Some of the most famous names in the festival's history to date include Liam Gallagher, The Chemical Brothers, Björk, The 1975, The Smashing Pumpkins, Lou Reed, The Prodigy, Pixies, The Roots, Mac DeMarco, The XX, Tame Impala, Sigur Rós, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Fatboy Slim, James Blake, St. Vincent, Atoms for Peace, Kraftwerk, Portishead, Moby, Pulp and Suede.

The 29th edition of the festival will take place on 10–12 July 2025 and will be headlined by Massive Attack, Iggy Pop, Queens of the Stone Age, Fontaines D.C., Ashnikko and FERG, and co-headlined by Morcheeba, JPEGMafia, Marc Rebillet, Magdalena Bay, Action Bronson, The Kills and Kamasi Washington.

On July 14 and 15, the headliners and notable musicians included Coldcut, Pixies, The Frames, Danko Jones, Dizzee Rascal, Gogol Bordello, Natacha Atlas, and Stereo MCs.

Attendance: 22,000/day The festival took place on 20 and 21 July, and headliners included The Hives, Wu Tang Clan, Basement Jaxx, and Mando Diao.

Headliners for this year were Fatboy Slim, The Streets, Editors, Matthew Herbert Big Band, Unkle, Solomon Burke, Mnozil Brass, Richard Müller, Lou Rhodes, Blood Red Shoes and Audio Bullys.

Travis, the Klaxons and Lamb were scheduled to play, but did not, after the festival was cancelled on Saturday, 18 July after the O2 Aréna tent collapsed due to heavy winds during a thunderstorm.

The most notable artists included The xx, Klaxons, Crystal Castles, José González, Scissor Sisters, Friendly Fires, Digitalism (DJ set), The Stranglers, The Futureheads, New Young Pony Club, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, múm, Autechre, Jape, These New Puritans, Leftfield, Ian Brown and Collegium Musicum.

Most notable acts for 2011: Moby, Portishead, Madness, Pulp, Lamb, Peter Bjorn and John, Santigold, M.I.A., Public Image Ltd, Imogen Heap, Rusko, Magnetic Man, Beirut and Dirtyphonics.

Most notable acts for 2012: Kasabian, Lou Reed, Kooks, Elbow, Two Door Cinema Club, Orbital, Anna Calvi, Emilíana Torrini, Aloe Blacc, Public Enemy, Yann Tiersen and Bat for Lashes.

Most notable acts for 2014: Kraftwerk, Suede, Kelis, Tame Impala, Travis, Tricky, Azealia Banks, Goldfrapp, Mogwai, Disclosure, Moderat.

Most notable acts for 2015: Björk, Manu Chao, Die Antwoord, FFS, Einstürzende Neubauten, CocoRosie, Eagles of Death Metal, Of Montreal, Kae Tempest.

Most notable acts for 2017: Solange, Alt-J, M.I.A., Ylvis, Birdy, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Jake Bugg, Boys Noize, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Slowdive, Future Islands.

Most notable acts for 2018: The Chemical Brothers, St. Vincent, Jamie Cullum, Blossoms, Everything Everything, Ride, Jessie Ware, Ziggy Marley, Aurora, Rodriguez, LP, Danny Brown.

Most notable acts for 2019: Liam Gallagher, The 1975, The Roots, Skepta, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Michael Kiwanuka, Mac DeMarco, Mura Masa, Little Big, Lola Marsh.

Most notable acts confirmed for 2020 included FKA Twigs, The Libertines, Wolf Alice, Metronomy, Archive, Black Midi, Shame and Kokoroko.

Headliners: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Libertines, Richie Hawtin, Flume, Metronomy, Wolf Alice, Black Pumas, Sigrid, Floating Points, Slowthai, Confidence Man, Paula Temple.

Artists of the 26th edition of the festival: Central Cee, Jamie XX, Caroline Polachek, Ben Howard, Wet Leg, Arca, Suzanne Vega, Amelie Lens, Sofi Tukker, Shygirl, Perfume Genius, Sampa The Great, Dry Cleaning.