PA Media Lorde has been announced as one of the all-female headliners of the 2026 All Points East Festival. The New Zealander, who played her new album Virgin at a surprise set at Glastonbury on the day of its release this summer, will be joined by Pink Pantheress, Zara Larsson and 2Hollis in an all-female lineup. Launched in 2018, the four-day festival takes place on the last two weekends of August in Victoria Park in east London and attracts tens of thousands of people.
The south London five-piece reformed after eight years to play in Victoria Park, with a rapturously received career-spanning set. From opener Latchmere, about a Battersea leisure centre with the crowd chanting that it's got a wave machine, they were clearly enjoying themselves. They overcame sound problems during First Love and again in Can You Give It, with their fans singing until it was fixed. Old friend Jamie T joined them for Marks To Prove It and his own Sticks N Stones.
It's weekend two of All Points East, which means more reasons to head over to Victoria Park, with more music, and a brand new slate of headliners. This weekend, Barry Can't Swim is top billed for Friday August 22, the Maccabees will close the festival out on Sunday August 24, and former Time Out cover star RAYE will light up the stage on Saturday evening (August 23). The lineup for Saturday is stacked full of some of the most exciting up-and-coming pop girls, as well as some dance and rap artists.