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Joined by his band Freak Freely, The Lose Control and The Door hitmaker will headline the opening night of the North West’s largest music festival on Wednesday July 1, as one of only five huge outdoor shows for the global superstar in mainland UK next summer. He will be supported by breakout vocalist and songwriter Lauren Spencer Smith and multi-instrumentalist Jordan Rakei.

Lytham Festival co-founder Peter Taylor said: “What an incredible first headliner to reveal for Lytham Festival 2026. Teddy Swims is a vocal powerhouse and someone who has enjoyed a meteoric rise to success over the last few years so we are delighted to be bringing him to the Fylde coast.

“He will present a huge opening night as we celebrate the 15th outing of Lytham Festival, and this is only just the start. We have four more amazing headliners to announce with more news coming very, very soon.”

Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, Teddy Swims has been putting in real work for years going from YouTube sensation to international chart-topper. A quiet, steady grind brought him to the forefront with record-breaking songs, sold-out global tours, and iconic performances. With a voice that effortlessly blends R&B, soul, and pop, Swims captivates listeners with raw emotion, soulful resonance, and lyrics that explore love, loss, and self-discovery.

2024 marked a record year, with multi-platinum hits “Lose Control” and “The Door” from his debut album I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1). “Lose Control” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, became the longest-charting Hot 100 hit in history, and is now 6x Platinum with more than 4 billion streams. With more than 12 billion streams across his catalogue, Swims continues to cement his place as one of music’s most powerful voices.

His breakout success earned him a 2025 GRAMMY nomination for Best New Artist and three 2025 BET Award nominations, including Best New Artist, Best Collaboration and Best Male R&B/Pop Artist. Swims has also won multiple prestigious international awards, including Best International Album and Best International Act at the Los 40 Music Awards, Most Radio Airplay in France, and Billboard Music Awards for “Lose Control,” including Top Hot 100 Song and Top Radio Song.

He followed his debut album with Part 2, featuring standout singles “Bad Dreams,” “Guilty,” and “Are You Even Real” ft. GIVĒON. The journey continued with the Complete Edition with the expanded album including six new tracks and across the full project, Swims also collaborated with Muni Long, Coco Jones, and GloRilla.

Teddy Swims image credit: Claire Marie Vogel

Seven-time GRAMMY Award winning artist Alanis Morissette is revealed as the fifth and final headliner for Lancashire’s Lytham Festival 2026.

After this summer saw her headline show on the Fylde coast cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, it is announced today the Canadian/American musician will return to TK Maxx presents Lytham Festival on Thursday July 2 for one of only five UK performances next summer. She will be joined on the night by musical powerhouse Skunk Anansie.

For 30 years Alanis Morissette has been one of the most influential women in contemporary music with her deeply expressive music and performances earning vast critical praise. Her 1995 debut album Jagged Little Pill was followed by nine more eclectic and acclaimed albums and her music and most notable hits Ironic, You Oughta Know, Hand in My Pocket and Thank U remain as current today.

In 2019, Jagged Little Pill the musical made its Broadway debut and was nominated for 15 Tony Awards, winning two at the 2021 ceremony.

In 2021, Alanis’ sold-out world tour celebrating 25 years of Jagged Little Pill was the number one female-fronted tour of the year. Last year her 35-date North American Triple Moon Tour sold more than half a million tickets and packed every venue to capacity, and this summer saw her bring her 2025 World Tour to the UK for a limited run of sold-out dates between shows in South America and Europe.

Formed in London in 1994, Skunk Anansie are known for their powerful fusion of hard rock, punk, and funk influences. Fronted by the charismatic and dynamic Skin, whose distinctive voice and commanding stage presence have become the band’s signature, Skunk Anansie broke through with explosive hits like Weak, Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good) and Charity.

After a hiatus in the early 2000s, Skunk Anansie reunited in 2009, continuing to tour and release new material that reaffirms their reputation as one of the most electrifying and thought-provoking bands in British rock, highlighted by the release of their recent top 10 album, the critically and commercially acclaimed The Painful Truth.

Guitar indie-pop band Pale Waves and Mercury-nominated The Big Moon will support Canadian / American artist Alanis Morissette

Pale Waves are a guitar-pop force. Fronted by Preston’s Heather Baron-Gracie, they emerged in 2018 with 80s-tinted indie/synth-pop debut album My Mind Makes Noises, they levelled up into pop-punk bite on Who Am I? in 2021, and Unwanted in 2022, before pivoting back to shimmering, melodic jangle-pop on 2024’s Smitten. Across 500-plus shows, the band has built a fierce international audience, from festival main stages including Lollapalooza, Glastonbury, and Reading and Leeds, to multiple headline runs in North America, Europe, Japan and Australia. Already this year, they have opened for Louis Tomlinson on his 26-date arena tour and have been announced for Yungblud’s Bludfest 2026 in Czechia.

Opening the night will be alt-pop four-piece The Big Moon. Formed in 2014 by lead singer Juliette Jackson, guitarist Soph Nathan, bassist Celia Archer and drummer Fern Ford, The Big Moon are one of the UK’s most widely respected and original bands, and previously performed at Lytham Festival in 2023 supporting George Ezra. Their debut album Love in the 4th Dimension was shortlisted for the prestigious Mercury Prize in 2017. They followed their breakthrough with Walking Like We Do (2020) and 2022’s Here Is Everything, which became their first UK Top 10 album, and featured the singles Wide Eyes, Trouble and This Love.

Image (c) – Shelby Duncan

International multi-award-winning superstar Michael Bublé is heading to Lancashire’s Lytham Festival next summer.

One of the top touring artists of all time and known for his world-class showmanship and spectacular concert production, Michael will headline the Friday night of the five-day TK Maxx presents Lytham Festival on July 3 as one of only three mainland UK performances in 2026.

Michael Bublé has sold more than 75 million albums worldwide over the course of his extraordinary career, a career that includes five GRAMMYs, 15 JUNO Awards, stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canada’s Walk of Fame, six multi-platinum albums, and more than 14 billion global streams. He has also performed in more than 30 countries.

Michael has spent the past two decades deeply committed to not only keep the flames of the Great American Songbook alive and well – to not only breathe new life into them – but to bring his singular style, vocal power, and passion to timeless tunes that he loves.

He released his self-titled debut album in 2003, followed by a series of multi-platinum, Number 1 albums including Call Me Irresponsible (2007), Crazy Love (2009), To Be Loved (2013), Love (2018), and Christmas (2011). Michael’s 11th studio album HIGHER (2022) marked his 9th Top 10 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart and 7th consecutive studio album to debut in the Top 3.

With unstoppable talent, energy and a voice that is equally at home singing standards, pop, swing, jazz, R&B, and comedy, Michael takes his audiences on a special journey every night – singing his heart out, serenading them with beautiful love songs, making them laugh, cry, and dance – to give them an evening they will never forget.

From Boyzone fame to solo star, Ronan Keating promises to be the perfect special guest ahead of Michael Bublé’s headlining show. It is now more than 30 years since the Irish singer, songwriter, broadcaster and TV presenter shot to fame with one of the biggest boybands ever. He ended the 90s as a solo star with first single When You Say Nothing At All hitting the UK Number 1 spot, swiftly followed by his self-titled debut album also shooting straight to Number 1.

Twelve albums later and armfuls of Top 10 hits under his belt, Ronan has sold more than 20 million records worldwide alongside 25 million records with Boyzone.

From touring as a solo artist, co-hosting the Breakfast Show on Magic Radio for seven years and regularly presenting on BBC’s The One Show as well as The Voice Kids, Ronan does not stop. This year will see the Life Is A Rollercoaster star performing a select number of dates across the UK and Europe as well as reuniting with his Boyzone pals for just two nights in London.

Ahead of Ronan’s Lytham Festival set, pop duo Appleton aka sisters Nicole and Natalie Appleton will deliver a hit-filled set. Originally rising to fame as half of All Saints, one of the most successful pop groups of the 1990s, Nicole and Natalie went on to form the pop duo Appleton after the band’s original record-breaking run of hits which included Number 1’s Never Ever, Bootie Call, Black Coffee, Under The Bridge/Lady Marmalade and Pure Shores.

In 2023, the Appleton sisters celebrated the 20 year anniversary of their debut album Everything Eventual and more recently, All Saints celebrated the 25 year anniversary of their eponymously titled debut album.

Opening the night will be BBC Radio Lancashire Breakfast Show presenter Graham Liver playing summer anthems to warm up the crowd. Graham has been involved in the festival since its inception – hosting stages and championing the opportunity to put Lancashire on the map.

The most successful duo in UK music history Pet Shop Boys are heading to TK Maxx presents Lytham Festival 2026.

Pet Shop Boys are one of the most requested acts for the North West’s largest music festival and it is announced today Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe will bring their groundbreaking, euphoric pop spectacle Pet Shop Boys – DREAMWORLD – The Greatest Hits Live show to Lytham on Saturday July 4.

And in a move sure to please fans, the headlining show will mark the biggest ever homecoming date for Chris Lowe who was born and raised on the Fylde coast in Blackpool.

As Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe are listed in The Guinness Book of Records as the most successful duo in UK music history. Since signing to Parlophone Records in 1985, they have achieved 44 top 30 singles in the UK, including 22 top 10 hits and four number ones.

In their live shows Pet Shop Boys have created an original style of pop musical theatre, collaborating with a multitude of directors, designers and artists, including Derek Jarman, Zaha Hadid, Es Devlin and Tom Scutt.

Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live kicked off in Milan in May 2022 touring arenas and festivals across Europe and the UK to great acclaim. Critics hailed the show a ‘sleek, nostalgic treat’ (The Telegraph), ‘an utterly joyous celebration’ (Metro), and ‘an ecstatic presentation of 40 years of brilliance’ (Evening Standard).

Last year Dreamworld played a sold-out five-night residency at the Royal Opera House, as well as headline performances at the Isle of Wight Festival and Radio 2 In The Park. In yet another 5-star review, London’s Metro raved “The finest British pop group of the past 40 years are in the form of their lives – a life-affirming, soul-reviving joy of a show.”

As writers, producers and remixers, Tennant and Lowe have collaborated, remixed or written for a wide range of artists including Dusty Springfield, Lady Gaga, Liza Minnelli, Blur, Madonna, David Bowie, Yoko Ono, The Killers, Girls Aloud, Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher and the Sleaford Mods. Of their career, The Independent stated “their career has perpetually shown that pop music and high art cannot only co-exist but surpass supposedly superior musical forms.”

Lytham Festival co-founder Peter Taylor said: “Finally! It is no secret we, and our loyal customers, have wanted Pet Shop Boys at Lytham Festival for a long time so we are delighted to have secured a headlining show with them for our very special 15th anniversary.

“Pet Shop Boys are legends. Their music has shaped generations and they are as relevant today as they were when they first broke through in the mid-80s.

Multi-award-winning American pop band Scissor Sisters promise a set filled with high-energy anthems, dazzling performances and unapologetic queer joy as special guests for Pet Shop Boys.

Since bursting onto the global music scene with their chart-topping, self-titled debut album in 2004, Jake Shears, Babydaddy, Del Marquis, and the band remain as bold, brilliant and boundary-breaking as ever. The album went straight to Number 1 in the UK charts, sold more than three million copies worldwide and won three BRIT Awards – making them the first act ever to sweep all the international categories. Packed with unforgettable singles like Take Your Mama, Comfortably Numb and Laura, it firmly established the band as one of the most daring and influential pop acts of the era.

Fresh from their 20th anniversary tour celebrating this landmark debut, Scissor Sisters will light up Leafy Lytham with a spectacular show packed with fan favourites for a night brimming with their trademark blend of glam, grit and glorious chaos – still unstoppable and forever Filthy / Gorgeous!

Opening the night will be Radio 1 legend Dave Pearce. A driving force in the UK Dance Scene for many years, Dave is known for his uplifting sets which feature many of the classics he helped break through his Radio 1 Dance Anthems show and Ibiza residencies.

Dave has sold more than 1 million compilation CDs. Still at the top of his game, January 2026 saw him mark seven years in the Top Ten Official UK Dance Album charts with his Number 1 Trance Anthems album, making it the longest selling dance album in the Top Ten.

GRAMMY Award winning international superstar rapper, singer, songwriter and actor Pitbull will bring the ultimate party to the North West as he headlines the closing night of TK Maxx presents Lytham Festival 2026.

With billions of audio streams and video views, along with hundreds of gold and platinum certifications, Pitbull’s career stands as one of the most impressive in music history. And in a move which will see the first ever rap artist headline Lytham Festival, he is now bringing his I’m Back! Tour to the Lancashire coast on Sunday July 5.

Pitbull, aka Armando Christian Perez, is affectionally known as Mr Worldwide. Earlier this year fans caused a viral storm during his high energy European tour with tens of thousands of them wearing bald caps and dubbing themselves “The Bald E’s” in honour of his signature look and larger-than-life persona, and Lytham Festival organisers are encouraging fans to go equally wild in 2026.

With the I’m Back! Tour Pitbull guarantees to continue to celebrate this culture and bring the unstoppable pure party energy for fans. Set to be on an even bigger stage with highly stunning visuals, explosive pyrotechnics, and Pitbull’s signature performance. With a fusion of music, lights, and special effects—alongside his band, The Agents, and dancers, The Most Bad Ones—the show will deliver an unforgettable, one of a kind high-energy party for everyone to enjoy.

Lytham Festival co-founder Peter Taylor said: “This is huge! Pitbull is one of the hottest tickets around and this will be the first time we have a headlining show from a much-celebrated rap artist. We cannot wait to welcome him to our wonderful festival and I absolutely want to see a sea of bald caps on Lytham Green.

“Pitbull is an artist who has enjoyed hit after hit globally. He is Mr Worldwide and he really does present the ultimate party. This is going to be one incredible way to close the celebrations of our 15^th anniversary festival.”

An international superstar, education ambassador, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker, Pitbull does not stand still. Aside from global success with hits including Fireball, Hotel Room Service, Give Me Everything, Timber and Don’t Stop The Party, beyond music he has built a diverse and expanding business portfolio.

His signature “EEEEEEEYOOOOOO” grito (yell) is one of fewer than 40 sound trademarks protected by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He recently made history by partnering with Florida International University to rename its football stadium Pitbull Stadium, and he is also a passionate advocate for education.

Last year Pitbull teamed up with rock legends Bon Jovi for the powerful track Now or Never, blending his signature high-energy sound with the band’s anthemic rock style. The unexpected collaboration quickly gained global traction, further proving Pitbull’s ability to transcend genres and generations.

With no signs of slowing down, Pitbull continues to push boundaries and inspire millions around the world, leaving a profound cultural impact and cementing a legacy that spans entertainment, business, education, and beyond.

2019 Lil Jon & Tyga – Daddy Shoot

Lil Jon joins Pitbull for the ultimate Lytham Festival Party when the superstar affectionately known as Mr Worldwide brings his I’m Back! Tour to the Lancashire coast to mark the closing night of the festival’s 15^th anniversary.

One of the most prominent figures in music and pop culture alike, Lil Jon has performed for hundreds of thousands of fans with the likes of Usher & Ludacris, Afrojack, Steve Aoki, Pitbull, TLC Becky G, Offset, LMFAO, Too $hort and E-40 to name a few.

Back in 2014 Lil Jon proved once again he’s a powerhouse artist teaming up with DJ Snake for their smash hit Turn Down For What, which created a massive worldwide craze. Most recently, Lil Jon was the musical director for Usher’s 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas, where he performed their iconic record, Yeah!,  which has garnered more than a billion-streams on Spotify.

Earlier this year, Lil Jon released the first of his meditation albums called Total Manifestation, which was met with resounding success and he followed-up that album with his second one titled Manifest Abundance.

Known best for his role in creating and popularizing the southern movement and lifestyle known as Crunk, Lil Jon delivered a string of regional hits in the 90’s with the East Side Boyz eventually becoming a national force in 2001 thanks to the tracks Bia Bia and Put Yo Hood Up. Their iconic albums include We Still Crunk!, Put Yo Hood Up, Kings of Crunk and Crunk Juice.

His consistent hitmaking has earned him legions of fans across the globe and armfuls of awards including two BMI Songwriter of the Year awards, 11 Billboard Awards (for the two hit Usher tracks Yeah! and Lovers and Friends), a GRAMMY, a Radio Music Award, a BET award, two MTV Video Music Awards and an American Music Award.

DJ Laz will open the show for rapper, singer, songwriter and actor Pitbull with special guest rapper and record producer Lil Jon on Sunday July 5. Rapper and radio personality DJ Laz, aka Lazaro Mendez, is a pioneer of Latin bass music, gaining acclaim as a teenager in the 80s and 90s with hits including Journey Into Bass and Move Shake Drop, which was later remixed as a collaboration with Pitbull, while also remixing tracks for artists including Luther Campbell, Will Smith and Gloria Estefan. Deeply rooted and a staple in Miami’s music scene, Laz and Pitbull are long-time music collaborators, with their partnership spanning more than two decades and Laz now famously works as a DJ on Mr Worldwide’s Globalization channel SiriusXM.

DJ Laz will open the show for rapper, singer, songwriter and actor Pitbull with special guest rapper and record producer Lil Jon on Sunday July 5. Rapper and radio personality DJ Laz, aka Lazaro Mendez, is a pioneer of Latin bass music, gaining acclaim as a teenager in the 80s and 90s with hits including Journey Into Bass and Move Shake Drop, which was later remixed as a collaboration with Pitbull, while also remixing tracks for artists including Luther Campbell, Will Smith and Gloria Estefan. Deeply rooted and a staple in Miami’s music scene, Laz and Pitbull are long-time music collaborators, with their partnership spanning more than two decades and Laz now famously works as a DJ on Mr Worldwide’s Globalization channel SiriusXM.