Charli xcx curated and headlined a day of the first LIDO Festival in Victoria Park, a year after Brat made her the summer’s defining pop star.
A year after Brat, the album that won her three Grammy Awards, Charli xcx played her own curated day at Victoria Park in Tower Hamlets on Saturday 14 June 2025. Gesaffelstein and A. G. Cook were on her bill.
She was born Charlotte Aitchison in Cambridge in 1992 and grew up in Essex. She began posting songs on Myspace in 2008 and played the London rave scene as a teenager.
In 2012 she co-wrote and sang on Icona Pop’s “I Love It”, her first UK number one. Brat followed in 2024, her second number-one album, and its summer took the album’s name.
It was one of the headline-curated days of LIDO Festival’s first edition. Her headline set ran for about an hour, opening as the Brat stage curtain fell. Paul Mescal and the model Alex Consani were among the crowd.
Bladee, Magdalena Bay, 070 Shake, The Dare, Kelly Lee Owens and The Japanese House also played. Jodie Harsh and Yseult completed the bill.