{"id":2050784,"date":"2026-07-18T16:23:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T13:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2050784"},"modified":"2026-07-18T16:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T13:23:43","slug":"poppy-misses-upheaval-festival-set-due-to-hazardous-wildfire-smoke-as-band-perform-without-her-in-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2050784","title":{"rendered":"Poppy misses Upheaval Festival set due to \u201chazardous\u201d wildfire smoke as band perform without her in masks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/poppy_live_2025.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Poppy misses Upheaval Festival set due to \u201chazardous\u201d wildfire smoke as band perform without her in masks<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The singer said she was \u201cunable to breathe\u201d at the Michigan event<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-18T17:23:43+01:00\">18th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/poppy_live_2025-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"Tons of Rock Festival 2025\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Poppy at Tons Of Rock Festival on June 27, 2025 in Oslo, Norway. (Photo by Rune Hellestad &#8211; Corbis\/Corbis via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Poppy missed her Upheaval Festival set due to \u201chazardous\u201d air quality, with her band playing without her while wearing masks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1157\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>Poppy is everywhere, yet constantly nowhere: \u201cThe discontent drives the exploration, and I feel like that\u2019s all I have\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The singer\u00a0had been\u00a0due to perform at the festival in Grand Rapids, Michigan yesterday (July 17), shortly before Friday night headliners\u00a0Gojira.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, when the scheduled set began, Poppy was absent and her masked backing band took to the stage without her. The musicians\u00a0proceeded\u00a0to perform the set instrumentally, wearing N95 respirators beneath their customary stage masks.<\/p>\n<p>Poppy later explained on her Instagram Stories that smoke from ongoing Canadian wildfires had caused the Air Quality Index around the festival to exceed 350 near the time of her performance.<\/p>\n<p>She said she did not join the band because she \u201cwas unable to breathe in those conditions\u201d, and applauded the fans who had endured the hazardous air.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Hola Upheaval.<br \/>Debido al ICA llegando a 350+ alrededor de nuestra hora de set no he podido unirme a mi banda en el escenario. No pod\u00eda respirar en esas condiciones. Podr\u00e1n haber notado que nuestro set fue solo instrumental. A quienes desafiaron esas condiciones, les aplaudo.&#8221; pic.twitter.com\/a7upfLwDuW<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Poppy Argentina P\u20e4 (@poppy_arg) July 18, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a statement made by Poppy right now<\/p>\n<p>Her entire band is on stage wearing N-95 masks and she\u2019s nowhere to be found<\/p>\n<p>Protecting her money maker that is her voice from the smoke<\/p>\n<p>People may be mad but I totally understand and respect it#Upheavel pic.twitter.com\/70K1LH4S5d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brandon Cooke (@brandongrhockey) July 17, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">POPPY no pudo presentarse ayer (17 de Julio) en el Upheaval Festival #Michigan \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 debido a condiciones de calidad del aire peligrosas.<\/p>\n<p>Su banda interpret\u00f3 todo el set completo instrumental mientras usaban m\u00e1scaras N95. pic.twitter.com\/C8fTkqI1DP<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u00b5zq (@AcostaMzk) July 18, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ca\" dir=\"ltr\">La performance instrumental de la banda de Poppy durante el Upheaval Festival pic.twitter.com\/g4YXvcV7h6<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Poppy Argentina P\u20e4 (@poppy_arg) July 18, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">to the people who are hating on poppy for not performing because of the awful weather conditions, please grow up. if singing in those conditions was a risk to her health, she has the RIGHT to decide not to perform. you can be upset, but don\u2019t throw hate at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 maria \ud835\udf17\ud835\udf1a\u22c6\u208a\u02da cbus \u22ac (@kingdomofmalice) July 18, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Under the US Air Quality Index, any reading above 300 is classified as \u201chazardous\u201d, meaning everyone is at risk of experiencing health effects.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Before the festival opened, Upheaval\u00a0organisers\u00a0told attendees that the event would go ahead as planned and that they were\u00a0monitoring\u00a0the conditions with local officials.\u00a0\u201cYour safety is our number one concern,\u201d the festival wrote. \u201cWe encourage you all to pace yourselves today and look out for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It added: \u201cWe are still working with our local officials to\u00a0monitor\u00a0the ongoing Air Quality situation that is passing through. Current information shows the Air Quality will improve throughout the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second day of\u00a0Upheaval\u00a0Festival is due to take place today (July 18), with\u00a0Papa Roach\u00a0topping the bill.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Da5n5QUkug5\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is the second time this summer that extreme conditions have prevented Poppy from completing a festival performance.\u00a0Her set at Welcome\u00a0To\u00a0Rockville in Daytona Beach, Florida was cut short after less than a minute in May\u00a0when\u00a0severe weather and lightning protocols came into effect.<\/p>\n<p>A series of major festivals and outdoor concerts have also faced disruption from extreme weather this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The opening day of Primavera Sound in Barcelona was thrown into chaos last month\u00a0by heavy rainfall and winds reaching speeds of up to\u00a080km\u00a0per hour.\u00a0Sets from Massive Attack, Doja Cat, Bad Gyal, Alex G and Mac DeMarco were among those cancelled, with organisers saying it had not been possible to guarantee the safety of audiences, artists and staff.<\/p>\n<p>Massive Attack said they were \u201cdevastated\u201d not to perform\u00a0after creating\u00a0a new version\u00a0of their live show specifically for the\u00a0festival, but\u00a0acknowledged that \u201cno one can control severe weather\u201d and that safety had to remain paramount.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Defqon.1 in the Netherlands was cancelled after authorities issued a \u201ccode red\u201d warning for extreme heat, while\u00a0thunderstorms forced the cancellation of Katy Perry\u2019s headline performance at Werchter Boutique in Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>about the disruption, Association\u00a0Of\u00a0Independent Festivals CEO John Rostron said festivals were increasingly having to account for extreme conditions when planning events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a new thing we have to learn from and plan\u00a0for in\u00a0the future because it\u2019s here to stay,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is the new normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Poppy released her seventh studio album, \u2018Empty Hands\u2019,\u00a0in January. 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calling Spice Girls \u201cabhorrent\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-image-container\">\n<div class=\"td-module-thumb\"><span class=\"entry-thumb td-thumb-css\" data-type=\"css_image\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sigrid_mad_cool_2_javierbragado-0A2A0693-017-400x254.jpg\" data-img-retina-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sigrid_mad_cool_2_javierbragado-0A2A0693-017-800x508.jpg\"><\/span><span class=\"td-video-play-ico\"><i class=\"td-icon-video-thumb-play\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music Interviews<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Sigrid on her love of pop and rock: \u201cI\u2019ve been somewhere in between\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Poppy missed her Upheaval Festival set due to \u201chazardous\u201d air quality, with her band playing without her while wearing masks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1157\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>Poppy is everywhere, yet constantly nowhere: \u201cThe discontent drives the exploration, and I feel like that\u2019s all I have\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The singer\u00a0had been\u00a0due to perform at the festival in Grand Rapids, Michigan yesterday (July 17), shortly before Friday night headliners\u00a0Gojira.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, when the scheduled set began, Poppy was absent and her masked backing band took to the stage without her. The musicians\u00a0proceeded\u00a0to perform the set instrumentally, wearing N95 respirators beneath their customary stage masks.<\/p>\n<p>Poppy later explained on her Instagram Stories that smoke from ongoing Canadian wildfires had caused the Air Quality Index around the festival to exceed 350 near the time of her performance.<\/p>\n<p>She said she did not join the band because she \u201cwas unable to breathe in those conditions\u201d, and applauded the fans who had endured the hazardous air.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Hola Upheaval.<br \/>Debido al ICA llegando a 350+ alrededor de nuestra hora de set no he podido unirme a mi banda en el escenario. No pod\u00eda respirar en esas condiciones. Podr\u00e1n haber notado que nuestro set fue solo instrumental. A quienes desafiaron esas condiciones, les aplaudo.&#8221; pic.twitter.com\/a7upfLwDuW<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Poppy Argentina P\u20e4 (@poppy_arg) July 18, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a statement made by Poppy right now<\/p>\n<p>Her entire band is on stage wearing N-95 masks and she\u2019s nowhere to be found<\/p>\n<p>Protecting her money maker that is her voice from the smoke<\/p>\n<p>People may be mad but I totally understand and respect it#Upheavel pic.twitter.com\/70K1LH4S5d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brandon Cooke (@brandongrhockey) July 17, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">POPPY no pudo presentarse ayer (17 de Julio) en el Upheaval Festival #Michigan \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 debido a condiciones de calidad del aire peligrosas.<\/p>\n<p>Su banda interpret\u00f3 todo el set completo instrumental mientras usaban m\u00e1scaras N95. pic.twitter.com\/C8fTkqI1DP<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u00b5zq (@AcostaMzk) July 18, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ca\" dir=\"ltr\">La performance instrumental de la banda de Poppy durante el Upheaval Festival pic.twitter.com\/g4YXvcV7h6<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Poppy Argentina P\u20e4 (@poppy_arg) July 18, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">to the people who are hating on poppy for not performing because of the awful weather conditions, please grow up. if singing in those conditions was a risk to her health, she has the RIGHT to decide not to perform. you can be upset, but don\u2019t throw hate at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 maria \ud835\udf17\ud835\udf1a\u22c6\u208a\u02da cbus \u22ac (@kingdomofmalice) July 18, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Under the US Air Quality Index, any reading above 300 is classified as \u201chazardous\u201d, meaning everyone is at risk of experiencing health effects.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Before the festival opened, Upheaval\u00a0organisers\u00a0told attendees that the event would go ahead as planned and that they were\u00a0monitoring\u00a0the conditions with local officials.\u00a0\u201cYour safety is our number one concern,\u201d the festival wrote. \u201cWe encourage you all to pace yourselves today and look out for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It added: \u201cWe are still working with our local officials to\u00a0monitor\u00a0the ongoing Air Quality situation that is passing through. Current information shows the Air Quality will improve throughout the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second day of\u00a0Upheaval\u00a0Festival is due to take place today (July 18), with\u00a0Papa Roach\u00a0topping the bill.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Da5n5QUkug5\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is the second time this summer that extreme conditions have prevented Poppy from completing a festival performance.\u00a0Her set at Welcome\u00a0To\u00a0Rockville in Daytona Beach, Florida was cut short after less than a minute in May\u00a0when\u00a0severe weather and lightning protocols came into effect.<\/p>\n<p>A series of major festivals and outdoor concerts have also faced disruption from extreme weather this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The opening day of Primavera Sound in Barcelona was thrown into chaos last month\u00a0by heavy rainfall and winds reaching speeds of up to\u00a080km\u00a0per hour.\u00a0Sets from Massive Attack, Doja Cat, Bad Gyal, Alex G and Mac DeMarco were among those cancelled, with organisers saying it had not been possible to guarantee the safety of audiences, artists and staff.<\/p>\n<p>Massive Attack said they were \u201cdevastated\u201d not to perform\u00a0after creating\u00a0a new version\u00a0of their live show specifically for the\u00a0festival, but\u00a0acknowledged that \u201cno one can control severe weather\u201d and that safety had to remain paramount.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Defqon.1 in the Netherlands was cancelled after authorities issued a \u201ccode red\u201d warning for extreme heat, while\u00a0thunderstorms forced the cancellation of Katy Perry\u2019s headline performance at Werchter Boutique in Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>about the disruption, Association\u00a0Of\u00a0Independent Festivals CEO John Rostron said festivals were increasingly having to account for extreme conditions when planning events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a new thing we have to learn from and plan\u00a0for in\u00a0the future because it\u2019s here to stay,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is the new normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Poppy released her seventh studio album, \u2018Empty Hands\u2019,\u00a0in January. The record followed 2024\u2019s \u2018Negative Spaces\u2019 and saw her reunite with former\u00a0Bring Me The Horizon keyboardist and producer Jordan Fish\u00a0and\u00a0House\u00a0Of\u00a0Protection\u2019s Stephen Harrison.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>ahead of its release, Poppy said continuing her creative partnership with Fish felt like \u201cthe right choice\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a really nice point of consistency where you no longer have to explain yourself or your reasoning, and it\u2019s understood and accepted,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/poppy-misses-upheaval-festival-set-due-to-hazardous-wildfire-smoke-as-band-perform-without-her-in-masks-3957742&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/poppy_live_2025.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Poppy misses Upheaval Festival set due to \u201chazardous\u201d wildfire smoke as band perform without her in masks The singer said she was \u201cunable to breathe\u201d at the Michigan event By Max Pilley 18th July 2026 Poppy at Tons Of Rock Festival on June 27, 2025 in Oslo, Norway. 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