Supersonic reveals first 2025 names, including UK exclusive Backxwash set

The first 19 names for this summer’s Supersonic Festival have been revealed.

Among the typically varied artists set to play Digbeth, Birmingham between August 29 – 31 are Backxwash, Rich(ard) Dawson, Maria W Horn & Sara Parkman present Funeral Folk, Moin and Divide And Dissolve.

The former will be returning to Supersonic after their 2023 debut to preview forthcoming album Only Dust Remains as a UK exclusive, and the Zambian-Canadian rapper enthuses of coming back for this special 2025 set: “Supersonic was a great experience!! The energy from the crowd and the attention to detail from the organisers made our first UK show unforgettable. The festival has an incredibly unique curation of many talented artists and fosters a community-driven environment. I’m so grateful to be returning this year to perform my upcoming album and look forward to this year’s line-up.”

Speaking about Supersonic as a whole, the festival’s Artistic Director Lisa Meyer shares that, “Supersonic 2024 was a thrilling weekend pulled off beautifully with rave reviews – and will return to Digbeth, Birmingham for one more year on the 29 – 31 August 2025, making space for moments of collective joyful communion and true escapism against a backdrop of a world in turmoil.

“Despite facing some challenges last year brought on by gentrification and a precarious festival landscape, I was truly humbled by the incredible response to the festival; it felt triumphant in the face of adversity.

“We are living in abhorrent times, so now more than ever we must cherish our creative spaces. Supersonic Festival is committed to doing things differently and to putting a spotlight on lesser-known artists, to challenge the commercial logic of wider music festival culture with an alternative and more risk-taking programme and by presenting some of the most vital artists of the underground. I am so grateful that our audiences and artists trust in us. This is what keeps pushing the festival forward.”

Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 28 at 10am.

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