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Rapper Tyler, The Creator says his first All Points East crowd was dead

He became the first artist to headline the London festival on two consecutive days, and brought out A$AP Rocky.

Tyler, The Creator

Tyler, The Creator raises a handheld microphone to his mouth mid-verse, one hand at his chest, wearing a green cap, clear-framed glasses, a white T-shirt and mustard trousers.
Tyler, The Creator at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on the Chromakopia tour, July 2025. Photo: Lygonstreet, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tyler, The Creator spent two sold-out nights headlining All Points East at London's Victoria Park on August 28 and 29, and used the second one to review the first. Early in Saturday's set, before Darling I, he compared the two crowds. "Last night, they were fucking dead, bro," he said, thanking the Saturday audience for lifting his spirits.

The two-night run made him the first artist to headline the festival on consecutive days, and the bills were built separately rather than repeated. Friday carried Mariah The Scientist, Clipse, Sexyy Red, Ravyn Lenae, Vince Staples and Yebba. Saturday brought Daniel Caesar, Baby Keem, Dijon, Ghostface Killah, Syd, Faye Webster, Danny Brown, Jim Legxacy, Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats.

A$AP Rocky came out on the Saturday for Who Dat Boy, their 2017 collaboration from Flower Boy, and the two embraced onstage afterwards. The appearance landed on the eve of Rocky's own headline show at The O2 on August 30, part of his Don't Be Dumb world tour.

Rex Orange County appeared on both nights for Boredom, the other Flower Boy collaboration, after playing his own main-stage set on the Friday. He had warmed up for the weekend with an underplay at Village Underground on August 27, where Turnstile's Brendan Yates joined him to debut an unreleased song called Elvis.

The Saturday setlist ran 25 songs, from Big Poe and St. Chroma through Sticky, ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?, EARFQUAKE and NEW MAGIC WAND before closing on See You Again. Turnstile also brought Faye Webster out during their own Friday set for I Care, timed to the release of the band's reworked album Never Enough: Versions.

The wider festival run began with Jorja Smith and Tems headlining on August 21, followed by Lorde and an Outbreak London takeover topped by Deftones, with Twenty One Pilots closing it on August 30 after asking fans to send in their own footage of the set.

Tyler released his last studio album, Don't Tap The Glass, in July of last year, and NME gave it four stars. His own festival returns in November: he announced the Camp Flog Gnaw 2026 line-up earlier this month, with Turnstile, Lola Young, Steve Lacy, Future, Vince Staples and Syd joining him at Dodger Stadium on November 14 and 15. His dates and the rest of the year's hip-hop touring are listed in the tour guide.

The facts

  • Tyler headlined All Points East on August 28 and 29 at Victoria Park.
  • He is the first artist to headline the festival on two consecutive days.
  • He told the Saturday crowd that Friday's audience had been dead.
  • A$AP Rocky joined him for Who Dat Boy on the Saturday.
  • Rex Orange County appeared for Boredom on both nights.
  • The Saturday set ran 25 songs and closed with See You Again.
  • Camp Flog Gnaw returns to Dodger Stadium on November 14 and 15.

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