Limp Bizkit, Olivia Dean, Fontaines D.C. and more announced for Lollapalooza India 2027
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Limp Bizkit, Olivia Dean, KATSEYE and Fontaines D.C. have been confirmed as headliners for Lollapalooza India 2027, marking the first Indian shows for all four acts. The Mumbai edition, now in its fifth year, underlines the festival's continued growth beyond its Chicago origins and follows a difficult 2026 US edition that saw sets disrupted by severe flooding.
The festival will run at the Mahalaxmi Race Course on 23-24 January 2027, with 5 Seconds of Summer, St. Vincent, Steve Angello, ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U and Ecca Vandal also added to the bill alongside Indian artists Anuv Jain, Indian Ocean, Kayan and Scribe. Tickets are already on general sale. This year's Chicago edition, held from 30 July to 2 August, was marked by notable guest appearances, including Sam Fender joining Olivia Dean and Charli XCX teaming up with Lorde, even as flooding forced Wolf Alice and Cortis to cut their sets short.
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In short
- Limp Bizkit, Olivia Dean, KATSEYE, Fontaines D.C. to headline Lollapalooza India 2027
- Mumbai festival runs 23-24 January 2027, tickets on sale now
- Follows flood-hit Chicago edition featuring Charli XCX and Lorde
How this story developed
- 2 months ago Limp Bizkit, Olivia Dean, KATSEYE and Fontaines D.C. have been confirmed as headliners for Lollapalooza India 2027, with all four acts set to make their Indian debuts at the festival.
- 2 months ago Limp Bizkit, Olivia Dean, Fontaines D.C. and more have been announced for Lollapalooza India 2027, with the festival returning for its fifth edition at Mumbai's Mahalaxmi Race Course.
- 2 months ago Limp Bizkit, Olivia Dean, KATSEYE and Fontaines D.C. have been confirmed as headliners for Lollapalooza India 2027, marking the first Indian shows for all four acts.
Full account
Lollapalooza India has unveiled the headline acts for its fifth edition, with Limp Bizkit, Olivia Dean, KATSEYE and Fontaines D.C. topping a bill announced on Thursday 3 September. The two-day festival returns to the Mahalaxmi Race Course in Mumbai on 23-24 January 2027, and organisers have confirmed that the appearance will represent the first time all four headline acts have performed in India.
A raft of further names have also been added to the line-up, including 5 Seconds of Summer, St Vincent, Steve Angello, Ecca Vandal and the artist known as ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U. Former Police drummer Stewart Copeland is set to appear alongside Indian composer Ricky Kej, with whom he has previously worked on world music and new age recordings. The bill is rounded out by a broad selection of domestic talent, among them Anuv Jain, Indian Ocean, Kayan, Scribe, Aditya Gadhvi, The Manganiyar Seduction, Blackstratblues and Swadesi, alongside international names such as 2ManyDJs, Pinkshift, Isyana Sarasvati and Eleven guitarist Alain Johannes.
The announcement comes shortly after KATSEYE kicked off their first world arena tour, The Wildwood Tour, which began on 1 September at Dublin's 3Arena and is scheduled to run until a Mexico City date on 28 November. The group has faced recent setbacks, with members Manon and Sophia currently on a temporary hiatus for health reasons, and the band having pulled out of a planned slot at Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy Chain Fields Festival after member Megan sustained an ankle injury. Last year's Mumbai edition of the festival featured Linkin Park, Playboi Carti, Yungblud, Kehlani and Fujii Kaze among its headline names.
The Indian announcement follows this year's Chicago edition of Lollapalooza, held from 30 July to 2 August, which was disrupted by heavy flooding that forced Wolf Alice and Cortis to cut their sets short. That event nonetheless produced several notable moments, including Charli XCX's full 'Music, Fashion, Film' performance, a guest appearance by Sam Fender during Olivia Dean's set, and cameos from Olivia Rodrigo and Yungblud during The Smashing Pumpkins' headline show.
Where outlets differ
From the full account, which is AI-written from the sources:
NME frames the story partly around the recent Chicago edition of Lollapalooza, detailing the flooding disruption and various guest-appearance highlights (Charli XCX, Lorde, Smashing Pumpkins, Sombr), which Billboard omits entirely.
Billboard places greater emphasis on the KATSEYE storyline, covering their new Wildwood arena tour, two members' health hiatus and their withdrawal from Olivia Rodrigo's festival — details not mentioned by NME.
Billboard lists a considerably longer roster of supporting acts (e.g. Stewart Copeland with Ricky Kej, 2ManyDJs, Pinkshift, Isyana Sarasvati) and recaps last year's Lollapalooza India line-up, whereas NME's list of extra acts is shorter and does not reference the previous edition.
NME includes Rachel Chinoriri is not mentioned by name, while Billboard lists her among the announced acts; NME instead mentions Ecca Vandal in the same context.
NME notes that tickets are already on sale, a detail not included in the Billboard account.
Explained simply
Lollapalooza is a large multi-day music festival that started in the United States and has since spread to other countries, including India, where it now runs annually in Mumbai. The Indian edition typically mixes big-name international acts with homegrown talent, and organisers announce the line-up months ahead of the festival dates to build excitement and sell tickets.
The artists mentioned span very different styles, from nu-metal veterans and pop-influenced groups to indie rock and electronic acts, reflecting the festival's broad, genre-spanning approach to booking. Several are due to perform in India for the first time, which is often seen as a notable step in a market where major Western touring acts have historically appeared less frequently than in Europe or North America.
Festivals of this scale also carry commercial and logistical weight, involving ticket sales, venue arrangements and scheduling across multiple days, and past editions elsewhere have shown how factors like weather can affect performances. This context helps explain why a line-up announcement of this kind draws attention from both music fans and the wider events industry.