Alanis Morissette has replaced Neil Young as the headliner for the State Fayre Festival after his recent tour cancellation.
Morissette will headline the Saturday night of the inaugural State Fayre 2026, a new festival taking place at Hylands Park, Chelmsford from June 26-28. She will perform alongside Kings of Leon, Skunk Anansie and The Lumineers.
It comes after Young recently cancelled his entire UK and European tour, saying “this is not the time” for him to be playing shows.
Following his huge shows last year with the Chrome Hearts headlining Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage and topping of the bill for BST Hyde Park 2025, the Canadian-American folk rock icon had announced a string of outdoor dates for this summer.
These included shows at Cornwall’s Eden Sessions on June 17, Manchester’s Heaton Park on June 19 and the headline slot at the Fayre Festival. He was then supposed to head over to Scotland for a slot at the Glasgow Summer Sessions at Bellahouston Park on June 29, before performing at Blenheim Palace Festival in Oxford on July 3 and Cardiff’s Blackweir Fields on July 5.
The tour was then scheduled to head through Europe, wrapping up in Udine, Italy on July 26.
