Olivia Rodrigo, Kings Of Leon and Noah Kahan lead the stacked first lineup

Olivia Rodrigo, Kings Of Leon and Noah Kahan lead the stacked first lineup

Mad Cool has announced the first slate of artists set to perform at the 2025 installment, headlined by Olivia Rodrigo, Kings of Leon and Noah Kahan.

The next edition of the traditional festival will take place from July 10th to 12th. The event returns to the Villaverde venue in Madrid, where festival organizers say a number of improvements have been made this year, including a reduction in the number of stages, as well as a general reduction in public capacity to reduce scheduling conflicts and artist overlaps.

Mad Cool members can access a pre-sale from 9:00am GMT on Friday (December 20) until 8:59am GMT on Monday (December 23). General ticket sales also begin on December 23rd. Find your tickets here and check out the full line-up poster below.

Alongside headliner Rodrigo, punk legend Iggy Pop and Alanis Morrisette will also return to the festival, with the latter playing tracks from 1995’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’.

Other artists announced in the first wave of names include Weezer, who will perform in Madrid for the first time in 20 years, Thirty Second to Mars, Gracie Abrams, St. Vincent, Justice, Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs, The Wombats and Jet and Glass Animals.

They will be joined by numerous alternative acts and rising stars such as Foster the People, Future Islands, Bright Eyes, FIDLAR, Benson Boone, Girl In Red, Finneas, Luvcat, Blondshell, Tanner Addell, Artemas, PVRIS, Royel Otis and Arde Bogotá, Natalia Lacunza, Alcalá Norte and Leon Bridges, with more to be announced.

Crowd at Night 3 of Mad Cool 2024. Photo credit: Javier Bragado
Crowd at Night 3 of Mad Cool 2024. Photo credit: Javier Bragado

The festival has cultivated a vibrant electronic and dance scene since its inception in 2016. An entire stage was set up specifically for this purpose, The Loop, which this year featured acts such as The Blessed Madonna, DJ Koze, Bonobo and Jayda G.

The Mad Cool 2024 edition of the festival also featured performances from Dua Lipa, Pearl Jam, Bring Me The Horizon, The Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage, Janelle Monáe, Nothing But Thieves, Tom Odell and more. Checkout NMEYou can find the summary of this year’s festival here.

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