Now that the full line-up for this year’s Glastonbury Festival has been revealed, I thought it would make for an interesting study to work out exactly what it takes to be a Glastonbury headliner. I looked at all the Pyramid Stage headliners for the past 15 Glastonbury Festivals (which takes us all the way back…
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation claimed Kevin Chen as country’s superstar pianist earlier this year. This kid is just eight years old. Another kid named Ryan Wang is just five years old and he has already performed at the prestigious Carnegie Hall. A German pianist named Laetitia Hahn has been delighting German music fans since she was…
As much as critics would like to say ‘the golden age’ of music was when artists sold their records purely on talent, this has never been so. Fashion has always played a prominant role in the industry and is one of the reasons why so many bands and artists are as popular as they are….
There are tons of music stars out there who have millions of fans but can’t probably order a bear to celebrate their own achievements because they are still minor. Just as we wrote about Child Prodigies yesterday, today’s feature is also about young musicians who have hit the high note of fame before they turned…
Were running a series of Festival Essentials in the run-up to festival season 2014. See the latest buying guides below: [box type=”info”] >>> Festival Essentials: the best pop-up tents for festivals[/box] [box type=”info”] >>> Festival Essentials: cool camping gear for festivals[/box] [box type=”info”] >>> Festival Essentials: A guide to festivals abroad[/box] [box type=”info”] >>> Festival Essentials…
Today – 9th October – let’s celebrate the birthday of John Lennon, a music legend and working class hero. All-Noise.co.uk pays tribute to John Lennon, to his music and to his iconic style. Until 1966, John Lennon wore contact lenses. But during the filming of “How I won the War”, John Lennon’s character started wearing…
Whether we like it or not, mobile phones have become an integral part of our lives – something that becomes even more apparent when you’re at a music festival. I literally have no idea how people managed to arrange a meeting with their friends at festivals back in the day, unless of course they were really…
So far there has been 21 winners of the Mercury Prize, or Mercury Music Prize as it was once called. It’s now officially called the Barclaycard Music Prize for sponsorship reasons, but we’ll stick with Mercury Prize from here on in, I think. Since it began all the way back in 1992 the Mercury Prize…
May is here, and it’s bringing a host of great new albums to look forward to. Below is a list of the best albums out in May – what’s going to be soundtracking your month? 6 May Public Service Broadcasting – Inform Educate Entertain Savages – Silence Yourself Little Boots – Nocturnes Ghostpoet – Some…
Many people who want to express their creative abilities often say that they would like to ‘work in media’ – but what exactly does that mean? And what kind of qualifications might be needed? Here we look at the main areas that make up the modern definition of the term and the kind of careers…
