Charli XCX is coming to London in 2025 and she’s curating her own festival, Party Girl! A massive line-up, personally chosen by the Brat star, will perform in Victoria Park on Saturday 14 June. Guest stars on the day will include Brat collaborators 070 Shake, A. G. Cook, Bladee, Kelly Lee Owens, The Dare and The Japanese House, with many more still to come.
Charli XCX @ Wembley Stadium
With Party Girl, Charli XCX is the second headliner at LIDO to be revealed following the news that Jamie XX will top the bill on Saturday 7 June. The two-weekend LIDO Festival, named after Victoria Park’s historic Lido Field, will feature curated musical line-ups alongside community-driven activities during the week, with a strong emphasis on sustainability. LIDO will showcase the most current headliners and work closely with them on line ups reflecting their musical influence.
Avant-pop and electronic superstar Charli XCX has become an iconic figure in the arts, having helped expand the landscape of popular music over the last decade by seamlessly traversing the underground and mainstream with her artistic output. Over the course of a trailblazing career, the multi-hyphenate creative has earned critical acclaim for her innovative style and entrepreneurial spirit and seen her forward-thinking approach reshape pop culture in the process.
She released her sixth studio album Brat in June, which stands as the most critically acclaimed album of the year and landed at Number 1 on the UK Official Album Chart in October. Brat has well and truly made its mark on the cultural zeitgeist this year; the audacious campaign has seen Charli XCX (Charlotte Aitchison) cause roadblocks around the world with her pop-up PARTY GIRL DJ sets, break the internet with viral videos and surprise collaborations with the likes of Billie Eilish, Lorde, Addison Rae, Robyn, Yung Lean, Julia Fox, Chloë Sevigny, and Rachel Sennott and introduce a new tone of green to the social lexicon.
This week saw a sold-out headline show at London’s O2 Arena and now, the pop startlet will take the next step up with her biggest UK show to date at the inaugural LIDO Festival in 2025 – her first UK festival as headliner.
Charli XCX @ Glastonbury
New Jersey rapper 070 Shake may not have collaborated with Charli XCX (yet) but she did appear on RAYE’s absolutely huge hit single Escapism and she has just released her latest album, Petrichor. A. G. Cook’s work can be found on a number of Brat tracks – hardly surprising given he is one of the most sought-after producers around, having worked with superstars including Lady Gaga and Beyoncé. Charli XCX provided vocals on his own 2024 album, Britpop, along with the likes of Addison Rae and Caroline Polachek.
Idiosyncratic Stockholm rapper Bladee joined the Charli XCX world in 2024 with the collaboration Rewind but 2024 also saw the release of two surprise albums, Psykos and Cold Visions. Acclaimed Welsh electronic musician and producer Kelly Lee Owens released her fourth album, Dreamstate, in October, taking her ambient techno beats to the next level.
The Dare produced Brat bonus track Guess, along with the remix featuring Billie Eilish, and September saw the release of the boldly titled album What’s Wrong With New York? It’s all sleazy face-pummelling electro-disco beats.
The Japanese House @ Dingwalls
The Japanese House is another maverick Charli XCX collaborator, on Apple on Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat…. Since 2023’s acclaimed In The End It Always Does, The Japanese House has also collaborated with Fred Again on backseat and released the remarkably upbeat 🙂. A new album is in the works.
Tickets go on general sale on Friday 29 November here.
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