New Order, Nick Cave Headline 2025 Cruel World Festival

The Cruel World festival will return in 2025 with New Order and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds headlining.

Southern California promoter Goldenvoice (the people behind Coachella) will return to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA on Saturday, May 17, with additional performances from the legendary Devo, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, Death Cult, Garbage, Madness , She Wants Revenge, Alison Moyet and more.

The 2025 festival will mark the last stop for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds North American the wild God Touring in support of their highly acclaimed 18th studio album of the same name.

Standouts for the festival will include Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Go-Go's and groundbreaking new wave band 'Til Tuesday, performing for the first time in 35 years with its original members.

Fans can also look forward to the return of Death Cult (later The Cult in 1984) as frontman Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy plan to revive the band's original discography for their only confirmed California performance of the year. In addition, the legends of the valley She Wants Revenge stated that they will only play in Cruel World in 2025.

Previous editions of the new wave/post-punk festival starting in 2022 have included performances by Morrissey, Blondie, Bauhaus, Echo & the Bunnymen, Billy Idol, Siouxsie and Iggy Pop.

Presale for the 2025 festival starts Friday at 11am. PT. General admission tickets start at $249 with payment plan options available. Dark and dedicated fans who were the original pass purchasers for previous Cruel Worlds can register and unlock access to an earlier buyer pre-sale starting Thursday at 11am. PT. All other fans can sign up now for Friday access to GA four-packs, GA+, VIP passes and more.