Cruel World, the California festival that leans heavy on ’80s alternative and new wave, has announced its 2025 edition which happens May 17 at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. New Order and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds headline, and also on the bill are The Go-Go’s, Devo, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Death Cult, Garbage, Madness, ‘Til Tuesday, Blancmange, She Wants Revenge, Alison Moyet, Chelsea Wolfe, Mareux, Stereo MC’s, She Past Away, Buzzcocks, Nation of Language, Clan of Xymox, Provoker, Depresion Sonora, Kite, Midge Ure, N8NOFACE, Actors, Deceits, Light Asylum, Wisteria, and Social Order.