NOS Alive 2026

[charlierc]

23 minutes ago, flowernigiri said:

That makes total sense, but I also think we can keep our minds open since it is NOS Alive we're talking about. Never will I forget that transition from Snow Patrol to Nine Inch Nails a few years ago... 

Tbf I went to Mad Cool 2018 and they had At The Drive In followed by Snow Patrol. Similarly weird. 

[charlierc]

25 minutes ago, PDomingos said:

With Wolf Alice on the bill for the 10th... it suggest more a headliner like FF than Sabrina Carpenter

Given Wolf Alice have supported Harry Styles, I would argue there's a degree of flexibility. Plus tbf a lot of festivals now seem content to put a ton of different sounds together. 

[flowernigiri]

1 minute ago, charlierc said:

Given Wolf Alice have supported Harry Styles, I would argue there's a degree of flexibility. Plus tbf a lot of festivals now seem content to put a ton of different sounds together. 

Beyond that, it surely is a matter of festivals working around with what they have available. The pool of artists that are touring and festival-able is an ever changing landscape. Nowadays, you have a lot of BIG artists that are capable of holding their own extremely highly-priced solo shows, whereas headliner worthy names aren't as regular in direct comparison

[TheNewUnion]

Another good booking. So far so good. 

[joaommaia]

This I was expecting, but it’s one of my favourite bands 🙂 

 

I guess they will play the second slot. Too big to open the stage, unless they don’t spent a lot on the headliner for this day. With Foo Fighters or Sabrina headlining, I’m sure they will cut costs on the stage opening act.

[just_one]

2 minutes ago, joaommaia said:

This I was expecting, but it’s one of my favourite bands 🙂 

 

I guess they will play the second slot. Too big to open the stage, unless they don’t spent a lot on the headliner for this day. With Foo Fighters or Sabrina headlining, I’m sure they will cut costs on the stage opening act.

it depends on the rest of the line up for NOS Stage

 

If they have something like FF, Deftones , APC , wolf alice is opening the day for sure

[joaommaia]

1 hour ago, just_one said:

it depends on the rest of the line up for NOS Stage

 

If they have something like FF, Deftones , APC , wolf alice is opening the day for sure

Yes, but that would be a dream line-up 😅

[josemalaga]

Day 20

[adequate8]

3 hours ago, FestivalJamie said:

Hopefully they can get Marina instead of Primavera Porto and I would also love to see Jungle (if they are touring next year)

Jungle active again end of year/early 2027

[Daniel Ferreira]

2 hours ago, just_one said:

it depends on the rest of the line up for NOS Stage

 

If they have something like FF, Deftones , APC , wolf alice is opening the day for sure

It should be like this:

Headliner
Wolf Alice 
mid size International band
small band (Portuguese band)

[flowernigiri]

1 minute ago, Daniel Ferreira said:

It should be like this:

Headliner
Wolf Alice 
mid size International band
small band (Portuguese band)

Hmm I'm willing to bet it'll be Wolf Alice filling the "mid size international band" slot

[Daniel Ferreira]

7 minutes ago, flowernigiri said:

Hmm I'm willing to bet it'll be Wolf Alice filling the "mid size international band" slot

Since 2019, I stopped deluding myself and dreaming about the NOS Alive poster, which is why I put Wolf Alice in that position.
I already said last year when everyone was imagining 1001 names for the headline and in the end the headline was Anyma, which was a big failure ......... And I believe that Nick Cave is a headliner, he may not be the last one to perform but he is a headliner, he has always been a headliner at all the festivals he has been to in Portugal.
 

[flowernigiri]

5 minutes ago, Daniel Ferreira said:

Since 2019, I stopped deluding myself and dreaming about the NOS Alive poster, which is why I put Wolf Alice in that position.
I already said last year when everyone was imagining 1001 names for the headline and in the end the headline was Anyma, which was a big failure ......... And I believe that Nick Cave is a headliner, he may not be the last one to perform but he is a headliner, he has always been a headliner at all the festivals he has been to in Portugal.
 

I don't mean that there'll be anything that much bigger than Wolf Alice though, I mean that I'd expect a similarly sized band to play after them

[Daniel Ferreira]

13 minutes ago, flowernigiri said:

I don't mean that there'll be anything that much bigger than Wolf Alice though, I mean that I'd expect a similarly sized band to play after them

On this Wolf Alice day, the headliner is still missing and this will probably be last band of the day.

[flowernigiri]

Just now, Daniel Ferreira said:

On this Wolf Alice day, the headliner is still missing and this will probably be last band of the day.

Yes, and I'm not saying that goes against that - I mean:

Headliner
Someone else
Wolf Alice
Someone else

[just_one]

10 minutes ago, flowernigiri said:

Yes, and I'm not saying that goes against that - I mean:

Headliner
Someone else
Wolf Alice
Someone else

 

that would be my bet although i wouldnt put it pass it putting wolf alice opening the day if they have 2 strong bands besides the headliner

 

no way they are playing before the headliner

[FestivalJamie]

I think the size of Wolf Alice is being underestimated here. They have just been playing arena shows. I think they will be sub-headliner.

[orgolan1]

1 hour ago, adequate8 said:

Jungle active again end of year/early 2027

So no summer festivals next year?

[joaommaia]

22 minutes ago, FestivalJamie said:

I think the size of Wolf Alice is being underestimated here. They have just been playing arena shows. I think they will be sub-headliner.

I’m not. Like I said, it’s one of my favourite bands. They are huge in the UK, which is important for any NOS Alive line-up. For that reason and ofc their market value, I don’t believe they will open the stage, unless Covões loses his mind and spends loads of money on this day. A Perfect Circle or even Deftones can play on Nick Cave’s day. In the past we had Sam Smith and QOTSA on the same day…

I think Wolf Alice will be the second band of the stage, but it’s my opinion just by looks of this edition.

BTW, Nick Cave is obviously headlining, which doesn’t mean that we won’t have another big name on that day.

Edited October 16, 2025 by joaommaia

[Daniel Ferreira]

1 hour ago, joaommaia said:

I’m not. Like I said, it’s one of my favourite bands. They are huge in the UK, which is important for any NOS Alive line-up. For that reason and ofc their market value, I don’t believe they will open the stage, unless Covões loses his mind and spends loads of money on this day. A Perfect Circle or even Deftones can play on Nick Cave’s day. In the past we had Sam Smith and QOTSA on the same day…

I think Wolf Alice will be the second band of the stage, but it’s my opinion just by looks of this edition.

BTW, Nick Cave is obviously headlining, which doesn’t mean that we won’t have another big name on that day.

I think A Perfect Circle is going to Evil Live
 

[Daniel Ferreira]

Next no name: October 20

By : Alvaro Covoes 

[PDomingos]

katy Perry got confirmed for Rock in Rio

[FestivalJamie]

18 minutes ago, Daniel Ferreira said:

Next no name: October 20

By : Alvaro Covoes 

Thought it might be tomorrow as we had 2 days in a row

[joaommaia]

2 hours ago, PDomingos said:

katy Perry got confirmed for Rock in Rio

Oh I will not sleep because of such a loss… 🥲😅

[DDave]

Moby?