The Cure and Sigrid are the first headliners to be announced for Øya Festival 2019, with the acclaimed Norwegian event celebrating its 20th year.
After 2018’s event featured the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, Lykke Li, St Vincent, Kendrick Lamar and many more, next year will see the Oslo festival welcome The Cure as part of their extensive 2019 world tour, as well as providing Norway’s own Sigrid her first ever major headline performance on native soil.
Other names confirmed so far are Norwegian acts Fay Wildhagen, Hollywood and Girl In Red. Many more acts will be announced in the months ahead.
Øya Festival 2019 takes place from August 6-10 at Toyenpark in Oslo. Tickets are available here.
The Cure (UK) er klare for festival, billetter ute nå!Få band har preget og påvirket indierocken og undergrunnspopen som The Cure. De har kombinert kommersiell suksess med kunstnerisk frihet på en helt egen måte. Onsdag 7. august avslutter bandet på vår største scene, med et fullt konsertsett. Ryktene sier at det kommer et nytt album før den tid.Allerede for over fem år siden fikk vi vite at Øya er en festival The Cures Robert Smith har hatt et ønske om å spille på. I 2019 skal altså både han og vi få et ønske oppfylt. Dette blir første gang bandet spiller festival i Norge, og det blir den største konserten de har gjort her.
Posted by Øyafestivalen on Monday, November 5, 2018
Earlier this year, The Cure’s Robert Smith revealed that The Cure would soon be recording new material and touring again in 2019. A new album is hoped to drop next Spring.
Tipped by the NME 100 as one of the most essential new acts to keep an eye on in 2018 (as well as being crowned winner of the BBC Sound Of poll), rising Norwegian star Sigrid is expected to drop her hotly-anticipated debut album early next year.
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As well as supporting George Ezra on his upcoming UK arena tour, Sigrid’s own upcoming UK and Ireland tour dates are below – with tickets available here.
November
Monday 5 – Dublin, Olympia
Wednesday 7 – Glasgow, O2 Glasgow Academy
Friday 9 – Manchester, Manchester Albert Hall
Monday 12 – London, O2 Academy Brixton