LCD Soundsystem announced for All Points East 2024
They will be joined by Pixies, Jockstrap, Jai Paul and more.
Festivals
Loyle Carner set for huge performance at All Points East 2024
Special guests include Nas and Ezra Collective.
TRNSMT lineup | 2024 headliners are Liam Gallagher, Gerry Cinnamon, and Calvin Harris
TRNSMT Festival returns to Glasgow Green with a bang.
Primavera lineup | Lana Del Rey, Pulp, SZA lead 2024 Primavera Sound Barcelona
Celebrating music, equality, and Barcelona's vibrant culture, this year's festival boasts international icons like Lana Del Rey, PJ Harvey, and The National. Here's the Primavera lineup!
How Royal Blood threw the least rock n’ roll temper tantrum
Rock duo Royal Blood threw a tantrum at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend, admonishing the crowd for not being passionate enough. We advise against such behaviour.
Glastonbury 2023 | Lineup, stages and times confirmed
The final lineup and stage times have been confirmed for this year’s Glastonbury festival, with Rick Astley and Queens Of The Stone Age added to the flagship event.
Hermanos Gutiérrez at Cross the Tracks review | Alluring Latin America soundscapes
★★★★☆
Ecuadorian-Swiss brothers Hermanos Gutiérrez took the crowd on a desert road trip at Cross The Tracks, with their hypnotic, soulful instrumentals. Read our review.
Slowthai removed from line-ups for Glastonbury and Reading & Leeds festivals
Slowthai has been removed from the online line-ups of both Glastonbury and Reading & Leeds festivals, after the rapper was charged with two counts of rape.
The standout acts from The Great Escape Festival 2023
Brighton’s annual The Great Escape kicks off festival season by bringing together as many new and upcoming bands as the seaside town can possibly handle. Over three days, every venue, pub, club and street corner hosts a range of musicians, all vying for attention. They all have their work cut out. Here’s our pick of the best standout performances from across the weekend.
The Great Escape Festival 2023 | whynow’s ones to watch
The Great Escape Festival is kicking-off this week. The Brighton-held event is one of the best tributes to new music going – and this year is no different.
Full 2023 Lollapalooza Lineup | Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Lana del Rey and The 1975 headline
Lollapalooza returns to Chicago this August, with headliners including Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and The 1975. See the full lineup below.
Pirate Studios launches over 70 paid gig opportunities for aspiring artists
Pirate Studios have collaborated with 28 festivals and venues in the UK, U.S. and Germany to offer over 70 paid gigs to emerging acts.
Burna Boy to perform at Champion's League Final
Burna Boy will co-headline this year’s UEFA Champions League Final Kick Off Show, a week after he completes the UK leg of his tour at the London Stadium.
Juan Mata organising Manchester exhibition celebrating the beautiful game
Former Manchester United and Chelsea star Juan Mata is overseeing a project for the Manchester International Festival, bringing together 11 artists with 11 footballers to collaborate on different artworks.
Major UK festivals are booking fewer emerging artists, new study finds
New research from Pirate has found that major UK festivals are booking fewer emerging artists each year, with line-ups becoming increasingly “homogenous”.
Glastonbury 2023 line-up | Arctic Monkeys and Guns N' Roses join Elton John as headliners
The Arctic Monkeys and Guns N' Roses have been revealed as headliners at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, joining the already-announced Sir Elton John.
Little Simz and Grace Jones to headline Love Supreme Festival 2023
Little Simz and Grace Jones have been announced as headliners for this year’s Love Supreme Festival.
Yard Act and Mimi Webb among 50 names added to Latitude Festival lineup
Yard Act and Mimi Webb are among a list of 50 new names added to the Latitude 2023 lineup, along with long-time indie-rockers James, who’ll be celebrating their 40th anniversary at the festival.
New Order to launch new Manchester-based festival with SXSW concert
New Order are set to launch Beyond The Music, a new festival and music conference taking place in their native Manchester between 11 and 14 October.
Other Voices 2023 review | Delightful song and dance in Dingle
When Other Voices founder Philip King began his festival-come-television-show almost two decades ago, he did so because he wanted to capture a photo of the musical life of Ireland at the time. Whilst the breadth of the event’s offering now extends beyond the Irish border, what a remarkable picture it captures all the same.
Kiefer Sutherland heading to Scotland's Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
Kiefer Sutherland is heading to the Scottish Highlands, performing at the Belladrum Tartan Heart music festival next summer.
Other Voices Cardigan: The unassuming festival building bridges between cultures
An Irish, a Welsh and an English person walk into a bar. That’s not the start of a poor joke, but a likely scenario of the Other Voices festival which took over the quaint town of Cardigan this weekend — and where said bar was among many dotted around the town that had been converted into a temporary music venue.
Glastonbury tickets £70 more expensive for 2023, Emily Eavis responds
Glastonbury tickets have risen from £270 to £340. Emily Eavis blames the cost of running the festival.
FORWARDS Festival review | A dazzling debut (with room to improve further)
A slightly uneven billing across FORWARDS Festival’s two days and the odd technical glitch couldn’t mar what was otherwise a superb first instalment of Bristol’s latest musical must.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor breaks Guinness World Record for largest-ever disco dance
Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who won plaudits over lockdown for her Kitchen Discos, has now helped break the Guinness World Record for holding the largest ever disco dance.
Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99 review | A chilling autopsy of rock music’s deadliest weekend
★★★★★
Woodstock ’99 was meant to celebrate thirty years of love and counterculturalism. However, it quickly descended into a weekend of fires, riots and rapes. Jamie Crawford’s Netflix miniseries explores in powerful depth how a once-in-a-generation extravaganza imploded.
Booking of UK acts at European music festivals falls by 45 per cent
The number of UK acts being booked at festivals in the EU has fallen by 45%, figures released today have shown.
Frieze London 2022 galleries announced
Frieze London has announced the 162 galleries featuring at its fair in Regent's Park this October. A full list can be found below.
Wireless 2022 at Finsbury Park review | Chaotic fun in the sun
Three fiery females in Cardi B, SZA and Nicki Minaj headlined the Finsbury Park instalment of Wireless this weekend, to varying levels of success, amidst a backdrop of cancellations and crowd chaos.
In Photos | Glastonbury 2022 opening days
The opening days of Glastonbury, until the main acts take to the stage from Friday onwards, can often feel like a liminal period of waiting. But after the three-year delay to this year's Glastonbury, it felt like the waiting was over from Wednesday. Here's a snapshot of some of the (half-drunken) revelry that has already descended on Worthy Farm in the opening two days.
