Category: Festival Line-Up Announcements

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NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS & CHASE & STATUS TO HEADLINE JERSEY LIVE FESTIVAL with JT, 1ST – 2ND SEPTEMBER

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NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS & CHASE & STATUS TO HEADLINE JERSEY LIVE FESTIVAL with JT, 1ST – 2ND

SEPTEMBER LINE UP SO FAR: NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS CHASE & STATUS / PRIMAL SCREAM / PROFESSOR GREEN / THE STRANGLERS / DEVLIN / MAVERICK SABRE / MANY MORE TBA

Set in the Parish of Trinity, in the rural heart of Jersey, Channel Islands, Jersey Live Festival sponsored once again by JT returns for its 9th edition this September. With recent bills [...]

POSTEPAY ROCK IN ROMA 2012 LINE-UP REVEALED!

Rock is coming to Rome! The third edition of the amazing POSTEPAY ROCK IN ROMA is coming to keep you refreshed during the hot Roman summer.

Starting the 7th June and ending on 2nd August with Placebo, people will be able to attend nearly a gig per day at Ippodromo Le Capannelle, filling their ears and soul with the music by the best bands of the moment.

Thanks to the brilliant line-up, 300.000 visitors are expected joining the biggest festival Rome has [...]

Bjork Cancels Primavera Sound 2012 Shows

 

“After some successful shows in South America, it’s with a heavy heart we must inform that the shows scheduled for Saturday 2nd of June at San Miguel Primavera Sound (Barcelona) and Saturday 9th of June at Optimus Primavera Sound (Porto) must be cancelled.

After canceling some shows due to an inflamed nodule, Björk‘s specialist doctor advised her to keep resting and not to continue with the shows as they could bring a permanent damage to her voice.

We are very sorry about [...]

WARPED TOUR UK ANNOUNCE LOSTPROPHETS & BRING ME THE HORIZON PLUS MANY MORE

The legendary VANS WARPED TOUR will be making its first stop in the UK in 13 years this November 2012. Last seen in the UK at Reading and Leeds festivals in 1999, VANS WARPED UK 2012 will see over 10,000 music lovers descend on North London’s Alexandra Palace on Saturday November 10th.

Heading up the bill are Welsh chart-topping rockers LOSTPROPHETS, who take their stunning new album ‘Weapons’ across the UK, and former VANS WARPED TOUR US headliners BRING ME THE [...]

Rock Werchter 2012 Thursday Addition

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Programme change for Thursday! Rising star Azealia Banks has cancelled a large chunk of her scheduled shows, including the one in the Pyramid Marquee in Werchter. The young American is working on her debut album and wants to concentrate fully on that. A replacement was needed and was found. Kraantje Pappie, a new and immediate success in the hip-hop world, will open the Pyramid Marquee on Thursday!

Day tickets for Friday, Saturday, Sunday and the combi-tickets have sold out. There are [...]

Moonsorrow & Freedom Call announce Bloodstock 2012 performances

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Finnish Pagan outfit MOONSORROW and German metallers FREEDOM CALL have just announced they will both make exclusive UK performances on the main stage of this years BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR.

Moonsorrow who describe their sound as ‘Epic Heathen Metal’ are extremely excited to be a part of this years line up. With the band residing in Helsinki Finland, their lyrics draw inspirations from Finnish mythology, legends and poetry. Drummer Marko Tarvonen expresses his delight for being added to this years line up;

“We [...]

UNDERAGE FESTIVAL 2012 FIRST ACTS ANNOUNCED – MAVERICK SABRE, RUSTIE, PULLED APART BY HORSES, DRY THE RIVER AND MORE

 

Underage Festival

Friday 31st August 2012

Shoreditch Park, London

www.underagefestivals.com

 

*First 2012 Acts Announced*

BIGKids

Dry The River

Fixers

Iceage

Maverick Sabre

Outfit

Pulled Apart By Horses

Rustie

Spector

Summer Camp

Theme Park

 

“Underage’s eclectic line-up upends the notion that 13-17 year olds listen solely to Justin Bieber-esque drivel” The Fly

 

“Glorious sunshine, great music and free sweets make this the perfect teen-friendly festival” NME

 

“It remains an accomplished opening to the [...]

Beacons Festival: Toots and the Maytals confirmed as Sunday headliner

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Beacons Festival are pleased to announce that Toots and the Maytals are confirmed as Sunday’s headliner on the Stool Pigeon stage.

Do they really need any introduction? Well, just in case; Toots and the Maytals are legends in the world of reggae, ska and roots music. They started releasing records from their base in Kingston, Jamaica in the early 1960s, working with the likes of Prince Buster and getting their first major hit, ‘Monkey Man’ in 1970. Their influence is cast far and wide, beyond the immediate world [...]

RADFEST 2012 Unveils Line-Up

Veronica Falls, Ceremony, Jacuzzi Boys, Eagulls, Virals + 10 more acts tba

Sunday 19 August

2pm – 12am

Hackney Downs Studio, Amhurst Terrace, E8 2BT London, United Kingdom

£15 advance tickets – ticketweb.co.uk/sexbeat

 

London based events company, record label and online magazine; SEXBEAT, and Nudie Jeans Co. are pleased to announce their annual festival RADFEST will take place on Sunday 19 August  2012.

 

Following previous sell out events at Corsica Studios and the Bussey Building, the festival has expanded yet again and will place at [...]

Camp Bestival It’s Olympic!

Camp Bestival It’s Olympic!

 

Following an absolutely fantastic Easter, filled with egg hunts, colouring in competitions and a truly epic chocolate binge, we are back and ready to rock! So, as the summer hoves into view and with our entertainment line-up which includes Happy Mondays, Hot Chip, Kool And the Gang, Chic Featuring Nile Rodgers, Mr. Tumble, The Gruffalo, Shrek, Young British Foodies, Stefan Gates The Gastronaut, Jimmy Carr and so much more, guaranteeing you a fun-packed festi-holiday weekend, all at [...]

Plenty of WOW Factor as Paul Oakenfold, Danny Rampling, Maxi Priest and The Wailers play WOWfest

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Plenty of WOW Factor as Paul Oakenfold, Danny Rampling, Maxi Priest and The Wailers play WOWfest

 

House legends Paul Oakenfold and Danny Rampling, and reggae stars Junior Marvin of Bob Marley’s Wailers and Maxi Priest are amongst the first headliners for this summer’s brightest new festival in August on the Isle of Wight – WOWfest, a 3 day music extravaganza on August 17th – 19th  featuring some of the world’s top acts in what promises to be one of the most [...]

A Close Up on Benicassim Festival

FIB is much more than just a music festival; over 100 acts perform over 4 days – over 4 stages, with 8 days free camping; FIB is beach by day, music by night.

 

Benicassim Festival is set amongst the stunning natural beauty of the East Spanish coastal town of Benicassim, featuring a dizzying array of top live acts, including The Stone Roses, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Florence + The Machine and Dizzee Rascal (among many, many more) with past acts including [...]

Elizabeth Fraser makes a rare live appearance and underground scenes of New York and London meet as Southbank Centre announces the first confirmed events for Antony’s Meltdown

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Elizabeth Fraser makes a rare live appearance and underground scenes of New York and London meet as Southbank Centre announces the first confirmed events for 

Antony’s Meltdown

www.meltdown.southbankcentre.co.uk

1 – 12 August 2012, Southbank Centre
The Observer is Media Partner of Meltdown 2012

Tickets go on sale to Southbank Centre members at midday on 8th May 2012
Tickets go on sale to all at midday on 10th May 2012
0844 847 9944 / www.southbankcentre.co.uk/meltdown

Each year Southbank Centre’s Meltdown Festival opens up the world of one mercurial artist. [...]

SNOW PATROL, STEREOPHONICS, DURAN DURAN AND PAOLO NUTINI TO HEADLINE BTLIVE

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Snow Patrol, Stereophonics, Duran Duran and Paolo Nutini were today announced as the headliners for the BT LONDON LIVE OPENING CEREMONY CELEBRATION CONCERT in Hyde Park on 27 July.

Friday 27 July sees the launch of BT London Live, a partnership between the Mayor of London, The Royal Parks and The London Borough of Tower Hamlets, and a key part of the citywide programme of events being organised by the Mayor of London to celebrate the London 2012 Games. Throughout the [...]

Nozstock 2012 (The Futureheads to headline at the festival)

Nozstock The Hidden Valley (27th-29th July 2012) is delighted to announce The Futureheads as Saturday night headliners for 2012 alongside DnB powerhouse DJ Zinc, UK ska exponents Imperial Leisure and live breakbeat act The Raged. There will also be a new stage at Nozstock this year, Tent of Temporary Thought, a proverbial literary feast which will appear alongside festival favourite Bantam of the Opera, a theatre stage by day and Velveteen Valley Caberet Lounge by night.

Sunderland post-punk power quartet The [...]