By Monk
The 2023 iteration of RADAR has really pulled it out of the bag with its first headliner announcement – none other than tech metal maestros Periphery. Prog faves Haken will also be getting in on the action, with a special, one-off set celebrating the tenth anniversary of them climbing ‘The Mountain’.
Also included in today’s first announcement are a whole batch of ÜR faves, including Unprocessed, Loathe, Long Distance Calling, Heart Of A Coward, Ghost Iris, Playgrounded and Tiberius. The announcement is rounded out by Tides From Nebula, Owane & Jack Gardiner, SUMR (playing their first ever live show) and Allt.
RADAR co-organizer Joe James told us:
“How many superlatives can you throw into a quote when you’ve booked one of your favourite bands?! We probably need quite a few to prefix our excitement in announcing that Periphery are to headline RADAR Festival 2023!
“It is fair to say that they are one of the biggest and most interesting bands that are pushing our genre forward and they don’t play many ÜK festivals!
“We hope that festival lovers see that our first line-up drop is a statement of intent for 2023, with returning favourites and some awesome up-and-coming acts to discover. RADAR 2023 is honestly going to blow you away.”
Indeed it is! Our resident prog and tech metal expert, Jase W, is already salivating with anticipation \m/
- RADAR will be held at its new home of Manchester’s BEC Arena over the weekend of 28-30 July. Early bird tickets are sold out even before today’s announcement but weekend tickets are available HERE.