Creamfields has named The Prodigy as the first headliner announced for its 2027 edition.
The electronic music festival returns to Daresbury, Cheshire, from Saturday, August 26, to Tuesday, August 29, for its 30th anniversary.
Organisers confirmed on Thursday, September 10, that The Prodigy will headline the APEX stage on Saturday, August 28, one of the world’s largest indoor festival stages.
The appearance will be the band’s first Creamfields performance in 14 years, after they played in 2013. The festival said the set would be “one of the defining performances of the festival’s 30-year celebrations”.
2027 will also mark 30 years since the release of The Prodigy’s landmark 1997 album, The Fat of the Land.
Creamfields 2026 was headlined by Calvin Harris, Sonny Fodera, Swedish House Mafia and Disclosure.
The Prodigy recently performed at major outdoor shows in Manchester, Edinburgh, Milton Keynes and Dublin as part of its 2026 Warrior’s Dance tour, while also appearing at several European festivals this summer.
In a late-2026 interview with NME, Liam Howlett said the group would “deliver the punch” during its live dates. “Every time we go out for a new tour or big shows like this, we spend a lot of time talking about what is possible – how can we make it better,” he said.
Howlett also said “new Prodigy music will be heard next year,” although that release has yet to happen. “Before, I described our sound as ‘evil rave’. This time the new tunes sound like ‘fuckin’ evil rave’,” he explained.
The band is also due to play its first New York show in 17 years later this month. It released a “dirty, acid 303” remix of Sleaford Mods’ ‘Elitest G.O.A.T’ in spring and marked the 30th anniversary of its classic single ‘Firestarter’.
