Lorde hails All Points East line-up “the best I’ve ever been part of” during huge headline slot

Lorde headlined All Points East 2026 last night, hailing the festival’s line-up as one of the best she’d ever been part of.

READ MORE: Lorde live at Glastonbury 2025: a celebratory start to her new eraLorde live at Glastonbury 2025: a celebratory start to her new era The Kiwi pop star topped the bill at the London festival, which took place at Victoria Park last night (August 22), featuring performances from PinkPantheress , Zara Larsson , 2hollis , Oklou , Audrey Hobert, Rose Gray , Esha Tewari, ML Buch and Fabiana Palladino, and more.

During her set, which drew heavily from 2025’s ‘ Virgin ‘, Lorde said it was “so crazy” to be headlining the London festival, particularly given she played at the festival’s first-ever edition back in 2018.

Midway through her performance, she said: “I think this is literally the best line-up I’ve ever been part of.

It’s crazy, I went around this afternoon and watched people and I was really struck by what this group of artists are doing.

I felt so honoured to be a part of it.

“This group of artists that you’ve seen today have been trying to imagine a new world, it’s like I’ve been trying to find new ways to live, new ways to see, I really felt that.” Lorde projected videos of her younger self onto her top during ‘Liability’ at All Points East. pic.twitter.com/GMQR7jbnDu — Pop Base (@PopBase) August 22, 2026 Lorde performs “Buzzcut Season” during her headline set at All Points East in London. pic.twitter.com/mxcZzal5v5 — Pop Crave (@PopCrave) August 22, 2026 Lorde performs ‘Virgin’ track “Favourite Daughter” at All Points East. pic.twitter.com/mYNDOeW5EE — Pop Crave (@PopCrave) August 22, 2026 Lorde at All Points East 2026 played: ‘Royals ‘What Was That’ ‘Broken Glass’ ‘Perfect Places’ ‘Shapeshifter’ ‘Buzzcut Season’ ‘Favourite Daughter’ ‘The Louvre’ ‘Current Affairs’ ‘Hard Feelings’ ‘Oceanic Feeling’ ‘Liability’ ‘Hammer’ ‘Supercut’ ‘Team’ ‘Man of the Year’ ‘Girl, so confusing’ (Charli XCX cover) ‘Green Light’ ‘David’ ‘Ribs’ Elsewhere during the evening, she recalled coming to Victoria Park with someone she had a crush on – something she described as “almost agony” – and told the crowd: “It didn’t stop, he’s here tonight”.

Another notable moment came when she performed ‘Liability’, and projected video footage of her earlier years onto her shirt, while a banner which read “I don’t belong to anyone 2013” was passed out into the crowd during ‘Virgin’ album closer, ‘David’.