Wireless Festival
Wireless Festival | |
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Genre | Hip hop |
Dates |
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Location(s) | 2005–2012: Hyde Park, London 2006–07: Harewood House, Leeds 2013: Olympic Park, London 2014: Perry Park, Birmingham 2014–2019: Finsbury Park, London 2021: Crystal Palace Park, London 2022: Crystal Palace Park; Finsbury Park; NEC, Birmingham 2023: Finsbury Park, London |
Years active | 2005–present |
Founders | Live Nation Entertainment |
Next event | 12–14 July 2024 |
Capacity | 50,000 |
Organised by | Live Nation & Festival Republic |
Sponsor | Gopuff (Official Partner) |
Website | www |
Wireless Festival is an annual rap and
From its inception in 2005 until 2008, the festival was sponsored by telecommunications company
The capacity of the 2023 event is 49,999.[3] Adjacent festivals were held in Leeds in 2006 and 2007, as well as Birmingham in 2014. In 2017, Live Nation also established Wireless Germany, in Frankfurt, as well as Wireless Middle East in Abu Dhabi.[4]
History
2005
The first festival took place in June 2005 and was in Hyde Park only. Tickets were £35 a day. Some of the acts on the line-up were (headline acts in bold):[5]
- Friday, 24 June: New Order, Moby, Hard-Fi, The Bravery, Graham Coxon, The Dresden Dolls, The Dears, Rilo Kiley
- Saturday, 25 June: Stereo MCs
- Wednesday, 29 June: Keane, Echo & the Bunnymen, Supergrass, James Blunt, Brendan Benson, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright
- Thursday, 30 June: Kasabian, Editors, The Rakes, The Others, Ladytron, Soulwax, Peter Doherty, JJ72, Cut Copy
2006
In 2006, the festival played in both Hyde Park and Harewood House. Tickets were £37.51 per day.
The Hyde Park festival ran from 21 to 25 June and on the bill were:[6]
- Belle & Sebastian, Dirty Pretty Things, Super Furry Animals, The Raconteurs, Gogol Bordello, The Like
- David Gray, Fun Lovin' Criminals, KT Tunstall, Violent Femmes
- James Blunt, Zero 7, Eels, Beth Orton, Paolo Nutini
- Depeche Mode, Goldfrapp, OK Go, The Dears, The Fratellis, Mystery Jets
The Harewood House festival ran from 24 to 25 June and tickets were £32.50 for the first day and £37.50 for the second. It featured:[7]
2007
Tickets for both venues went on sale on 16 March 2007 and the festival took place between 14 and 17 June in Hyde Park, and 15–17 June at Harewood House. Tickets were £40 for one day, £75 for two, £105 for three or £135 for four days.
The acts for both Hyde Park and Harewood House were:[8]
- Kissaway Trail, Pete and the Pirates, The Scare
- ,
- You Say Party! We Say Die!, Los Campesinos!, and Under the Influence of Giants. Kaiser Chiefs selected the line-up for the day they were headlining (Saturday at Harewood House and Sunday in Hyde Park).
The acts which performed the extra date in Hyde Park were:
- Cat Empire.
For the first time, the Leeds festival offered camping facilities at the festival. Campers were allowed to stay on Lord Harewood's land for £25 for as many festival days as they wished. There were 3 stages this year, and the O2 Blueroom where only O2 customers were allowed to enter.
2008
The 2008 O2 Wireless Festival spanned 4 days in Hyde Park, and was the last to carry the O2 sponsorship. An attempt to hold a parallel festival in Leeds similar to the Reading and Leeds Festivals arrangement was unsuccessful, and instead a variety of club nights featuring billed artists were held. Tickets were £45 per day.
The line-up was as follows:[9]
- Thursday, 3 July: Annie, Bryn Christophers, Kid Sisters, Tinie Tempah, Yelle
- Friday, 4 July: The Courteeners, Black Kids, The Rascals, The Hosts, Kristeen Young, Howling Bells, Magic Wands, The Whigs, Nicole Atkins and the Sea, Mon Ouisch, The Fashion, The Reprieve, New York Dolls, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Liam Finn, Apollo Sunshine, Seawolf, Jaguar Love, Peter and the Wolf
- Saturday, 5 July: InnerPartySystem
- Sunday, 6 July: Bowling For Soup, Donavon Frankenreiter, Delays, Melee, Luke White, Galactic with Lyrics Born and Boots Riley, Roy World, Joe Purdy, Amy Studt, Dawn Kinnard, The Galvatrons, Silver Seas, Chief, Nellie McKay, Alice Smith, Ryan Shaw, Sons of Albion, Pablo Francisco, Jamie Kennedy, Jo Koy, Gabriel Iglesias
2009
The 2009 festival was sponsored by Barclaycard and was cut from four to two days in Hyde Park. Tickets were £45 for one day or £80 for both. The line-up was as follows:[10]
- Saturday, 4 July: Japanese Popstars, Phenomenal Handclap Band
- Sunday, 5 July:
2010
The 2010 Wireless Festival was increased to three days and took place from 2 July to 4 July 2010. Tickets were £47.50 for one day, £85 for two and £110 for three days. The line-up was as follows:[11]
- Friday, 2 July: Daisy Dares You, Neon Hitch, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, Bluey Robinson
- Saturday, 3 July: , Phenomenal Handclap Band
- Sunday, 4 July: Wiley, Roll Deep, J. Cole, Chiddy Bang, Wale, Professor Green, Laura Steel, Talay Riley, McLean, Bluey Robinson, Hesta Prynn.
The Sunday date sold out in record time, three weeks before the festival.[12]
2011
The 2011 Wireless Festival was held from Friday 1 July to Sunday 3 July 2011. Tickets were £48.50 (Saturday/Sunday) or £49.50 (Friday) for one day, £92 for two and £130 for three days.
Line-up | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Plan B
Tinie Tempah Chipmunk
Example
Labrinth Jodie Connor Far East Movement Yasmin Wretch 32 Mike Posner Alexis Jordan
Natalia Kills
Dot Rotten
StooShe
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The Chemical Brothers
LMFAO
Nero
Katy B Devlin Digitalism Battles The Whip Justin Robertson
Jay Electronica J. Cole Modestep Maverick Sabre Michael Franti & Spearhead
Her Majesty & The Wolves
Alex Metric Alpines Luke Bingham
James Holroyd |
Pulp
Devotchka
The Like The Naked and Famous The Pretty Reckless Roky Erickson Neon Trees Funeral Party Fight Like Apes Summer Camp
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2012
The 2012 Wireless Festival was held from Friday, 6 July to Sunday, 8 July. Tickets went on general sale on 18 November 2011, priced at £49.50 (Friday/Saturday) and £52.50 (Sunday), plus booking fee.[13] All tickets for the Rihanna day sold out by the end of March, a new record for the festival.[14]
The acts which played were:
2013
The 2013 event was moved to the
The line-up for the festival was:[16]
2014
In February 2014 it was confirmed that Wireless Festival 2014 would be held at
London
Line-up | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Kanye West
Foxes
Ella Eyre Angel Haze Joel Compass Vic Mensa Jess Glynne |
Kanye West
B.o.B.
Chance the Rapper Earl Sweatshirt Kwabs A$AP Ferg
G-Eazy YG Sage the Gemini |
Bruno Mars
Raleigh Ritchie
Becky Hill Dominique Young Unique |
Birmingham
Line-up | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Kanye West
B.o.B.
Chance the Rapper Earl Sweatshirt Kwabs A$AP Ferg
G-Eazy YG Sage the Gemini |
Bruno Mars
Raleigh Ritchie
Becky Hill Dominique Young Unique |
Kanye West
Foxes
Ella Eyre Angel Haze Joel Compass Vic Mensa Jess Glynne |
2015
On 31 January 2015, it was confirmed that the festival would be held in Finsbury Park between 3 and 5 July. The lineup was confirmed via the festival's Twitter page, with confirmation that Drake would return to the festival following his cancellation in 2014. It was also revealed that David Guetta and Nicki Minaj would perform as co-headliners on the Sunday, and that Avicii and Kendrick Lamar would be co-headlining on Saturday. As it was the festival's tenth birthday, there was a special 'birthday' event on Sunday, 28 June. Following the announcement of the lineup, several artists cancelled their appearance. In early June, Big Sean removed the Wireless appearance from his tour's website and he no longer appeared on the Wireless website's lineup. Around the same time, Boy Better Know were added to the Wireless 10 event. On 14 June, Stromae cancelled his Wireless appearance amongst other summer dates, after suffering a reaction to anti-malaria drugs whilst on his tour of Sub-Saharan Africa. Someone tweeted a day later to say she would also be cancelling a number of summer dates, including Wireless, due to having to undergo vocal chord surgery. The Friday sold out by the end of April, whilst the other three dates remained on sale until the festival.[citation needed]
Line-up | |||
Main Stage | |||
Sunday 28 June | Friday 3 July | Saturday 4 July | Sunday 5 July |
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Drake
Section Boyz
13:00 - 13:40 |
Drake
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Avicii
Mary J Blige
15:45 - 16:30 Tinashe 14:50 - 15:20 Raleigh Ritchie 14:05 - 14:30 Conor Maynard 13:20 - 13:45 |
David Guetta + Nicki Minaj
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Stage 2/Pepsi Max Arena | |||
Sunday 28 June | Friday 3 July | Saturday 4 July | Sunday 5 July |
Public Enemy
19:20 - 20:10 Boy Better Know 18:25 - 18:55 Black Star 17:20 - 18:05 Raekwon & Ghostface Killah 16:10 - 17:00 De La Soul 15:25 - 15:50 Jhene Aiko
14:30 - 15:05 ILoveMakonnen 13:45 - 14:10 Bishop Nehru 13:00 - 13:25 |
Nero
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Knife Party
Netsky
18:25 - 19:20 DJ Mustard
17:15 - 18:00 Indiana 16:20 - 16:50 Robin Schulz 15:10 - 15:55 MNEK 14:20 - 14:50 KStewart 13:30 - 14:00 |
Grandmaster Flash
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Capital Xtra Presents Re:Wired Arena | |||
Sunday 28 June No Stage |
Friday 3 July | Saturday 4 July | Sunday 5 July |
Lethal Bizzle
Travis Scott
18:20 - 18:50 Ms. Dynamite 17:25 - 17:55 Collie Buddz 16:30 - 17:00 Little Simz 15:40 - 16:10 OCD: Moosh & Twist 14:50 - 15:20 Melissa Steel 14:10 - 14:30 Jermain Jackman 13:30 - 13:50 |
Kurupt FM
Sinead Harnett
17:35 - 18:05 Bad Rabbits 16:40 - 17:10 OWS 15:50 - 16:20 Etta Bond 15:00 - 15:30 Nick Brewer 14:15 - 14:40 Ady Suleiman 13:30 - 13:55 |
George the Poet
Damage
14:35 - 15:05 Samm Henshaw 13:45 - 14:15 |
2016
Wireless Festival 2016 was held on the weekend of 8–10 July at
Line Up | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Calvin Harris
Kurupt FM
Kwabs Disciples Vic Mensa Big Narstie Dua Lipa Lady Leshurr Anne-Marie
Yungen 99 Souls Geko Petite Meller |
KStewart
The Manor DJ Semtex Jorja Smith A2 Kyla |
Boy Better Know / Kygo
Section Boyz
Young Thug Yelawolf Jeremih Vince Staples Anderson Paak & The Free Nationals
Metro Boomin Ty Dolla Sign Dillon Francis Newham Generals Jay Sean Ghetts Logan Sama Thomas Jack Fekky Bomba Estereo
Elf Kid
Sonny Digital Father |
2017
Wireless Festival 2017 was held on the weekend of 7–9 July at
Line Up | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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|
Skepta
Section Boyz
Yungen Dave MoStack Cadet Jez Dior The Age Of L.U.N.A Big Tobz Young T & Bugsey |
The Weeknd
Wizkid
Pusha T Tyga Desiigner Bugzy Malone Hilltop Hoods Mike Skinner & Murkage Presnent Tonga Stefflon Don Yuna AJ x Deno
Kojo Funds Abra Cadabra Topaz Jones |
2018
Wireless festival was held on 6–8 July at
Line Up | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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J. Cole
Wiley
Wretch 32 Mabel MoStack Kojo Funds Belly Squad Bas Donae'o Just Banco Big Heath AJ x Deno
EO |
Stormzy
Krept & Konan
French Montana 6lack A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
Belly Majid Jordan Davido Big Shaq
Chip Avelino Hardy Caprio Fredo (cancelled)
Ramz Sneakbo Raye Ms Banks Last Night In Paris M Huncho Yung Fume Romzy D-Block Europe Ambush
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DJ Khaled and Friends (cancelled)
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2019
The Wireless Festival was held on 5–7 July at Finsbury Park. The lineup was announced on 28 January, with Cardi B and Migos to co-headline on Friday, Travis Scott headlining on Saturday, and ASAP Rocky headlining on Sunday. On 9 February, Cadet, who was meant to be performing on Saturday, died. Wireless kept his performance set, in order to remember him. On 13 March, One Acen, Lotto Boyzz, THEY., Tiwa Savage, Lady Sanity and Lil Yachty were added to the lineup. In April, Loski pulled out due to legal issues. On 8 May, Yungen was added to the lineup. On 14 June Megan Thee Stallion was added to the lineup. On 20 June, it was announced that a number of acts would be streamed globally, live in virtual reality, by using a platform provided by MelodyVR. Streamed content would also be available via Wireless's Facebook page and MelodyVR's Android and iOS VR/360 apps.[18][19] On 1 July, Polo G was added to the lineup. Two days later, Headie One and Lil Uzi Vert pulled out for unknown reasons. Jay1 replaced One and a surprise guest, Skepta, replaced Vert. Also, ASAP Rocky pulled out, due to legal issues. On the day before he was meant to headline, J Hus was added to the lineup and it was also announced that Rae Sremmurd would be headlining Sunday. At the same time, Polo G cancelled his performance, due to the birth of his child, and was replaced by Aitch.
Line Up | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Cardi B / Migos
Fredo
Lil Skies Bugzy Malone Headie One (cancelled) JAY1 IAMDDB Maleek Berry NSG B Young One Acen |
Travis Scott
THEY.
Unknown T Steel Banglez Cadet DigDat Deno Driz
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ASAP Rocky (cancelled)
J.I.D
Polo G (cancelled) Aitch Russ Megan Thee Stallion Tiwa Savage Flohio Lady Sanity |
2020
The sixteenth edition of Wireless Festival was due to take place on 3–5 July 2020 at Finsbury Park, London. In social media statements posted on 23 March 2021, it was announced that the festival would be moved to Crystal Palace Park and would take place on 10–12 September 2021.
Cancelled Line Up | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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ASAP Rocky
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Skepta
Mostack
Aitch Tion Wayne Jay1 Doja Cat Hardy Caprio Koffee Young T & Bugsey Digdat
K-Trap Kida Kudz Tiffany Calver & Friends |
A Boogie
Nav
Ski Mask the Slump God Mist Lil Tecca City Girls NLE Choppa Nafe Smallz Tyla Yaweh Earthgang
Darkoo |
2021
In social media statements posted on 23 March 2021, it was announced that the festival would be moved to Crystal Palace Park and would take place at a later date than usual, due to Covid, on 10–12 September 2021.
Line Up | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Future with a surprise appearance from Drake
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Skepta
Sidhu Moosewala )
Swae Lee Swarmz Tion Wayne Zie Zie |
Abra Cadabra
Central Cee Charlie Sloth (& friends) Dappy Digdat
Headie One K-Trap M Huncho M24 Megan Thee Stallion Mist Nafe Smallz Nafe Smallz Potter Payper Poundz Rick Ross Young Thug Yungen |
2022
On 25 February 2022, it was announced that Wireless Festival would take place in
.Crystal Palace Park Line-Up | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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J. Cole
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Finsbury Park Line-Up | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Cardi B
Arrdee
Omah Lay Rema B Young Enny BackRoad Gee Ayra Starr DJ Cuppy Sian Anderson |
SZA
Jhene Aiko
Lucky Daye Queen Naija Yung Bleu Ace Nadia Jade More TBA |
Nicki Minaj
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Outdoor at NEC Line-Up | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Dave
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Cardi B
Arrdee
B Young Remi Burgz Jeremiah Asiamah More TBA |
J. Cole
Sir Spyro
More TBA |
2023
It was announced that Wireless 2023 would be returning for one weekend, at Finsbury Park. The event is due to take place on 7, 8 and 9 July, with headline artists Playboi Carti, Travis Scott and D-Block Europe, and 50 Cent as a special guest, all UK festival exclusives. Saturday day tickets sold out within 60 minutes of going on sale.
Line Up | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Playboi Carti
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Travis Scott
Joey Bada$$
Lucki Mariah The Scientist Clavish Tiffany Calver Nadia Jae |
D-Block Europe / 50 Cent (Special Guest)
Glorilla
Black Sherif Dreya Mac DJ Target Seani B |
2024
It was announced that Wireless would return to Finsbury Park between 12 and 14 July 2024, with headline artists Nicki Minaj, 21 Savage, J Hus and Doja Cat.[20]
Line Up | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Nicki Minaj
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21 Savage
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Doja Cat
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Sponsors
Years | Name of Sponsor | Organised by | Notes | Location | Date | Years |
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2005–08 | O2 | Live Nation & Festival Republic |
as O2 Wireless Festival | Hyde Park, London Harewood House |
5–7 July | 2005–19 |
2009–12 | Barclaycard | as Barclaycard Wireless | ||||
2013–14 | Yahoo! | Olympic Park (2013) Perry Park (2014) | ||||
2015– | Pepsi Max | Official partners | Finsbury Park | |||
Pepsi | Crystal Palace Park | July | 2021–present | |||
2021– | Gopuff | Official sponsors | Finsbury Park |
See also
References
- ^ Time, The UK (30 May 2022). "Wireless Festival 2022 Lineup, Tickets, Date, Location, and Much More". The UK Time. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ Rice, Sam (4 July 2022). "Wireless Festival London review: Local artists created magic onstage". Evening Standard. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ "Wireless Festival 2019". eFestivals. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ Chapple, Jon (4 December 2018). "Wireless to return to Germany in 2019". iq-mag.net. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ [2] Archived April 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [3] Archived April 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [4] Archived April 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "O2 Wireless Festival 2008::line-up". 2008.wirelessfestival.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ [5] Archived January 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [6] Archived December 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "JAY-Z at Wireless sponsored by Barclaycard - now sold out!". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ Rihanna Barclaycard Wireless Festival 2012 tickets on sale Archived 2014-11-10 at the Wayback Machine, Virtual Festivals.
- ^ More acts announced across the weekend, Wireless Festival official site. Archived March 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Travel Info | Wireless Festival 2013". Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
- ^ "Line up 2018". Wireless Festival. 29 March 2016.
- ^ "Tickets". Wireless Festival. 6 April 2016.
- ^ "MelodyVR to livestream London's Wireless Festival in virtual reality via new app". 20 June 2019.
- ^ ""It's a festival first!": Wireless joins forces with Melody VR for virtual reality live broadcast".
- ^ Collins, Riyah (29 January 2024). "Nicki Minaj tops Wireless festival line-up with 21 Savage and Doja Cat". BBC News. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Line Up - Friday". Wireless Festival. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Line Up - Saturday". Wireless Festival. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Line Up - Sunday". Wireless Festival. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
External links
- Wireless Festival Official Website
- Virtual Festivals' Wireless Festival page
- Sights and sounds from Wireless Festival 2006: The week in pictures
- Wireless 2010 News
- Wireless Festival News