Ones to watch in 2024: all the music acts set to be massive this year
Well, there we go – it’s officially a wrap on yet another rotation around the sun, and with the glimmering promise of a brand new year comes the traditional onslaught of predictions. Who will be huge this year? Which tunes are we going to have on repeat? Which stars should you see now, so that you can boast about it in years to come, when they’re selling out arenas?
Look, short of hauling out an actual functioning crystal ball and glimpsing into the future, this is as close as it’s going to get. Step this way for the 24 acts who will most likely dominate the next 12 months and beyond.
The Last Dinner Party
Appearing out of thin air in a campy puff of panto smoke, with a debut album already stuffed up their frilly velvet sleeves, this London indie band know how to cultivate a bit of good old fashioned musical mythology: for months, the only way to hear their music was to see them live.
No wonder word quickly spread; lead singer Abigail Morris has so much stage presence it’s frankly ridiculous. Without a doubt the most buzzed-about band of 2023, next year should be even bigger for the five-piece, who won the BRITS Rising Star award (previous winners: Adele, Sam Fender, Jorja Smith) earlier this month. They release their (excellent) debut album on February 2.
For fans of Florence and The Machine, Kate Bush, ABBA
Chappell Roan
Nobody is having more fun with pop right now than Chappell Roan, who views her stage persona as an exaggerated, drag queen alter-ego. Born and raised in rural Missouri, many of her songs are filled with the
