Stevie Wonder joins line-up for TK Maxx presents Lytham Festival 2025

The legendary Stevie Wonder is joining the line-up for TK Maxx presents Lytham Festival 2025.

The 25-time GRAMMY award-winning singer, songwriter, musician and producer will headline the North West’s largest live music festival on Thursday July 3 with his LOVE, LIGHT & SONG show – one of only three outdoor dates for the legendary singer in the UK in 2025.

It is also announced today that indie legends Manic Street Preachers, singer-songwriters Jake Bugg and Liz Phair, chart-toppers Train, pop superstar Jess Glynne and indie greats Cast are among the special guests and support artists to be joining the Lytham line up.

Festival returnees Lottery Winners, singer-songwriter Dagny, four-piece collective CTRL and rock band The Alarm will also perform while celebrated record producer and songwriter Pete Waterman will bring his Hitman DJ set.
The announcement completes the line-up of headliners for this year’s festival which also includes US rock band Kings of Leon, Canadian/American singer, songwriter and musician Alanis Morissette, global superstar Justin Timberlake, and Scottish rock icons Simple Minds and Texas.

Individual tickets for Stevie Wonder go on sale at 10am Friday from lythamfestival.com
Individual tickets for all other days and five-day passes are on sale now.

Stevie Wonder is one of the most celebrated and prominent figures in popular music. To date he has amassed 49 Top 40 singles, 32 Number One singles and worldwide sales of more than 100 million units. Stevie has won 25 GRAMMY Awards, the GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award, while his iconic album, Songs In The Key of Life, is archived in the USA’s National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, for its cultural, historic and aesthetic significance.

With an enormous back catalogue, Lytham Festival’s audience can expect a night filled with smash hits including For Once in My Life, Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours, I Just Called to Say I Love You, My Cherie Amour, Superstition and more.

Lytham Festival co-founder Peter Taylor said: “What an announcement. Since the very beginning of Lytham Festival I have said my absolute dream gig to promote would be Stevie Wonder so this is going to be a very special night.
“He is without doubt a legend who, since the 1960s has continued to amaze audiences everywhere with his talent.
“I have every confidence the people of Lytham and beyond are going to be delighted we are all going to get to hear this amazing voice and enjoy a truly memorable night on Lytham Green.

“And alongside Stevie Wonder we are announcing no less than 11 special guests and support artists today with even more to come. Every year we work hard to bring the very best artists to Lytham and it is safe to say we have a huge line-up for 2025 to bring five days of incredible live music to the Lancashire coast.”

GRAMMY Award winning, multi-Platinum alternative rock band Kings of Leon kick off Lytham Festival on Wednesday July 3. Joining them will be Manic Street Preachers - one of the most influential and iconic rock bands to have come out of Wales. Manic Street Preachers have gone on to release 15 studio albums and have headlined countless festivals including Glastonbury, T in the Park, V Festival and Reading & Leeds. They have won 11 NME Awards, eight Q Awards and four BRIT Awards and were also nominated for the Mercury Prize and the MTV Europe Music Awards.

Also on the line-up is Jake Bugg.  It is now 12 years since Bugg burst onto the scene at the age of just 17. His self-titled debut album was nominated for the Mercury prize and sold almost 900,000 copies, driven by the success of breakthrough single Lightning Bolt. He remains the youngest male artist to debut at Number One in the UK album charts.

Friday July 4 sees seven-time GRAMMY Award winning singer, songwriter and musician Alanis Morissette headlining with support from US singer-songwriter Liz Phair. Described by Rolling Stone as ‘one of the most important songwriters of the last 30 years’, Liz Phair has earned two GRAMMY nominations and sold more than five million records. Her most recent full-length album was 2021’s Soberish, while she has also written for TV and has published a memoir entitled Horror Stories.

Joining Morissette and Phair are multi-GRAMMY Award winners Train. Since their formation in 1994, Train’s infectious melodies and heartfelt lyrics have been captivating audiences across the globe with their signature blend of rock and pop.

Known for their critically acclaimed catalogue of chart-topping smash hits like Drops of Jupiter, Hey, Soul Sister and Drive By, Train have sold more than 10 million albums and 30 million tracks worldwide, with multiple platinum/gold citations.

And returning for their third Lytham Festival will be indie pop band Lottery Winners. With their fourth album KOKO due to be released this week, Lottery Winners will be hoping to repeat the success of 2023’s Anxiety Replacement Therapy – their first #1 in the UK’s Official Album Charts.

Lytham will then welcome multi-talented entertainer, recording artist, record producer, songwriter and actor Justin Timberlake with his The Forget Tomorrow World Tour on Saturday 5. Joining Justin will be fellow GRAMMY Award winner Jess Glynne.

London-born singer-songwriter Jess Glynne made history by becoming the first and only British female solo artist to score seven number ones on the UK Singles Chart – among them I'll Be There, Hold My Hand and Don't Be So Hard on Yourself. She rose to prominence in 2013 as a featured artist on the multi-platinum singles Rather B’ by Clean Bandit and My Love by Route 94 and last year Jess hit the UK’s Top Ten with her third studio album – the 15-track self-titled JESS – featuring soulful ballads and the quintessential pop anthems that have earned her the title of one of music’s most successful artists.

Ahead of Glynne’s set, Norwegian singer-songwriter Dagny will also perform. With an affinity for catchy melodies and energetic songs, Dagny is currently one of the most exciting and in-demand pop artists. More than a billion plays via streaming services, sold-out headline shows all over Europe, and more than 2 million monthly listeners on Spotify, confirm that the upbeat Tromsø native consistently succeeds in making the day a little better for everyone who listens to her music.

Up and coming new band CTRL will open the night. And the closing night of Lytham Festival on Sunday July 6 will see a double headlining set from global rock icons and Scottish legends Simple Minds and Texas with support from Liverpudlian indie heroes Cast.

With their high-octane brand of indie rock, Cast – whose Top 10 singles include such timeless anthems as Fine Time, Sandstorm, Walkaway, Free Me, Flying and Live The Dream – released their new album Love Is The Call to widespread critical acclaim last year. Noel Gallagher once described watching Cast play live as “a religious experience”, and the band remain one of the UK’s most exciting live acts.

Also on the bill will be rock greats The Alarm, described by U2’s Bono as “The second greatest rock and roll band in the world”, while legendary music mogul Pete Waterman will kick off the night with his Hitman DJ set.
Details of special guests and supports for Stevie Wonder’s headline show will be announced soon.
TK Maxx presents Lytham Festival 2025 returns Wednesday 2 to Sunday 6 July. For more information and to secure tickets head to lythamfestival.com