50 Cent to top Parklife bill alongside Charli XCX

Rapper 50 Cent performs at Spectrum Center on 22 January 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Image source, Getty Images
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50 Cent will headline at the Heaton Park weekend festival this summer

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Rap superstar 50 Cent is set to take to the stage in Manchester where he will join Charli XCX to headline at Parklife this summer.

Organisers have revealed the American artist, who last appeared at the festival in 2022, will top the bill, alongside the British pop star.

The full line-up for the Heaton Park event has been unveiled and includes R&B singer Jorja Smith, a UK festival debut from chart-topper Lola Young and a set from DJ Peggy Gou.

About 80,000 people are expected to attend the festival across the weekend of 14 and 15 June.

Charli XCX attends an event in London. She is wearing a brown leather jacket and is seen posing in front of a red wall. Image source, Reuters
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Charli XCX was confirmed as a Parklife headliner last year

Armand Van Helden, Rudimental, Pawsa, and Bicep presents Chroma have also been added to the line-up.

Others newly-added performers include Joy Orbison, Skream & Benga and Chris Stussy.

50 Cent joins already confirmed artists including Confidence Man, DJ Heartstring, Salute presents True Vision, and Interplanetary Criminal.

More than 100 performers will appear at this year's Parklife, which has run for 15 years despite a two-year hiatus caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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