In June 2023, British post-punk band Editors—formed in Birmingham in 2002 and honing a brooding, danceable sound influenced by Joy Division on the album EBM (2022), which marked a return to electronic roots after indie-rock experiments—performed at Pinkpop, Europe’s oldest annual festival launched in 1970 in Landgraaf, Netherlands, sharing the bill with Arctic Monkeys and Billie Eilish. The hour-long set, rich with atmospheric guitar textures and Tom Smith's emotive delivery, capped their European tour, fusing melancholy with festival drive under summer sun. This performance underscored the band's evolution from underground origins to mature command, transforming a rock-heavy arena into a realm of collective trance.