NOS Alive 2026

[MeMeMeM]

4 minutes ago, Tigane said:

I think they forgot to post in on Social media (at least there is nothing on Instagram and facebook). 

But it is on their webiste. 

And Tomora too. I still don't know who they are (but it is on the poster). I thought they were talking about Tomara (the Portuguese band), but it seems not.

[charlierc]

7 hours ago, TheNewUnion said:

Pulp would be great. Byrne could be a shout, but he is playing in Cascais that week so I wonder if he would play two shows within a couple of days in basically the same area. I'd not complain if he did though.

 

Ah I wasn't aware he was turning up elsewhere in Portugal, and indeed somewhere fairly near Lisbon if my Portuguese geography is loosely accurate. Nevermind then. 

[TheNewUnion]

Yeah, we stay in Cascais for the festival. It's probably 35-40 minutes on the train from Lisbon. The park where he is playing is a 5 minute walk from the AirBnB we use in Cascais, saw Chaka Khan there a couple of years ago. 

[sisco]

[r55N]

They continue to add one by one artists from the Mad Cool lineup... which is nice. I'm maybe Halsey and Interpol away from getting a ticket. I don't think they'll add APC unfortunately but let's see...

[cc1989]

Do we think Mumford are still in the running 

[northernangel]

9 minutes ago, cc1989 said:

Do we think Mumford are still in the running 

Not for this, their headliners are already in. 

[ToliaCCCP]

Awful headliners, pretty good middle class so far. As the last year. 

[Ausländer]

1 hour ago, ToliaCCCP said:

Awful headliners, pretty good middle class so far. As the last year. 

Calling Foos, Florence and Nick Cave awful, is a daring choice of words 

[ToliaCCCP]

I don't think Florence and Nick are headliners here and I do love them. But I don't like Foos or 21 pilots (who I think are the headliners so far) at all.

Edited November 14, 2025 by ToliaCCCP

[sisco]

4 minutes ago, ToliaCCCP said:

I don't think Florence and Nick are headliners here and I do love them. But I don't like Foos or 21 pilots (who I think are the headliners so far) at all.

Sadly for you you’re very wrong 

[ToliaCCCP]

Wrong about what? Not liking Foos and 21 Pilots or thinking that only three bands can be healiners each festival? 

[sisco]

Just now, ToliaCCCP said:

Wrong about what? Not liking Foos and 21 Pilots or thinking that only three bands can be healiners each festival? 

That Florence and Nick aren’t headliners there… they are.  You can band it as co-headliners with a Lorde and certainly TOP though

[northernangel]

1 minute ago, ToliaCCCP said:

Wrong about what? Not liking Foos and 21 Pilots or thinking that only three bands can be healiners each festival? 

I dont like Cave at all really but he and TOP will be headliners. If Mad Cool have got him as a headliner with who they booked there is about 1% chance that Nos don't. 

[sisco]

3 minutes ago, northernangel said:

I dont like Cave at all really but he and TOP will be headliners. If Mad Cool have got him as a headliner with who they booked there is about 1% chance that Nos don't. 

Now you’ve said that just realised NOS have all of the MC headliners over 3 days instead of 4.  Impressive.  And they have Lorde, Wolf Alice, Teddy Swims, Matt Berdinger, Palaye Royale, Dogstar and TWOD.  Going to be very very similar

[ToliaCCCP]

10 minutes ago, northernangel said:

I dont like Cave at all really but he and TOP will be headliners. If Mad Cool have got him as a headliner with who they booked there is about 1% chance that Nos don't. 

So, for you, this year the three headliners are Nick, Foo and 21? I just don't think so, but could be...

[northernangel]

5 minutes ago, sisco said:

Now you’ve said that just realised NOS have all of the MC headliners over 3 days instead of 4.  Impressive.  And they have Lorde, Wolf Alice, Teddy Swims, Matt Berdinger, Palaye Royale, Dogstar and TWOD.  Going to be very very similar

 

Well that was quite obvious, but they won't have the depth under that Mad Cool as they have done it over 3 and not 4, they will do well though. TOP and Cave for me even on Mad Cool are not that important but I'll accept TOP and enjoy what I like as I would have at Werchter. Foos are carrying  a lot of weight this year. Also getting upto Liverool isn't  as easy as hopping on the train to London for Wembley as LP was. Also Matt Berdinger and Dogstar are really average haha 

[northernangel]

7 minutes ago, ToliaCCCP said:

So, for you, this year the three headliners are Nick, Foo and 21? I just don't think so, but could be...

Foos, Nick and TOP and Florence are the headliners 100%, there is nothing that is changing that.

[ToliaCCCP]

3 minutes ago, northernangel said:

Foos, Nick and TOP and Florence are the headliners 100%, there is nothing that is changing that.

Only one thing: the fact that, in a three days festival, there can only be three bands as headliners. 

[sisco]

10 minutes ago, northernangel said:

 

Well that was quite obvious, but they won't have the depth under that Mad Cool as they have done it over 3 and not 4, they will do well though. TOP and Cave for me even on Mad Cool are not that important but I'll accept TOP and enjoy what I like as I would have at Werchter. Foos are carrying  a lot of weight this year. Also getting upto Liverool isn't  as easy as hopping on the train to London for Wembley as LP was. Also Matt Berdinger and Dogstar are really average haha 

Well it’s obvious now I’ve read the lineups properly.   Pretty solid lineups all round really 

[Dazrigby88]

9 minutes ago, ToliaCCCP said:

Only one thing: the fact that, in a three days festival, there can only be three bands as headliners. 

2 outright headliners + two co-headlining... 

[northernangel]

9 minutes ago, ToliaCCCP said:

Only one thing: the fact that, in a three days festival, there can only be three bands as headliners. 

No there can't, if two acts play the dame set length the same day at the top they'll are co-headliners. If two acts play and one has 1hr 15 vs 1hr 30 then they aren't. The only other time is when one had 1.5 and one had like 2hrs 15 but 1.5hrs is sufficient enough to say they are a headliner.

[northernangel]

11 minutes ago, sisco said:

Well it’s obvious now I’ve read the lineups properly.   Pretty solid lineups all round really 

 

The upstake they'll have on MC I presume anyway is that one of TOP or Nick Cave won't be the biggest one at the top. But Moby, Lorde, KOL, Halsey and Pulp which they won't all have makes up for it. I don't currently consider Nos as an option to go, a friend did though some years back and enjoyed it.

 

I also keep forgetting who is headlining the Friday which also probably shows where O am but there are options.

Edited November 14, 2025 by northernangel

[just_one]

1 hour ago, ToliaCCCP said:

I don't think Florence and Nick are headliners here and I do love them. But I don't like Foos or 21 pilots (who I think are the headliners so far) at all.

Foo Fighters are 200% headliners.

 

Florence is the headliner for her day , no way Lorde is even considered co headlining , she´s not that big in portugal but she will play before florence for sure

 

21 Pilots and Nick Cave are co headliners for sure

[sisco]

2 minutes ago, northernangel said:

 

The upstake they'll have on MC I presume anyway is that one of TOP or Nick Cave won't be the biggest one at the top. But Moby, Lorde, KOL, Halsey and Pulp which they won't all have makes up for it. I don't currently consider Nos as an option to go, a friend did though some years back and enjoyed it.

Lorde is at NOS too and yeah we’ll see who else turns up.  Always like putting my clashfinder together after they’re all announced to see what I’d of preferred