The British star Raye has been announced as one of the headline acts for the ‘All Points East’ Festival, scheduled to take place in London next year.
She would be supported by performers including The Maccabees and Barry Can’t Swim at the event, which would be live on August 23, 2025, at the 50,000-capacity Victoria Park.
Raye expressed her anticipation on Instagram, saying she plans to make the celebration “beautiful.”
“We are going to be bringing you a beautiful show full of passion and incredible musicians to Victoria Park. I’m going to work hard to make it the most beautiful show we are capable of,” she wrote.
Organizers say tickets for the event will start selling on Friday, November 15 at 10 a.m. on the festival’s official website.
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Raye recently earned three Grammy nominations, appearing in categories including Best New Artist, songwriter (non-classical), and Engineered Album (non-classical).
In July this year, the award-winning singer and songwriter released a new single titled Genesis, which she was “so proud of.”
The singer, at the time, performed a live version of the song at a special pop-up exhibition in New York City before releasing the studio version of the seven-minute song on Friday, June 7, 2024.
Referring to her favorite quote, in a statement following the release, she said the best way to “reflect on the times” was through her art and music.”
She described Genesis as “a prayer and a plea and a cry for help,” adding “I really hope this song will be able to bring some hope, the way this music does for me, to those who need it most.”
The songstress holds several records to her credit, including the 2019 single Love Me Again, and others like Please Don’t Touch and two David Guetta collaborations, Stay (Don’t Go Away) and Make It to Heaven.
She was decorated with Songwriter of the Year at the 2024 Brit Awards in London and emerged victorious in several other categories.
Her debut album, My 21st Century Blues, which won Album of the Year at the Brit Awards, reached the No. 2 spot on the UK albums chart after it was released. Her song Escapism charted at No. 1 on the U.K. Official Singles Chart in 2022 and peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100.
