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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.”
MUNA have officially shared full details of their long awaited fourth studio album, Dancing On The Wall, which is scheduled to arrive on May 8.
The news comes with the release of the record’s title track and its accompanying official video, giving fans their first real look at what the trio’s new chapter sounds and feels like.
To mark the occasion, the group are planning a run of intimate underplay performances in Los Angeles, New York and London during release week. It will be a special opportunity to catch MUNA up close before they step back onto larger stages later this year.
Opening up about the project, the band described the title song as a standout moment within their body of work.
They shared: “Dancing On The Wall is possibly our favorite song we’ve made as a band. We think it’s all the best parts of MUNA – it’s coming from a really emotional and lonely place, but the song itself makes us feel powerful and euphoric. It’s written in the moment that the clock strikes midnight at the ball, and you have to give up the fantasy. In this case, it’s the fantasy of loving someone or something that can’t love you back.”
The 13 song album was produced by Naomi McPherson, allowing the band to take full creative ownership of the sound and direction. It is a project that pulls listeners straight to the dancefloor while still keeping its vulnerability front and center.
MUNA, made up of Katie Gavin and Josette Maskin alongside McPherson, have continued to build momentum over the years and were personally chosen by Harry Styles as the opening act for his first solo tour. Since then, they have also performed with Taylor Swift on the Eras Tour, in addition to sharing bills with Lorde, boygenius and Phoebe Bridgers.
Dancing On The Wall follows their 2022 self titled album, which marked their first release as independent artists after signing to Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records in 2021.
Fans can stream the title track across all major platforms now. For tickets to MUNA’s upcoming shows, visit laylo.com/whereismuna/m/munatour.
Dancing On The Wall tracklisting:
It Gets So Hot
Dancing On The Wall
Eastside Girls
Wannabeher
On Call
So What
Party’s Over
Big Stick
Mary Jane
Girl’s Girl
…Unless
Why Do I Get A Good Feeling
Buzzkiller
