Rockaway Beach 2026: Public Image Ltd., Dry Cleaning, The Moonlandingz lead first wave of line-up

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Public Image Ltd., Dry Cleaning and The Moonlandingz have been announced as part of the first wave of acts for Rockaway Beach 2025.The winter festival will return to Butlin’s in Bognor Regis, West Sussex from January 2 to 4, 2026.

Tickets, including three-day festival passes and accommodation packages, are available here.PiL have been confirmed as the first of the three headliners, with two further announcements to come later in the year.

John Lydon’s post-punk band are also gearing up fro a full UK and Ireland tour in May – visit here for tickets to that – and they are releasing a “long lost” alternative US mix of ‘First Edition’ for Record Store Day 2025.Rockaway founder Ian Crowther has said: “It’s hard to overstate just how vital Public Image Ltd have been in shaping alternative music.

From the moment they emerged, they’ve pushed boundaries – musically, visually, politically. Having them at Rockaway Beach feels like welcoming a cornerstone of post-punk history to the festival.”A post shared by Rockaway Beach Festival (@rockawaybeachfest)“It’s somebody we’ve wanted to book for a few years now,” he added. “There’s a defiance and rawness in what they do that aligns so naturally with the spirit of Rockaway.