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Returning to the shores of Lake Geneva this July, the Swiss festival marks its 60th edition.
Mar 31, 2026 • 4:16 PM
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You're ready? Put your hands in the air Looky-looky yonder Looky-looky yonder Looky-looky yonder A big black cloud come Yeah, a big black cloud come Yeah, come to Tupelo Yeah, come to Tupelo Yonder on the horizon Yonder on the horizon Stopped at the mighty river And sucked the damn thing dry (yeah) Distant thunder rumble Distant thunder rumble Rumble hungry like the Beast The Beast, it cometh, cometh down The Beast, it cometh, cometh down The Beast, it cometh, cometh down Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa Yeah, Tupelo bound, whoo! Tupelo Oh, Tupelo The Beast it cometh, Tupelo bound Why the hen won't lay no egg? Can't get that cock to crow The nag is spooked and crazy Oh, God help Tupelo Oh, God help Tupelo You can say these streets are rivers You can call these rivers streets You can tell yourself you're dreaming But no sleep runs this deep Oh, no sleep runs this deep Oh, God help Tupelo Oh, God help Tupelo Oh, God help Tupelo Oh, God help Tupelo. whoo! Tupelo Oh, Tupelo Yeah, the King will walk on Tupelo Yeah-yeah-yeah (yeah-yeah-yeah) Yeah-yeah-yeah (yeah-yeah-yeah) Yeah-yeah-yeah (yeah-yeah-yeah) Yeah-yeah-yeah (yeah-yeah-yeah) Yeah (yeah-yeah-yeah) In Tupelo, in Tupelo, in Tupelo Where no bird can fly, no fish can swim No bird can fly, no fish can swim No bird can fly, no fish can swim Tupelo, Tupelo Yeah-yeah-yeah (yeah-yeah-yeah) Yeah-yeah-yeah (yeah-yeah-yeah) Yeah-yeah-yeah (yeah-yeah-yeah) Yeah-yeah-yeah (yeah-yeah-yeah) In Tupelo, in Tupelo Don't cry, cry, cry All night long In Tupelo Listen, oh, go to sleep, my little children The Sandman's on his way Oh, go to sleep, my little children The Sandman's on his way But the little children know The little children know They listen to the beating of their blood Listen to the beating of their blood Listen to the beating of their blood Listen to the beating of their blood The sandman's mud The sandman's mud The sandman's mud The sandman's mud Oh, God help Tupelo Oh, God help Tupelo Oh, God help Tupelo Oh, God help Tupelo Tupelo (yeah) Oh, Tupelo The King will walk on Tupelo Yeah-yeah-yeah (yeah-yeah-yeah) Yeah-yeah-yeah (yeah-yeah-yeah) Whoo! In a clapboard shack with a roof of tin Where the rain leaked down and leaked within A young mother frozen on a concrete floor With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw Tupelo Oh, Tupelo In a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw Saturday gives what Sunday steals A child is born on his brother's heels Sunday mournin' the first-born dead In a shoebox tied with a ribbon of red Tupelo (yeah, yeah, yeah!) Tupelo In a shoebox tied with a ribbon of red Yeah-yeah-yeah (yeah-yeah-yeah) Yeah-yeah-yeah (yeah-yeah-yeah) Yeah-yeah-yeah Yeah-yeah-yeah (yeah-yeah-yeah) Yeah In Tupelo, in Tupelo Mama, rock your little one slow Mama, rock your baby, yeah Mama, rock your little one slow Mama, rock your baby, yeah Mama, rock your little one slow Mama, rock your baby The King was born in Tupelo The King was born in Tupelo Mama, rock your little one slow Mama, rock your baby Mama, rock your little one slow Mama, rock your baby Yeah-yeah-yeah (yeah-yeah-yeah) Yeah-yeah-yeah (yeah-yeah-yeah) The King was born in Tupelo (yeah-yeah-yeah The King was born in Tupelo (yeah-yeah-yeah The King was born in Tupelo (yeah-yeah-yeah The King was born in Tupelo (yeah-yeah-yeah) Tupelo Oh, Tupelo The little one born in Tupelo Tupelo (yeah-yeah) Oh, Tupelo, Tupelo, Tupelo, Tupelo The little one born in Tupelo Tupelo (yeah-yeah) Tupelo You will reap just what you sow Yeah-yeah-yeah (yeah-yeah-yeah) Yeah-yeah-yeah (yeah-yeah-yeah) Born in Tupelo, in Tupelo
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Returning to the shores of Lake Geneva this July, the Swiss festival marks its 60th edition.

Fan presale begins 25th September, with general tickets available the next day.
