Parklife 2018 announced: The XX, Liam Gallagher, Skepta, N*E*R*D...

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Manchester’s Parklife Festival is back for 2018 with another unrivalled line up playing out over the weekend of Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th June at Heaton Park.

The 2018 festival will host the homecoming performance from Liam Gallagher who makes his first return to Heaton Park since Oasis’ famous shows in 2009, plus headline appearances from grime pioneer Skepta, indie trio The XX, Pharrell's original band N*E*R*D. 

With New Zealand singer songwriter Lorde and 2017 Mercury prize winner Sampha, also on the bill, they’ll be joined by New York rapper A$AP Rocky, Bonobo, Chvrches, Everything Everything and Jessie Ware, as well as a stacked DJ bill which includes the likes Carl Cox, Eric Prydz, Annie Mac and MK, with Ibiza’s premier party brand Circoloco set to host an exclusive b2b2b set from Jamie Jones, Seth Troxler and The Martinez Brothers. The festival’s popular Palm House stage will return for a second year to host a slew of in demand acts that include Four Tet, The Black Madonna and Jackmaster, whilst David Rodigan will be joined by the deep bass sounds of Goldie, Andy C, Soul II Soul, Shy FX and many many more, with the likes of Giggs, J Hus, Bugzy Malone, Not3s, Stefflon Don and IAMDDB just some of the names included in the 100 total acts.

Line-up:

THE XX - LIAM GALLAGHER - SKEPTA - N*E*R*D - LORDE - BONOBO - JAMIE XX
   GIGGS - A$AP ROCKY - JUSTICE - CHVRCHES - J HUS - BUGZY MALONE
FOUR TET - SAMPHA - CARL COX - ERIC PRYDZ - ANNIE MAC - SOLOMUN  
MARCO CAROLA - MK - VINCE STAPLES - JESSIE WARE - DAVE    
EVERYTHING EVERYTHING - TOM MISCH­­­­­
 CIRCOLOCO PRESENT JAMIE JONES B2B SETH TROXLER B2B THE MARTINEZ BROTHERS
ANDY C - AJ TRACEY - GORGON CITY LIVE - THE INTERNET
ELROW PRESENTS EL BRONX - ADAM BEYER - NINA KRAVIZ - JON HOPKINS LIVE - BICEP LIVE & DJ SET JOSEPH CAPRIATI - GREEN VELVET - HOT SINCE 82 - THE BLACK MADONNA PRESENTS WE STILL BELIEVE  JACKMASTER - SIGRID - STEFFLON DON - MARIBOU STATE - THE BLAZE - IAMDDB - KELELA
EATS EVERYTHING - KÖLSCH - DAVID RODIGAN PRESENTS RAM JAM - RICHY AHMED
SOLARDO
MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE - MABEL - EARL SWEATSHIRT - NOT3S - RAYE   
SOUL II SOUL - YOUSEF - STEVE LAWLER - CAMELPHAT - ALAN FITZPATRICK  
DENIS SULTA - MIDLAND - KINK - PEGGY GOU - MALL GRAB - ARTWORK - MY NU LENG - TQD
FT ROYAL T, DJ Q & FLAVA D - SHY FX - GOLDIE 92-94 SET -  FRICTION - CASISDEAD - YOUNG MARCO    HONEY DIJON - SHANTI CELESTE - KIM ANN FOXMAN CRISTOPH - HYPE & HAZARD - DONAE'O - LEVELZ  CRUCAST - SKEPSIS, DARKZY, NOTION, MR VIRGO & BRU-C
 SASASAS - VIRGIL ABLOH - JOE KAY (SOULECTION) - ROSS FROM FRIENDS LIVE
  CONFIDENCE MAN - MNEK - DERMOT KENNEDY - JESSE JAMES SOLOMON
JAMZ SUPERNOVA - HAAI - DETLEF - ICARUS - RANDAL - YOTTO - OR:LA  
MELLA DEE
LAUREN LANE -  MELÉ - BONTAN - TONI VARGA - CHANNEL ONE -  BARELY LEGAL - SOSSA
LAUREN LO SUNG - CHIMPO - TOM TRIPP - BASTIAN BUX - TINI GESSLER - ANDRES CAMPO - KRYSKO
  GREG LORD - JAMES ORGAN - BIG HEATH - THE BEEHIVE CLUB - LA DISCOTHEQUE - OUT OF OFFICE
  RICH REASON - GRANDMIXXER - NORTH BASE - MARK XTC - NOW WAVE DJS - PIRATE COPY
VENUM SOUND - MASON MAYNARD - CAPO LEE - NICOLA BEAR - ZUTEKH DJS - LEWIS BOARDMAN - WILL ORCHARD OLLI RYDER & LUKE WELSH - WILL TRAMP - PETE ZORB -  SIAN BENNETT - MVSON JOSH BAKER - JIKA JIKA - HAZE BEDLAM -  JUNGLE JAM - BOOTS & KATS - JUNCTION 13 - SET ONE TWENTY - LOST - JON JOSÉ & CELINO - FUNSTER BOOGIE NIGHTS - NGHTWRK - TRIPLE COOKED - YOU & ME + MANY MORE

Published on 31 January 2018 by UKFG

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