ROCHDALE FEEL GOOD FESTIVAL REVEALS HEADLINERS INCLUDING POP-SOUL STAR GABRIELLE
Legendary singer-songwriter Gabrielle will top the bill on Saturday 8 August. The two-time BRIT award winner and pop-soul star will be performing on the main stage at Rochdale Town Hall Square this summer, along with indie rock chart toppers Ash, Starsailor and a host of other acts to be announced, together with live music across indoor venues, a food and drink village and other entertainment.
Gabrielle’s 1999 number one album ‘Rise’ was one of the most successful of the era, certified 4x platinum, a status matched by her greatest hits compilation ‘Dreams Can Come True.’ Six of her albums have reached the top 10, including 2018’s ‘Under My Skin’ and 2021’s ‘Do It Again.’ With 16 top 40 singles including two number ones, she’ll be bringing sing along anthems to Rochdale including “Rise”, “Out Of Reach”, “Sunshine”, “Give Me a Little More Time”, “When A Woman”, “Don’t Need The Sun To Shine” and of course, “Dreams”.
One of the UK’s most iconic stars, Gabrielle continues to captivate audiences of all ages. On top of her BRIT awards, she’s achieved two MOBO Awards and an Ivor Novello. After earning a new generation of fans during performances on ‘The Masked Singer’ she’s performed with some of the world’s biggest artists including joining Adele at two sold-out BST Hyde Park shows. In 2025 Gabrielle embarked on her biggest UK tour, with incredible shows at Manchester’s AO Arena and London’s O2 Arena. Later this year she joins Rick Astley and Michael Bublé on their live tours. Her latest release ‘Dreams – The Remixes’ EP features reworkings of her classic debut track by international dance producers and this year she collaborated on the single “Sad Song” by Middleton born singer/songwriter JP Cooper.
Indie rock chart-toppers Ash will also be taking to the main stage in Rochdale. The Northern Irish group, behind a stack of hits including “Girl from Mars”, “Shining Light”, “Goldfinger”, “Oh Yeah” and “Kung Fu” have cemented their status as one of the UK’s most enduring and vibrant live rock acts over the last three decades. Their debut album ‘1977’ went straight to number one in 1996 and they returned to the top spot with ‘Free All Angels’ in 2001. Their latest ‘Ad Astra’ hit the top 20 last year. Known for energetic, melodic, guitar-driven power-pop and fronted by Tim Wheeler, Ash have been rocking stages worldwide since that classic debut album, including headlining Glastonbury, where they returned to for the eighth time last year as well as touring the UK with fellow rockers The Darkness.
