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| Wireless Festival | |
|---|---|
 Main stage of the 2008 Wireless Festival. | |
| Genre | Hip hop |
| Dates |
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| Location(s) | 2005–2012: Hyde Park, London 2006–07: Harewood House, Leeds 2013: Olympic Park, London 2014: Perry Park, Birmingham 2014–2019: Finsbury Park, London 2021: Crystal Palace Park, London 2022: Crystal Palace Park; Finsbury Park; NEC, Birmingham 2023–2024: Finsbury Park, London |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Founders | Live Nation Entertainment |
| Next event | 12–14 July 2024 |
| Capacity | 50,000 |
| Organised by | Live Nation & Festival Republic |
| Sponsor | Rockstar Energy (Official Partner) |
| Website | www |
Wireless Festival is an annual rap and hip-hop music festival that takes place in London, England, United Kingdom, and is owned and managed by Live Nation. Debuting in 2005, the festival's earlier years primarily featured rock and pop artists; since the 2010s, the focus has shifted largely towards hip-hop and other genres urban contemporary music.[1][2]
From its 2005 inception until 2008, the festival was sponsored by telecommunications company O2, and was called the O2 Wireless Festival. From 2009 to 2012, the main sponsor was Barclaycard, and the festival was renamed to Barclaycard Wireless Festival. In 2013, the sponsor changed to Yahoo!, thus renaming it to Yahoo! Wireless. In 2015, the sponsor became the fashion retailer New Look. Sponsorship then changed to delivery company Gopuff in 2021, and has remained the same for the 2022 and 2023 editions of the festival.[3] Sponsorship again changed in 2024, to be partnered with PepsiCo's Rockstar energy.[4]
The capacity of the 2023 event was just shy of 50,000 people.[5] Adjacent festivals were held in Leeds in 2006 and 2007, as well as Birmingham in 2014. In 2017, Live Nation also established Wireless Germany in Frankfurt, as well as Wireless Middle East in Abu Dhabi.[6]
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- ^ Rice, Sam (4 July 2022). "Wireless Festival London review: Local artists created magic onstage". Evening Standard. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ Orpen, Tim (10 July 2022). "GOPUFF DELIVERS WIRELESS". EXECUTIONAL. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "Wireless Festival 2019". eFestivals. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ Chapple, Jon (4 December 2018). "Wireless to return to Germany in 2019". iq-mag.net. Retrieved 18 April 2019.