Siouxsie and Iggy Pop are announced as headliners for this year’s Cruel World Festival, happening May 20 at Brookside at the Rose Bowl. Pre-registration is now open for this Friday’s ticket sale.
Incoming: A Tribute to Nick Drake: Celebrating 50 years of Pink Moon, Skyline, SPIKE tRILOGY Injection #1, Walk the Beat Pomona, Carna Vrraaau, Offbeat Marketplace, Allman Family Revival, Chicago, Rick Wakeman (Yes), Gary Numan, Dashboard Confessional, Herbie Hancock, Eddie Vedder & the Earthlings, the War on Drugs, Justin Bieber, Bad Bunny, Killswitch Engage, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Fitz & the Tantrums, Manchester Orchestra, Father John Misty, Wombats, Reggie Watts, JVNA, Jazmine Sullivan, Earthless, Corey Feldman, Amber Liu, Hand Habits, Jamaal Williams, Dent May, Alice Phoebe Lou, Current Joys, Mndsgn, Urns & Argyles, Thee Sacred Souls, Los Yesterdays, Vicky Tafoya, Doris Anahi, Smerz, Grandson, Royal & the Serpent, Hair, Glass Eye, Night Swims, Classless Act, the Darbies, Night Talks, Jake Hays, Jagged Baptist Club, Aaron Kyle, Leon Knight, Austin McCutchen & Western Stars, Goon, Broken Baby, Perfection, NIIS, Dark Tea, Your Angel, the Night Owl Collective, Earth Is a Death Star, Chorus Pedal, Drew & Luke, Tino Drima, Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing)/Ghost of Vroom
Also on Friday: TR/ST, Twenty One Pilots, Black Mountain, Empress Of, the Mother Hips, Karmic, Johnny Goth, Amigo the Devil, Noah Kahan, Natasha Bedingfield, Rucci, Emo Nite LA, Ariel Beesley, James Supercave, the Cadillac Three, the Spill Canvas, Vinyl Williams, Last Dinosaurs, the Adicts
Gary Numan will headline the first night of Substance, a new event on Nov. 1-2 in downtown L.A. heavy on electronic, post-punk and darkwave music. Presale tickets are available now.
Also on Saturday: Eagle Rock Music Festival, Wayne Kramer’s MC 50, Alesso, Pharcyde Festival, Keith Urban, Tennis, Journey, Saint Sister, Yumi Zouma, the Weeks, Ninet Tayeb
Incoming: Cal Jam, Adult Swim Festival, Eagle Rock Music Festival, the Vaccines, Graham Coxon, Japanese Breakfast, Conor Oberst, Ty Segall, Boy George, Alkaline Trio, Roky Erickson, Trevor Powers, Interpol, Emmylou Harris, Johnny Marr, Chelsea Wolfe, Tyrese, Ghostland Observatory, Wayne Kramer’s MC50, Courtney Barnett, Nick Lowe, Shonen Knife, Lily Allen, Gary Numan, Red Baraat