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»
Latest up for the Download Festival is the Kerrang!/Radio1 stage, with most of its bands confirmed for the over the last month we've got the info... As previously reported the first confirmed were Limp Bizkit and Iron »
Audioslave have been added to the confirmed live lineup at the new two day Download Festival which takes place at Donington Park on May 31 & June 1, 2003. audioslave join the current big name line up, as previously reported the »
Arthur Lee is a fucking legend. The prime mover behind late sixties LA crew Love he perfected that dark psychedelic pop sound that has been an influence on so many bands over the past quarter of a century that I could clog up this review yakking on about them. Love's music, ostensibly pretty, »
Rival magazine KERRANG! are putting on one helluva rock festival...3 days, 3 bands, no under 18s... no tents, chalets.. It takes place @ Camber Sands Holiday Centre (New Lydd Road, Camber, Nr. Rye, East Sussex.) home of All Tomorrows parties on 4th - 6th October 2002. Tickets are available f»
The real story never quite got out. Masked by furore over flimsy allegations of police brutality and a joke-like statement from Mean Fiddler dismissing the well-reported riots as extraordinarily “good natured”, is anyone truly grasping the point of all this? As the Leeds leg of the Carling Weekend»
Pulp are to play a special one off day long 'festival' at the Magna Science Adventure Centre with all of the bands and DJs at the event to be picked by them. The band will play the special show, located between (Pulp's hometown) Sheffield and Rotherham, on December 14. The full show is being planned»
Yeah, I’m fresh from one of those weekends of faecal incarceration and not washing any part of you with anything more substantial than water. Oh my, I love to do it. Having experienced certain things and seen others that you should probably never be exposed to, I have compiled a slender guide to how life in the middl»
Those of you who didn't get down to this year's Truck festival in Oxford should take note. It may not be on the grand, and corporate scale, of Reading and Glastonbury but hey size isn't everything! Probably the most indie of all festivals - food is provided by the local rotary club, ice-cream by the vicar, beer f»
The Carling Weekend: Leeds Festival will go ahead at the Temple Newsam Park site following the granting of the festival licence at today's Magistrates Court hearing. Organisers the Mean Fiddler appealed against the original decision to deny the licence by Leeds City Council, made at a meeting on 18th Jun»
After the rest of the stages have, for the most part, had their full lineups officially announced, it's the turn of the Dance Stage Oh, and Mean Fiddler are still in the process of appealing against the Leeds licence judgement fr»
Following the license refusal for this years Carling Weekend: Leeds Festival, the organisers, Mean Fiddler, have announced an immediate appeal to the Magistrate’s Court. Melvin Benn (aka the man), Managing Director of Mea»
The sister festival to Reading has been refused a license due to council concerns regarding littering and noise. Organisers, Mean Fiddler will appeal. More details to follow»
What a clever idea: Get a truck. Get a pa. Get a field. Get some bands. Sell tickets and give some of the profits to Amnesty International and other local charities. Truck Festival 2002 takes place on Saturday 20th trough Sunday 21st July @ Hi»
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion have annouced details of a new single and planned appearances at the Carling Weekender The band are set to release their new single, 'Sweet N Sour' on June 24th. The single is the follow up to 'She Said' <»
Whilst the rest of the Empire wallows in Golden Jubilee celebrations and 25 year old Sex Pistols nostalgia, the Sonic Mook Experiment stages a four day festival of "all that is LOUD & FAST" at the ICA (same street where the Qu»
10AM: I depart London Bridge Station in DiS-punka Peter Whites coffee-scented Lada with Miss.Dis-Emo Miranda and her friend Hannah.
10:05AM: X-fm starts to get annoying playing the same songs.
11:15AM: Pete decides to put on some Bon Jovi. Ears are covered. Some Get Up Kids and At »
The Bristol Essential Festival has been "forced" to cut back a couple of stages and bands for the Sunday Rock! day, claiming "safety issues" as the reason. The site is said to be wet after heavy rain over the last week with organisers deciding that "moshing crowds" could make things a littl»
The sidewalk Arena boasts some of the best up and coming talent of the whole weekend. With a nice spread of nationalities, Sahara Hotnights - Swedish and Kids Near Water from Exeter! I didnt say it was a complete spread just a nice one. Anyway I will get onto the business at hand, that being previe»
This stage probably has the largest 'indie' contingent available to it. For those of you of a frailer disposition, there will be less moshing at this stage. You're standing outside at the start of May. It's probably cloudy and possibly raining. The last thing you want is to stand there lis»
For those of you who like a bit of steel in your diet then upon your arrival at Ashton Court, Bristol, you may want to explore the site in search of The Metal Hammer Arena. While the line-up does not boast the kind of metal pedigree that Ozzfest should or The Lost Weekend will, the bands who »
This year the Bristol Essential Festival takes place at Ashton Court, Bristol, on the Bank Holiday weekend - 4th, 5th and 6th May - 3 days, 7 stages a day, loads of stuff to see and do, and we're giving away tickets (and many other things) for the se»
The official announcement of the line-up for this year’s Carling Weekend Festival for August 23-26 has came, well, at least for the main bands... The Strokes, last festival's most hyped band who ended up being elevated to the Main Stage, this year are set to co-headline the Main Stage in both»
The Strokes are still refused the main stage at Reading & Leeds Carling festivals but moved to the main stage in Glasgow Despite their huge following the band will play an afternoon slot in the 8,000 capacity Evening Session tent at both Reading and Leeds. It's likely a huge»
With Reading Festival next weekend those of you going may be thinking about how you’re going to feed yourself without either falling ill or getting ripped off. But worry no more for I, Andy (quirk), king of festival food will now show you how to survive for less than the price of an undercooked burger and chips (that’s»
LATEST NEWS - NEW ADDITIONS AND CHANGES TO BILL With weekend tickets sold out for the Reading Festival and all available tickets for both sites close to sell-out One of the Two Lone Swordsmen, Andrew Weatherall comes to the LEEDS SITE ONLY (the man behind Primal Scream's "Load»
This year Vitaminic and Planet Pop are presenting six FREE gigs as part of the festival.
All gigs take place at The Venue, Edinburgh and the full line up
follows:
August
12th - Sputniks Down, El Hombre Trajeado, Lapsus Linguae
13th - Post Diluvian, Akira, Mercury Tilt Swi»
Edinburgh International Internet Festival in association with Peter MacCalman Presents The Flipside Music Festival at Whistle Binkies South Bridge, Edinburgh 1st Aug - 1st Sep 2001 2pm - 11pm daily (except on Mondays) - £2.50 afternoons a»
The second free, Leeds Council-organised Breeze Festival was advertised as a more dance-orientated event than last year's, with a switch to a venue offering a capacity of 10,000 and a line-up of DJs more apt and credible than you might expect many council events to attract. However, its major selling point, »
Truck Records have announced a barrage of new bands set to play this year's Truck Festival in Oxford. The event which takes place at Hill Farm, South Oxfordshire on July 21st-22nd will cost £20 with tickets available from the online shop at www.truckrecords.com Bands confirmed so far: »
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