Wireless Festival

Wireless Festival
Main stage of the 2008 Wireless Festival

The Wireless Festival is a music festival in England that takes place every year in Hyde Park, London, and took place at Harewood House, Leeds in 2006 and 2007. It is owned and managed by Live Nation.

From its inception in 2005 until 2008, the festival was sponsored by telecommunications company O2, and was called the O2 Wireless Festival. Since 2009 the main sponsor has been Barclaycard and the festival renamed to Barclaycard Wireless.

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History

2005

M.I.A. performing on the XFM stage in 2005

The first festival took place in June 2005 and was in Hyde Park only. Tickets were £35 per day. Some of the acts on the line-up were (headline acts in bold):[1]

2006

Depeche Mode headlining the 2006 festival

In 2006, the festival played in both Hyde Park and Harewood House. Tickets were £37.50 per day.

The Hyde Park festival ran from 21–25 June and on the bill were:[2]

The Harewood House festival ran from 24–25 June and tickets were £32.50 for the first day and £37.50 for the second. It featured:[3][4]

2007

The White Stripes headline 2007's festival

Tickets for both venues went on sale on 16 March 2007 and the festival took place between 14–17 June in Hyde Park, and 15–17 June at Harewood House. Tickets were £40 for one day, £75 for two, £105 for three or £135 for four days.

The acts for both Hyde Park and Harewood House were:[5]

The acts which performed the extra date in Hyde Park were:

For the first time, the Leeds festival offered camping facilities at the festival. Campers were allowed to stay on Lord Harewood's land for £25 for as many festival days as they wished. There were 3 stages this year, and the O2 Blueroom where only O2 customers were allowed to enter.

2008

The 2008 O2 Wireless Festival spanned 4 days in Hyde Park, and was the last to carry the O2 sponsorship. An attempt to hold a parallel festival in Leeds similar to the Reading and Leeds Festivals arrangement was unsuccessful, and instead a variety of club nights featuring billed artists were held. Tickets were £45 per day.

Fatboy Slim on the main stage on Saturday 5 July

The line-up was as follows:[6]

2009

Paul Oakenfold on Stage Two on Saturday 4 July

The 2009 festival was sponsored by Barclaycard and was cut from four to two days in Hyde Park. Tickets were £45 for one day or £80 for both. The line-up was as follows:[7]

2010

The 2010 Wireless Festival was increased to three days and took place from 2 July to 4 July 2010. Tickets were £47.50 for one day, £85 for two and £110 for three days. The line-up was as follows:[8]

The Sunday date sold out in record time, three weeks before the festival.[9]

2011

The 2011 Wireless Festival was held from Friday 1 July to Sunday 3 July 2011. Tickets were £48.50 (Saturday/Sunday) or £49.50 (Friday) for one day, £92 for two and £130 for three days. The Black Eyed Peas headlined the Friday, The Chemical Brothers on the Saturday, and Pulp reformed after ten years to play the Sunday and other festivals in 2011.

Line-up
Friday Saturday Sunday

The Black Eyed Peas
David Guetta
Bruno Mars
Plan B
Tinie Tempah
Chipmunk
Example
Labrinth
Jodie Connor
Far East Movement
Yasmin
Wretch 32
Mike Posner
Alexis Jordan
Natalia Kills
Dot Rotten
StooShe

The Chemical Brothers
The Streets
Chase & Status
Aphex Twin
Chromeo
Janelle Monae
Kesha
LMFAO
Nero
Katy B
Devlin
Digitalism
Battles
The Whip
Justin Robertson
Jay Electronica
J. Cole
Modestep
Maverick Sabre
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Her Majesty & The Wolves
Alex Metric
Alpines
Luke Bingham
James Holroyd

Pulp
Grace Jones
TV on the Radio
Foals
The Horrors
Metronomy
Cut Copy
Devotchka
The Like
The Naked and Famous
The Pretty Reckless
Roky Erickson
Neon Trees
Funeral Party
Fight Like Apes
Summer Camp

Main Stage
Friday Saturday Sunday

The Black Eyed Peas
Plan B
Tinie Tempah
Bruno Mars
Example

The Chemical Brothers
James Holroyd - DJ Set
Chase and Status
The Streets
Chromeo
Ke$ha
Katy B
Janelle Monae

Pulp
Grace Jones
TV on the Radio
The Hives
The Horrors
Metronomy
DeVotchKa
Vintage Trouble

Pepsi Max Stage
Friday Saturday Sunday

David Guetta
Alexis Jordan
Far East Movement
Labrinth
Natalia Kills

Aphex Twin
Battles
Devlin
J. Cole
Digitalism
Maverick Sabre
The Whip

Foals
The Pretty Reckless
The Naked and Famous
Neon Trees
Roky Erickson
Yuck
Summer Camp

2012

Rihanna has been confirmed as the headliner for Sunday 8 July 2012. Tickets will go on general sale on 18 November 2011, priced at £52.50 (plus booking fee).

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