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.

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