NOS Alive 2026

[Yokai]

1 minute ago, charlierc said:

Anything else from the Mad Cool bill we want to see turn up here?

Pulp, Interpol, The Warning for me. A Perfect Circle would be good, but I think they would only fit on the 10th. Maybe they will play Evil? The Last Dinner Party I already have tickets for Coliseu. 

 

So, I think the best names in the line up are already revealed. 

[Hailhail]

APC I hope they’re coming because last date before MadCool announcement was beginning of July now with 10th I believe the band put on your schedule additional shows…I don’t mind if can be a solo show! 

[Tigane]

38 minutes ago, Yokai said:

Pulp, Interpol, The Warning for me. A Perfect Circle would be good, but I think they would only fit on the 10th. Maybe they will play Evil? The Last Dinner Party I already have tickets for Coliseu. 

 

So, I think the best names in the line up are already revealed. 

They won't be at Evil Live

They are in Luxembourg during the probable dates of Evil Live and it makes no sense coming to Portugal without Resurrection/other festival in Spain

and well in Mad cool they are with Twenty One Pilots, and Nos Alive never cared with specific styles for each day so i think they can play on the 9th

[smiffy98]

So when can we expect a full line up poster? I’d rather do NOS than Mad Cool but their lineup is pretty great and I want to see how much crossover there is.

[manelrl]

lineup poster so far

 

[Yokai]

7 minutes ago, manelrl said:

lineup poster so far

 

Tomora was not announced yet I think.

[charlierc]

2 hours ago, Yokai said:

Pulp, Interpol, The Warning for me. A Perfect Circle would be good, but I think they would only fit on the 10th. Maybe they will play Evil? The Last Dinner Party I already have tickets for Coliseu. 

 

So, I think the best names in the line up are already revealed. 

It's possible but I think there's still enough gaps. The 10th has barely got anything announced thus far so there are still spots to be filled. Interpol and Kasabian could be doable imo. 

 

Guess we'll see in due course.

[just_one]

wrote this on the Mad Cool threat but it kinda makes sense to put here also,

 

with the amount of bands that are in europe during next summer i just find both mad cool and NOS very underwhelming...

only one good big headliner with Foo Fighters but the rest is just underwhelming. Nick cave , Florence and 21 pilots are big enough to headline a 50k/60k festivals? 21 pilots is a "new" band , but its 2026 are nick cave and florence still big enough?

 

it´s like having scorpions headlining Rock in Rio and Hellfest a couple years ago , it just doesnt make sense

[Tigane]

29 minutes ago, just_one said:

wrote this on the Mad Cool threat but it kinda makes sense to put here also,

 

with the amount of bands that are in europe during next summer i just find both mad cool and NOS very underwhelming...

only one good big headliner with Foo Fighters but the rest is just underwhelming. Nick cave , Florence and 21 pilots are big enough to headline a 50k/60k festivals? 21 pilots is a "new" band , but its 2026 are nick cave and florence still big enough?

 

it´s like having scorpions headlining Rock in Rio and Hellfest a couple years ago , it just doesnt make sense

the last time Florence headlined Alive, her day sold out or was close to it ....

Nick Cave and 21 pilots by themselves nope, that is why they are co-headliners

Edited November 10, 2025 by Tigane

[northernangel]

15 minutes ago, Tigane said:

the last time Florence headlined Alive, her day sold out or was close to it ....

Nick Cave and 21 pilots by themselves nope, that is why they are co-headliners

This might always be the case but Mad Cool looks like a bigger Nos but also Noe I believe is cheaper.

[Tigane]

27 minutes ago, northernangel said:

This might always be the case but Mad Cool looks like a bigger Nos but also Noe I believe is cheaper.

Mad cool announced that they would be smaller than usual, so who knows

[charlierc]

41 minutes ago, northernangel said:

This might always be the case but Mad Cool looks like a bigger Nos but also Noe I believe is cheaper.

3 day weekend at NOS Alive is about 215 Euro. But it is one day less and I think has less acts per day overall.

[northernangel]

10 minutes ago, charlierc said:

3 day weekend at NOS Alive is about 215 Euro. But it is one day less and I think has less acts per day overall.

I see. Cheers. Accommodation is Madrid is not cheap either on this subject, that is the only thing that could change.

[charlierc]

Seeing as Mad Cool just threw out the lot, we sure it's not just worth these guys announcing everything to be in sync, given a lot of the acts will already be known from doing the Madrid event as well?

 

... feel like this has been pondered this out loud before as well tbf.

Edited November 10, 2025 by charlierc

[northernangel]

2 minutes ago, charlierc said:

Seeing as Mad Cool just threw out the lot, we sure it's not just worth these guys announcing everything to be in sync, given a lot of the acts will already be known from doing the Madrid event as well?

 

... feel like I've pondered this out loud before as well tbf.

I think they should all just throw everything out to be honest. I'm tempted to jump on Mad Cool early, I don't think prices will rise but I'm fairly confident you would sell your ticket as well if a Werchter came up woth the goods for example. I dont think Jack is at Werchter now though, that Mad Cool fake gave me a glimour of hope but reckon he'll stop his tour just short of it. Im also not taking too much from the festleaks for it even though they likely got Thursday correct as they also believed Sabrina was the missing option.

[TheNewUnion]

If they are free I'd definitley take Pulp at NOS. Unlikely though, you'd think.

Would be happy with Sigrid, Jalen Ngonda, The War and Treaty, Interpol and The Black Crowes

[Ausländer]

14 minutes ago, TheNewUnion said:

If they are free I'd definitley take Pulp at NOS. Unlikely though, you'd think.

Would be happy with Sigrid, Jalen Ngonda, The War and Treaty, Interpol and The Black Crowes

Well, good news for you, look at the Poster, the war on drugs are there

Edited November 11, 2025 by Ausländer

[TheNewUnion]

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45 minutes ago, Ausländer said:

Well, good news for you, look at the Poster, the war on drugs are there

Indeed they are - they're one of my favourite bands, but there is a band on the Mad Cool lineup called The War and Treaty who are a Gospel/Southern soul band who are brilliant. Whoever books the 2nd stage seems to like that kind of music and booked The Heavy, Larkin Poe and the Tesky Brothers (to name a few) over the last few years to hopeful we'll get them.

[northernangel]

1 hour ago, TheNewUnion said:

If they are free I'd definitley take Pulp at NOS. Unlikely though, you'd think.

Would be happy with Sigrid, Jalen Ngonda, The War and Treaty, Interpol and The Black Crowes

I think unlikely myself, Nos has all its subs or Second down bands already and they would be there. I think it's probably lucky they got Cave and TOP on the same day. I'm okay with Sigrid out of that lot, oh I wish it was Editors over Interpol lol, never did get them.

[BlackFoxx]

4 minutes ago, northernangel said:

I think unlikely myself, Nos has all its subs or Second down bands already and they would be there. I think it's probably lucky they got Cave and TOP on the same day. I'm okay with Sigrid out of that lot, oh I wish it was Editors over Interpol lol, never did get them.

I don't think that is true. Who is subbing Foo Fighters on July 10th? Only announced acts are Jenny Beth and War on Drugs (both Heineken Stage), and Wolf Alice (Nos Stage), who are on the smallest font on the poster and likely to be opening the main stage. 

[Ausländer]

56 minutes ago, TheNewUnion said:

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Indeed they are - they're one of my favourite bands, but there is a band on the Mad Cool lineup called The War and Treaty who are a Gospel/Southern soul band who are brilliant. Whoever books the 2nd stage seems to like that kind of music and booked The Heavy, Larkin Poe and the Tesky Brothers (to name a few) over the last few years to hopeful we'll get them.

Sorry may bad my brain switched to auto fill in

[sisco]

[TheNewUnion]

Not for me really, but she'll pull a decent crowd and does have some top pop bangers. 

[Tigane]

Alabama Shakes   on the 9th (Heineken Stage)

[Daniel Ferreira]