Mad Cool has added the winners from its Expertise competitors to the stacked line-up for 2026.
The pageant will probably be returning to the Iberdrola Music Villaverde web site in Madrid later this summer season to have fun its tenth anniversary. It’s set to run between July 8 and 11, and remaining tickets can be found right here.
Headliners embrace Pulp, Foo Fighters, Florence & The Machine, Nick Cave & The Dangerous Seeds, Twenty One Pilots, and Lorde, alongside the likes of CMAT, Wolf Alice, Jennie, Moby, The Final Dinner Social gathering, Kings Of Leon, The Battle On Medicine, Halsey, Teddy Swims, Pixies and The Black Crowes.
David Byrne can even be performing his new album ‘Who Is The Sky?’ in full alongside his generational classics, and extra names on the line-up embrace Kasabian, Jalen Ngonda, The Vaccines, Matt Berninger, Sigrid, Interpol, Holly Humberstone, Chloe Slater, The Reytons, Overpass, Ttssfu, and A Good Circle, in addition to a variety of native Spanish expertise.
Right now (Monday February 9), six new acts have been added – all of that are winners of the Mad Cool Expertise by Vibra Mahou competitors, which is designed to highlight and create a platform for rising artists.
The brand new names embrace Candela Gómez, a bilingual actor and singer from Spain who will probably be bringing her mix of indie and pop to this yr’s instalment. She’s going to take to the stage on Thursday July 9, and is anticipated to play new materials from her debut album ‘Oversize’, which was launched final week (February 6).
Additionally becoming a member of the invoice are Georgian band Tape Guests – who fashioned in 2023 and have already began successful over followers with their fashion of indie and different rock – and rising Spanish rock group Los Blody, who shared their ‘NO VOY A MORIR AQUÍ’ debut album in 2024 and carry out in tuxedos.
They may each be acting on July 10, as will intense, Madrid-based rock group Babylon, Lisbon band Dangerous Tomato (who Mad Cool describe as a mix of IDLES and Viagra Boys however with a Portuguese twist), and rising traditional rock group Break The Senses.
Competition organisers confirmed final yr that Mad Cool has undergone a collection of enhancements in time for the tenth anniversary version, which embrace a lowered variety of phases and a decrease capability than traditional.
Final yr’s pageant noticed performances from Olivia Rodrigo, Noah Kahan, 9 Inch Nails, Iggy Pop, Alanis Morrisette, Weezer, Thirty Second to Mars, Gracie Abrams, St. Vincent, Justice, Bloc Social gathering, Kaiser Chiefs, The Wombats, Jet, Glass Animals and plenty of extra.
You’ll be able to revisit all of NME’s protection from the 2025 pageant with our round-ups of the very best moments from day one, day two and day three.
Final month, organisers additionally shared the efficiency occasions for the 2026 version, which you’ll be able to take a look at right here.
