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A guide to festivals abroad

Summer music festivals have become very big business these days, with hundreds taking place in the UK alone every year. There are multiple festivals to suit every music taste, from rock and pop music to dance and folk – whatever music you’re into, there’s almost certainly a festival going on near you in the UK […]

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Metallica are about to be named as the final Glastonbury headliner, apparently

Looks like the mystery over the remaining Glastonbury 2014 headline slot is about to be solved, with organisers preparing to announce US rock titans Metallica as the Saturday night Pyramid Stage headliner – according to The Sun. The tabloid newspaper, bastion of intrepid journalism that it is, reported this morning that Metallica will be announced […]

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Kasabian announce three Scotland gigs in May – presale open tomorrow

On the back of taking over the music world yesterday with the announcement of new album 48:13 and the unveiling of lead single ‘eez-eh’, Kasabian have announced three headline gigs in Scotland next month. The gigs, in Kilmarnock, Dunfermline and Dundee, will act as a warm-up for the Leicester band’s ‘takeover’ of their hometown’s Victoria […]

Festival Season 2013 – The best festival headliners in the UK this year

Now that the weather has finally caught up with the calendar, Coachella has been and gone and the line-up’s have all been announced it’s officially festival season! To celebrate, here’s who I think are the best/most interesting headliners at this years UK festivals – let me know your favourite headliners in the comments below. The […]

Spiritualized reveal UK tour dates

Spiritualized have today announced they will be touring the UK later this year. Jason Pierce and co. will play six shows across the UK this November in support of new album Sweet Heart, Sweet Light, which was released last week. The album, which features the single ‘Hey Jane’ above, was the bands seventh and their […]

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Reading and Leeds Festival announce complete line-up – adding The Horrors, AlunaGeorge, Blood Red Shoes and more to the bill

Reading and Leeds Festival organisers have today added 52 new acts to the line-up for this years event. Joining the likes of Arctic Monkeys and Queens Of The Stone Age on the line-up are The Horrors, AlunaGeorge, Blood Red Shoes, Pulled Apart By Horses and nu-metal veterans Papa Roach. Here’s the completed line-up poster: Looks […]