Int’l Lineups: The Cure’s Euro Fest Takeover, Pohoda’s 30th Anniversary & More

Pohoda Festival Slovakia Adds Fourth Day For 30th Anniversary

Pohoda Festival Slovakia announced the addition of a fourth festival day for its 30th anniversary, scheduled to go down July 8-11, 2026 at Trenčín Airport. This new festival day, Wednesday, July 8, will be headlined by The Cure. The other bands performing will be selected by Robert Smith himself.

It’s the first time The Cure perform at Pohoda. It marks the realization of a long-held dream for the entire festival team around festival director Michal Kaščák, who commented: “I consider The Cure to be such an influential band in music history that I’ve wanted to bring them to Pohoda ever since the festival began inviting international stars. It seemed impossible…But then the opportunity arose to organize an extra festival day, and what I’d been trying to achieve for more than twenty years was finally made possible within just a month, thanks to the fantastic cooperation of the band’s agent.

The Cure is repped by Primary Talent International’s Martin Hopewell and Charlie Renton in Europe.

Tickets for the extra festival day with The Cure are on sale, as are general festival tickets. Three-day tickets start at €129 ($150), with the Cure upgrade going for €79 ($92). A one-day ticket just to see The Cure costs €99 ($115), and full four-day Pohoda ticket starts at €208 ($242).

The first thousand tickets in each category are available at a discounted price. Age-related discounts are available.

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Open’er Headliners Span Generations

Open’er Festival returns to Gdynia’s Baltic coast in Poland, July 1–4, 2026. The first wave of names includes the three headline acts that span generations and genres: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Calvin Harris, and The xx, joining previously announced headliners The Cure.

Also joining the lineup are Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, soul and R&B sensation Teddy Swims, and acclaimed alternative artist Ethel Cain.

Since 2006, Open’er Festival has been hosted on the grounds of a former military airport, creating a one-of-a-kind vibe for some 100,000 guests the festival welcomes each year.

Tickets are on sale, starting at PLN 1,149 ($315) for a four-day ticket, or PLN 1,419 ($390) including camping. One- and two-day tickets are available, too.

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Primavera Headliners 2026

The Cure are also headlining Primavera Sound 2026, as the Spanish festival’s initial lineup announcement unveiled.

When the event returns to Barcelona next year, June 3-7, the bill will also feature Doja Cat, Massive Attack, Addison Rae, The xx, and Gorillaz as headliners of the festival’s 24th edition.

“And so, the past, present and future of popular music merge and converse as is only possible at Primavera Sound,” a press release states.

Wet Leg, Guitarricadelafuente, Yard Act, and Ouineta will all perform on the free opening day, Wednesday, June 3.

The Primavera Bits electronic music festival on Sunday, June 7, will bring the festival to a close with sessions by Carl Cox, Joseph Capriati, BLOND:ISH and Greta, who will turn the Parc del Fòrum into a huge open-air dance floor.

In total, organizers announce 150 acts. The city-wide Primavera a la Ciutat program will be announced soon.

Day tickets are on sale starting at €135 ($157) (plus booking fee) and VIP day tickets cost €195 ($227) (plus booking fee). A full festival ticket starts at €350 ($407) plus fees.

Gorillaz, The Cure & Twenty One Pilots At Rock Werchter

Gorillaz and The Cure also headline Belgium’s main event, Rock Werchter, which returns to Werchter’s Festivalpark, July 2-5, 2026.

Twenty One Pilots will also headline next year’s edition. More names for Rock Werchter 2026 will be revealed soon.

Tickets for Rock Werchter 2026 go on sale Nov. 21.

Boomtown UK Announces First Wave Of Acts

When Boomtown returns to Matterley Estate in Hampshire, England, Aug. 12-16, 2026, it’ll appear in a radical redesign, which is also next year’s theme.

The first wave of acts announced for Boomtown 2026 include Belfast’s politically charged trio Kneecap, New York’s Scissor Sisters, icons of glam-pop and drag performance, Madness, Skrillex, Four Tet, Faithless, who’ll celebrate their 30th anniversary at the festival next year, Scooter, and Jamaican showman Shaggy. Ashnikko, U.S. rap veteran Eve, Notion, Princess Nokia, Groove Armada, 999999999, Floating Points, Wilkinson, Antony Szmierek, Skindred, High Vis, Big Special, and others are on the lineup as well.

Speaking about the new direction in the festival’s booking, Boomtown co-founder Luke Mitchell commented, “While bass music has dominated in recent years and will always be at our core, we’re making a conscious move to keep Boomtown musically diverse and unpredictable. Expect more live bands and more cross-genre adventures. That’s where Boomtown began, and it’s what keeps us on the truest path forward.”

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Boomtown is also gearing up for major updates to how the city will be built next summer – finding harmony with its home in the South Downs National Park. The Boomtown city will expand with a new district, major site changes, and an evolved creative direction.

Introducing Boomtown’s new blueprint, and the purpose behind these changes, Mitchell said: “Our 2026 event will encapsulate everything we love: intricate film-set worlds, twisting storylines, bouncing dancefloors, and diverse expressions of music and art. This time with more space to breathe – more nature, more woodland, more hidden places everywhere. Inspired by our surroundings, we are exploring how nature, science and technology can work together to improve our collective futures. Fragmentation isn’t destruction, it’s transformation. By breaking what we know, we uncover new ways of being.”

Tickets go on sale Oct. 31.

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