Line Up For The Ages

Cruel World Festival returns to Pasadena this year, bringing an absolutely stacked line up of legendary Punk, Post-Punk and New Wave acts to the Rose Bowl! This year's edition features the likes of New Order and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds topping the bill, with Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD), Garbage, The Go-Gos, Devo, Madness, Alison Moyet, Buzzcocks, Midge Ure and many more also set to make an appearance!

Since its founding in 2020 Cruel World Festival has constantly treated California to performances from the greatest icons from the alternative rock, new wave, post-punk and goth sphere, with previous iterations seeing the likes of Morrissey, Public Image Ltd, Blondie, Siouxsie Sioux, Iggy Pop, Echo and the Bunnymen, Duran Duran and Soft Cell just a few of the legends to have graced its stages. Don't miss this rare chance to see so many culture-defining acts all in one place!