Hundreds of artists and bands will perform between today and Saturday at Alive

This year, the venue will once again have seven stages, one of which is dedicated to Comedy, which will host 122 performances by 112 artists and bands, 31 of which are Portuguese, "for all tastes", highlighted promoter Álvaro Covões, from Everithing is New, in statements to Lusa on Tuesday, during a visit to the venue.

Today, the day it is sold out, the big highlight is the North American Olivia Rodrigo, who at 22 years old has two albums released: "Sour" (2021) and "Guts" (2023).

At the end of June, the singer closed the British festival Glastonbury with one of the most praised performances of the year, which featured The Cure's lead singer, Robert Smith, as a guest.

In addition to Olivia Rodrigo, today, Mark Hambor, Benson Boone and Noah Kahan will be performing on the main stage at NOS Alive.

On the second stage, which in this edition "substantially increased in size", thus responding to the public's wishes, Gree Leather, Bad Nerves, Artemas, Barry Can't Swim, Glass Animals, Parov Stelar and Nathy Peluso will perform.

The remaining stages -- Clubbing, Coreto, Fado Café, Comédia and Pórtico -- feature artists and bands such as Girls 96, Baleia Baleia Baleia, Pedro Moutinho, Diogo Clemente, Mónica Vale de Gato, Guilherme Duarte and Shakra.

On Friday, the spotlight will be on American DJ Anyma. Also confirmed for this day are performances by Justice, The Wombats, Girl in Red, Finneas, St. Vincent, Capicua, Mother Mother, Mike11, Herlander, Zarco, Luísa Amaro, Luís Franco Bastos, and Guilherme Fonseca, among others.

Saturday's lineup includes Muse, Nine Inch Nails, Future Islands, Foster The People, Bright Eyes, Jet, A-Trak, Left., Bombazine, Luís Severo, Teresinha Landeiro, Cebola Mol, Jel and Ana Arrebentinha, among others.

The venue, which opens every day at 3:00 pm and closes at 4:00 am the following day, has capacity for 56,000 people, in addition to the six thousand who will be working, including staff and journalists.

The organization advises using public transport to reach the venue.

This year, daily tickets for the festival, which are now only available on Friday and Saturday, cost 84 euros.

Three-day passes are sold out, with two-day passes available for Friday and Saturday, costing €168. Two-day passes for Thursday and Friday and Thursday and Saturday are also sold out.

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