For 19 years the Teenage Cancer Trust have been bringing iconic bands to this iconic venue and along the way have raised huge sums of money for teenage cancer sufferers. Tonight the series was rounded off by The Levellers in the only way they know how – with fire, passion, and a hearty lust for…
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The Isle of Wight Festival has announced ten exciting new acts for this year’s event. Garbage, Keane, Dermot Kennedy, Cage The Elephant, Picture This, Ward Thomas, Wet Wet Wet, Björn Again, Feet and The Marcus King Band are now confirmed to play the festival across the long weekend of 13th – 16th June at Seaclose…
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Prophets of Rage / Slaves / Gogol Bordello / Salt-N-Pepa / Atari Teenage Riot / Therapy? / Ozomatli ft Chali 2na / Bedouin Soundclash / Killing Joke / Asian Dub Foundation / Kosheen with Sian Evans / Goldie Lookin Chain / The Neville Staple Band / Brass Against / Submotion Orchestra / Beans on Toast…
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Definitely one of the most festival-friendly bands on the circuit, Dreadzone packed out the Concord 2 last night as Brighton’s party people came out in droves to revel in happiness. There was a sad undertone of course as the band and their fans still mourne the passing of fellow soldier Loki Dread (John Power) –…
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The 90 acts on the longlist for the Glastonbury EMERGING TALENT COMPETITION 2019, which is supported by PRS for Music and the PRS for Music Foundation have just been announced. These acts were picked by a judging panel made up of 30 of the UK’s best online music writers. Many thousands of acts entered the…
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Returning this summer over four days from the 1st to the 4th of August at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, Rebellion Festival, respected the world over for bringing together the best new and iconic punk and alternative bands annually, has confirmed the day splits for this year’s stellar line-up. Highlights for the main stages each…
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Budding musicians, bands, and artists can now Apply To Play at Sheffield’s biggest ever party, Tramlines Festival, which takes place at Hillsborough Park from Friday 19th July to Sunday 21st July 2019. Entrants hoping to bag a career-changing slot at the 30,000 capacity festival where they’ll be added to a bill alongside the likes of…
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Continuing with Boomtown’s district announcements the festival has unveiled a spectacular balkan roots, and folk punk based bill for Oldtown; one of the oldest and most theatrical of districts. Oldtown is packed full of theatrial venues, artists, street circus performers, painters and poets and a fantastic the bill full of balkan roots and folk punk…
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Larmer Tree Festival has confirmed details of this year’s late-night comedy line-up, which is headlined by Josie Long and Nish Kumar. Josie Long is one of the most respected and distinctive talents on the comedy circuit. Long’s most recent show Something Better completed two sold-out weeks at London’s Soho Theatre and was filmed for an…
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Blair Dunlop, Siobhan Miller , Sheelanagig & Daphne’s Flight among those joining folk legend Richard Thompson in Suffolk this August. England’s most easterly folk music festival has unveiled more top names for its 2019 line-up this August (16-18). FolkEast, one of the most distinctive festivals to be found on the summer calendar, has announced 17…
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With tickets selling fast for the eagerly anticipated launch of This is Tomorrow Festival at its new larger site in Exhibition Park, Newcastle, organisers have revealed that Smiths icon Johnny Marr and the chart-topping Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi have been added to the Stereophonics-headlined bill on Sunday 26th May. Meanwhile, indie legends Ride have also…
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Acclaimed new and up and coming acts will join established festival favourites as the main arena line-up for this year’s HebCelt is finalised. Another ten artists and bands from Scotland, England and Ireland are confirmed for the award-winning international festival just as day tickets have gone on sale. Six performers, including headliners KT Tunstall, The…
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Johnny Marr, Annie Mac, Tom Grennan, Drenge, The Futureheads, Jade Bird, Becky Hill, The Japanese House, Good Cop Bad Cop and more… Sheffield’s biggest ever party, Tramlines Festival, has announced a second wave of acts to appear at the 2019 event from Friday 19th – Sunday 21st July at Hillsborough Park. The latest additions include…
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Josh Turner (first ever UK performance), Kip Moore, Asleep At The Wheel, John Paul White, Eric Paslay, Charley Crockett, Morgan Evans and Rhiannon Giddens Amongst First Wave Of Acts Announced For The Long Road Festival 2019 Festival to return to Stanford Hall in Leicestershire from September 6th – 8th 2019 Following the success of the…
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More amazing guests and panels revealed, alongside wider arts programming across the whole weekend in May Chrissie Hynde, Andy McCluskey and Erin Tonkon are revealed for Sound City+ Gwenno leads Both Sides Now residency with Rhys Edwards, and are looking for emerging female musicians in Merseyside and Wirral to join them New SC+ panels include…
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Event link HERE Taking place at Portsmouth’s musical home, The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth Psych Fest will return for a 3rd year on the 4th of May. With previous line ups featuring the likes of Bo Ningen, Ulrika Spacek, Flamingods, Black Midi and The Wytches, 2019 is set to be the festival’s biggest line up to…
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This year sees Boomtown’s most energetic district – Barrio Loco – pushing musical boundaries even further with its stellar line-up that includes hip hop, garage and grime giants from all corners of the world. Just one of Boomtown’s 12 themed districts, the reverberating sounds, rhythms and lyrics provide the perfect balance to the festival’s varied…
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What a weekend that was! Fat Tuesday’s 10th anniversary completely failed to disappoint on overy level…and the Tuesday finale was the real icing on the cake. Sex Pistols legend Glen Matlock popped up time-after-time in sweaty pubs across town packed with heaving crowds – and scores of other top-class bands and musicians also roamed the…
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So the wind and rain may have forced the umbrellas inside, but the party atmosphere at St Mary in The Castle was thick enough to cut with a knife, and the Mardi Gras spirit was in full effect. This is one festival that knows how to inject fun into every single chapter of its existence.…
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For sheer unadulterated fun, the Grand Hastings Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras ball is hard to beat. This is dressing up taken to the next level as the boys and girls of Hastings show off their finest peacock finery in style. If you haven’t ever had the chance to dance to the tune of a different…
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There’s not a hotel room or air b’n’b to be had in Hastings this weekend because the word is out that if you want to party your socks off for five days whilst celebrating Mardi Gras this is 100% the place to be… And for many people Saturday is the shining light in the Fat…
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What better way to spend a wet and windy Sunday afternoon in Hastings than in the company of a host of amazing new bands… With support and curation from BBC Introducing the South, the Eggtooth Incubate Project, The Joe Strummer Foundation and Off Axis we got to take in a tonne of top-notch performances. Here’s…
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Skinny Lister are some of our favourite rabble-rousers – their music overflowing with a joyous celebration of life, love and liberty. Tonight at Brighton’s Concorde 2 they set sail on their latest venture – a mammoth world tour that will take them across the UK, Europe and America with a new LP but the same…
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He’s come a long way from the days when he couldn’t get a gig at Glastonbury… Jay – AKA Beans on Toast – is as warm and genuine a human being as you’re likely to ever have the priviledge to meet, and his presence on a festival bill these days is more of a ‘must…
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Infected Mushroom / AJJA/ Grouch in Dub live / Liquid Soul / Eat Static/ Tristan / System 7 Hot on the heels of the success of Boomtown’s reggae announcement, the festival has unveiled its bill-topping line-up of psytrance offerings and showcasing yet another integral element of the festival’s diverse musical line-up. Ramping up another level…
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When the Second Line Band rock up in your vicinity, the only thing to do is dance…
Kate Tempest, The Cat Empire, Jack Savoretti, Gomez, The Shires and KT Tunstall heading for Larmer Tree 2019 18 – 21 JULY 2019 Larmer Tree Gardens, Wiltshire/Dorset BorderLarmertreefestival.co.uk Weekend Tickets on sale now Adults £180Youth £115 Children under 10 FREE Day tickets available in late Spring 2019 For 28 incredible years, Larmer Tree Festival has…
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Victorious Festival (23-25 August ’19) – the UK’s biggest metropolitan festival – has today announced a second wave of incredible artists including: Two Door Cinema Club, Rudimental, Doves, Bloc Party and many more. Headlining the Saturday is multi award-winning four-piece Rudimental! Following their hugely successful third studio album Toast to Our Differences, and with two #1 albums and three #1 singles…
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12th – 13th July 2019 Gunnersbury Park, London WEEKEND TICKET HERE FRIDAY TICKET SATURDAY TICKET LOVEBOX FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FIRST ACTS OF 2019 THE LINE-UP INCLUDES: SOLANGE (FRI) – CHANCE THE RAPPER (SAT) FURTHER ACTS ANNOUNCED TODAY: FOUR TET – BROCKHAMPTON (UK EXCLUSIVE) – LOYLE CARNER – H.E.R. (UK EXCLUSIVE) – ACTION BRONSON – KAYTRANADA –…
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Alfresco Festival returns to the beautiful woodland of Hop Farm in Kent from 23rd to 27th May and announce even more acts joining an unbeatable line up of house, disco, techno and more, soaked in family-friendly, summer vibes. Sancho Panza will host the main stage all day on Sunday with Maurice Fulton headlining, Eric Duncan…
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ARXX / FRAGILE CREATURES / TIGER MIMIC / JETSTREAM PONY / WERECATS / FARENHEIT 451 / EMILY MAGPIE / CHRISTINA STAZAKER MARTHA MAKES MISTAKES / GODDAMMIT JEREMIAH JOINING: BLOOD RED SHOES THE LOVELY EGGS NOVA TWINS BANG BANG ROMEO MOSES SISTERAY BUGEYE / BERRIES / USELESS CITIES / CHORUS GIRL / FIGHTMILK / THE WEIRD THINGS / WEEKEND RECOVERY /…
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Y Not Festival returns with the UK’s biggest indie line-up of 2019, featuring rising stars alongside a full range of musical icons. Crossing the Peaks to kick things off are local legends, Elbow. The critically-lauded Mancunian band, lead by frontman Guy Garvey, are known for their beautifully soaring anthems such as ‘One Day Like This’. With an…
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CHAGSTOCK FESTIVAL organisers have announced more bands. The LIVE LOUNGE stage line up is now confirmed. Fun Lovin’ Criminals have been invited back to headline the main stage on the Saturday night. They are, still, the world’s finest and only purveyors of cinematic hip hop, rock ‘n’ roll, blues-jazz, latino soul vibes. The planet’s “best-loved…
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11-14 July 2019 Tynemouth Priory & Castle SAM FENDER ANNOUNCES HUGE HOMETOWN SHOW THIS SUMMER. BRITS CRITICS’ CHOICE WINNER SET FOR TYNEMOUTH PRIORY & CASTLE IN JULY UK SPRING TOUR SOLD OUT. Sam Fender has just announced details of a huge headline show in his home town this Summer. Fender will take over the stunning…
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We’re looking forward to this one BIG TIME – Hastings Fat Tuesday has been ranked amongst the best Mardi Gras (that’s French for Fat Tuesday…) events in the world – and it’s right here in the UK. CHECK DATES AND VENUES HERE Hastings Fat Tuesday dates and times Check this growing playlist of who you…
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Some of the UK’s best folk musicians will perform at the newly-resurrected Bristol Folk Festival this May Day Bank Holiday weekend. The multi-venue festival will feature performances from award-winning folk musicians Cara Dillon and Kris Drever (Lau) as well as a host rising stars of the UK folk scene, including Lady Maisery, Sam Kelly and the Lost Boys,…
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20,000 people / 2 Stages / 20 DJ’s / 1 Orchestra Sign up for pre-sale tickets http://www.cream.co.uk/classical The UK festival landscape is one of the most celebrated in the world and as we look forward to another year of diverse and imaginative music events, Cream, the award-winning promoters behind some of the world’s biggest electronic…
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HEADLINERS INCLUDE BILLY OCEAN, STATUS QUO, THE HUMAN LEAGUE, ERASURE’S ANDY BELL, LEVEL 42, MARC ALMOND, SISTER SLEDGE & TONY HADLEY Bigger than Glastonbury? This summer a collective audience of over 150,000 (that’s more than go to Glasto) will flock to twelve Let’s Rock locations across the UK to celebrate all things pop and 80s,…
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New names added to the line-up include Tokyo-based producer and DJ, Powder, who has just announced a new mixtape on Beats In Space. Other names added to the programme include Admin, Bawrut, Alfresco Disco, Austin Ato, John Gomez, DJ Format, Dave Harvey, Kieran Holden, Pete Herbert, Admin, Alfresco Disco, Austin Ato, Bawrut, Body Hammer, Dave…
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Ms. Lauryn Hill / Prophets of Rage / The Streets Chronixx / Chase & Status (RTRN II JUNGLE) / Groove Armada Slaves / Salt-N-Pepa / UB40 (ft. Ali Campbell + Astro) / Gogol Bordello Boomtown has revealed the line up for the 11th instalment of the 66,000-capacity music festival taking place over 7th – 11th…
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