Wing! has been revealed as the winner of Green Man Rising Competition 2025. Last week, Club Ifor Bach, one of Cardiff’s largest music venues saw the shortlisted emerging artists competing for a place on Green Man’s Mountain Stage in the 2025 festival.
Green Man Festival takes place from the 14-17th August and works to support up and coming artists. The competition saw 4000 applicants with the winner playing the Mountain Stage and runners up playing the Rising Stage. In previous years these stages have hosted the likes of The Last Dinner Party, Black Country New Road and Bon Iver.
“Launching talent is at the heart of Green Man,” said Fiona Stewart, Green Man’s Managing Director and owner. “To see over 4000 bands applying to Green Man Rising has been incredible. To emerge as a finalist from that number already proves your phenomenal talent. But there can only be one winner and we are delighted to welcome wing! to open the Mountain stage, sharing the bill with the likes of Underworld and Wet Leg, and joining the music legends who have graced that stage over the years, or even launched their careers.”
Combining ambient hip-hop textures with jazz flourishes and broken beat rhythms, Wing! is more than just a solo act. For the Rising showcase, Swan expanded his live setup into a full trio, delivering a set that mesmerized both audience and judges alike, including BBC Radio Wales’ own Huw Stephens, who’s long championed boundary-pushing music.
With the win, Wing! is set to reach an even wider audience, but they’re not slowing down in the lead-up to the festival. The trio is currently storming the UK live circuit with a string of energetic and genre-defying performances. You can catch them tonight at London’s The Social, as part of an event hosted by taste making indie publication So Young Magazine — a must-attend for anyone keeping tabs on the UK’s most vital new acts.
And for those who haven’t yet heard what all the buzz is about, stream their latest single ‘Pack It In‘ — available now on all major streaming platforms. It’s definitely a preview of something much bigger to come.
