A Paredes de Coura regular, Benjamin Clementine returns this summer to the festival where he thrived—and brought joy to so many
Paredes de Coura 2025 lineup revealed with Wet Leg, M.I.A. and Benjamin Clementine
By 2017, the artist had already won a Mercury Prize, the prestigious award for the best album from the UK or Ireland.
It was his record "London"—a love letter to the city he missed after busking the streets of Paris—that first brought him acclaim. A self-taught musician with three albums to his name, Clementine pairs his piano with raw, introspective lyrics that lay bare the soul. He takes the stage on the festival's third day.
Paredes de Coura also holds a special place in history: in 2007, M.I.A. made her Portuguese debut there, the same year the London-born artist dropped her second album, featuring the now-iconic "Paper Planes." The track, with over a billion streams on Spotify, captures the struggles of those chasing a better life.
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The daughter of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees, M.I.A. blends politics and activism with rap and electronic beats. On August 14, she'll unveil her seventh album in northern Portugal.
Bold and unapologetic, Wet Leg lit up a California festival earlier this year. This August, the British duo—formed in 2019 and celebrated for their fierce, Grammy-winning debut—returns to Portugal to headline the first night of Paredes de Coura.
