Radiohead to headline V Festival?
Gigwise.com is today reporting that Radiohead are to headline this year's V Festival...»
Festivals
The Dutch cap it all again: 20th Noorderslag festival is upon us, chaps.
From 12th - 14th January the 20th Noorderslag weekend kicks into action, and with around 200 bands set to smash it up, Drowned In Sound will be knocking about in Northern Holland...»
Britons Abroad @ Noorderslag Festival
Several bands from the UK have been confirmed to play the brilliantly named, annual international music industry showcase that is the Noorderslag Weekend»
Chiefs to top bill at booze-sponsored Irish festival
Leeds' finest success story of 2005, Kaiser Chiefs, are to headline next year's Heineken Green Energy festival in Dublin...»
Isle of Wight Festival headliners announced
It's The Prodigy...»
Festival buses raise £10k for charity
Music fans that used the shuttle bus service at this year's Leeds Festival have played a part in the raising of £10,000 for charity...»
CMJ: Murmuring and myths at an American college rock festival
New York City is a tunnel of thieves and vagabonds; a nauseous tale of debauchery told through the medium of billboard advertising and raucous taverns. The smell of angst signals the desperation of the locals to ransack, purge and rape any hint of cultural improvement. But once the rock star hipsters become easy to spot, the day-to-day challenge of reporting the truth at the CMJ music festival can begin.»
Further festival advance sales: Bestival 2006 available
Just got back from this year's Bestival? Enjoy it? Good... now buy tickets for next year...»
Truck Festival 2005 - The DiS Review
From the archive... A whole heap o' bands from acoustica to indie schmindie to rock and synthpop. Truck had it all. Again. Some of DiS' writers were there to take it all on...»
Truck Festival 2005: Highlights and Lowlifes
DiS's resident Schla la la Georgina Terry offers an artist's eye view of this weekend's Truck Festival. Expect wine, lots of it; rocking, a steady diet of; and Rotary Club members serving booze... in drag?»
SuperSonic Festival: jubilations, irritations and evacuations
SuperSonic 2005 might’ve ended in unsettling evacuation, controlled explosions reverberating the tarmac outside, but as Birmingham’s city centre was cleared amid security alerts, shockwaves from two perception-altering acts remained most lasting. Lucky that dropping sonic bombs is the only terrorism we’re interested in round these parts, then.»
Rise Festival renamed London United
This weekend's Rise Festival - featuring Billy Bragg, Goldie Lookin' Chain, Lemar and many more acts - has been renamed London United.»
Patti Smith at Royal Festival Hall, Lambeth, Sun 26 Jun
'Horses', then – not “the first fusion of punk and poetry” or “an inspiration to a generation” as the broadsheets have been salivating ever since, just a f*cking great album with some astonishing tunes, delivered with utter conviction by an artist untainted by even the slightest hint of commercialism.»
Bukandskit Festival
It's the hottest day so far this year, 33º at its most merciless. Shoulders and noses are burning, beer is greedily supped, and on a rubgy field on the outskirts of Reading, the festival season is well and truly under way. As the established summer fests grow ever more gargantuan and pricy, it's invigorating to see smaller festivals like Bukandskit sidestepping the money-grabbing antics of larger events and catering to their audiences as people rather than as a cynically defined demographic.»
Iceland Airwaves Festival - first details, tickets on sale
The first information on this year's Airwaves Festival in Iceland has been released...»
100 bands to play massive free festival in Middlesbrough! What's not to like?
Want to see The Editors, Black Wire, Nine Black Alps, the Paddingtons and The Thrills for free? Best get yerself over to Middlesbrough on Sunday 19th June…»
We Love Homelands 2005: Festival Review
Well the wait is over - the festival season officially began as We Love…Homelands 2005 launched us head first into a summer of dancing and depravity. But did it set the silly season off to a satisfactory start?»
Nottingham Dot-To-Dot 05: The festival season starts here...
Summer's here kids, and that can only mean one thing - the start of the festival season. It's that time of year where Millets get their biggest sales boom as the warm weather crusties and ten minute travellers all come out to play, the remnants of daddy's handout in one hand and a detailed map of the M5 in t'other. Thankfully, not all festivals revolve around paying extortionate ticket prices and getting excessively muddy as a reward. Such as this one...»
That Great Truck Sound: Raveonettes join festival bill
Oxfordshire event of all events, Truck festival has announced that the Raveonettes will be joining the bill.»
Leeds-based Chinchilla Festival announced - line up, tickets, stuff...
The Chinchillafest returns for its third year in July. The event, held across three days at various venues in Leeds, boasts an impressive line up of underground acts, each well worth investigation by the curious and open-minded.»
Summer Festival Preview #1 - Homelands
Holy Lord Jesus. The festival season is upon us. As ever, it's kicked off by the all-day weekend mind bender that is Homelands. Our good writer Thomas Davies informs you lovely readers on what to expect, as well as picking out the best from the Others on display. Dance and rock can't live together? They bloody well can...»
Barcelona's Sonar Festival hits London
Barcelona-based festival, Sónar 2005, is popping over to say hello to London at Fabric.»
A quick word about Truck Festival...
...it's like, almost sold out man, and we recommend it as our favourite live-music-in-a-field event of the year.<»
Ireland's Electric Festival set to return in September
The Electric Picnic Boutique Music Festival will return this year for its revamped second run on the 3rd & 4th of September.»
Interpol do festival warm-ups
Interpol announce two summer shows.»
(Spring)loaded and ready for action: Echo and the Bunnymen confirmed for Cornish festival
Echo and the Bunnymen are confirmed to play the Springloaded Festival at Hall For Cornwall, Truro.»
Orange Evolution Festival set for this May
The Orange Evolution Music Festival will be taking over the North East May 19-30th this summer. Newcastle and Gateshead will be home to over 30 indoor gigs that will take place over the course of the festival.»
More names added to Download Festival 2005
Following the quaint British tradition of having seemingly a million different festivals, here's some news on one such event....»
London Hyde Park festivals take shape...
Following on from the annoucement of headline acts for the four Wireless festival days in London's Hyde Park, the bill are beginning to take shape...»
Another festival? Paul Weller joins Guilfest
Veteran soulstringer, Paul Weller is the first act to be announced for this year's Guilfest.»
"More bands should split up" - Brett Anderson opens up to DiS about the return of Suede
Drowned in Manchester #15 – May 2013
armchair dancefloor 39: Mount Kimbie interview, Bobby Browser, Powell, Move D, Leon Vynehall...
DiS meets John Lydon - Part 1: The Man
DiS Does Singles 20.05.13: Paramore, Laura Marling, The Replacements
DiS joins the Music Alliance Pact + May 2013's global MAP compilation
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