Playground Festival 2020: Flaming Lips, Neneh Cherry, CHVRCHES confirmed

The Scottish festival returns to Glasgow's Rouken Glen Park this summer with a host of huge headliners

Skiddle Staff

Date published: 11th Feb 2020

Playground Festival has revealed its 2020 line-up, bringing a heap of world-renowned artists of multiple genres to Rouken Glen Park in Glasgow between Friday 31st July - Sunday 2nd August.

Headlining the Scottish festival this year are Underworld, Neneh Cherry, CHVRCHES and The Flaming lips, alongside other confirmed acts including Nightmares on Wax, Leftfield, Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5, Craig Charles and The Wailers.

Organisers are proud to announce that this year the festival will achieve a 45% female line-up - you can see the full line-up here.

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'Born Slippy' icons Underworld will kick off the party in some style on the Friday night, following performances from fellow British electronic veterans Leftfield and Nightmares on Wax.

Glasgow synth-pop supremos CHVRCHES head-up the Saturday billing, performing a homecoming show in their only Scottish date of the year. While on the same night, Swedish 80s/90s pop icon Neneh Cherry will take to the stage, celebrating the 30th anniversary of her hit debut album, Raw like Sushi.

The final day of the festival will see three-time Grammy-Award winners The Flaming Lips close out the festival. Described as 'one of the most enduring, influential, unpredictable, and universally respected bands of their generation or any other', Wayne Coyle and co. are sure to see off Playground 2020 with a dazzling, life-affirming show.

You can find Playground Festival 2020 tickets below.

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