Festivals and gigs. A listings calendar, plus previews, news, reviews, and photos
Spilling with big names and rising favourites, including previously announced headliners You Me At Six, Flume and Haim, the NME/Radio One Stage has announced even more stand-out sets over the weekend. Monumental live performances will come from Mura Masa, the electronic maestro behind hits ‘Love$ick’ and ‘Firefly’. The highly acclaimed producer and multi-instrumentalist will reign…
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Source: Download Festival 2017 Event News Zippo has unified live music fans for decades, empowering punters to show music legends they want more by raising their lighters high. At this year’s Download Festival, Zippo is keeping the flame burning at the Zippo Encore Area. Celebrating all things live music, festival goers can check out the…
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Source: Download Festival 2017 Event News This summer, Firestone is hitting the road to bring musicians and music-lovers together at several major festivals across Europe. From 9 to 11 June, the third edition of the Firestone Music Tour returns to Download Festival! With the Firestone Stage, Car-aoke Van and other activations, you can come to…
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Latitude 2017 brings another star-studded list of acts including Katherine Jenkins OBE and an unannounced special guest who will join headliners The 1975, Mumford and Sons, and Fleet Foxes – alongside Placebo and Fatboy Slim for hi-voltage performances across the weekend. 40,000 festival fans will be blown away by Brit Award winners The 1975 and…
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HONEYBLOOD / BLACK FOXXES / MR B THE GENTLEMAN RHYMER/ CHASTITY BELT / THE MAGIC GANG / SEAN MCGOWAN / THE TUTS/ TRAAMS / DEAD! / BARNS COURTNEY / THE SHOWHAWK DUO / SWAN LEVITT / UPSTARTS / COCO AND THE BUTTERFIELDS / VISTAS / THE DU-RELL FAMILY / LEWIS BOOTLE / FOURS / WILD…
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Source: Download Festival 2017 Event News Fancy joining us at this year’s festival but can’t quite scrape together the cash? Why not sign up to become part of our Dog Squad at #DL2017? As well as getting a free ticket to the festival, you’ll also have time to watch some of our iconic line up. We’ve…
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Victorious (25-27 August 2017) – the UK’s biggest metropolitan festival – has today announced additional acts to an already incredible line-up that features headliners Stereophonics, Madness, and Elbow and many, many more. Drum and bass pioneer Shy FX and frequent collaborator Stamina MC bolster the dance bill, and following critical acclaim for last year’s Lost Property,…
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Josh Barry will be returning to Glastonbury for his second year running – this time as winner of the 2017 emerging talent competition. He brings an uplifting and dance-oriented brand of soul to his music, and is definitely on the up, with other festival appearances last year including Coachella, SXSW, Ultra, Reading & Leeds, Wireless,…
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[ad_1] UK exclusive Liam Gallagher is coming to the Reading ’17 Main Stage this summer! Expect to hear Oasis classics plus tracks from his debut solo album 🙏[fb_vid autoplay= “true” id=”10154274724785738″] [ad_2] Source
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The Isle of Wight Festival 2017 is supporting Record Store Day by encouraging fans to rummage through vinyl offerings at Ventnor Exchange. The festival is giving away five pairs of weekend tickets to this year’s festival. Each pair is hidden inside mystery records for lucky customers to find throughout the Ventnor store. The winners will…
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Tonight sees Maximo Park back on the road with a mini-tour of record stores to celebrate the 10th Record Store Day and promote their new album, ‘Risk to Exist’. Louder Than War recently gave the album a huge 9/10 for its musical and political credentials…and it is now available as a digital download or a…
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CHELMSFORD SATURDAY 19TH AUGUST & STAFFORDSHIRE 20TH AUGUST – GLEE COMEDY TENT HOSTED BY MARK OLVER – JOEL DOMMETT, LEE NELSON, SEANN WALSH, JEN BRISTER, DAMO CLARK, INEL TOMLINSON, SIMON KING, SCOTT BENNETT, KATE LUCAS, JOHN FOTHERGILL, DAVE TWENTYMAN – JBL DANCE ARENA – STEVE AOKI, GALANTIS, ALAN WALKER, SIGALA (DJ SET), DON DIABLO, DIGITAL…
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Win tickets to Nottingham Splendour Festival feat. Kaiser Chiefs, Busted and more… Multiple Brit Award winning, indie-rock band, Kaiser Chiefs have been announced as headliners for this year’s award-winning Splendour Festival, set in the picturesque setting of Wollaton Park, Nottingham on 22nd July and we’ve got one pair of tickets to giveaway. One of the…
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In The Woods tickets are on sale for this year’s festival, which is held at a secret woodland location in Kent on 1 and 2 September. In a natural amphitheatre under the beautifully lit forest canopy, festival-goers will embark on a perfectly mapped-out journey of discovery across music art and spoken word. What started life…
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Nozstock Fri 21 – Sun 23 July 2017 For full festival info go to: http://www.nozstock.com Theme for 2017: Keepin’ It Surreal Curated by the father and daughter duo of Noz and Ella and a huge extended family who work across the entire festival, there’s a unique charm and energy to Nozstock unlike anything else in…
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With huge headline performances set from the likes of Kasabian, Eminem and Muse, even more names have been confirmed for their standout moment in the sun on those iconic Reading & Leeds Main Stages. Along with the unmissable returns of Liam Gallagher and PVRIS, politically-charged garage rockers VANT will be making the step up, following…
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Boomtown’s carnival-inspired district, Barrio Loco, presents what organisers proudly describe as: “a cornucopia of global culture with a musical soundtrack perfectly complementing the vibrancy of its interweaving streets!” Taking the best in alternative bass, no part of underground culture is left behind; from house to techno, funky to bashment, trance to soca, everything is celebrated…
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Source: Download Festival 2017 – Artist News HAILING FROM AUKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, LIKE A STORM ARE KNOWN FOR COMBINING HEAVY BARITONE RIFFS AND HARD ROCK SONGS WITH THE DIGERIDOO. WE SAT DOWN WITH VOCALIST AND GUITARIST, MATT BROOKS, AHEAD OF THEIR APPEARANCE ON THE DOGTOOTH STAGE AT DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2017. CAN YOU TELL US…
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BLOODSTOCK has six more bands lined up for the Sophie Lancaster stage and four lucky bands win slots on the New Blood stage to celebrate the start of the ‘Metal To The Masses’ finals. Landing slots on the Sophie Lancaster stage are Leeds metal trio BLIND HAZE (www.facebook.com/Blindhazeband), Italian power/classic metal outfit, ARTHEMIS (www.facebook.com/arthemis.official/), sludgy…
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Beverley Folk Festival will once again feature a wealth of exciting young singers, musicians and performers, offering chance to see the stars of tomorrow, today. Chairman Matt Snowden commented, “The festival takes great pride in working to develop new young talent and 2017 will be no exception. To keep the tradition alive we recognise that…
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The most recent district to be announced in Boomtown’s bumper pack of line-ups is the much loved Mayfair. With a backdrop of Vintage Remix, Funk & Soul and Electro Swing, this highly theatrical district brings characters, costumes and ultimate fun to the forefront; whilst at the same time putting consumerism and capitalism under the microscope…
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TDM is a new festival, taking place in Leicester on 27 & 28 May 2017. TDM, meaning Truly Diverse Music, will be bringing music from around the world to the heart of Leicester. The festival is the creation of Hannah McNally, a graduate from De Montfort University’s Arts and Festivals Management course. She has been…
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Taking place 7-9 July, bluedot – the unique festival at Jodrell Bank Observatory that fuses music, arts and culture – has today announced a fourth wave of artists to join its already impressive bill and released day tickets for sale. Singer-songwriter and producer, Astronomyy is a welcome addition to the festival. Known for his atmospheric…
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Glastonbury has given five pairs of tickets to Oxfam to raffle to raise money for the charity’s work fighting extreme poverty and suffering around the world. To enter, Text OXFAM to 60046 for a chance to win 1 of 5 pairs of tickets to Glastonbury 2017. Entry costs £5 plus a standard message, Oxfam will…
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Eden festival sure do love their event posters…
Download Festival has announced another plethora of bands including Devin Townsend Project, Suicide Silence, Code Orange and many more. Download Festival takes place on 9 -‐ 11 June 2017 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. New to 2017, The Avalanche Stage shines a spotlight on everyone from the biggest global acts,…
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Winner of Best Festival at last years Live UK Awards, Dot To Dot returns for 2017 to take over Manchester, Bristol and Nottingham yet again! ◙◙◙◙◙ LINE-UP ◙◙◙◙◙ Sundara Karma Amber Run The GROWLERS Louis Berry Honeyblood Pinegrove Tom Grennan The Big Moon Cherry Glazerr Picture This The Slow Readers Club Josefin Öhrn + The…
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– Stages – Main Stage The Pontoon Amphitheater The Brand New Hidden Woodland The Drum & Bass Big Top The Lakeside Stage FRIDAY 9 JUNE: KANO – FULL LIVE SHOW SIGMA – DJ / DUSKY BUGZY MALONE / NOISIA KÖLSCH / HEIDI / SG LEWIS JAX JONES / CAMO & KROOKED 67 / OCEAN WISDOM…
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Surrey boasts a wealth of local musical talent; from its rich cultural heritage nurturing bands like The Stranglers, to Reuben and Hundred Reasons. And Anderton’s wants to champion the new crop of emerging artists from the local area; and the tastemakers that celebrate them too. Family-run legendary music superstore Andertons Music Co. Have been the…
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