Parklife Festival has dropped its full line-up for 2025. The festival, returning to Heaton Park on Saturday 14 – Sunday 15 June, has announced a star-studded lineup to join previously announced headliner Charli XCX.
Joining Charli as a headliner is hip-hop legend 50 Cent – the American rap star previously headlined Parklife in 2022, in a grand performance that saw him backed by a live band and DJ, revisiting hits such as “What Up, Gangsta?” and “Candy Shop”.
Also high up on the bill is Jorja Smith. The MOBO-nominated soul singer will be making her Parklife debut. Adding some more R&B flavours will be ‘Messy’ singer Lola Young and British girl-group FLO.
50 Cent, who will also be headlining Dublin festival Longitude this year, recently completed a residency in Vegas at PH Live in Planet Hollywood. The NY rappers shows received mixed reviews. The Daily Mail reports that one Vegas blogger, Jennifer Gay, labelled it one of the “worst” performances she’s ever seen.
After criticizing the sound quality, as well as lack of enthusiasm from 50, Jennifer wrote, “I understand that he’s successful and doesn’t need a residency, so why do it if he doesn’t want to put any effort into it?” Let’s hope 50’s Parklife performance can do more to please the crowd.
Meanwhile, Jorja Smith has tour dates scheduled this year in support of her 2023 album ‘Falling Or Flying’. She has gigs booked in the UK, US, Europe and South America. She’ll be performing in Manchester and Wolverhampton in May, and Dublin and London in June.
Fans of dance music will feel surely satisfied with some of the names on the line-up – South Korean house hitmaker Peggy Gou will grace the stage as she did in 2021. Multi-genre musician Joy Orbison will also bring his eclectic electronic sounds to the festival. Legendary dubstep duo Skream & Benga will perform a set, as will drum ‘n’ bass group Rudimental.
There will be stage takeovers from various outfits, curating a range of different sounds. XXL will be providing hard techno sounds, Worried About Henry will give some high-energy DnB, Ghosts of Garage will bring UKG, and Manchester venue YES will also cover a stage.
There will be some new changes brought to this year’s festival. A brand-new stage, Matinée, will open featuring a 360° DJ booth. There’ll also be a new location for VIP & Backstage areas, to be centred within the heart of the park itself.
There were some mix-ups last year with the lineup, with two massive headliners J Hus and Fisher both dropping out. Hopefully it’s a full house this year.
The prices for this year’s Parklife will start from £85 day tickets, before booking fees. Weekend tickets will begin from £135. Tickets will be available from Ticketmaster and Skiddle. You can see the full line-up below.
