Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, New Order, the Go-Go’s and a reunion of ‘Til Tuesday are among the acts atop the lineup for Cruel World Festival 2025, festival organizers announced Monday.
Devo, Garbage, Madness, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, She Wants Revenge, Alison Moyet, Buzzcocks, Midge Ure of Ultravox, and Death Cult, the original name of the Cult are also on the bill when Cruel World returns to Brookside at the Rose Bowl on May 17, 2025.
The festival, which celebrates new wave, punk and goth from the late ’70s and ’80s, features a few special treats among its many acts, including its spot as the final stop on Nick Cave & the Bad Seed’s Wild Gods tour.
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The ’80s synth-pop band ‘Til Tuesday, which first brought singer-songwriter Aimee Mann to prominence with the MTV hit “Voices Carry,” is reuniting with its original members for the first time in 35 years.
The Cult’s Billy Duffy and Ian Astbury decided to revert to the name Death Cult to revive its original discography. And She Wants Revenge, the post-punk darkwave band from the San Fernando Valley, will play its only show of 2025 at Cruel World.
The rest of the lineup includes a mix of older new wave bands and bands influenced by that era. It includes Blancmange, Chelsea Wolfe, Mareux, Stereo MCs, She Past Away, Clan of Xymox, Nation of Language, Provoker, Depresión Sonora, Kite, N8noface, Wisteria, Actors, Deceit, Light Asylum, and Social Order.
You can register now in advance of passes going on sale at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25 at cruelworldfest.com. Past purchasers of Cruel World Festival can access a presale at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24.
Passes range in price from $249 for general admission to $1,029 for the clubhouse level with several different levels in between.
For more information on the festival, to purchase passes, and more, see Cruelworldfest.com.
