We were taken by surprise by the announcement of the complete line-up for the 10th anniversary of the Mad Cool Festival, which will take place from 8 to 11 July 2026 at the Iberdrola Music venue in Villaverde, Madrid. The festival will feature Foo Fighters, Florence + the Machine, Lorde and Nick Cave as headline acts, among others.
The festival will kick off on Wednesday, 8 July with Foo Fighters, who will be joined by Moby, The War on Drugs, Wolf Alice, The Last Dinner Party, The Warning, Jehnny Beth and Dogstar (Keanu Reeves’ band, whom we saw at Primavera Sound in 2024), among others.
On Thursday 9th, there will be performances from Florence + the Machine, Jennie from Blackpink, Lorde, Teddy Swims, Zara Larsson, Charlie Puth and The Blaze. Also performing will be some of the artists behind the best albums of 2025, including CMAT, Son Mieux, and Spain’s band La Paloma.
On Friday 10th, the main acts will be Twenty One Pilots, Kings of Leon and Pixies, who will be joined by Halsey, Interpol and A Perfect Circle to kick off the weekend. Saturday 11th will see Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Pulp, the Black Crowes, David Byrne, Kasabian, the Vaccines and Matt Berninger of The National take to the stage, among others.
Tickets and passes can be purchased in an exclusive pre-sale for Santander customers and Mad Cool members starting next Monday, 17 November at 10:00 a.m. on the festival’s official website, at a price of €85 for general admission tickets, €130 for VIP admission tickets, €225 for full passes, and €380 for VIP passes, in all cases excluding booking fees. General sales will open on the website at 10:00 on 20 November. Prices will be €105 for general day tickets, €170 for VIP day tickets, €250 for full season tickets and €435 for VIP season tickets. Booking fees are not included in these prices.
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