

According to NME.com, Mad Cool has announced the first run of artists for next year’s 10th anniversary installment. Headlining the event will be the Pulp, Foo Fighters, Florence & The Machine, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Lorde and other acts. The 2026 edition of the festival will run between July 8 and 11, at the Iberdrola Music Villaverde site in Madrid, which festival organizers previously announced had undergone a series of improvements, including a reduction in the number of stages, as well as a general reduction in public capacity to reduce schedule conflicts and artist overlaps. For tickets and more information, click here.


Also performing will be Twenty One Pilots, CMAT, Wolf Alice, Jennie, Moby, The Last Dinner Party, Kings Of Leon, The War On Drugs, Halsey, Teddy Swims, Pixies, The Black Crowes, David Byrne, The Blaze, Karen Dio, Midnight Generation, Jalen Ngonda, The Warning, DogStar, The War And Treaty, HotWax, Hoonine, Chloe Slater and other talented souls.
Rio Kosta, The Vaccines, Bigger Splash, MadMadMad, Sadie Jean, Zimmer90, The Reytons, Persia Holder, Matt Berninger, OverPass, TTSSFU, SuperModel, Hot Milk, Frost Children, Palaye Royale, Cliffords, Usted Senalemelo, Holly Humberstone, Midnight Generation, Sigrid, Interpol, A Perfect Circle, Zara Larsson, Renee Rapp, Charlie Puth and other acts will be performing as well.
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