Mega-hyped London quartet, KEO, announced as the latest Sound City headliners
KEO are gearing up for a massive 2026…
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Sensational alt-rock London four-piece, KEO, will be returning to Liverpool’s festival of new music discovery, Sound City, to headline the event’s main stage just a year after playing a basement show for 200 new fans.
On an unassailable arc since the release of their hyped summertime EP, Siren, the band has received welcome comparisons to Wunderhorse and Fontaines DC and now looks ahead to playing the ornate, 3,500-capacity Great Central Hall on Sat 2 May 2026.
KEO have just wrapped up their debut UK headline tour, which saw them visit Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Newcastle, Birmingham, Bristol, London and Dublin. All of the dates sold out immediately, and many of the venues received upgrades. Keeping with the hype, they have now announced an even bigger tour in the Spring, spanning the UK and Europe.
Over 150 artists performed at Sound City in May this year, and the festival has been quick to secure appearances for next year’s weekend, running over Sat 2 – Sun 3 May 2026, by some of the biggest names to have been showcased across the multi-venue, inner-city event in recent years.
Just last month, it was confirmed that contemporary soul sensation and former Liverpool resident, Jalen Ngonda, would return to the festival, having emerged onto intimate stages in 2017 and 2018. A former student at the Paul McCartney-founded Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, Ngonda takes the headline slot on the closing Sunday night of the festival.
Sound City's Managing Director, Becky Ayres, says:
“We’re absolutely thrilled to announce Keo as our Saturday night headliners for Sound City 2026. After their unforgettable performance at Sound City 2025, where they completely packed out EBGBs, with fans even spilling out into the street trying to catch a glimpse, it was clear they were destined for the main stage.
Keo represents everything Sound City stands for: artists with vision, authenticity, and the power to connect with audiences in a way that feels both fresh and timeless. Their headline set is going to be one of those electric moments that people will be talking about for years to come. Sound City has always been about championing future headliners before the rest of the world catches up, and Keo are exactly that.”
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