Festivals Blog

Glastonbury 2020: all you need to know about dates, line-up rumours, tickets, and more for the 50th anniversary festival

The Worthy Farm festival turns 50 next summer – here’s everything you need to know about joining the big anniversary bash

NME - 12th February 2020

Blogs

All the biggest talking points from the Coachella 2020 lineup

From Lana Del Rey's headline snub to Danny Elfman's bizarre booking

Rhian Daly - 3rd January 2020

Festival photos

Iceland Airwaves 2019: The story of the festival in stunning pictures

Iceland Airwaves took place this past weekend (Nov 7-9) across venues in the nation’s capital of Reykjavik. Now in its 20th edition, the festival...

Thomas Smith - 12th November 2019

Festivals Blog

Iceland Airwaves 2019: Five artists that dominated the Reykjavik weekender

Iceland Airwaves might well be the coolest festival of the year. Yes, it takes place in the windswept Reykjavik in November (a daunting prospect...

Thomas Smith - 12th November 2019

Features

We went to Rock In Rio, the music festival where mega-gig meets Disneyland meets religious cult

To sum up Rock In Rio in one word, it would have to be this: big. Or maybe even this: BIG. The gigantic festival, which...

Dan Stubbs - 17th October 2019

Festivals Blog

Meet the future headliners: these are the new artists that smashed it this festival season

Festival season was fun, wasn't it? Back in May we were stumbling the streets of Brighton for the next big thing at The Great...

Thomas Smith - 25th September 2019

Blogs

It’s not over yet! Here are some autumn and winter music festivals to beat the back-to-school-vibes blues

God, doesn't August Bank Holiday's glorious, sunny Reading & Leeds weekend seem a million miles away now? But the onset of September and it's...

Fred Garratt-Stanley - 10th September 2019

Festivals

Tyla Yaweh: “I want to travel the world, and become a household name!”

Floridian sensation Tyla Yaweh creates his own brand of hip-hop, which mixes trappy beats with rock-flecked production and lingering half-rapped, half-sung vocals. Watch our full...

Hannah Mylrea - 5th September 2019

Festivals Blog

The 10 essential Reading & Leeds 2019 sets to catch on BBC iPlayer before they disappear

Feeling rested after this year's Reading & Leeds yet? Whether you're still firmly in the 'post-festival sads' camp, or rested, washed and raring to...

Will Richards - 30th August 2019

Blogs

Notting Hill Carnival 2019: “If I didn’t have carnival, I wouldn’t get to see how special my people are”

Being a West Indian and a west Londoner, Notting Hill Carnival is vital to my identity. When I parade around Ladbroke Grove in a cape made...

Kyann-Sian Williams - 29th August 2019

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