today are Confidence Man, widely considered one of the most fun live bands on the planet and who were a clear favourite at Glastonbury last year.
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There’ll be plenty of local names on the bill too, like Interplanetary Criminal with his groundbreaking UK garage tracks, Salute with their blend of house and rave, and electronic spoken word artist Antony Szmierek.
Berlin trance duo DJ Heartstring, KI/KI, Girls Don’t Sync, Prospa, Chaos In The CBD, Sim0ne, Bakey, Jodie Harsh and Gina Breeze have also been announced.
Interplanetary Criminal will perform at Parklife 2024. Credit: Jody Hartley
The full Parklife 2025 line-up will be announced in January, with general sale tickets on sale on Friday 29 November from 10am.
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Weekend tickets will be £135 but prices will rise in January. Day tickets will be available once the full lineup is revealed in January for £89.50.
Parklife 2025 will take place between 14 and 15 June 2025 back in the fields of Heaton Park.
Pussycat Dolls cancel wave of tour dates due to poor ticket sales
Daisy Jackson
Pussycat Dolls have finally addressed the swirling rumours that they would be cancelling their upcoming PCD Forever world tour.
The girl group announced a major comeback as a trio – Nicole Scherzinger, Kimberly Wyatt, and Ashley Roberts – and their biggest international run in years.
The new Pussycat Dolls tour included a significant run of shows in Europe, including a Manchester date at Co-op Live.
But now it appears the rumours of low demand are true, and the group are cancelling an entire leg of their world tour – though thankfully, Manchester appears to have made it through safely.
In an open letter shared with fans, Pussycat Dolls said that they have had to take ‘an honest look’ at the tour and have made ‘the difficult and heartbreaking decision’ to cancel a number of concerts.
The Buttons singers will now play just one of their scheduled dates in North America, which will be the WeHo Pride event in LA, acknowledging the importance of performing at the LGBTQ+ celebration.
Addressing rumours that European dates would also be cancelled, they wrote: “Our UK and European dates are still moving forward as planned, and the response has been incredible, with several shows already sold out.
“We are putting everything into making this show a true celebration of the music and the memories, for the fans who have been with us from the beginning and those discovering us for the first time.
“We’re working hard to create the kind of show we’ve always dreamed of bringing to you. We cannot wait to bring this reunion to Europe and make these nights unforgettable.”
Pussycat Dolls signed off: “Thank you for your love, patience, and support.”
Five Finger Death Punch announce massive anniversary show in Manchester
Danny Jones
Five Finger Death Punch have announced a massive Manchester gig as part of their newly announced 20th anniversary tour.
Still one of our favourite unapologetic band names ever.
The heavy metal outfit is celebrating two whole decades of smashing you in the face with their hard riffs and aggressive vocals, and they’re bringing some other big hitters on the road with them.
Booking Manchester city centre’s AO Arena for the big birthday bash, this is going to be one hard-as-nails show.
Toasting the milestone at the start of 2027, the long-standing Las Vegas outfit will be coming to Manchester for the first time in the best part of a decade.
‘FFDP’, as they’re often abbreviated to, have played several substantial shows here over the years, including arena slots, but fans have had to wait a long time to see them return.
With a new album coming at some point this year – this being their 10th studio LP – we might not have a release date just yet, but you can guarantee die-hards will be snapping up tickets to hear their latest tracks live whenever it does finally drop.
Better still for metalheads, they’ve got not one but TWO popular contemporaries joining them across their extensive EU, UK and IE tour.
In addition to support from Scotland’s very own Bleed From Within, they’ve also got fellow veterans Lamb Of God as another one of their ‘warm-up’ acts.
Yeah, right… This place will be absolutely bouncing by the time the main event makes it to the stage.
Having just dropped their 10th record this year, too, the two heavyweights have plenty of parallels in their increasingly seasoned and successful careers; you could say they’re the perfect touring partners.
Speaking of which, you can see the full list of Five Finger Death Punch dates on the UK leg of their European tour run down below.
Five Finger Death Punch UK show – 2026 tour
16 Jan 2027 – Manchester, AO Arena
17 Jan 2027 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro Arena
19 Jan 2027 – Dublin, 3Arena
22 Jan 2027 – Birmingham, BP Pulse Arena
23 Jan 2027 – London, O2 Arena
As always with the AO, you can enjoy early access if you’re a Three Mobile member, and the band’s official pre-sale will be available via their mailing list from 10am this Wednesday (6 May).
For those simply looking to grab general admission, you can get ready to grab your tickets to see Five Finger Death Punch live in Manchester on from the same time on Friday, 8 May, right HERE.
Daisy Jackson -
26th November 2024 
