Cruel World Festival 2023 is coming, and the tickets will be selling like hotcakes with their star-studded, stellar headliners and lineup.
The one-day festival will be held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on May 20, and it will be a special event for some fans who are anticipating the return of a certain British singer.
Variety reports the entire lineup list, including the festival's headliners: Iggy Pop, Billy Idol, Love and Rockets, Adam Ant, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Human League, and Siouxsie.
Other performers include ABC, Animotion, Aurat, Boy Harsher, Ela Minus, Gang of Four, Gary Numan, Glass Spells, GVLLOW, Modern English, Molchat Doma, Riki, The Motels, The Soft Moon, The Vapors, Twin Tribes, and Urban Heat.
Tickets will be on sale on Jan. 27 at the Cruel World Festival website, and the prices will range from $159 for general admission up to $799 for clubhouse passes, reports say.
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Rollingstone reports that the Cruel World Festival celebrates the 1980s new wave and goth artists, hence the lineup.
Last year's headliners included Morrissey, Bauhaus, Blondie, DEVO, Echo & The Bunnymen, Violent Femmes, Public Images Ltd., the Psychedelic Furs, and more.
But out of all the performers lined up for this year, fans are surely most eager to see Siouxsie hit the stage, after all, this is her first North American performance in 15 years.
Siouxsie used to go by Siouxsie Sioux, and she is a British singer-songwriter who used to be the lead singer of the rock band, Siouxsie and the Banshees. They were active from 1976 up to 1996.
During her decades-long stint with the Banshees, she went on to form the Creatures in 1981 but eventually disbanded in 2005.
Siouxsie then pursued a solo career in music but has mostly kept her live sets in her home country, England.
On the other hand, another decades-old group will be a reunion of sorts of the Love and Rockets, whose last performance as a band was back in 2008.
The English rock band was formed in 1985, composed of former Bauhaus members, Daniel Ash and David J, along with Kevin Haskins.
Despite their split in 1983, the band's music remained iconic and relevant, as they have been cited as the catalyst for alternative rock.
Fans are hyped to see these performers to return onstage after so many years.
"WOW what a lineup! I was too young for this concert in 1983....wait uh it's this year! I don't need a time machine?" A fan wrote.
"Wow! And not in 1983 either but this year!"
"NGL this lineup is solid."
"Definitely going to this, anyone else?"
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