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Glastonbury unveils details of new late-night Block9 field

Glastonbury unveils details of new late-night Block9 field

East London set design duo will curate the late-night area

  • May 20, 2013
Klaxons make UK festival comeback at The Great Escape

Klaxons make UK festival comeback at The Great Escape

The second day (May 17) of the Brighton festival also featured sets from the likes of Swim Deep, Jacco Gardner and Billy Bragg.

  • May 18, 2013
Everything Everything, Merchandise and Deap Vally play first day of The Great Escape 2013

Everything Everything, Merchandise and Deap Vally play first day of The Great Escape 2013

Mac DeMarco, Wolf Alice, Childhood and Charlie Boyer and The Voyeurs also perform at Brighton festival

  • May 17, 2013
Glastonbury to become first UK festival with a dedicated 4G network

Glastonbury to become first UK festival with a dedicated 4G network

Festival teams up with EE to reveal mobile and online services available at this year's event

  • May 15, 2013
Bobby Womack added to Latitude festival line-up

Bobby Womack added to Latitude festival line-up

Deptford Goth, DIIV and Gabriel Bruce also join bill for Suffolk festival

  • May 14, 2013
Glastonbury festival line-up grows as Glade Area acts are revealed

Glastonbury festival line-up grows as Glade Area acts are revealed

Simian Mobile Disco and Boys Noize among new additions to festival.

  • May 13, 2013
Dance acts announced for T In The Park festival

Dance acts announced for T In The Park festival

Green Velvet, Maceo Plex, Maya Jane Coles will play the Slam Tent

  • May 3, 2013
More bands added to Download festival line-up

More bands added to Download festival line-up

Thunder, Kvelertak and We Are The Ocean join metal festival line up

  • Apr 29, 2013
Wretch 32, Angel Haze and Ms Dynamite added to Reading & Leeds festival line-up

Wretch 32, Angel Haze and Ms Dynamite added to Reading & Leeds festival line-up

Further details of 1Xtra Stage revealed...

  • Apr 27, 2013
Bobby Womack and Damon Albarn to headline Glastonbury's West Holts stage

Bobby Womack and Damon Albarn to headline Glastonbury's West Holts stage

Soul singer will be joined by The Bravest Band on Sunday night of festival

  • Apr 26, 2013
Travis and Johnny Marr added to T In The Park line-up

Travis and Johnny Marr added to T In The Park line-up

Scottish band Travis return to festival having first performed in 1994

  • Apr 26, 2013
Ke$ha, Little Mix and James Arthur lead pop additions to T In The Park line-up

Ke$ha, Little Mix and James Arthur lead pop additions to T In The Park line-up

Pop artists lead latest raft of additions to Scottish festival line-up

  • Apr 22, 2013
Beady Eye and Johnny Marr join Benicàssim line-up

Beady Eye and Johnny Marr join Benicàssim line-up

Knife Party, Skream and Wretch 32 also join line-up for Spanish festival

  • Apr 22, 2013
Final Glastonbury 2013 resale tickets to go onsale today (April 21)

Final Glastonbury 2013 resale tickets to go onsale today (April 21)

Last chance to nab tickets for this year's Worthy Farm bash

  • Apr 20, 2013
Merchandise, Parquet Courts and Temples to play NME Radar shows at The Great Escape

Merchandise, Parquet Courts and Temples to play NME Radar shows at The Great Escape

Full line-up and venue announcements for Radar takeover of Brighton festival

  • Apr 19, 2013
My Bloody Valentine added to T In The Park line-up

My Bloody Valentine added to T In The Park line-up

FIDLAR, Trash Talk and The Virginmarys also added to Scottish festival bill

  • Apr 18, 2013
Grizzly Bear, British Sea Power, John Grant, James Skelly added to Latitude line-up

Grizzly Bear, British Sea Power, John Grant, James Skelly added to Latitude line-up

Richard Thompson, Tim Burgess, Austra and Ed Harcourt are just some of the latest additions to the Suffolk bash

  • Apr 16, 2013
Red Hot Chili Peppers play in a sandstorm to bring Coachella to a close

Red Hot Chili Peppers play in a sandstorm to bring Coachella to a close

Vampire Weekend, Wu-Tang Clan and Grimes perform as sandstorms hit Day Three of US festival

  • Apr 15, 2013
Phoenix joined onstage by R Kelly at Coachella Festival - watch

Phoenix joined onstage by R Kelly at Coachella Festival - watch

The second day of the Coachella Valley Festival of Music and Arts took place yesterday (April 13) in Indio, California.

  • Apr 14, 2013
Glastonbury Festival's Shangri-La area announces 'Afterlife' theme

Glastonbury Festival's Shangri-La area announces 'Afterlife' theme

The after-hours area will feature a host of weird and wonderful stages and performances

  • Apr 5, 2013
 
 
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