From rising stars to rock legends, the 2024 edition of the Madrid festival has got it all Mad Cool is back for 2024, and it’s arriving with another glittering line-up. From rising stars to rock legends – via all your favourite electronic party starters and bonafide pop stars – the Spanish festival will provide a stellar four nights of live music. Some of the most exciting artists in the world will be topping the bill for Mad Cool’s seventh instalment.
Here’s the lowdown on each Mad Cool 2024 headliner. Who: Pop hero bringing the disco-flecked megahits When: Wednesday 10 July What to expect: After first appearing performing at the festival in 2018, Dua Lipa is making a triumphant return to Mad Cool this summer, but this time she’s topping the bill. And we can expect big things: here at NME , we gave the recent tour for her smash-hit second album ‘Future Nostalgia’ the full five-star treatment back in 2022.
Since then, the pop hero has been busy working away on album three ‘Radical Optimism’ (due out later this year), already ushering in the era with the slinky disco-laced ‘Houdini’ and ‘Training Season’ – so her Mad Cool performance is sure to be stuffed with old favourites and future festival bangers. Festival anthem: ‘Houdini’ Who: Rock legends ready to make their Mad Cool debut When: Wednesday 10 July What to expect: After a joint tour with Weezer in the UK in June, The Smashing Pumpkins will play a string of European festivals, including a.