Tramlines 2025: Kasabian on fire for epic finale and CMAT performs exhilarating set

It’s often said that music is about moments – and that was definitely the case in Hillsborough Park last night.

Picture the scene: Thousands gathered around the three big main stage screens to watch Chloe Kelly score her Euros-winning penalty. Cheers erupt. Freed From Desire blasts through the speakers. What better warm-up for Kasabian to then launch onto the stage for a barnstorming 90 minute performance?

Tramlines showing the England v Spain penalty shootout

They started the set with Call – from 2024 album Happenings – followed by the classic Club Foot. Right from the start, the crowd was electric: Singing back every word, people on shoulders and flares blazing.

There was even a Freddie Mercury-esque Ay-Oh chant – and when that works, you know you have the crowd in the palm of your hand.

The first part of the set ended with L.S.F and, while frontman Sergio Pizzorno may have tripped on his way back for the encore, Kasabian didn’t otherwise put a foot wrong for 80 minutes.

Pizzorno called it “the best Sunday night of my life”, adding: “This feels like a Friday night – this has been insane.”

Ending the set with showstopper Fire, it will no doubt go down as an all-time Tramlines epic. The best finale for the festival so far?

Preceding them were The Last Dinner Party, who as ever delivered the quality of performance you would expect from the Brit award-winning band.

The Last Dinner Party

From their upcoming album From The Pyre, the setlist include catchy new single This Is The Killer Speaking, as well as the currently unreleased Second Best.

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Meanwhile the tracklist from their debut album Prelude to Ecstasy is perfect for live performances – especially the seamless transition from the ethereal Gjuha directly into guitar-powered Sinner.

The six-piece looked to be having the time of their lives on stage, as were those in the pit.

The region’s very own The Sherlocks were also Sunday’s Main Stage, and singer Kiaran Cook told The Sheffield Tab of they love doing shows in the city.

The Sherlocks at Hillsborough Stadium

He said: “It’s a great city, it’s got a good vibe, and the people are sound as a pound. So we always love playing Sheffield.”

Also featuring were rapidly rising Sheffield group Sundress. Despite only forming last year, their May 2025 debut single Meet Me in Montauk has impressively racked up more than 100,000 streams on Spotify.

Lead singer Chelsea Costello told The Sheffield Tab after the performance: “It was definitely something special, our first main stage appearance and let alone we’ve only been a band for just over a year.

“It’s definitely something that we’ve been looking forward to, but we’ve put in a lot hard work so the hard work definitely paid off.

“Obviously I had a bit of cheeky cry at the end of the set. It was the first song that we released, and it’s always one that gets to us.”

Down on T’Other stage earlier in the day, alt-pop Luvcat performed tracks from her upcoming debut album Vicious Delicious. She has already supported for Sabrina Carpenter, and showed all the signs of a star in the making yesterday.

Luvcat on T’Other stage

Luvcat was succeeded on stage by CMAT – who packed out the tent. It felt as though she was probably deserving of a spot on the main stage and a set longer than half an hour, particularly as its only a month since she was on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury. But given the reaction from the Tramlines crowd (and how impressed CMAT was with it) I suspect it will be not long in the future before we see that happening.

She started off with The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station, did the viral Take A Sexy Picture with Me, and got the whole T’Other stage and neighbouring portaloo queues doing the two-step for I Wanna Be A Cowboy Baby!

To the delight of those at the front, she later came over the barrier and into the crowd for the end of Stay for Something, during which the screams to the lyric “just can’t do it” were thunderous.

Tramlines – what a way to end the 2025 festival.