Eminem has been announced as the first headliner for the 2024 edition of the MDLBEAST Soundstorm festival.
The 51-year-old Detroit rapper will make his debut performance in Saudi Arabia as part of the Middle East’s largest music festival, which takes place from December 12 to 14.
This comes after MailOnline reported that Glastonbury bosses are trying to persuade Eminem to headline in 2025 after their ‘worst festival ever’.
Also on the Soundstorm lineup are Thirty Seconds to Mars, Muse, Richie Hawtin and DJ Marco Carola, with many more acts to be announced in the coming months.
A reported 500,000 fans attended last year’s event, which took place on the outskirts of Riyadh and saw Metallica perform the country’s first major heavy metal concert.
Eminem has been announced as the first headliner for the 2024 edition of MDLBEAST’s Soundstorm festival
The 51-year-old Detroit rapper will make his debut performance in Saudi Arabia as part of the Middle East’s largest music festival, which will take place from December 12 to 14.
Other artists performing included David Guetta, Swedish House Mafia, 50 Cent, Will Smith, Chris Brown and many more on various stages.
Soundstorm 2022 was also impressive with more than 200 acts spread across seven stages, including Bruno Mars, Post Malone, Steve Aoki and DJ Khaled.
Tickets for the fifth edition of Soundstorm are available now, priced from 209 Saudi Riyals (around £43) for a three-day pass.
Eminem’s British fans will no doubt be pleased to hear that the rapper is also performing at festivals outside of the United States, with rumors circulating that he will perform at Glastonbury 2025.
Festival organisers are hoping to poke fun at the comment that this year’s festival was the “worst ever” by persuading rap sensation Eminem to headline next year.
Talks are already underway to persuade the American star to perform in 2025 after many of the 210,000 fans who attended the event last weekend criticised the “terrible” headline acts Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA.
A source within the festival said: ‘While many are being brave as this year’s festival wasn’t exactly a success, they are already preparing for a bigger and better line-up next year.
Glastonbury is only just over but the bosses want Eminem. They hope he will be their savior after so few people turned up to see SZA. They will do anything to get him to say yes.’
Eminem has previously performed at British festivals including Reading and Leeds in 2017, but he has never performed on Glastonbury’s main stage, Pyramid.
Also on the line-up are Thirty Seconds to Mars (pictured), Muse, Richie Hawtin and DJ Marco Carola – with many more acts to be announced in the coming months
This comes after MailOnline reported that Glastonbury bosses are trying to convince Eminem to headline in 2025 after ‘worst festival ever’
To close Glastonbury on Sunday night, SZA headlined the event, but it was poorly attended and suffered from sound problems
Festival-goers were particularly vocal about the choice of American singer SZA for the Sunday evening performance, which was filled by rock star Elton John last year.
Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis, daughter of festival founder Michael Eavis, said of this year’s line-up: ‘I think it reflects what’s happening in the music world at the moment. There aren’t many new rock acts to choose from, if I’m honest.’
Eminem is in high demand after it was revealed he has become the latest artist to receive a BRIT Billion Award, after his songs were streamed a staggering seven billion times in the UK.
The rapper recently won this award in recognition of his incredible achievement: the number of streams, calculated by the Official Charts Company.
The American star is regarded as one of the most iconic voices in rap music and has made history in the footsteps of artists such as Green Day, the Rolling Stones and Queen.
Eminem holds the UK record for the most consecutive number one positions on the Official Albums Chart, having had 10 consecutive studio albums top the Official Albums Chart.
The award was presented by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the representative of the UK’s leading record labels and music companies.
Eminem has been announced as the latest artist to receive a BRIT Billion Award after reaching a milestone of seven billion UK streams on his songs (BPI)
His 12th studio album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), was released on July 12 and shot to the top of the charts, marking his 11th number 1 album in the UK.
Last month, the hitmaker scored his 11th UK No. 1 hit with Houdini, his first fully solo No. 1 hit since Toy Soldiers 19 years earlier in 2002.
His twelfth studio album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), was released on 12 July and shot to the top of the charts. It was his eleventh number one album in the UK.
With a staggering seven billion streams in the UK, over 60 of Eminem’s hits have been BRIT-certified, including 15 that have been certified Multi-Platinum.
With a stream of timeless anthems, his three most-streamed hits – Without Me, Lose Yourself and Love The Way You Lie featuring Rihanna – have amassed over 770 million streams in the UK alone.