Sound City 2025

03 May 2025 - 04 May 2025

Liverpool

Sitting as a shining light on the trailblazing sound of the here and now, Sound City returns as the home of new music discovery and the beating pulse of music fans’ favourite new artists across Liverpool City Centre for a 2025 edition where buzzing names meet future greats all in one city. Reflecting the most exciting new artists that are destined to soundtrack the year ahead – Sound City sits as a temperature check on the bands and artists making their mark before anyone else whilst leading the way for gender balance within the new music and festival worlds, with next year’s return already shaping up to be an unforgettable weekend in Merseyside between 3rd-4th May.

Revealed today are a stacked second wave of names joining the 2025 lineup, a lineup already boasting true standouts, sensations and music fans’ favourite new bands. Joining the bill as a special Sunday night headliner for Sound City 2025 is Dylan John Thomas. A modern day wordsmith, Dylan has taken the live music world by storm – with a relentless work ethic and soaring homegrown anthems that capture modernity in Britain in a way few others can. Packing arenas fresh off the back of releasing his self-titled debut album, expect Sound City to be the perfect playground for a singalong heard along Seal Street when Dylan John Thomas takes to the stage.

Sound City 2025 is thriving with essential new names making a mark for themselves across the UK and beyond. Carving a name as a band packing a stunning guttural punch, KEO come to Sound City at the start of a future laced in US alt/grungey hooks that has seen them become the band on the top of fans’ tongues when it comes to live favourites whilst the captivating Imogen and the Knife puts a stamp on why she’s an artist born for huge stages with her own take on indie-infused showmanship that has already seen her turn heads around the UK. The Guest List arrive in Liverpool as part of a breakthrough few months that have seen them become the talk of fans’ new music world with tracks like ‘Loose Tongue’ and ‘161’ already seeing singalong crowds whilst Manchester’s very own Ist Ist take to the Sound City stage following sold out European tours and a rich discography of Joy Division-inspired rock that just gets bigger and bigger with each show.

Also joining the bill today are names spanning across genre and style. Whether it’s the feverish punk-party vibes of Disgusting Sisters, the shimmering pub-soaked turns of Brogeal, the in-demand indie sensations that are Keyside, the jaw-dropping voice of viral star Allie Sherlock or the punchy indie-rock of Charlie Pittman making his next step following his turn in The Voice Australia. Capturing the artists and bands firmly in the conversations between music lovers when it comes to the fresh sounds they’re drawing themselves too – this is music discovery led by the fans. With the likes of Liverpool’s own Permanent (Joy), Precious Pepala and more also joining the lineup – Sound City 2025 is packed with their most essential lineup to date.

These new additions join an overflowing lineup of names already announced that’s full of THE names defining breakthrough music right now. With The Royston Club making their monumental headline debut on the Saturday of Sound City, the likes of Nieve Ella, Rianne Downey, Overpass, Panic Shack, Siobhan Winifred, The Cheap Thrills, The Clause Maya Delilah, TTSSFU, Better Joy, The Stingrays, Delights, Alex Spencer, Basht, Mitch Saundersand Mandrake Handshake all ready for their moment across Liverpool City Centre – Sound City is the ticket to two days of incredible live music… with only one ticket.