Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, New Order, Devo and the Go-Gos Among Acts Set for 2025 Cruel World Festival
variety.comPat Saperstein Deputy Editor Dig out the fishnets and lace up the Docs: The Cruel World Festival is set to return to Pasadena on May 17, featuring headliners Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and New Order.
Goldenvoice’s one-day event will again take place at Brookside at the Rose Bowl. Also on the bill of new wave icons, post-punk, dark wave, alternative and adjacent acts are Devo, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Garbage, the Go-Gos, Death Cult, ‘Til Tuesday, Madness, Buzzcocks, She Wants Revenge and Alison Moyet.
Garbage, toplined by Shirley Manson, recently played California’s Ohana Festival, and has an eighth studio album planned for 2025 release.
Cruel World will be the final stop for Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ North American tour supporting their 18th album, “Wild God.” New Order’s lineup is of several original members including lead vocalist Bernard Sumner, though not including bassist Peter Hook.
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