Loyle Carner announced that he is the father of a new daughter during his headline set at All Points East Festival last night (August 17).
The annual All Points East takeover of Victoria Park in London is well under way, with Kaytranada having headlined on Friday (August 16) and Carner taking the top of the bill yesterday.
Closing out a set that he described as “the best night of my life”, Carner’s final track was ‘Ottolenghi’, which includes the line, “So I sit and start to wonder on the woman she’ll become / Wonder if I’ll have a son or a daughter”.
However, on this occasion, Carner tweaked the lyrics, this time rapping: “Because now I have a son and a daughter”. The news that his new daughter now makes him a father of two was picked up on by the crowd, who cheered the good news.
See images and clips from Carner’s set below, which also saw him joined by Jordan Rakei, Tom Misch and poet John Agard.
Legendary scenes 🧡@loylecarner played the biggest show of his career last night at Victoria Park to a huge hometown crowd!
Video by CC Co.#AllPointsEast #LoyleCarner pic.twitter.com/xke8GjQxWv
— Uber One presents All Points East (@allpointseastuk) August 18, 2024
One of the best days of our lives 💛
Thank you @loylecarner!
Photos by Sharon López & Bethan Miller#AllPointsEast #LoyleCarner pic.twitter.com/KWm5pBQQ56
— Uber One presents All Points East (@allpointseastuk) August 17, 2024
@awildns What a guy #allpointseast #loylecarner #loyle #london #awildns #fyp #johnagard
♬ original sound – awildns
@users27126 @Loyle Carner feat @Tom Misch – angel, all point east 24 #allpointseast #loylecarner #tommisch #festival
♬ son original – 🙂
Loyle Carner last night. Gets better every time I see him 🫡 pic.twitter.com/q4cjwZTP11
— Gemma Pollard (@GemmaPollarddd) June 30, 2024
all points east was truly amazing @allpointseastuk @LoyleCarner pic.twitter.com/G3cjCrzRVq
— A$AP Aąrøn (@LF9C_) August 18, 2024
At times during his set, Carner referred to the festival site as his “local park”, adding: “I used to cycle through here every day to take my son to nursery”.
As well as Carner, artists to appear at All Points East yesterday included Nas, André 3000, Ezra Collective, Lianne La Havas, Flying Lotus, Cymande, Nubya Garcia, Lola Young and Sainté.
Remaining nights at this year’s All Points East include Mitski tonight (August 18), and then LCD Soundsystem on August 23 and Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service on August 25.
Loyle Carner released his Mercury Prize-nominated third album, ‘Hugo’, in 2022. In a four-star review, NME described the project as the artist’s “most polished record yet”, adding: “It’s personal, yet far-reaching.”
He also received an honorary degree from the University of the Arts London (UAL) last month.
