Pixies reformed. Muse played in daylight. Bright Eyes stormed the second stage. Radiohead ended their world tour. The Cure were even fatter than the Pixies. The Flaming Lips were late. The Cooper Temple Clause were monumental. Temperatures soared. There was no rubbish on the floor. Coachella was the stuff of dreams.»
Middlesbrough Music Live Festival takes place on on May 31st. It's free! With a few bands still to be announced, the majority of the line-up is looking rather spiffing so far.»
Pixies, Chilis, Thrills joined by Groove Armada for Ireland's biggest gig.»
Bob Dylan is to headline the 14th annual Fleadh Festival, to be held on June 20th at London's Finsbury Park.»
Organisers of the V Festival today announced that all it's camping tickets for Hylands Park in Chelmsford site have sold out.»
VirtualFestivals.com has teamed up with Beautiful Days festival (Escot Park, Devon, Aug 21-22) to offer one unsigned band the chance to perform on the main stage, and another to play on "the second stage".»
Leeds Festival gets its licence.»
In celebration of an incredible festival season, we've teamed up with VirtualFestivals and Carling to give you a free 'Best Of The Fest' CD featuring eight tunes from some of the best acts from this year's Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals. Merry Christmas!»
An eighteen-year-old male from Bedfordshire died at the Reading Festival in the early hours of this morning (Monday). Police have said the death is not suspicious, but a post-mortem will be carried out within the next 24 hours. Paramedics worked on the youth for over an hour in the festival campsite from 5»
Just when you thought it was safe to go to Leeds Festival, the Council decide to go and try to cancel it...
Green Man Festival line-up and location announced... This year's event will be held at a new venue - Craig Y Nos Castle in Abercrave, Powys. The festival, organised by It's Jo And Danny, will take place on 25th August this year. There will be two stages of music, a theatre and film show and an»
The mighty and under-appreciated indie label hitBACK Records is staging a three night festival at London's Water Rats in August. Bands lined up to play include Spearmint, The Free French, Host and the Electric Shocks. It will be Spearmint's first live UK shows since their residency at the Bo»
With mere hours to go before Goldrush's intimate Truck Festival kicks off in their tiny home village of Steventon, here's a quick last minute preview. This year they've cunningly given the indie lineup a boot up the ass, adding some bona fide famous people, without drastically changing the village vibe. Clever stuff»
When is a festival not a festival? When it’s sponsored by a train company and has all the atmosphere of a carpet warehouse. Yes, welcome to the second ‘Urban’ Move Festival. The ‘move’ bit obviously relates to the stage which has been moved considerably further forward than last year to hide the fact that»
THE HARDCORE FESTIVAL GUIDE PART TWO You are Hardcore aren't you? Dammit, get with the program before someone kicks you ass. Part 2 of the Hardcore festival guide awaits. What did we have in Part 1 eh? Which Festivals to A»
Jack White was involved in a car crash in Detroit on Wednesday, fracturing in a bone in his right hand. The duo were due to play T in the Park and Witnness festivals this weekend. Their appearances at these have obviously now been cancelled. According to a report on NME.COM, White's girlfriend Renee Zellwe»
Two female suicide bombers have blown themselves up at a rock festival just outside Moscow, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 40. The BBC have reported that earlier today at the Krylya festival on Tushi»
It's now only a fortnight away and the bill's got bigger... This year's Truck Festival - which we're majorly bigging up 'cus it kicks major ass in a glasto-as-it-used-to-be, hippy, independence vibe, kinda away - has added a few more names to the bill, including nu-rawkers thisGIRL, The Koreans, and»
THE HARDCORE FESTIVAL GUIDE PART ONE What is Hardcore? Hardcore: it isn't just a kind of porn, music or gravel, it's more than that. It's a way of life, a philosophy if you will, the Zen of an all or nothing, clinically bipolar, will-driven daily fight to be nothing less than Hardcor»
'Family matters' has caused Zwan to cancel all remaining dates on their European tour. All dates from June 15th (Italy) to July 18th (Switzerland) have been pulled, and this includes the UK shows at Glasto, T in the Park, London, Manchester and Glasgow. Bummer, dude. More info when we get it.»
The OTHER Leeds Festival is back and is promising to be a stormer! The Breeze Festival is now an established fixture and this year's line up is almost as impressive as the fact that all of these gigs are FREE! Our new found friend organising the gigs (who from here on in will be known as Andy) gave us all »
Don’t all cry at once but there'll be no London Fleadh Festival this year. The annual celebration of Irish tinged music from around the world has recently been held in Finsbury Park around the same time as other events taking place there. However, it has been cancelled this year because the organise»
Indie labels music festival in Scouseland... A new event in Merseyside takes place next month that seeks to underline the vast current array of Scouse talent that has permeated the nation’s musical consciousness over the last year or so, all courtesy of the Independent labels that have launched acts of the»
This June will see use being made of the Millennium Dome in the shape of the Snickers Game On skate event. On June 21st and 22nd, the Millennium Dome will be taken over for one of the biggest skate and music events of the year. A mere £12.50 for a single day pass, or £20 for en»
The finest electronica and off-kilter label in the land reaches year six and celebrates with a shindig at Union Chapel, and a retrospective compilation... Anyone with a morsel of knowledge about music at the moment loves and/or respects the wonderous world of Brighton-based label Fat Cat Records, ho»
For those of you who don’t want to go and see David Gray at V, over the same weekend, check out the BEAUTIFUL DAYS Music & Arts Festival.. The event will take place (Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 August) at Escot Park, near Fairmile. It’s an alternative folk roots and reggae festival, with the stunning natura»
Since when was Middlesbrough rock capital of the universe? For 10hours at least, on Monday 26th May, from 12pm - 10pm , Middlesbrough IS the rock capital of the universe! That is the day the "MIDDLESBROUGH MUSIC LIVE 2003" hits the city with eight stages spread all across the town centre. And blimey»
Fancy some summer madness? Skateboarding? BMX-ing? Live music? An abundance of skate/BMX shops? Well, get down to the Millenium Dome (see, it has some uses...well, one!) where Snickers Game On play host to some of the best skaters and BMX riders on the planet, competing to win £30,000. »
The fifth annual Truck Festival in Oxfordshire has started to announce its lineup for this year. The 2-day fest takes place on Hill Farm in Steventon, on July 19th and 20th. Tickets are priced £20 before July 1st, or £25 thereafter. Bands from the Truck stable are set to appear as always: Goldrush (w»
White Stripes, who you may have heard of, are playing more festivals like the great big festival whores they are. You may have already heard that they're doing T in the Park in Scotland. Well if you hadn't, consider yourself truly informed. They've also been added to the bill at T's sister fes»
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