History of Wireless Festival

The Wireless Festival is a music festival in England that takes place every year in Hyde Park, London, and took place at Harewood House, Leeds in 2006 and 2007. It is owned and managed by Live Nation.

2005

The first Wireless festival took place in June 2005 and was in Hyde Park only. The headliners were New Order, Basement Jaxx, Keane and Kasabian, and the festival was on the 24, 25, 29 and 30 June. Other bands playing included JJ72, Moby, The Rakes, Supergrass, Ladytron and M.I.A



2006

In 2006 the festival played in both Hyde Park and Harewood House.

The Hyde Park festival ran from the 21 June to 25 June and on the bill were (headline acts in bold): The Strokes, Belle & Sebastian, David Gray, KT Tunstall, Massive Attack, The Flaming Lips, Pharrell, James Blunt, Depeche Mode, Goldfrapp, The Raconteurs, Dirty Pretty Things and Gnarls Barkley.

The Harewood House festival ran from 24 June to 25 June 2006, featuring Massive Attack, Goldfrapp, DJ Shadow, Pharrell, Gnarls Barkley and Terry Callier on the first day and The Who, Super Furry Animals, The Flaming Lips, The Zutons and Eels on the second day.

2007

Tickets for both venues went on sale on March 16, 2007 and the festival took place between June 14-17 in Hyde Park, and June 15-17 at Harewood House.

The acts for both Hyde Park and Harewood House were (headline acts in bold):

The White Stripes, Queens of the Stone Age, Air, Satellite Party, The Bees, The Thrills, The Sounds, Dredg, Polytechnic, Ghosts, Connan and the Mockasins, Far From The Dance, Kissaway Trail, Pete and the Pirates,

Daft Punk, LCD Soundsystem, Klaxons, CSS, Plan B, New Young Pony Club, Calvin Harris, Simian Mobile Disco, Digitalism,

Kaiser Chiefs, Editors, The Cribs, The Rakes, The Twang, The Little Ones, Kate Nash, Ripchord, The Duke Spirit, Polysics, Mumm-Ra, The Pigeon Detectives, You Say Party! We Say Die!, Los Campesinos!, and Under the Influence of Giants. Kaiser Chiefs selected the line-up for the day they were headlining (Saturday at Harewood House and Sunday in Hyde Park).

The acts which performed the extra date in Hyde Park were:

Faithless, Badly Drawn Boy, Kelis, Just Jack and Cat Empire.

For the first time, the Leeds festival offered camping facilities at the festival. Campers were allowed to stay on Lord Harewood’s land for £25 for as many festival days as they wished. There were 3 stages this year, and the O2 Blueroom where only O2 customers were allowed to enter.

The 2008 O2 Wireless Festival spanned 4 days in Hyde Park. An attempt to hold a parallel festival in Leeds similar to the Reading and Leeds Festivals arrangement was unsuccessful, and instead a variety of club nights featuring billed artists were held.

2010

The 2010 Wireless Festival will take place from 2 July to 4 July 2010. The confirmed artists so far are:

Friday, 2 July: Pink, The Ting Tings, Gossip, The Temper Trap

Sunday, 4th July: Jay Z, Mr Hudson, JLS