Amoeba Music

The Cruel World Festival returns to Pasadena next spring with another stacked lineup of post-punk, new wave & more! New Order, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Devo, OMD, Garbage, Madness and lots more are performing on Saturday, May 17, 2025 at Brookside at the Rose Bowl. The festival also celebrates long-awaited reunions, including The Go-Go’s and ‘Til Tuesday, who are performing for the first time in 35 years with its original members.

We want to send you and a friend to the 2025 Cruel World Festival with a pair of GA passes! Passes are on sale now. Festival info + tickets.

Sweepstakes Rules

• Contest ends 11/14/2024
• Contest entries are property of Amoeba Music
• One entry per person, please
• No purchase necessary
• Enter on Amoeba.com
• Please see additional rules here.