Neversea Festival reveals new names for the 5th edition of the largest beach festival in Europe, which takes place in the coastal city of Constanta, Romania. Lost Frequencies, Paul Kalkbrenner, Claptone, Steve Aoki, Vini Vici, and Tujamo are the headliners who will join the mainstage on July 6-9.
Berlin’s Paul Kalkbrenner is a unique international talent. After several chart-topping albums, millions of fans, and headlining festival mainstages worldwide, Paul Kalkbrenner has become one of techno’s biggest superstars. This year he will play for the first time on the mainstage of the Neversea Festival after last year’s show on the Temple stage.
Lost Frequencies is a Belgium artist with 10 platinum singles and over 1 billion streams on Spotify. The single “Where are you now”, released in collaboration with the British Calum Scott, brought him the Platinum Disc, the Gold Disc, and the Diamond Disc for the number of units sold in 16 countries worldwide, including the USA and the UK.
The mysterious and dreamy Claptone will take the fans on a unique musical journey. Since hatching in 2012, Claptone has continued sending people into a frenzy with his DJ sets, underpinned by supple grooves from the house world, are coloured with real soul, and can jack you up or zone you out.
Previously announced DJs for the mainstage are Alok, Don Diablo, Morten, Salvatore Ganacci, SOFI TUKKER, and Timmy Trumpet.
The first live acts announced for the anniversary edition of the Neversea festival
The super rapper Lil Uzi Vert and reggaeton’s Global Ambassador, 5-time Latin Grammy winner J Balvin are the first live acts announced as premieres for the 5th edition of the Neversea Festival.
Lil Uzi Vert became well known in the underground culture by releasing a mixtape, “Luv Is Rage”, in 2015. One year later, he attracted attention in the mainstream with the debut single “Money Longer”, a track with more than 579 million listens on Spotify now. The American artist has great collaborations with Gucci Mane and Migos, with whom he released the single “Bad and Boujee”, which led to his first appearance in the official ranking of the United States Billboard Hot 100.” Bad and Boujee” has been awarded 4 Platinum Discs.
This success was followed by “XO Tour Llif3” – the promotional single for Lil Uzi Vert’s debut album, “Luv Is Rage 2”, with which the American artist debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200. Recording The Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the album Six Platinum. In 2018, Lil Uzi Vert was nominated at the Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and was The Weekend’s guest on the Canadian artist’s European tour.
J Balvin, one of the Top 10 streaming artists globally on Spotify, has a huge fanbase worldwide. It is recognized by Billboard as “the biggest breakout act Latin music has seen in many years” and Pitchfork as “the face of modern Reggaeton,” Balvin is leading a second generation of Musica Urbana stars that have propelled Latin music to an unprecedented global embrace.
The Colombian artist currently sits atop YouTube’s Billion Views Club, with 11 videos surpassing the 1 billion view milestone.
The Neversea Festival announces in this artists’ wave the dreamers of the Daydreaming stage: Day Dreamers (Marwan Dua, Woodnote & Dub FX), Hernan Cattaneo B2B Nick Warren, Jan Blomqvist, Maga, Marwan Dua, Matthew Dekay B2B Yokoo, Paax (Tulum), Pablo Fierro and Sebastien Leger.
The four days and nights of the Neversea Festival will make fans fall in love with the sun, the sea, and the music and experience a summer of a lifetime. The Romanian beach festival will have 5 stages and many music spots this year. Over 150 local and international will play fantastic shows from dusk till dawn.
A 4-day pass for an immersive experience at the Neversea Festival starts from 99 euros + taxes. More details are available on neversea.com.
