All Points East Presents Outbreak – Deftones bring 30 years of alt-metal to Victoria Park
DEFTONES BRING OVER 30 YEARS OF IMMERSIVE ALT-METAL TO ALL POINTS EAST PRESENTS OUTBREAK FEST
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On Sunday night, Sacramento alternative metal icons Deftones brought chaos to London’s Victoria Park for All Points East presents Outbreak Fest.
Curated by the UK’s premier festival devoted to underground music’s thriving counterculture Outbreak Fest, the third full instalment in All Points East’s 2026 programme was a genre-amorphous celebration of boundary pushing sounds in all forms featuring the likes of IDLES, Amyl & The Sniffers, AFI, EsDeeKid, JPEGMAFIA, SALEM and more.
Topped by headliners Deftones, their 95 minute set spanned over three decades of some of the world’s most uncompromising alternative music. Pulling from tracks across their discography, from 1994’s Adrenaline album to 2025’s Private Music, the California four-piece dazzled a capacity Victoria Park; weaving a spell on 50,000 revellers that refused to let up until the final notes on ‘7 Words’ rang out.
Frontman Chino Moreno took a pause, telling the crowd “What a fucking wonderful day today. So much good music, so many beautiful faces. And it’s Sunday night, go figure. You guys are awesome, thank you so much”
Elsewhere, Bristol post-punk greats IDLES put on a show that fused the introspective and confrontational, bringing a raucous atmosphere to their first London performance since 2024. Pub rock icons Amyl & The Sniffers raised the dust clouds into the capital’s skies on the East Stage, while the biggest international scouse export since Trent Alexander-Arnold EsDeeKid caused a frenzy in the North Arena, bringing out collaborator Rico Ace on top of a castle onstage while performing hits such as ‘LV Sandals’ and ‘Phantom’ to mass singalongs. Rap took centre stage further with incendiary artist, producer and cultural disruptor JPEGMAFIA launching a full-scale assault on the horde that had amassed at the East Stage.
Electronic music was represented through witch house pioneers SALEM’s triumphant return to London after 15 years, causing a literal snowstorm within All Points East’s blue big top for a truly unique display, with multi-genre Japanese selector ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U bringing unbridled chaos to the festival’s early evening slot and with UK electronic experimentalist Blawan presenting an explosive new live set on the X Stage.
The energy was electric from the outset of the day with artists such as Show Me The Body, Basement, Deafheaven, Mannequin Pussy and more blowing away any Sunday morning cobwebs that might have lingered, while new music across the gamut of alternative sounds made a huge impact throughout the festival with the likes of Overgrown, VILLANELLE, Reclus.É and Eternal Rin drawing packed crowds across multiple stages throughout the festival’s programming, with the latter saying: “Thank you so much for letting me take you on a journey this afternoon. To be at this festival, on this line up, and have so many of you here with me, blows me away.”
Topping what was the biggest celebration of countercultural music London has ever seen, Deftones’ headline set at All Points East presents Outbreak Fest was a historic moment not only for all the bands on the line up, but for all in attendance. All Points East continues next week with a double header headlined by Tyler The Creator on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th August, and Twenty One Pilots on 30th August to close out two triumphant weekends of contemporary music in the capital’s East End.
Lido Festival takes place on Bank Holiday Monday (31 August) with headliner Maribou State.
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About Outbreak Fest:
Launched in 2011 as an independent, DIY one day festival in the north of England, Outbreak Fest has rapidly expanded in its 15 years of operating to become the premier event within the UK’s thriving counterculture. Initially launching as a home to hardcore, punk and metal, the sounds emanating from the festival have broadened to suit the ever-diversifying tastes of its audience; now playing host to the finest established and emerging names in the genres of its origins, but also hip hop, indie, shoegaze, emo, electronic and so much more. 2025 saw more scope to the reach of Outbreak Fest, with a triumphant one-day event in London’s Victoria Park alongside its usual two-day weekender at Manchester’s Bowlers Exhibition Centre. In 2026, Outbreak Fest expanded further to host Count Your Blessings | Repented, a pair of sold out one-day festivals headlined by Bring Me The Horizon performing their seminal debut album Count Your Blessings in full for the first time.
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About All Points East:
All Points East has become the essential London event since its inception six years ago. The quality of artists runs very deep across the days with established names and those on the cusp of stardom entertaining crowds. 2023 welcomed stunning headline sets from a series of world-class artists across two weekends of shows, including Stormzy, The Strokes, Jungle, Dermot Kennedy and HAIM, plus a host of midweek activities, including the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final.
2019 saw a flurry of awards for the new festival; Q Magazine awarded All Points East ‘Festival Of The Year’, and that same year All Points East won the award for ‘Best Festival’ at the Music Week Awards. The year before, 2018’s debut established this essential new event as one of the best festivals in the UK. Winning ‘Festival Of The Year’ at the Music Week Awards and ‘Line-Up of the Year’ at the UK Festival Awards, All Points East 2018 boasted headline sets from LCD Soundsystem, The xx, Björk, Catfish & The Bottlemen, The National and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
East London’s beautiful Victoria Park in Tower Hamlets also hosts a hugely popular community-focused event each year. In The Neighbourhood, in collaboration with Tower Hamlets Council, hosts a vibrant programme of activities and entertainment, working with the local community, businesses, organisations and suppliers. Previous activities have seen something for everyone – eco-friendly creative workshops, free yoga sessions, street food, open-air movie nights, themed drag shows and film panels with Richmix. Everything is free, and 2026’s programme will be announced in the new year.
A commitment to sustainability and accessibility goes hand in hand with the community elements and All Points East is proud to have been awarded Gold on Attitude is Everything’s Charter of Best Practice for our commitment to Deaf and disabled music fans.
All Points East continues to work each year with local charity the Tower Project to give volunteer opportunities to young people with learning disabilities and autism on site at the festival, as well as providing education and performance opportunities to the students of nearby ELAM arts and music school. Committing to 100% renewable energy, working towards eliminating single-use plastic from all serve-ware and programming upcycling workshops for children during In The Neighbourhood are further examples of the commitment to the local community and the park.
Local businesses are given opportunities to provide food, drink, merchandise and more so that the local community benefits as much as possible.
About Tower Hamlets:
Tower Hamlets Council owns Victoria Park and in 2017, awarded All Points East Festival promoters a contract with an onus to ensure that community benefits such as supporting culture, business and employment in the borough, working with residents to reduce any negative impacts of the festivals, and generating much-needed income for public services are a key part of what is delivered.
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