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Boardmasters has named Lily Allen as its final headliner for 2026, while also unveiling a substantial new batch of artists for the festival line up.
The singer songwriter is set to play her celebrated 2025 album ‘West End Girl’ in full at next year’s event, which will return to Newquay in Cornwall from August 5 to 9. She will share top billing with Kasabian and Fatboy Slim.
Allen leads the second wave of acts confirmed for Boardmasters 2026. The latest announcement also includes Joy Crookes, BRITs Critics’ Choice winner Jacob Alon, Rose Gray, Lucy Spraggan, Chloe Qisha and many more.
Check out the announcement posts below.
The complete list of newly announced artists for Boardmasters 2026 is:
Lily Allen performing West End Girl
Joy Crookes, Jacob Alon, Rose Gray, Keo, Hot 8 Brass Band, Chloe Qisha
Lucy Spraggan, Old Mervs, Radio Free Alice, Etta Marcus, Chartreuse, Meek, Beans On Toast, Oh My God! It’s The Church, K.O.G, Mr Bruce
Hamdi, Lens, Charlotte Plank, Sicaria, Fleetmac Wood, Atrip, The Trip, Basstripper, Jess Iszatt, Mia Lily, Jam & Meme, M’Lover, Gotham b2b Deekz
Jasper Hodges, Finn Forster, Rumac, Good Health Good Wealth, Girlintheyearabove, Pixie Mccann, Bella Barbe, Abbie Piper, Dermot Henry, Jos Rivers, Die Twice, Holysseus Fly, Dirty Nice, Basht, Jos Rivers
Liang Lawrence, Jamie Yost, Cosm, Ashley Harding, The Wad, Ben Kidson, Achilles Heel, Candar, Folked Up, Ceilidh Carnage, and Ronniee
The first wave of names for this year’s Boardmasters was revealed last November. Those announcements included The Kooks, Loyle Carner, Tash Sultana, The Darkness, Lambrini Girls, Florence Road, Tinie Tempah, Dizzee Rascal, Example and former NME cover star Alessi Rose.
Also set to appear at the Newquay site this summer are indie favourites The Royston Club, alongside Asha Banks, James Arthur, Pendulum, Rudimental, REN and Villanelle, the band fronted by Gene Gallagher.
Visit here for tickets and more details.
The 2025 edition of Boardmasters featured headline sets from Central Cee, RAYE and The Prodigy.
Lily Allen was recently shortlisted for three BRIT Awards ahead of next month’s ceremony. She is nominated for Artist Of The Year, Mastercard Album Of The Year for ‘West End Girl’ and Pop Act.
She is also preparing to perform ‘West End Girl’ in full across a run of arena shows in the UK and Ireland this summer. Those dates will come after a string of more intimate performances in March. Find any remaining tickets here.
Last November, it was confirmed that Allen would headline London’s Mighty Hoopla 2026, prompting more than 35,000 tickets to sell out within half an hour.
‘West End Girl’ placed at Number 13 in NME’s 50 best albums of 2025 list, while the track ‘Pussy Palace’ reached Number 21 in the publication’s 50 best songs of the year.
The album was written and recorded over a short period following the end of Allen’s marriage to Stranger Things actor David Harbour, after claims that he had been unfaithful. In its four star review, NME hailed the record as a “vicious, vulnerable and victorious comeback”.
Allen recently debuted the explicit track ‘Pussy Palace’ live during a small scale show in Los Angeles, alongside several other songs from the album. Elsewhere, she also revealed that she had been “run off the road” by an HGV while driving her new Porsche.
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Charli xcx has said she would be willing to consider recording a James Bond theme, though she is doubtful it would ever come together due to her heavy use of AutoTune.
The Chains of Love artist recently worked on the soundtrack for the Margot Robbie led Wuthering Heights film and admitted she would not completely rule out contributing music to the famous spy franchise.
Speaking with Julia Cunningham on her SiriusXM show, Charli explained her hesitation. “I got to say, I don’t think that I am built for that.
“I think I probably sing with too much AutoTune to do a James Bond. Never say never. I’m open to it if they want to call me, which they won’t but, yeah. I think it might not be a fit, but that’s, well, yeah. It’s not going to happen now, is it? So amazing. I don’t know.”
Charli, who is currently promoting her mockumentary The Moment, has also shared that she is keen to take on more acting projects.
Talking to Extra, she said: “It’s amazing.
“I feel so inspired to be working in film, whether that be as an actor or a producer or doing the soundtrack.
“I just I feel like really passionate about working with directors who I think have a singular vision, and I feel so grateful that I’m a part of both of the projects.”
When asked whether she would like to continue acting in the future, Charli answered: “Yeah, I’d love to. I’d love to.”
Meanwhile, the singer has recently described herself as being “quite a volatile person”.
The pop star, who married drummer George Daniel in 2025, also spoke about how closely she connects with her character in The Moment.
While appearing at the Sundance Film Festival, Charli said: “I’m obviously quite related to my character, so I had a lot of inspiration to pull from.
“I would like to think I’m not as much of a nightmare as Charli in the film, but my real managers are in the audience and they probably know the true answer to that.”
She went on to note that her character goes through several “spiral moments” throughout the film and reflected on the similarities and differences between herself and the role.
The chart topping artist, who found massive success with her Brat album in 2024, added: “I have been there. I think I am, as an artist, quite a volatile person. And nice though. I am quite nice too. Right?”
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