Alt-J tickets UK tour

Alt-J tickets go on sale tomorrow – get them here

After announcing their new album This Is All Yours earlier in the week, Alt-J confirmed they will also be going on tour to support the album in September. They will be playing six dates across the UK and Ireland in September, and tickets for all dates go on general sale at 9am tomorrow (Friday 13 […]

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Download Festival 2014 weather forecast – a mixed bag but mostly decent

It’s Download Festival time this weekend, with thousands of rock fans flocking to Donington Park in Leicestershire to see the likes of Linkin Park, Aerosmith and Avenged Sevenfold do their thing. If you’re heading off to Download this weekend then you’ll be interested to know the weather is looking pretty decent. There’s a risk of […]

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Two Door Cinema Club tickets for Bournemouth O2 Academy go on sale tomorrow 9am

Before they hit the festival trail with appearances at Latitude Festival and Australia’s Splendour In The Grass, everyone’s favourite Northern Irish indie-pop band Two Door Cinema Club have scheduled a warm-up gig at Bournemouth’s O2 Academy on Thursday 17 July. Tickets for the gig go on sale tomorrow (Friday 6 June) at 9am, use the […]

Glastonbury

Online petition to stop Metallica headlining Glastonbury reaches almost 25,000

There’s been a lot of criticism of Glastonbury’s decision to invite veteran rock band Metallica to headline this years festival, with Scottish prog-rock band Mogwai the most notable fellow Glasto band to speak out and diplomatically label them as ‘shite‘. Bands and fans speaking out about a line-up decision is always going to happen, but things […]

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Glastonbury 2014 band clashes announced

UPDATE – 4 June The actual stage times for the main stages have now been announced so you can start planning your days a bit more! Here’s the full schedule: Pyramid Stage times Friday Arcade Fire 22.00-23.45 Elbow 20.00-21.15 Lily Allen 18.30-19.30 Rudimental 16.45-17.45 De La Soul 15.15-16.15 Rodrigo y Gabriela 13.45-14.45 The War on […]

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Poll: Which music festival has the best line-up this year?

With the festival season well and truly upon us, and debates raging about the quality of the line-ups, we thought it would be good to get your take on which music festival has the best looking line-up in 2014. Metallica’s inclusion at the top of the Glastonbury bill is causing all sorts of debates, from fans […]