De La Soul will close the festival on Sunday with what is billed as their only full live band show in the UK in 2026. The appearance will also mark their first return to Glynde since the death of founding member David ‘Trugoy the Dove’ Jolicoeur in 2023, adding extra poignancy to their headline set.

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For the first time, Love Supreme will host three full days of main stage programming, with a different headliner each night.  The expanded bill means more than 40 performers are now on the poster for 2026, spanning US and UK jazz, soul, R&B and hip‑hop.

Friday is topped by London collective Ezra Collective, who will present their Temple Of Joy concept after previously citing their 2016 Love Supreme debut as a career breakthrough. 

Saturday’s headline set goes to multi‑award‑winning British rapper and songwriter Loyle Carner, whose jazz‑infused hip‑hop follows a high‑profile 2025 that included a Glastonbury Other Stage headline slot and four sold‑out nights at Brixton Academy.

On Sunday, along with De La Soul, day‑split information confirms Free Nationals, Gabrielle, Sister Sledge and Samara Joy among the final day names, making for an exciting conclusion to the jazz-fuelled festival.

Love Supreme takes place at Glynde Place on the edge of the South Downs, a rural site in East Sussex that has hosted the festival since its launch in 2013. The 2026 edition runs from 3-5 July and continues the event’s focus on a mix of large‑scale outdoor stages and more intimate spaces.

Beyond the music, this year’s festival will feature a new restaurant, wellness and yoga sessions, an expanded Kids area, two Supremium VIP zones and the Jazz Lounge, which will host artist interviews, talks and screenings. The Bands & Voices and Blue In Green areas return with cabaret, spoken word, swing dance lessons and late‑night performances in the nearby woodland.​

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While this is the group’s first time headlining the Royal Albert Hall, the trio did, however, take a shot at the legendary venue back in 2014, when they came out as a special feature for Gorillaz to perform their hit single “Feel Good Inc.”. Clearly, the taster was enough to convince them that a night at the Royal Albert Hall could be one to remember, you can watch some fan footage of the performance below.

While it has been a few years since De La Soul last released some new material, with 2016’s and the Anonymous Nobody… receiving pretty good critical and commercial acclaim, as well as a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album, they are appearing reasonably consistently on other artist’s work. Most recently with an appearance on another Gorillaz track, “Momentz” from their 2017 album Humanz, and a single from Tom Misch “It Runs Right Through Me”. In an interview with Billboard back in 2019, there was a loose idea for some new music to be released with production help from Pete Rock and DJ Premier. There has since been no real updates on this project though.

De La Soul have also been floating around the zeitgeist recently after becoming another significant artist to dispute royalty splits between artists and streaming companies. Their catalogue was purchased by Tommy Boy Records back in 2017, and in 2019 it was announced that their music would finally find itself on streaming services. This idea was delayed, however, when the group, rightfully, decided they weren’t happy with a 10% cut of what would already be a meagre sum of money from the services. So, the plans were essentially scrapped until 2020 when Rostrum Records tried to but Tommy Boy Records to give the masters back to De La Soul. Big News. Cut to the present day, and the group’s music has made its way onto all the usual suspects after Tommy Boy was, in fact, purchased by Reservoir Media. Finally!