Carpenter Brut, Zeal & Ardor, Normandie, Intervals, GHØSTKID and more confirmed for Radar 2025

31 Oct 2024, 13:53 · louder

By Merlin Alderslade
( Metal Hammer )
published 31 October 2024

Manchester's premier progressively-minded rock and metal festival has unveiled its first announcement for 2025

(Image credit: Derek Bremner)

Manchester's beloved Radar festival has unveiled its first lineup announcement for 2025, and to the surprise of no one, it's a cracker. Headlining next year's progressively-minded rock and metal fest will be none other than synthwave king Carpenter Brut. Carpenter Brut's headline set will serve as his only UK festival show of 2025.

Also confirmed for next year's edition are avant-garde metal specialists Zeal & Ardor, as well as Normandie, Intervals, GHØSTKID, David Maxim Micic, Floya, Pintglass, Future Palace, Cyan Kicks, Tiberius, Air, Drawn Dagger, Continents, Hero In Error and Waterlines.

"We’re hitting the ground running with Carpenter Brut’s only UK performance in 2025 as our first headliner announcement," says Radar co-founder Catherine Jackson-Smith. They’re a band that we’ve admired for a long time and their production combined with the mammoth effort that they put into making a special, one-off event is something that aligns exactly with what we want for our statement sets!

"Our first announcement is a solid mix of fresh new music that we know our Radar community will love plus some familiar faces, rising up the ranks and showing everyone why they’ve become such firm favourites," Jackson-Smith adds. "This is only the beginning and we can’t wait to share more of our plans with the Radar community as Radar 5.0 starts to take shape properly."

Radar 2025 takes place from July 4-6 at the O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester, UK. Tickets are on sale now from the official Radar website. See the official poster for next year's festival below.

(Image credit: Radar Festival)

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Merlin Alderslade
Executive Editor, Louder

Merlin moved into his role as Executive Editor of Louder in early 2022, following over ten years working at Metal Hammer. While there, he served as Online Editor and Deputy Editor, before being promoted to Editor in 2016. Before joining Metal Hammer, Merlin worked as Associate Editor at Terrorizer Magazine and has previously written for the likes of Classic Rock, Rock Sound, eFestivals and others. Across his career he has interviewed legends including Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy, Metallica, Iron Maiden (including getting a trip on Ed Force One courtesy of Bruce Dickinson), Guns N' Roses, KISS, Slipknot, System Of A Down and Meat Loaf. He has also presented and produced the Metal Hammer Podcast, presented the Metal Hammer Radio Show and is probably responsible for 90% of all nu metal-related content making it onto the site.

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