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Øya Festival has added more names to its 2025 line-up – you can find all the details below.
The 26th edition of the event is due to take place at Tøyenparken in Oslo, Norway between August 5 and 9. Tickets are on sale now – buy yours here.
Last November, it was announced that Chappell Roan, Khruangbin and Wet Leg would be performing at the festival. Organisers then confirmed another wave of acts in December, featuring Charli XCX, Queens Of The Stone Age, Fontaines D.C. and more.
Now, an extra batch of artists have joined the bill – with Lola Young, Mk.gee, Portishead‘s Beth Gibbons, and Bicep leading the way.
They are joined by other new additions Yung Lean & Bladee, Refused, The Chats, Hermanos Gutiérrez, Pa Salieu, Kelly Lee Owens, Geordie Greep, Envy, Daniel Romano, Outfit and Arp Frique & The Perpetual Singers.
There is also a range of Norwegian talent on the line-up, including Ane Brun, Ramón, Isah, Rabo and many more.
Øya describes itself the “world’s greenest festival”, and is committed to providing a 50/50 gender split of artists in its line-up. Last year’s line-up boasted the likes of Pulp, PJ Harvey, RAYE, Arca, Astrid S and Holly Humberstone.
In a glowing five-star review of the 2024 event, NME praised Øya’s “blissed-out vibe” and forward-thinking ethos. “You can sense it throughout the week: artists love coming here, and the fans reflect that,” it read. “Øya has a reputation as one of the most forward-thinking festivals in the world. Here, joy is an act of resistance.
“Gender parity on the line-up was quietly the norm here many years before events were making headlines, and every year comes with a renewed push to be the greenest festival around. This year, all the locally-supplied food is pescatarian (and pretty damn good compared to your normal rushed festy scran in a napkin), and Øya is providing free menstrual pads and tampons for festival-goers.”
Fontaines D.C. have teamed up with Rosalía for their new collaboration, Where Is Gone?.
The song features on the Irish rock band's forthcoming album, Dopamine Chamber, which arrives on Friday (16.10.26). For guitarist Carlos O’Connell, working with the Spanish superstar is particularly special because of his own Spanish roots.
He explained: “I’ve admired Rosalía ever since her debut album, which I thought was absolutely beautiful.
“What excited me most was the way she continued to preserve Spain's musical traditions, something that felt spiritually connected to what we've been trying to achieve with Irish music. Having roots in both countries, it's been really special to witness. "She's an artist who has continued to amaze me at every point in her career.”
Frontman Grian Chatten has also described the collaboration with Rosalía as one of the most memorable achievements of his career.
He revealed that he felt "humbled" when she agreed to lend her voice to the band's album.
Speaking to NPR, Grian said: “I've always felt there's something almost like a single big idea that I'm personally trying to communicate to the world before I get old and die, if that makes sense. There's one thing I think I'll spend my life trying to express. I have a feeling she has a similar outlook. … I mean, she's an amazing arranger, composer and lyricist. It means so much that she wanted to sing on something we'd put together. It's definitely one of the highlights of my career.”
Rosalía's links to Irish rock music extend beyond Fontaines D.C. She also offered inspiration and helped develop the Spanish lyrics for U2's The Mirror Maker (Rosalía), a track from their forthcoming album, Carnaval de Luz.
During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last week, she spoke about frontman Bono, saying: “I don't know him personally, but he sent me a text explaining that he was working on a new project and had written a song called The Mirror Maker."
Rosalía joked that Bono had invented a few words of his own.
She recalled telling him: “I wasn't sure what to make of it, but I told him he could create his own language if he wanted to.”
She described the opportunity to collaborate with the 66 year old music veteran as a real privilege.
She added: “Bono is a legend.
“It's amazing.”
Bono recently revealed that he was worried about seeming like a stalker when he reached out to Rosalía to ask whether he could name the song after her.
