Charli XCX Announced as First Headliner for Manchester’s Parklife Festival

It looks like Brat Summer will roll well into 2025: Charli XCX has been announced as a headliner at another U.K. festival, this time heading up the bill at Manchester’s Parklife Festival (June 14-15), the largest city festival in Europe.

The British star leads the announcement for the Heaton Park festival, which includes other electronic names such as Confidence Man, Interplanetary Criminal, salute, DJ Heartstring and more. Elsewhere Girls Don’t Sync, Prospa, Chaos In The CBD, KI/KI, Antony Szmierek, Sim0ne, Bakey, Jodie Harsh and Gina Breeze will join the bill. The festival’s full lineup will be announced in January.

Tickets for the event go on general sale at Parklife’s website on Nov. 29 at 10 a.m. (GMT) and can be purchased here. 2024’s edition of the festival was headlined by Doja Cat and Disclosure.

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It’s the latest booking for Charli following an announcement that she will be bringing her Party Girl series to London’s new LIDO Festival in Victoria Park, which takes place over the same weekend on June 14.

The announcement comes ahead of a run of arena dates in the U.K. this week, kicking off in Manchester this evening (Nov. 27) before heading to London, Glasgow and Birmingham. She’s also announced a new run of North America arena dates for next spring, where she’ll perform in Brooklyn, Chicago, Minneapolis and Austin, as well as a big slot at Coachella Festival.

Charli’s Brat album was recently nominated for seven Grammys at the upcoming ceremony in February, including a nod for album of the year. She recently appeared on Saturday Night Live as host and the performing musician, as well as completing a co-headline tour throughout North American with close collaborator Troye Sivan.

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