Japan’s marquee worldwide festivals are heralding a return to kind with lineups that includes among the world’s greatest stars.
Summer Sonic, set to be held concurrently in Tokyo and Osaka on 19 and 20 August, not too long ago unveiled a invoice headlined by Kendrick Lamar, Blur, The Strokes, Lizzo and Foo Fighters.
Other non-domestic acts on the invoice embrace Fall Out Boy, Blur, Niall Horan, Thundercat, Two Door Cinema Club, Wet Leg, Honne, Pale Waves, Liam Gallagher and Evanescence.
Last yr, worldwide acts accounted for simply 40% of Summer Sonic’s providing as a consequence of stringent pandemic journey restrictions.
In addition, the Creativeman-promoted festivals had been diminished in capability (Tokyo to 55,000 and Osaka to 30,000) and followers had been topic to a lot of restrictions.
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