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.
Nelly announces massive Manchester gig on Where The Party At Tour
Daisy Jackson
Hip-hop star Nelly is heading to Manchester on his upcoming Where The Party At Tour, celebrating the 25th anniversary of his debut album Country Grammar.
The Hot In Herre singer and rapper has announced a run of shows across the UK and Europe for next year.
Those include a massive gig at the AO Arena in Manchester, where Nelly will perform hits from across his career.
He’s lined up some huge support acts to join him on the UK leg of the Where The Party At Tour too, including Eve, Fabolous, Jermaine Dupri and St. Lunatics.
Expect to hear chart-topping hits like Hot In Herre, Dilemma, and Ride Wit Me, in a show that he promises will be ‘packed with surprises’.
Nelly is a multi-platinum, three-times Grammy Award-winning entertainer and entrepreneur, who very recently landed a gig as a special guest for Janet Jackson’s Together Again Tour.
His newly-announced 54-date tour will take him across New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States, kicking off on 21 March 2025.
Nelly said: “Yo, ‘Where Da Party At Tour’ we are taking this tour worldwide – I got my folks with me Ja Rule, Jermaine Dupri, Eve, the St. Lunatics, and Fabulous — so you know it’s all 2025… LETS GOOOOO..!!! Da Party AT…!!”
Nelly will be at the AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday 7 June 2025.
General sale tickets are available from 10am on Friday 13 December, with various presales live from Tuesday 10 December.
Lidl are offering a reward for their Liam Gallagher plaque to be safely returned
Danny Jones
Supermarket chain Lidl are desperate and in dire need of our help: they’re offering a reward to whoever safely returns one of their most treasured possessions – a Liam Gallagher plaque.
If you don’t remember the rather silly story from earlier this year, Oasis’ soon-to-return lead singer did plenty of poking fun at the Co-op Live‘s opening date being pushed back and multiple cancellations.
The iconic frontman ultimately ended up playing his four nights at the state-of-the-art arena with no issues, but as a tongue-in-cheek testament to his joke that’d he play a “gig in Lidl” if the venue wasn’t ready in time, the German-founded group erected a plaque in memory of the gag.
However, Lidl’s beloved Liam Gallagher plaque has since gone missing but rather than launch a full-scale manhunt, they’re trying to keep up the festive spirit and instead offering a pretty significant reward to the person that brings it back to them.
Don’t look plaque in anger – we need your help! 🚨
Our Liam Gallagher plaque in Manchester, honouring the gig that almost happened, has gone missing! 📷 Can you help us bring it home in time for Christmas?🎄We've got a £500 Lidl voucher ready and waiting in exchange for its safe… pic.twitter.com/VYr5RygttT
Although leads on the missing bit of royal blue metal are scarce, the plaque that was hung outside their Newton Heath store back in June disappeared this month.
Not only was it an amusing bit of history for the brand but the sign itself actually became a bit of an ironic but nevertheless genuine tourist attraction, with people grabbing snaps next to it and it even featured on the Manchester Taxi Tour itineraries.
This little plaque was actually just the start of a weird love affair between the two; back in October, Lidl also dropped an absolutely perfectly placed advert right in front of a giant poster of Liam Gallagher’s Berghaus ad campaign in the centre of Manchester.
Very good indeed.
All that being said, they really would love to be reunited with the memento of their relationship, so much so that they’re offering a whopping £500 to spend in Lidl vouchers for its safe return.
Credit: James Speakman/PA Media Assignments (supplied via Lidl GB)
Just think of all the nonsense you could buy in the ‘Middle of Lidl’ aisle, a.k.a. the best part of the whole shop.
Those who have any information on the whereabouts of the Liam Gallagher plaque should email the following address: [email protected]. The Burnage brothers aren’t holding grudges anymore and neither are Lidl.
Let’s bring Liam home for Christmas. As you were x
Daisy Jackson -
26th November 2024 
