In 2025, ticket holders can look forward to another four incredible evenings of live music and entertainment, all included at no additional cost. This year’s four-day festival promises to elevate Silverstone’s music and arts offerings, solidifying the British Grand Prix as a key event on both the British sporting and music calendars.

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Thursday’s Opening Concert will feature BRIT Award-winning singer-songwriter Sam Fender as the headliner, while chart-topping, multi-award-winning artist RAYE will take the stage on Friday for her first UK outdoor performance of 2025.

On Saturday, fans can look forward to legendary DJ, producer, and electronic music icon Fatboy Slim, who will bring his groundbreaking beats and high-energy performance to the stage. Fatboy Slim shared his excitement with fans in a recent article, saying, “Just like the action on the track, my Saturday night set is going to be fast, loud, and absolutely electrifying!”

To wrap up the weekend, double Brit Award-winning singer-songwriter and dance music powerhouse Becky Hill will close the main stage on Sunday with her anthemic take on modern dance music.Along with Fatboy Slim, Becky Hill also commented on the lineup saying: “I can’t wait to be back at Silverstone to headline the final night at the Formula 1 British Grand Prix festival. It’s going to be a huge weekend of high-energy action on the track and on the stage!”

More support acts are set to be announced this week.  

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The raucous weekend first came about in 2007 after a group of students decided they wanted to put together their own rave, aptly named the Mad Ferret Festival. The event kicked itself into gear in Platt Fields Park, Rusholme, but by the early 2010s it had relocated to Heaton Park and christened as Parklife. Since then, the event has witnessed a huge surge in popularity and has been crowned the UK’s largest metropolitan music festival, growing from a one-day event in a field to over 160,000 ticketholders rushing to north Manchester every year.

After today’s announcement, superstar rapper Doja Cat has no doubt cemented herself as the queen of the 2024 festival season, boasting headline slots across the globe for Coachella, Rock in Rio and Open’er Festival. The polarising singer and internet personality is most certainly set to bring the heat ahead of her European leg of The Scarlet Tour.

Festival-goers can also expect performances from powerhouse vocalist Becky Hill, DJ and singer Peggy Gou and Canadian producer Kaytranada, as well as unmissable sets from Anne-Marie, Nia Archives, Fourtet, Barry Can’t Swim, ANOTR, Camelphat, Rudim3ntal, Digga D and Sugababes.

Welcoming a multitude of different genres, the festival has since steered away from indie bands headlining in recent years, predominantly featuring dance, electronic and hip-hop acts to cater to its everchanging audience. This year is predicted to mark a new era for the festival, showcasing a brand new stage, jaw-dropping production, state-of-the-art tech and fewer line-up clashes.

Early Bird tickets sold out rapidly in December 2023, but an exclusive 2024 presale will be open from 10am on Thursday 25th January to anyone who has registered. Registration closes the night before at 6pm on Wednesday 24th January. Three Mobile customers will be able to purchase Saturday and Sunday tickets or full weekend tickets 24 hours before other customers on Wednesday here. Tickets including VIP access and coach travel are also available.

All remaining tickets will go on general sale from 10am on Friday 26th January which you can purchase from Ticketmaster. Both day and weekend tickets will be available either to pay in full or by deposit and signing up to a payment plan.

For those not wanting the party to end, Parklife’s official afterparties, ‘Afterlife’ have been unveiled, including an after-hours set from Kaytranada. You can grab tickets here.

Victorious Festival 2024 will run from August 23-25 with Fatboy Slim and Snow Patrol co-headlining the event’s opening night. Jamie T and Biffy Clyro will then take the headlining spot for Saturday and Sunday night respectively. The 2023 instalment of Victorious Festival featured another star-studded line up as the likes of Mumford and Sons, Kasabian, Kaiser Chiefs, Jamiroquai and Ellie Goulding were amongst the big names of performers.

The festival also houses a comedy stage, and at next year’s event, leaders of the industry Russell Howard and Frankie Boyle will be headlining on Friday and Saturday night at Southsea seafront.

One of the most successful dance artists of all time, the Grammy and Brit award-winning DJ and producer Fatboy Slim will bring a memorable Friday night opening party packed full of hits. His attendance of the festival had previously been teased as a sign saying “Praise You”, in reference to his hit song of the same name, appeared at the event’s location.

Victorious Festival hints at 2024 headliner: https://t.co/85AAcyqY7K #FatboySlim #VictoriousFestival

— Neil Durham (@NeilDurham) November 27, 2023

In addition to these huge headliners, many other world class acts will be making their way down to Portsmouth for Victorious Festival. Other artists on the bill include Wet Leg, Becky Hill, Pixies, Courteeners, IDLES, Jess Glynne, Arlo Parks, Louis Tomlinson and Natasha Bedingfield. You can find the full line up below.

Big News!

We’re SO excited to announce @FatboySlim@snowpatrol , @jamietmusic , and @BiffyClyro are headlining VF24! Plus the incredible @wetlegband@BeckyHill@PIXIES@Louis_Tomlinson@jessglynne@arloparks@thecourteeners@idlesband & loads more!… pic.twitter.com/O6GEwuXxBP — Victorious Festival (@VictoriousFest) December 5, 2023

Victorious’ lead booker Andy Marsh said in a press release: ‘‘This is the first year we’ve released all our headliners at once and we’re thrilled to be able to announce the acts after months of planning. Victorious 2024 is going to be bigger than ever and it’s not just the headliners people need to look out for, we have booked hundreds of acts across the weekend spanning multiple genres. We can’t wait for August, it really will be a year to remember!” Early bird weekend camping tickets are now on sale from £180, while day tickets are priced at £65 each. For tickets and more information, you can visit the official website for Victorious Festival here.

The 29-year-old singer took to her Instagram to share her excitement. She said: “NOTE TO SELF: you used to dream about the life you live now. I HAVE MY VERY OWN UK ARENA TOUR!!! 2024 will be about coming to as many cities in the UK & partying with thousands of you! not coming out for a song or two on someone else’s show, not on a line up with other artists, my very own show! make sure you sign-up to presale so you can get your tickets in early. I don’t want you disappointed! I’m gonna make this show MASSIVE, I can’t wait to see you all.”  

Supporters of the hit-maker took to the comment section to share their excitement over the news. One person said: “I am SOBBING. This is just something you have dreamed of for so long. This 11-year journey had been SO worth it. I am honestly sobbing. I cannot even express how proud I am of you. No words at all.”

Meanwhile, another person also wrote: “Hard work. Dedication. Perseverance. Every show, festival, and performance you have done is living proof you are an artist who is worthy of this and MORE! Beyond stoked for you and this mega accomplishment. Cannot wait to support you in this in every way possible my Queen!!”  

Earlier this week, Hill appeared on BBC’s Live Lounge series and performed her 2023 anthem “Disconnect” and covered “Shades of Love” by Blessed Madonna. Other stars who performed on the series this month include Jorja Smith, Madison Beer and Holly Humberstone – and will also see 2024 Halftime Superbowl performer Usher make his debut on the show in a few days time.

Watch Hill perform her song “Disconnect”. 

Tour dates

14/06/2024 – Musgrave Park – Cork
15/06 – Belsonic – Belfast
12/10 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow
13/10 – Utilita Arena – Newcastle
15/10 – Motorpoint Arena – Nottingham
16/10 – First Direct Arena – Leeds
18/10 – Westpoint – Exeter
19/10 – Utilita Arena – Birmingham
20/10 – AO Arena – Mancheshter
22/10 – Utilita Arena – Cardiff
24/10 – OVO Arena Wembley – London

Beginning Monday, October 2nd, BBC Radio 1 hosts Rickie, Melvin and Charlie will air a new Live Lounge every Monday to Thursday throughout the month. Each performance will take place at 12pm. The Radio 1 trio announced the details of the new live lounge month, along with the line-up on air during their morning show on September 5.

Rickie, Melvin and Charlie are the new hosts of Radio 1’s iconic Live Lounge (Monday – Thursday, 10.30am – 1pm)!

Big up @RickieHW @Melvinodoom & @charliehedges. We know you’ll smash it! pic.twitter.com/0xze7rtyHW

— BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra & Asian Network Press Office (@BBCRadio1PR) April 20, 2021

  Yungblud shared a post on Twitter. He said “just wait you see what we got planned”

just wait till you see what we got planned@bbcradio1 #liveloungemonth pic.twitter.com/NlAjB3cNuv

— YUNGBLUD is a lowlife (@yungblud) September 5, 2023

Radio 1’s Live Lounge will be graced with the presence of some of the world’s most popular artists, performing both their own musical pieces as well as unexpected covers. We will have the pleasure of Olivia Dean’s performance, whose album Messy has been nominated for a Mercury Prize Award 2023.

Listeners of Radio 1 and BBC Sounds can tune in live to all performances from Live Lounge Month. They will also be able to view the performances on-demand on Radio 1’s BBC iPlayer and YouTube channels.

Olivia Rodrigo, whose new album GUTS  launches September 8, visited London and popped into the Radio 1 studio with host Melvin Odoom to make a very hot announcement. Melvin spoke to Olivia and said, “We are so excited to have you here today, because the real reason you’re in the studio right now is because you have a massive announcement, right?”

Olivia made here live lounge performance official and told the Radio 1 listeners in retort to Melvin “I’m so excited to announce, “I’m going to be kicking off Radio 1’s live lounge month 2023 and it’s going to be October. I’m very excited, I’m filming it in LA, and it’s going to be a ball.”

BBC Radio 1, invites listeners to test their expertise, in what they say is their “Ultimate Live Lounge Quiz.” Preparing listeners for an extravaganza of bejewelled performances for this coming October.

Below you can see the full line-up list for the Live Lounge Month 2023.

Artist Performance Date’s

Olivia Rodrigo –  Mon 2nd October
Troye Sivan  – Tues 3rd October
Jorja Smith  – Weds 4th October
Madison Beer  – Thurs 5th October
Declan McKenna –  Mon 9th October
Leigh-Anne –  Tues 10th October
Royal Blood –  Weds 11th October
Dominic Fike – Thurs 12th October
Holly Humberstone – Tues 17th October
YUNGBLUD – Weds 18th October
Becky Hill – Thurs 19th October
Usher – Mon 23rd October
Jax Jones – Weds 25th October
Doja Cat – Thurs 26th October

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The annual award ceremony aims to celebrate the artists and podcasters who have seen great success during the year. The categories are based on the material played within Global’s radio stations and the Global player. Ashley Tabor-King OBE, Global’s Founder and Executive President has given the following statement concerning the upcoming event, “The Global Awards brings together all Global’s radio brands in celebration of the world’s most talented artists and broadcasters. We’ll be honouring the achievements of some of our listeners’ favourite artists, bands, DJs, podcasters and some of music’s brightest rising stars, across a whole host of genres.”

Leading the way in nominations are Anne-Marie and Becky Hill; both have been elected for four individual categories. English singer Anne-Marie is in the running for Best Female, Best Pop, Best British Act and the coveted Best Mass Appeal Artist award. Hill is also nominated for Best Female, Best British Act, Best Pop, the “My Heat Goes” singer claims her fourth nomination for the Rising Star Award.

Joining the list of nominees for the Rising Star Award are a host of music’s most promising and successful new artists including A1 X J1, Arrdee, Mimi Webb, Olivia Rodrigo, Tate Mcrae and Tom Grennan. Rodrigo can be seen within more than one category; the “Good 4 u” singer is also pitted against Anne-Marie, Hill and megastar Adele for the Best Female award. The ”Easy On Me” hitmaker is also enjoying numerous nominations, scoring a hat trick and receiving further nominations for Best British Act and Best Mass Appeal Artist. Another British artist has received three nominations; Ed Sheeran has been elected for Best Male, Best British Act and Best Mass Appeal Artist awards.

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The Best Mass Appeal Artist award has remained a mainstay category since the event’s inaugural year; this year marks Sheeran’s third nomination for the prize.  The “Bad Habits” singer was amongst the award’s first nominees in 2018, Sheeran was nominated for a second time in 2020. Joining the British singer in the race to win the award at this year’s ceremony are Sir Elton John, Adele, Coldplay and Anne-Marie.

This announcement confirming this year’s nominees included another top contender; British group Coldplay join Sheeran to secure nominations in three categories. Along with The Best Mass Appeal award, the band are also in the running for Best British Act and Best Group. Joining Coldplay, Adele, Sheeran, Anne-Marie and Becky Hill in the list for Best British Act are Dave, KSI, Sam Fender and Years Years. Amongst those joining Coldplay within Best Group are Biffy Clyro, BTS, D-block Europe, Jonas Brothers and British girl group Little Mix.

Music fans will be able to attend the event online, on-air and via the Global Player. The winners will be announced on Thursday 14th April 2022 across Global’s radio stations.

here’s the incred line-up for #BRITsWeek 2022 presented by @MastercardUK for @WarChildUK: @AnneMarie@bastille@joycrookes@maisiehpeters@BeckyHill@mimiwebb@CraigDavid@Damonalbarn

For info on the shows head to: https://t.co/km2Rwkqqb9 pic.twitter.com/LIgMuRPs8p

— BRIT Awards (@BRITs) December 14, 2021

The concert series will kick start with a performance by English singer-songwriter Anne-Marie. The 30-year-old artist will take the stage at King Cross’ Lafayette on 1st February 2021. The Essex born singer is no stranger to the Brits, she was nominated for four awards including Best British Female Solo Artist at the 2019 awards. After her set for BRITs week, Anne-Marie is set to hit the road for her Dysfunctional Tour in May 2022.

Music fans will then get the chance to see Bastille when they perform at Hackney’s Earth Theatre on 2nd February 2022. The English pop band are also part of the BRIT awards alumni, the group won Best New Artist in 2013 and were nominated for three more awards. The band were also in the running for British Group, Best British Album for Bad Blood and Song Of The Year for their hit “Pompeii”.

It has been announced that former Blur frontman Damon Albarn will conclude the series on 20th February 2022 with a performance at The Troxy. The artist will treat ticketholders to live renditions of classics as well as tracks from his recently released album The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows. The 53-year-old singer released his second solo studio album on 12th November 2021 via Transgressive Records.

Head of Live at War Child, Ben Anderson has provided the following statement, “We are delighted to be working with BPI and AEG once again on another BRITs Week series. Whilst there was a temporary pause on all things live music over the past 12 months or so, there was no pause to the challenges facing children who live in conflict zones around the world. With conflict rates on the rise, and more children at risk, our work as a charity is never more needed. “The whole music team and the wider War Child teams are very excited to be working on a fantastic series of gigs. There are some real treats for fans to see their favourite artists in some venues across the capital that they wouldn’t normally play, and we look forward to not only the gigs but also to raising much needed funds and awareness of the fantastic work that War Child do.”

Other acts have also been announced to take part in the annual concert series. It has been revealed that Joy Crookes will perform on 2nd February 2022, the English singer is set to perform at Omeara. The 23-year-old singer was shortlisted for the Rising Star Award at last year’s ceremony. Fellow singer-songwriter Maisie Peters is billed to play the next day at the same venue.

British singer-songwriter Becky Hill has also been announced to perform in the series. The 27-year-old singer will take the stage at The Lafayette on 3rd February 2022. Fans will also be able to catch Mimi Webb at London Bridge’s Omeara on 5th February 2022. The 21-year-old singer will be performing tracks from her recently released EP Seven Shades of Heartbreak, the release dropped on 22nd October 2021 and reached number nine within the UK charts. Three days before Albarn’s closing gig, Craig David presents TS5 will take place at Under The Bridge on 17th February 2022. TS5 began as an exclusive pre-party by David but has now developed into a club night full of anthems and hits.

Mastercard cardholders have access to an exclusive pre-sale for all shows, the pre-sale began today at 10 am. Fans can also win tickets via the prize draw, to enter the competition fans must make a £5 donation via the Brits Week War Child website.

SPLENDOUR LINE UP ANNOUNCED

We’re thrilled to announce @richardashcroft & @SupergrassHQ as our headliners, joining a bill full of incredible artists & much more yet to be announced!

Nottingham’s biggest summer party is back, get your tickets now: https://t.co/c4JAvwqwNk pic.twitter.com/mWiC8ju2US

— Splendour Festival (@splendourfest) March 5, 2021

The Splendour Festival dates back to 2008 when it kicked off as a two-day event with performances from the likes of Ocean Colour Scene, Kate Nash, Rufus Wainwright and Paolo Nutini. The festival has grown exponentially since then, and the last Splendour in 2019 was the biggest to date, with 25,000 in attendance to see headliners Manic Street Preachers, The Specials, Rag’n’Bone Man and All Saints.

In an interview with the Nottingham Post, Splendour organiser Anton Lockwood explained that the festival would comply with the most up-to-date public health guidance. He said “We are working on the best information we have. Obviously there will be more detailed work on guidelines and protocol for events like Splendour. We are monitoring that and contributing to that and as those guidelines come out we’ll obviously follow those and abide by the legislation and all the guidelines. We are able to go ahead thanks to the amazing work of everyone getting the vaccine out there and a shout out to Nottingham Professor Jonathan Van-Tam (Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England) – I think he is brilliant – we will listen to his advice but we want to have a big party.”

Lockwood added “We want people to come out and see some great live music – that is what we are trying to achieve. I am really excited to be going to a gig to be honest and go and see some live music. We obviously want it to be safe, obviously we are going to follow the legislation and the guidelines that are in place that people far more expert than us are developing.”

Richard Ashcroft‘s headline set at Splendour was set to follow two sold-out comeback gigs at the London Palladium in May. The Wigan vocalist – who is currently working on an acoustic greatest hits album – returned to action last month with a cover of John Lennon’s 1973 track Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple).

Fellow Splendour headliners Supergrass, who reformed in 2019 after a nine-year hiatus, will eagerly await a return to the stage this year. The indie veterans had been due to tour the United States, Australia and Europe last year – topped off by a fifth scheduled appearance at Glastonbury – before all their live commitments were scuppered by the pandemic. The Oxford rockers, who produced one of the defining singles of the 1990s in Alright, last released an album in 2008 (Diamond Hoo Ha).

1980s pop icon Rick Astley continues to defy expectations (most recently by covering Slipknot and The Strokes on his TikTok account) and has enjoyed a steady period of critical success ever since his well-received 2016 comeback LP 50. The Lancastrian singer’s appearance at Splendour will compliment seventeen separate UK tour dates scheduled for this year, culminating in a gig at Newcastle’s Utilita Arena on November 12th.

Becky Hill‘s performance at Splendour should coincide with the release of her as-yet-untitled debut studio album this summer. The former The Voice UK contestant, who scored a 2014 number #1 single with Gecko (Overdrive), most recently provided vocals for Bruno Martini and Magnificence’s January release Wake Up With You.

Other acts confirmed for Splendour 2021 include British pop-rockers The Vamps, Heaven Is A Place on Earth singer Belinda Carlisle, London indie outfit Sleeper and up-and-coming Nottinghamshire artist Tori Sheard. Tickets for Splendour are available through the festival website.

The event is going to be free to view via the, ‘My McDonalds App,’ with family sessions being available on the family website. The UK has missed their live music scene this year and with the restrictions getting tighter again due to the pandemic, the popular fast food chain has put together a weekend of live music to lift the spirits of music lovers.

The festival will open on Friday with live performances from female pop stars, ‘Jess Glynne’ and ‘Becky Hill.’ Saturday will see pop band, ‘Kaiser Chiefs,’ take the centre stage along with, ‘Craig David,’ and ‘Olly Murs.’ The show go out with a bang as pop star, ‘Lewis Capaldi’ an rap legend ‘Stormzy’ headline the show.

This is going to be a treat for Stormzy fans as he had to cancel his ‘Heavy is the Head’ tour in March due to the pandemic. His rescheduled tour is set to take place in the UK in April 2020.

Make sure you don’t miss I’m Lovin’ it Live! Tap ❤️ and we’ll Tweet you a reminder just before each show is about to start. pic.twitter.com/gF7hFrilbv

— McDonald's UK (@McDonaldsUK) October 23, 2020

Michelle Graham-Clare who works for McDonalds in the VP Food and Beverage, Product Development and marketing sector for the company said, “We know the new normal is tough on everyone. I’m Lovin’ it Live is our way of saying thank you to our people and to our customers for all their support this year. Hopefully our week of good things and good times offers something for everyone from families looking for fun to music fans missing the gig scene.” – The Mirror

McDonalds has done a lot this year including teaming up with the, ‘End the Child Poverty Campaign,’ and funding the provision of ‘One Million Meals,’ in the coming weeks through their partnership. In addition the fast food chain is going to be hosting football sessions with legend Peter Crouch as well as lioness England footballer Lucy Bronze. They are also planning a reading club with pop star children’s author Tom Fletcher.

The meals that will be distributed in the coming weeks will support Marcus Rashford’s campaign for ‘Free School Meals,’ in the UK as families struggle with the ongoing pandemic, which the footballer has been urging the government to extend over the half term period.

McDonalds have been slated this year as the Bank of America have stated they are, “tired of their own cooking,” -Business Insider. As the pandemic movers into a deeper stage of turmoil, the company have proven themselves and shown their support through the current crisis.

The Line up for the virtual gig as follows:

30/10/2020
Becky Hill
Jess Glynne
Craig David

31/10/2020
Kaiser Chiefs
Olly Murs

01/11/2020
Lewis Capaldi
Stormzy