This summer, American Express presents BST Hyde Park welcomes Mumford & Sonsback to the Great Oak Stage on Saturday 4 July 2026 – ten years since their last acclaimed appearance. Today, BST Hyde Park is delighted to announce an incredible line up for the West London band’s homecoming: Holly Humberstone, Caamp, Divorce, Stella Lefty and Cliffords. They will also be joined by previously announced special guestThe War On Drugs, with final acts to be revealed. Tickets on sale now, visit www.bst-hydepark.com

Ahead of joining Mumford & Sons at BST Hyde Park, the 2022 BRIT Rising Star winner Holly Humberstone reaches a new gothic-pop peak with her forthcoming second album Cruel World, due for release on 10 April 2026. Place has always been the centre spine to Holly Humberstone’s lucid songwriting, from her breakthrough EP Falling Asleep At The Wheel, which introduced a young woman trying to understand the walls in which she grew up, to The Walls Are Way Too Thin and her critically acclaimed #3 debut album Paint My Bedroom Black, written in fragments on the road while touring with girl in red and Olivia Rodrigo. Winning the BRIT Rising Star Award in 2022, presented by Sam Fender, marked her ascent from her gothic family home in Grantham to the world stage.

Cruel World marks a new chapter. Turning 25 and rebuilding a home in South-East London with her sisters and best friend, Holly channels a newfound sense of belonging into her most self-assured work yet. The album’s title track arrives alongside a striking Victorian theatre-inspired video, following recent singles “Die Happy” and “To Love Somebody,” a trio that signals a bold, cinematic evolution she calls “my favourite song I’ve ever written”. Alongside Hyde Park, she’ll also embark on a UK and European tour, as well as appearing at major US festivals including Coachella and The Governors Ball.

Ohio indie-folk group Caamp continue to build on the momentum of their 2025 album Copper Changes Color, a record that saw them expand their rootsy warmth with a broader indie-rock edge, showcased on tracks like ‘Millions’ and fan favourite ‘Mistakes’. Formed by childhood friends Taylor Meier and Evan Westfall, and now comprising Matt Vinson, Joseph Kavalec and Nicholas Falk, the band have cultivated an instinctive, free-flowing live presence shaped by years of writing and playing together. That enduring chemistry was spotlighted this month in an NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert, a full-circle moment a decade on from their original submission where they blended newer material with beloved songs including ‘All The Debts I Owe’ and ‘By and By’. Fresh from touring across the UK and Europe, Caamp’s latest chapter reflects a band still evolving while remaining grounded in the connection that first defined them.

Divorce cite a broad range of influences, from contemporary indie heavyweights like Mitski, and Big Thief, to cult icons such as Tom Waits and LCD Soundsystem. The Nottingham band burst onto the scene in 2022 with their explosive debut EP ‘Get Mean’ and continued to expand their horizons with their second EP ‘Heady Metal’ , acquiring key champions at press and radio. Moving strength to strength, they returned in 2024 with their now widely loved single ‘Gears’, and soon followed up with the indie-anthem ‘My Room’, cementing their status as one of the most exciting UK artists to watch out for. Trademark theatricality is at the forefront of every Divorce performance. With every fanciful music video, alongside consistent displays of outstanding musicality at live shows, the band have captivated audiences of thousands across the UK and Europe. With sold-out tours already behind them, Divorce released their debut album Drive to Goldenhammer to critical acclaim last year, and 2026 is shaping up to be just as big.

Hailing from Cork, Cliffords have quickly become one of Ireland’s most exciting new bands. With the release of their EP ‘Salt Of The Lee’, the four-piece have shown a remarkable ability to craft songs that feel both polished and deeply personal. Vocalist Iona Lynch leads the band with reflective, sharp lyrics, supported by Gav Dawkins on bass and trumpet, Harry Menton on guitar, and Locon O’Toole on keys. After a sold-out homecoming show at Cork City Hall, it’s clear they’ve earned a devoted following, and with their recent single ‘Marsh’ pointing toward moodier, more atmospheric territory, the band is poised for a breakthrough in 2026.

Los Angeles singer-songwriter Stella Lefty is carving out a distinctive sound that blends keen observation with raw emotional immediacy. She’s already making a name for herself onstage, turning introspective songwriting into a commanding live performance. Her latest single, “Thinking ’bout You”, released at the start of the year, has captured widespread attention on TikTok,  and with a growing fanbase and a strong creative vision, Lefty continues to establish her own unique space in contemporary pop.

The eclectic lineup will join Mumford & Sons for their huge headline show this summer. Final acts are still to be announced.

Mumford & Sons have travelled the world since 2008, headlining festivals, topping charts, and collaborating with icons like Dylan, Springsteen and Neil Young. But London has always been the band’s anchor, and Hyde Park remains one of their most cherished stages.

Last month, they claimed their fourth Official Number 1 album, and second in less than a year, with the release of Prizefighter. The acclaimed album was created with Aaron Dessner at Long Pond Studio and features Hozier, Gracie Abrams, Chris Stapleton and Gigi Perez. It follows RUSHMERE, their 2025 UK No. 1 album that powered a sold-out global arena tour.

American Express presents BST Hyde Park 2026 headliners: Garth Brooks (27 June), Maroon 5 (3 July), Mumford & Sons (4 July), Pitbull (10 July) and Lewis Capaldi (11 July and 12 July).

Tickets on sale now:

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Bringing two-decades of songs and tirelessly promoting the rights of artists, Kate Nash is announced for Sound City 2026, the UK’s inner-city festival of new music discovery and the first event of Liverpool Music Month, taking place throughout Liverpool City Centrebetween Sat 2 – Sun 3 May 2026. Heading a newly revealed list of over 30 bands and artists, Nash arrives on Merseyside to perform and speak in a special in-person Q&A at the Sound City+ Conference.

Hit- maker and headline-grabber, Nash adds her name to the list of female artists featured as part of the lead festival for Keychange, the global movement focused on the restructuring of the music industry to achieve gender equality. Nash’s notable contributions to the fight for improved access to the arts and grassroots music and marginalised artists has included her Butts For Tour Buses protest and releasing her “feminist and trans ally anthem” GERM in 2025.

Opening the weekend on Fri 1 May 2026, the Sound City+ conference welcomes Nash to the stage to explore her journey through music and more. She is the second artist to be revealed as a contributing guest, with singer, songwriter and guitarist of No.1 charting indie success story, Jamie Boyle of The K’s, appearing at a special, weekend-opening BPI x Bowers & Wilkins Insight Sessions event on Thu 30 April 2026 to discuss his band’s fan powered rise to headline success story.

Sound City’s latest festival weekend announcement brings no fewer than 34 further bands and solo artists to multiple city centre venues, including neo-soul rising star, Marina Josephina, visiting as one of BBC Introducing’s Ones to Watch 2025, and Chicago indie five-piece, CUSP, whose previous tours of the UK include performing in the company of DMA’s with their latest album, What I Want Doesn’t Want Me Back, grabbing rave critical reviews. Glasgow’s Mercy Girl take a distinct route to music lovers’ hearts with their electronic darkwave offer, as demonstrated on their most recent single, Closer. They arrive to play over the May Bank Holiday Weekend as the reigning Scottish Alternative Music Awards Best Newcomers.

Liverpool’s own Courting return home after the long year of touring which has followed the release of their third album, Lust for Life, Or: How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story in March 2025. Recently touring with legendary Wakefield punks, The Cribs, the four-piece renowned for breakthrough tracks including Tennis and Popshop! head home for the first time since playing BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend in Sefton Park last spring.

Other star names confirmed include local light, Michael Aldag, whose 2023 breakthrough Girlfriends confirmed him as a social media-borne phenomenon, followed by two years of growth to become a singular songwriting presence and releasing relatable pop gems including 2025’s emotive single, Hell. Charlie Noordeweir joins Aldag on the Sound City bill having emerged from Devon with intimate, fireside folk tales such as Little Miss Sunshine, grabbing enough early attention to open for Sam Fender at his 30,000-capacity Manchester show last summer.

All eyes, however, will be on Nash, whose hits include the iconic early-00’s smash, Foundations, and controversial efforts to fund her own tours include establishing an Only Fans account, which led her to tell British MPs last month that “I sell pictures of my bum on the internet” just to stay on the road.

Sound City’s Managing Director, Becky Ayres, says: “We are thrilled to have Kate join us at Sound City, as one of the UK’s era-defining artists as well as someone who leads from the front on issues of gender equality, diversity and making careers in music sustainable, addressing injustice at every stage of her incredible career. Being discovered at the start of a digitised music era, signing a major label deal, enjoying chart success, pursuing a successful acting career in ‘Glow’ and continuing to write, record and perform, she is an inspiration.

“Her set at Sound City will be unmissable for the songs and to witness an iconic British, female artist at the height of her powers.”

In addition to uncovering emergent talent that have become household names, the Sound City+ Conference has also become one of the British music industry’s major meeting points. Just last month The BPI, the representative body for the UK’s recorded music sector, announced that it would return for the second-year running, bringing its acclaimed In Tune With Tomorrow event back to the city.

Confirmed speakers to date, alongside The K’s front man, Bowers, for In Tune With Tomorrow’s BPI x Bowers & Wilkins Insight Sessions include Becky Ayres (Sound City) Conrad Murray (SJM), Alfie Skelly (Modern Sky), Mark Orr (LAB Records), David Cameron-Pryde (LAMA Management), Lisa Meyer (Capsule) and Alyx Holcombe (BBC Introducing).  That stellar line up gathers for an invite-only weekend opener on Thu 30 April 2026 at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall for The Long Play: UK Rock in the Age of Streaming. The discussion and Q&A will go deep into the forces shaping one of the UK’s most enduringly successful and evolving genres, dealing with chart-topping success, youth culture and the future of fandom.

Examining how the music industry can nurture creative talent and support long-term career development and pathways into the music ecosystem, attendees from over 20 leading British and international music companies have also been confirmed for Sound City+. Those organisations announced so far include Audoo, Beatport, Believe, Better Noise, Big Machine Label Group, Blackstar, ClicknClear, Generator, Hoopr, HQ Recording Ltd, Keychange, LabelRadar, Music Industry Mentor, Partisan Records, PPL, PRS For Music, Scruff of the Neck, SESAC, TuneCore and Wasserman.

For both Sound City and the recently announced Liverpool Music Month, the city’s artist-led music publishing success story, Sentric, will celebrate their 20th anniversary over the same weekend with a series of promised events they confidently describe as ‘unmissable’.

The full Sound City+ programme, supported by The BPI alongside PRS, PPL, PRSF, AIM and UK Music,  will be published in the coming weeks at www.soundcity.uk.com/conference.

Celebrating three decades since the release of their groundbreaking debut album, legendary alternative rock band Placebo announce Placebo RE:CREATED, a powerful new reworking of the record that first introduced them to the world in 1996. The album will be released on 19 June 2026 via Elevator Lady Ltdthrough AWAL.

Originally arriving at the height of the Britpop era, Placebo stood in stark contrast to the prevailing cultural mood. While much of British guitar music at the time leaned into laddish nostalgia and national identity, Placebo’s debut delivered something altogether more provocative and confrontational. Its songs addressed sexuality, androgyny, addiction and alienation with an honesty rarely heard in mainstream rock at the time, establishing the band as one of the most distinctive voices of their generation.

Thirty years on, Placebo RE:CREATED sees the band return to this pivotal album with a fresh perspective. The new record features reworked and embellished versions of all ten tracks from the original album plus two bonus tracks from the original release, capturing the way these songs have evolved across decades of performance while retaining the raw spirit that defined them. Among the tracks are the era-defining singles “Nancy Boy” and “36 Degrees”, songs that helped establish Placebo’s reputation for fearless lyricism and genre-defying sound. These new recordings amplify the urgency and attitude that made the originals resonate so strongly, while reflecting the band’s growth and experience in the years since their debut.

Speaking about the new record, Placebo explain:

“We think of this record as a director’s cut. We haven’t recreated it from scratch. We went back to the original master tapes and brought 30 years of playing these songs live back into the record. 

This project was about finally finishing the record, dragging it into the 21st century sonically, while preserving the integrity and the spirit of the original. It’s not about improving it, there’s nothing wrong with it, it’s about completing it.

When we made the first album, we didn’t yet have the experience or the studio knowledge to fully translate what was in our heads. Over the years, the songs took on a life of their own on stage; they grew, they developed, they kind of completed themselves.

It’s a celebration of where we began, and a meeting point between who we were then and who we are now. It’s a way of honouring that innocence, while letting the songs exist with the scale, confidence, and energy of the band we’ve become.”

When Placebo first appeared in 1996, the band’s aesthetic and lyrical perspective challenged expectations within British rock culture. Their visual identity – deliberately ambiguous, glamorous and confrontational – pushed against traditional ideas of gender and masculinity at a time when such conversations rarely entered mainstream discourse. In doing so, Placebo carved out a space for a different kind of alternative voice, one that resonated deeply with audiences who felt outside the cultural mainstream and is still referenced to this day by many of their contemporaries.

Today, discussions around identity, gender expression and individuality are more visible – and often more contested – than ever. Against this backdrop, the origins of Placebo’s debut feel strikingly relevant again. Placebo RE:CREATED not only celebrates the legacy of the original album, but also highlights its enduring cultural significance, reaffirming how forward-thinking the record was upon its release.

The album was recreated by Brian Molko and Rob Kirwan from the original master tapes and mixed by Adam Noble. The result is a collection that preserves the immediacy and defiance of the original while pushing the sound into new territory – reflecting both the band’s long history with these songs and their continued creative evolution.

Pre-order Placebo RE:CREATED here: https://placebo.ffm.to/recreated.OPR

Later this year Placebo will embark on an extensive UK and European arena tour to celebrate this momentous anniversary. The band will be performing songs from their first two albums, Placebo and Without You I’m Nothing – some of which have not been performed live for over 20 years! The tour kicks off in Portugal before heading across Europe and ending in the UK, seeing them perform to hundreds of thousands of fans across 36 dates. Later this month Placebo will , at the invitation of The Cure’s Robert Smith, take to the stage alongside their good friends ‘Garbage’ for the Teenage Cancer Trust concert series at the legendary Royal Albert Hall. The annual series has long been one of the UK’s most respected charity music events, bringing together major artists to raise funds for young people facing cancer. All tickets available here: https://placebo.ffm.to/live

Placebo RE:CREATED will be available to pre-order from 18th March across a range of physical formats, including 1CD, 2CD, Cassette, a Box Set, and five vinyl variants including a Picture Disc.

PLACEBO RE:CREATED TRACKLISTING

1. Come Home
2. Teenage Angst
3. Bionic
4. 36 Degrees
5. Hang On To Your IQ
6. Nancy Boy
7. I Know
8. Bruise Pristine
9. Lady of the Flowers
10. Swallow
11. Drowning By Numbers
12. H.K. Farewell

FORTHCOMING PLACEBO TOUR DATES

March 28th – London Royal Albert Hall – Teenage Cancer Trust
April 11th – Switzerland – Zermatt Unplugged

PLACEBO 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR:

September 2026
28th – Oporto, Portugal – Super Bock Arena
29th – Lisbon, Portugal – Sagres Campo Pequeno

October 2026
1st – Madrid, Spain – Movistar Arena (The Ring)
3rd – Barcelona, Spain – St. Jordi Club
5th – Toulouse, France – Zenith
7th – Nantes, France – Zenith
9th – Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg – Rockhal
12th – Leipzig, Germany – Quarterback Immobilien Arena
15th – Vilnius, Lithuania – Twinsbet Arena
16th – Riga, Latvia – Xiaomi Arēna
18th – Helsinki, Finland – Veikkaus Arena
20th – Stockholm, Sweden – Annexet
22nd – Oslo, Norway – Spektrum
24th – Copenhagen, Denmark – KB Hall
26th – Hamburg, Germany – Barclays Arena
27th – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome
29th – Frankfurt, Germany – Festhalle

November 2026
1st – Antwerp, Belgium – Afas Dome
2nd – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena
4th – Zurich, Switzerland – Hallenstadion
6th – Milan, Italy – Unipol Forum
9th – Munich, Germany – Olympiahalle
10th – Vienna, Austria – Stadthalle
13th – Budapest, Hungary – Budapest Arena
15th – Prague, Czech Republic – Fortuna Sports Hall
16th – Berlin, Germany – Uber Arena
18th – Lodz, Poland – Atlas Arena
21st – Stuttgart, Germany – Hans-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
23rd – Lyon, France – LDLC Arena
25th – Paris, France – Accor Arena
28th – Nottingham, UK – NIC Arena
30th – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro

December 2026
2nd – Dublin, Ireland – 3 Arena
4th – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live Arena
5th – London, UK – OVO Arena Wembley
7th – Cardiff, UK – Utilita Arena