After strong headliners BLUR and KENDRICK LAMAR announced, this year’s SUMMER SONIC is already creating quite a buzz. We are pleased to announce 16 gorgeous and diverse groups this make you feel can’t wait this August!

The charismatic of the rock world LIAM GALLAGHER who attracted 170,000 fans for 2 days at triumphant performance in Nebworth, UK last year. The world-famous rock band FALL OUT BOY whose new album after 4 years is highly anticipated. EVANESCENCE, a leading US modern rock band led by Amy Lee, and former one-man rock band who has grown up as a solo artist, are all scheduled to perform. NIALL HORAN, a former One Direction member who has grown up as a solo artist; LANY. A synth-pop band from LA whose new album is highly anticipated; LAUV, a rare SSW/producer with a string of hit songs; Official Hige Dandism, a national band proudly known in Japan that has gained support from all generations; and the Japanese band, “Soul of the World”. THUNDERCAT, who is well versed in Japanese culture and loved by everyone for their superb playing and sweet voice, YOASOBI, a “unit that turns novels into music” that has shown its popularity at overseas festivals, GABRIELS, a modern soul trio that has been getting a lot of attention, and R&B band that won first place in the BBC “Sound of 2023”. FLO, a breakout R&B group, a rising star SSW HOLLY HUMBERSTONE who visited Japan for the first time last year, INHALER from Ireland, a hot stock in the UK guitar rock scene, NOVA TWINS, a rock duo from London, PALE WAVES who had a very successful tour in Japan last year and will make their triumphant return to SUMMER SONIC and THE SNUTS, a hot band with a growing fan base throughout the UK, have been confirmed.

Tickets will be available for Creativeman members from 2/1 (Wed.) and for official pre-orders from 2/14 (Tue.). Additional artists will be announced one after another. We expect the event to sell out as it did last year, so be sure to register early! SUMMER SONIC, which has been updated after the Corona Disaster, will continue to evolve further this year. Stay tuned for more announcements!

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Message from Naoki Shimizu（CREATIVEMAN PRODUCTIONS）

Shouting out proudly to the world with our very 1st line-up announcement!
Following last year, line-up once again is so strong that sold-out is inevitable.

There are no words to describe how excited I am to be able to announce this line-up including these 2 headliners.

For August 19th (Sat) Tokyo and 20th (Sun) Osaka, BLUR -the hottest topic of UK in 2023 who has sold out 2 days of their first performance in seven years at Wembley Stadium in seconds- will be back.

For August 19th (Sat) Osaka and 20th (Sun) Tokyo, Kendrick Lamar -who was nominated for 8 Grammys this year and is one of the most important artists in USA today- will invade Tokyo and Osaka for the first time.

On top of that, we have Liam Gallagher, who sold out 2 days of Knebworth Park with 100,000 capacities.
Excitingly, Fall Out Boy just gave us the green light to announce at the very last minute!
From Japan, Official Hige Dandism and YOASOBI who swept the charts last year, is standing firm on this ground.

From the many newcomer acts from this announcement, I suspect there could be the next Billie Eilish and Dua Lipa who were both unknown at the time they played Summer Sonic only a few years ago, yet they both achieved to leap gloriously.
Definitely please look forward to many more great artists to be announced later from Japan, Korea, and other Asian countries.

Our annual challenge for this year, is that we are keeping the art area from last year as is, while also working on a special collaboration to take place at one of our stages.
Of course, not to forget – we are working on a very much “MANIA”-ish line-up for our pre-event SONICMANIA too.

Countdown from mid-winter to Summer Sonic has just begun. Can you actually wait as long as six months??
In Japan, we have international music festivals such as Summer Sonic and Fuji Rock Festival which are both unique to our country. I strongly hope people from all over the world will be able to enjoy and experience what is only attainable here.