British Summer Time (BST) 2025 may have just ended, but we already have our first headliner for next year.

American Country musician Garth Brooks, 63, has been confirmed to play the 2026 festival, marking his first UK show in almost 30 years.

He will take to the stage in London’s Hyde Park on June 27 next year, having last played in the country in 1998.

The Oklahoma-born performer has sold more than 170million records globally, and he’s second only to The Beatles for record sales in the US.

His second album, No Fences (1991), was the first country album to go multi-platinum, with the follow-up, Ropin’ The Wind (1991), becoming the first country album to top the US pop charts.

However, his commercial success across the pond has been limited, as he’s achieved three UK top 40 singles and

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