NOS Alive 2026

[flowernigiri]

Think MBV anywhere else outside of Primavera Sound Porto isn't happening

[Mondo-kun]

To my surprise it probably won't be The Cure.

[Tigane]

58 minutes ago, Mondo-kun said:

To my surprise it probably won't be The Cure.

With this the Cure won't be at Nos Alive

and with the probability of missing Primavera Porto ,   will they be elegible for Paredes de Coura in August? 

[pm91]

4 minutes ago, Tigane said:

With this the Cure won't be at Nos Alive

and with the probability of missing Primavera Porto ,   will they be elegible for Paredes de Coura in August? 

Or Kalorama, if the festival dates go back to the end of August again

[Tigane]

1 minute ago, pm91 said:

Or Kalorama, if the festival dates go back to the end of August again

the problem of Kalorama is 

The Cure are already in Rock En Seine on the 30th

then on the same weekend  All Points East  and Reading/Leeds will happen.  I believe The Cure will be in at least one of them.

Let's see what will happen

[just_one]

well that makes things interesting...

 

Foo Fighters announcement on friday?

 

very curious to see who will be announced now

[joaommaia]

This was a plot twist I was not expecting… The 21 Pilots talk is interesting, but if we are having doubts about Nick Cave selling 55k tickets, 21 Pilots are a complete shot in the dark. 
 

Very curious about Thursday’s announcement. I was quite convinced that they were going to announce The Cure.

[just_one]

16 minutes ago, joaommaia said:

This was a plot twist I was not expecting… The 21 Pilots talk is interesting, but if we are having doubts about Nick Cave selling 55k tickets, 21 Pilots are a complete shot in the dark. 
 

Very curious about Thursday’s announcement. I was quite convinced that they were going to announce The Cure.

21 Pilots are not headling for sure , they arent big enough here

 

out of what seems to be available next year , only bands i can see sell/draw 55/60k are Foo Fighters , maybe billie or sabrina.

even these will only sold out their respective days , they wont push multiple days tickets like Pearl Jam usually does.

 

it will be a disappointment or it will be someone really big (FF , Sabrina or Billie, anyone else that big in europe next year?)

Edited October 7, 2025 by just_one

[Daniel Ferreira]

I was also waiting for The Cure... that's why I'm starting to believe in 21 Pilots... or FF... or Florence the Machine whose album comes out this month.

[just_one]

9 minutes ago, Daniel Ferreira said:

I was also waiting for The Cure... that's why I'm starting to believe in 21 Pilots... or FF... or Florence the Machine whose album comes out this month.

my money is on FF , Florence or Gorillaz if we are talking about headliners even though Florence and Gorillaz would need a 2nd co-headliner to sell out (like Nick cave)

 

21 pilots would be a good band before the headliner

Edited October 7, 2025 by just_one

[Tigane]

6 minutes ago, just_one said:

my money is on FF , Florence or Gorillaz if we are talking about headliners even though Florence and Gorillaz would need a 2nd co-headliner to sell out (like Nick cave)

 

21 pilots would be a good band before the headliner

Don't forget we are talking about the festival that thought Kings of Leon and Anyma were good choices as headliners

[just_one]

1 minute ago, Tigane said:

Don't forget we are talking about the festival that thought Kings of Leon and Anyma were good choices as headliners

true LOL what a disappointment that was.

[Daniel Ferreira]

20 minutes ago, just_one said:

my money is on FF , Florence or Gorillaz if we are talking about headliners even though Florence and Gorillaz would need a 2nd co-headliner to sell out (like Nick cave)

 

21 pilots would be a good band before the headliner

I believe Gorillaz will go to Primavera Sound

[MK1]

1 hour ago, just_one said:

well that makes things interesting...

 

Foo Fighters announcement on friday?

 

very curious to see who will be announced now

Announcement on thursday or friday?

[Yokai]

6 minutes ago, MK1 said:

Announcement on thursday or friday?

Thursday (9th)

[matrainertje]

37 minutes ago, just_one said:

my money is on FF , Florence or Gorillaz if we are talking about headliners even though Florence and Gorillaz would need a 2nd co-headliner to sell out (like Nick cave)

 

21 pilots would be a good band before the headliner

I would think Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is a bigger name than Gorillaz, isn't it? 

 

I think both will be there though. 

[KJP98]

Can't imagine it is him, but Luke Combs is annoucing a Wembley show on 09/10. Slight possibility?

Edited October 7, 2025 by KJP98

[TheNewUnion]

That has really surprised me, I thought The Cure were 100% playing.

They're going to need a couple of big names to shift the tickets so let's see what Thursday brings.

 

[MK1]

57 minutes ago, KJP98 said:

Can't imagine it is him, but Luke Combs is annoucing a Wembley show on 09/10. Slight possibility?

He is also teasing JC Arena Amsterdam. I doubt he will play festivals 

[Hailhail]

I believe The Cure will come to Vilar de Mouros in August... it would be strange to me for Nos Alive to feature two old classics like The Cure and Nick Cave on the same bill!
although this has already happened in a previous edition with Neil Young and Bob Dylan.

[Tigane]

17 minutes ago, Hailhail said:

I believe The Cure will come to Vilar de Mouros in August... it would be strange to me for Nos Alive to feature two old classics like The Cure and Nick Cave on the same bill!
although this has already happened in a previous edition with Neil Young and Bob Dylan.

The Cure are too big for a festival like Vilar de Mouros.     We are talking about a band, that the last time they played in Nos Alive, the day had sold out,   and Vilar de Mouros currently is a festival with the capacity with less than 15 000  and the organizers don't like to spend much on bands 

[OKMess]

7 hours ago, Tigane said:

then on the same weekend  All Points East  and Reading/Leeds will happen.  I believe The Cure will be in at least one of them.
 

The Cure are already doing 4 big shows of their own + Isle of Wight fest, I really doubt they'll do anything else in the UK. 

[TSmith89]

Not seen them mentioned yet but perhaps Mumford, Lumineers, Haim, Lorde, Florence & the Machine.. maybe it’s even finally the year for The Killers. 

[TheNewUnion]

19 hours ago, TSmith89 said:

Not seen them mentioned yet but perhaps Mumford, Lumineers, Haim, Lorde, Florence & the Machine.. maybe it’s even finally the year for The Killers. 

Haim and Florence for me. Would be good bookings, solid live acts.

I'm very surpised that Killers have not played, I think they would be idea for NOS.
 

[just_one]

4 minutes ago, TheNewUnion said:

Haim and Florence for me. Would be good bookings, solid live acts.

I'm very surpised that Killers have not played, I think they would be idea for NOS.
 

Not offcial of course but i think Alvaro Covoes doesnt like them.

 

every single time he had a slot to bring them in , he never does.

 

it would be great if they came to NOS.

 

are they gonna be in europe next year?