Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, New Order, the Go-Go’s and a reunion of ‘Til Tuesday are among the acts atop the lineup for Cruel World Festival 2025, festival organizers announced Monday.

Today (October 21), Cruel World revealed its 2025 lineup, date, and location. On May 17, 2025, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and New Order have been tapped as Cruel World Festival 2025’s headliners.

The Cruel World Festival is set to return to Pasadena on May 17, featuring headliners Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and New Order. Goldenvoice’s one-day event will again take place at Brookside at the Rose Bowl.

Cruel World Fest is back for another year, and New Order and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will headline 2025's festival. It's scheduled to take place May 17 at the Rose Bowl's Brookside in Pasadena, California.

Cruel World festival will return in 2025 with a lineup that features headliners New Order and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and more. Get the details.

The Cruel World festival will once again bring giants of post-punk, new wave, and goth to Southern California next spring. Taking place at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on May 17, the 2025 edition of the fest will be headlined by no less than New Order and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

The Irish Times is giving one lucky subscriber the chance to win a pair of tickets to Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds at the 3Arena on Wednesday, November 13th, 2024.

Throwback headliners on the bill next year include new wave synth icons New Order, brooding rocker Nick Cave with his backing band The Bad Seeds, genre-bending Devo, pop heroes The Go-Go’s and Aimee Mann’s ‘Til Tuesday, playing together with their original members for the first time in 35 years.

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