Kings of Leon join Belsonic 2026 lineup
Rock legends Kings of Leon have just announced they're coming to Belfast next summer to headline Belsonic!
📍 Ormeau Park
📆 Monday 29th June 2026
Recognised as one of the world's biggest alternative rock bands of the last 20 years, Kings of Leon’s rich tour history includes headlining festivals such as Coachella, Glastonbury, Roskilde, Reading and Leeds on 3 occasions, and numerous Lollapalooza's in Berlin, Sao Paulo, Chicago and Santiago, to name but a few.
Since their debut in 2003, Kings of Leon (Caleb (guitar/vocals), Nathan (drums), Jared (bass) and Matthew Followill (guitar)) have released nine albums - Youth & Young Manhood (2003), Aha Shake Heartbreak (2004), Because of the Times (2007), Only by the Night (2008), Come Around Sundown (2010), Mechanical Bull (2013), WALLS (2016), When You See Yourself (2021), 'Can we please have fun’ (2024), sold over 20 million albums and nearly 40 million singles worldwide. Accolades include eight Grammy award nominations, three Grammy wins, three NME Awards, two Brit Awards, and one Juno Award.
Kings of Leon recently dropped an EP with 4 new songs. Other recent releases include a ‘Live in Jersey’ single from Zach Bryan featuring Bruce Springsteen and Kings of Leon, covering the Springsteen classic “Atlantic City’, and, prior to that, a couple of new songs with Zach Bryan.
This is going to be one of the biggest acts to come to Belfast next summer!
How to get tickets:
Tickets on sale Friday 21st November at 9am from ticketmaster.ie
Check out the other Belsonic 2026 headliners announced 👇
Teddy Swims
Grammy-nominated vocal powerhouse Teddy Swims will headline Belsonic next June. Joined by his band Freak Freely, Swims will be supported by breakout vocalist and songwriter Lauren Spencer Smith on all headline dates apart from Scarborough, while New Zealand-Australian singer and multi-instrumentalist Jordan Rakei.
Def Leppard
Def Leppard, the UK's greatest arena rock band, will visit Ormeau Park next summer. With more than 110 million albums sold worldwide and two prestigious Diamond Awards in the U.S., Rock & Roll Hall of Fame® inductees Def Leppard has produced a series of classic ground-breaking albums that set the bar for generations of music fans and artists alike.
The group's spectacular live shows and arsenal of hits have become synonymous with their name.
Sonny Fodera
Internationally renowned DJ and producer Sonny Fodera has announced his biggest headline Belfast show to date! Alongside Sonny's other recent charting hits including 'All This Time','Tell Me', 'Mind Still', and 'Asking', Solotoko has become one of the first independent dance labels to score two UK Top 10 singles in just 12 months.
The Cure
Music legends The Cure will headline their biggest Belfast show to date at the Ormeau Park event on Sunday 28th June 2026. Formed in Crawley, Sussex, England, The Cure played its first show in 1978 and has performed around 1,800 concerts to date.
They have released 14 studio albums, several concert films, a few live albums, some soundtrack songs, more than 40 singles, a couple of box sets and books, a greatest hits thing and a handful of covers.
Pitbull
Finally Mr Worldwide is going to make it to Belfast with his first gig in the city at Belsonic 2026. Following numerous successful solo touring runs and a recent triple headlining one-of-a-kind multigenerational arena run on The Trilogy Tour — Mr. 305 is set to deliver another incredibly dynamic tour with an electrifying mix of his biggest hits and fan favourites.
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