After waiting for almost a decade, the much-anticipated Wireless Festival is coming back to Birmingham, now with the biggest Hip-hop giants as headliners.
Hip-hop and R&B superstars will headline the two-weekend festival from July 1 to July 10 this year.
In its comeback year, the Wireless Festival expands to three venues - the Crystal Palace Park and Finsbury Park in London and the National Exhibition Center in Birmingham.
"Fashion Killa" hitmaker A$AP Rocky leads the Crystal Palace leg with his first show on British soil in six years along with multi-platinum rapper J. Cole, and Grammy Winner Tyler, the Creator.
Black Women in music will dominate the Finsbury Park venue with Queen of Rap Nicki Minaj headlining with "WAP" chart-topper Cardi B, and R&B Princess SZA, who will be debuting her first UK festival show.
The Birmingham National Exhibition Center will welcome BRIT Awardee Dave, Cardi B, and J. Cole to a brand-new purpose-built outdoor venue on the last weekend with the Finsbury Park lineup.
It has been eight years since the festival returned to Birmingham for the Wireless Festival.
Because of the damage and delays caused by Storm Eunice, Dave, the 23-year-old British rapper, who already has a slew of big UK musical honors under his belt, was forced to postpone many gigs.
Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat, Playboi Carti, Lil Durk, Summer Walker, Baby Keem, Jack Harlow, and Gunna are among the latest set of names who will be attending the festival.
Fans who are unable to attend in person can listen to coverage on BBC Radio 1Xtra, which is teaming up with Wireless for the first time to provide coverage.
Exclusive interviews and performances will be broadcasted on the station, and 1Xtra DJs will host stages and deliver special DJ sets throughout the week.
This year's Wireless Festival is Europe's "biggest, wildest ever" festival of contemporary Black music, gathering the biggest US hip-hop and R&B artists along with UK's famed black musicians.
Other concerts in the UK
Wireless is not the only festival happening in the UK this coming 2022, a string of big music fests are set to revive the live music scene there.
Parklife Festival is making a return in June 2022 with Wireless headliner Tyler, The Creator, Megan Thee Stallion, and Super Bowl LVI Halftime Surprise guest 50 Cent on June 11 to 12.
The London Flesh Queer Festival takes May 28 weekend at Ipswich for the first-ever Queer-themed festival in London.
On the other hand, the much-anticipated Mighty Hoopla 2022 will make use of the Queen's Jubilee bank holiday from June 3 to 4.