Over 70 New Acts Announced For Swn Festival 2013

Over 70 new acts have been announced for this year's Swn Festival. The four-day Cardiff event features the best new music from Wales and beyond.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Monday, 05 August 2013

Tickets For Outlook Festival Opening Party Almost Sold-Out

This year’s Outlook Festival in Croatia is set to be one of the biggest events of the summer, and even its opening concert is looking like it’ll be a massive affair. But if you want to reach it, you’ll have to act quick as tickets are almost sold out.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Thursday, 01 August 2013

Lollapalooza To Live Stream Sets From Mumford & Sons, The Killers And More This Weekend

Chicago’s Lollapalooza Festival, a three-day festival featuring some of the biggest names in alt-rock, metal, hip-hop, and dance music, kicks off on Friday and a whole load of top bands will be streaming their sets live via YouTube.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Thursday, 01 August 2013

The Final Countdown - 10 Days To Bloodstock!

Bloodstock, the biggest metal party weekender of the year, is just 10 days away, when 15,000 dedicated fans will descend on Catton Park’s hallowed ground for four days of non-stop metal. If you’ve not picked up tickets, there’s still time, although Serpents Lair VIP packages are now almost all sold out. You might get lucky if you’re very quick!

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Creamfields Tickets Nearly Sold Out

With only a month to go until Creamfields 2013, festival organisers have issued the final ticket warning to its fans, announcing that in the next two weeks all 60 thousand tickets will be gone.

Written by: Adam Holden | Date: Thursday, 25 July 2013

Secret Garden Party Warns Fans Against Drugs And Legal Highs

Attendees of this year’s Secret Garden Party have been warned about the dangers of drugs and legal highs, following the recent death of a local homeless couple in what’s believed to be a drug-related incident.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Thursday, 25 July 2013

Damnation Add Six Bands To Already Incredible 2013 Line-Up

Damnation Festival have proved themselves pretty adept at bringing the best metal around to Leeds every November, and their latest announcement emphasises that more clearly than ever.

Written by: Ben Bland | Date: Thursday, 25 July 2013

Reading And Leeds Festival Announce BBC Introducing Stage Line-Up

With Reading Festival weekend tickets now sold out and just four weeks remaining until Early Entry ticket holders begin to arrive for Reading & Leeds 2013, the line-up continues to grow with the announcement of many names on the BBC Introducing Stage, Dance To The Radio in Leeds and more.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Beacons Festival Reveal Stage Times

The organisers of Beacons Festival have revealed the stage times ahead of next month’s event.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Wednesday, 24 July 2013

CockRock Festival Organiser To Take Legal Action Over Wiley's Early Exit

The organisers of Cumbria’s CockRock Festival have revealed that they’re going to be taking legal action following Wiley’s swift exit just 15 minutes into his set.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Tuesday, 23 July 2013

Slint Reunite For All Tomorrow's Parties Send Off

Post-rock legends Slint will reform in order to send off All Tomorrow's Parties in style.

Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Tuesday, 23 July 2013

Green Man Festival Announce New Stage and Line-up

One of the highlights of the summer festival scene, and a previous winner of the UK award for Best Medium Sized Festival, Green Man has announced full details of its newest stage as well as an exciting line up.

Written by: David Ball | Date: Monday, 22 July 2013

Bloodstock Add Further Bands To Line-Up

With three weeks to go until Bloodstock, a further slate of bands have been confirmed for the festival.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Friday, 19 July 2013

Hard Rock Hell Blues Weekender Announced!

Hard Rock Hell (HRH) have announced their latest weekender, HRH Blues, which will take place at Hafan y Môr Holiday Park in Pwllheli, Gwynedd on March 21 and 22.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Friday, 19 July 2013

Hevy Fest Cancelled After Venue Switch

Organisers have confirmed the cancellation of this year's Hevy Fest, which had been slated to take place at Brixton Academy on August 4 with Killswitch Engage as headliners.

Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Friday, 19 July 2013

Further Acts Announced For Fusion Festival

A host of new acts has been confirmed for Fusion Festival in Birmingham. Joining the bill are Labrinth, Naughty Boy, A*M*E, Charlie Brown, the Vamps, Ollie Marland, Isac Elliot, Jacob Banks and Ed Drewett.

Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Friday, 19 July 2013

Bloodstock Confirm More Bands For Sophie Lancaster Stage

Bloodstock, the biggest metal party weekender of the year, is just three weeks away, and the event has announced another handful of bands for the Sophie Lancaster Stage at Catton Park.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Robert Plant, Van Morrison And More Confirmed For BluesFest

Robert Plant, Van Morrison, Bobby Womack and Chris Rea are among some big names confirmed for BluesFest 2013 at the Royal Albert Hall.

Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Friday Day Tickets For Reading Festival Now Sold Out

The excitement for Reading and Leeds Festivals 2013 is as hot as the weather and with just six weeks to go, Friday Day tickets for Reading Festival have now sold out.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Monday, 15 July 2013

Two Men Hospitalised Following Wireless Stabbing

Two men have been hospitalised after being stabbed at Wireless Festival in London.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Monday, 15 July 2013

Bloodstock Festival Announces Jagermeister Stage Bands

With Bloodstock now only four weeks away, event organisers have announced another handful of bands for the Jagermeister Stage at Catton Park.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Friday, 12 July 2013

Win Tickets To Bloodstock Festival With Amorphis

Bloodstock Festival, the most metal weekend of the year, is less than 4 weeks away and in anticipation of the festival, Finnish metallers Amorphis are giving away two weekend tickets to attend this year's event. The band are running the competition over on their Facebook page and all fans need to do is answer a simple question, here.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Friday, 12 July 2013

NASS Festival Returns This Weekend With Nas, Katy B, Hadouken & More - Tickets Still Available!

There are not many festivals in the UK that serve up the multitude of offerings that NASS provides, and it's surely the greatest extreme sports and music festival the UK has to offer.

Written by: Adam Holden | Date: Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Richard Ashcroft, Gaz Coombes & More Added To Latitude Festival 2013 Line-Up

With this year's Latitude Festival just one week away, the line-up has expanded once again with the addition of Britpop superstars Richard Ashcroft and Gaz Coombes. 

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 09 July 2013

Hevy Fest Moves To London Brixton Academy - Killswitch Engage To Headline

Hevy Fest have confirmed that this year's event will not be a weekend camping festival due to a "well-hidden licensing condition". Instead, Hevy will convert to a half-day gig at Brixton Academy, with a smaller London show also lined-up. A full statement from organisers is below.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 09 July 2013

Isle of Wight Festival 2014 Dates Announced

The dates of next year’s Isle of Wight Festival have been announced, following the conclusion of this year’s epic event - which saw the likes of The Stone Roses, The Killers and Bon Jovi performing.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Monday, 08 July 2013

Saturday Day Tickets For Reading Festival Now Sold Out

Summer is here and the countdown to Reading and Leeds Festivals 2013 is well underway. With less than 50 days to go until the gates open, Saturday day tickets for Reading Festival have now sold out.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Friday, 05 July 2013

Bloodstock Announce Hobgoblin Beer Contest Winners Plus 'Metal 2 The Masses' Additions

Bloodstock Festival and Hobgoblin Beer have announced they’ve found their winning band!  The two companies banded together to run an exclusive competition on special Bloodstock-branded Hobgoblin beer bottles to win a slot on the bill at the festival! Online submissions have been rolling in from around the globe, with fans voting for their favourite to bag the coveted spot on the festival line-up and the lucky winners are London’s metal ragers, Skreamer. Check them out for yourself, as video entries are still online to view at wychwood.co.uk.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Thursday, 04 July 2013

Michael Eavis Already Has Glastonbury 2014 Headliners Booked

Glastonbury Festival organiser Michael Eavis says he has already booked his headliners for 2014, amid his near-annual claims that this year’s event has been the best in history.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Monday, 01 July 2013

Beady Eye Perform At Glastonbury As Predicted

Liam Gallagher and his Beady Eye bandmates kicked off Glastonbury this morning, with an unscheduled performance at 11am.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Friday, 28 June 2013