Glastonbury Festival Emerging Talent Competition 2013 Launches

Glastonbury Festival's 'Emerging Talent Competition 2013 is giving new, unsigned artists from the UK and Ireland the chance to compete for a main stage slot at this year's Glastonbury. Acts from any musical genre can follow in the footsteps of previous ETC entrants, who include Stornoway, We Have Band, Golden Silvers, The Subways and the winners of the last contest, in 2011, Treetop Flyers.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Friday, 18 January 2013

Amon Amarth Announced For Download Festival 2013

Amon Amarth along with Limp Bizkit, Korn, Airbourne, Enter Shikari, Cancer Bats, Down and 30 more names have been announced to play Download 2013.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2013

The Sword And Huntress To Perform At Download Festival 2013

American heavy metal outfits The Sword and Huntress are the latest names to be added to the Download Festival bill for this year.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Carcass To Headline Damnation Festival 2013

In a spectacular, and early, first announcement, annual Leeds metal event Damnation Festival has announced its headliner for the 2013 edition of the event. The legendary Carcass, who headlined the festival for the first time back in 2008, will return for their first UK performance in support of their new, as yet unreleased, album.

Written by: Ben Bland | Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Download Festival Confirms 37 New Bands For 2013 Line-Up

Download Festival has confirmed 37 additions to its 2013 line-up, including Limp Bizkit, Jimmy Eat World, Down, Korn, Airbourne, Enter Shikari and Cancer Bats. They join headliners Slipknot, Iron Maiden, and Rammstein, as well as Bullet for My Valentine, Mastodon, Stone Sour, Volbeat and Coal Chamber, for what’s set to be THE biggest weekend in the rock calendar at the ‘home of rock’, Donington Park.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Arctic Monkeys Confirmed For Benicassim Festival - Tickets Here

Sheffield indie-rockers Arctic Monkeys have been confirmed to headline Benicassim Festival 2013, alongside The Killers and Queens of the Stone Age.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Thursday, 10 January 2013

Download Festival To Announce Over 30 New Bands Next Week!

Download promoter Andy Copping has revealed that over thirty new bands will be added to the festival's 2013 line-up next week.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Thursday, 10 January 2013

Coalfields Festival Announces 2013 Dates

Organisers are pleased to announce the return of Coalfields Festival, which is scheduled to take place on Saturday 27th July 2013.

Written by: Sally Atlass | Date: Thursday, 10 January 2013

Bloodstock Festival Ticket Payment Plan Launches

Wipe away those ‘back to reality’ January blues with a great deal from the folks at Bloodstock Festival! They’ve organised a deposit scheme to help you spread the burden of paying for your 2013 weekend ticket. Now you can secure your festival wristband for three incremental payments of around forty quid. Much more manageable than forking out a lump sum after you’ve spent all your cash on Christmas presents and New Year booze!

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Monday, 07 January 2013

Sonisphere Confirm 2013 UK Festival Will Not Take Place

The organisers behind metal festival Sonisphere have announced via Facebook and Twitter that the UK edition of the festival will NOT take place in 2013, despite promoter Stuart Galbraith previously revealing that they were "working on a bill" earlier this month.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Friday, 21 December 2012

Isle Of Wight Festival Announce Further Acts For 2013 Line-Up

The Isle of Wight Festival, renowned for showcasing the best emerging talent alongside the biggest names in music, has today added more names to next year’s line-up.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Thursday, 20 December 2012

Wet Nuns Unveil Details Of Their Own Festival 'Detestival'

Hell-raising duo Wet Nuns, in association with Kraken Rum and Throng Of Nobs, have announced their very own festival, 'Detestival', this coming March 2013.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Sigur Ros, Sebastian, and More Confirmed For End Of The Road Festival 2013

A range of bands and headline acts have been confirmed for End of the Road Festival 2013, with names such as Sigur Ros and Palma Violets set to appear at the Dorset--based event.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Monday, 17 December 2012

The Killers Confirmed As Isle Of Wight Festival 2013 Final Main Stage Headliner

The Killers will bring their world-beating live show to the Isle of Wight Festival 2013 on Saturday 15th June. Completing the chart-topping bill of Main Stage headliners, the Las Vegas quartet join The Stone Roses and Bon Jovi for an electric and eclectic experience.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Monday, 17 December 2012

Fleetwood Mac & Rolling Stones Confirm Interest in Headlining Glastonbury Festival

British-American rock icons Fleetwood Mac have claimed that they’d ‘love’ to headline Glastonbury 2013, thoughts which have been echoed by Mick Jagger’s Rolling Stones.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Thursday, 13 December 2012

Mastodon Added To Download Festival 2013 Line-Up

Following on from yesterday's Stone Sour announcement, this evening Download promoter Andy Copping has confirmed that Mastodon will also perform at Download 2013.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Slayer Confirmed As Third Bloodstock Festival Headliner

Californian thrash-metal legends Slayer have been announced as the third and final headline act for Bloodstock Open Air 2013.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 11 December 2012

Eminem Confirmed To Headline Reading & Leeds Festival 2013

Eminem has been confirmed as the first headliner for Reading & Leeds Festival 2013, returning to the main stage where he performed 12 years ago.

Written by: Nigel Sachdev | Date: Monday, 10 December 2012

Latitude Festival Returns Between 18th And 21st July 2013 - Tickets ON SALE 9AM MONDAY

Recently named ‘Best Family Festival’, Latitude returns next year for a spectacular eighth edition, taking place between 18th and 21st July 2013.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Friday, 07 December 2012

Bestival Wins 'Best Major Festival' At The UK Festival Awards

Last night saw the great and the good from the world of festivals gathered in London for the annual UK Festival Awards with Bestival crowned a winner!

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 04 December 2012

Festival No.6 Wins 'Best New Festival' And 'Best Headline Act' At UK Festival Awards

Following its inaugural year Festival No.6 has been awarded both 'Best New Festival' and 'Best Headline Performance' from New Order at this years UK Festival Awards.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 04 December 2012

Bloodstock Wins 'Best Medium-Sized Festival' At 2012 UK Festival Awards

Bloodstock Open Air has been crowned the 'Best Medium-Sized Festival' at the UK Festival Awards 2012, which was held last night at London's Roundhouse. The event, which saw over half a million fans and festival go-ers cast their votes over the last month, acknowledges outstanding achievement in the UK live festival industry.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 04 December 2012

Melvin Benn To Bring More Dance, Grime, And Hip-Hop To Reading And Leeds Festival 2013

As ever, the music scene across the world continues to change each coming year, with different genres of music exploding and dying out as left, right, and centre. Though you may not like it, festivals and events have to try and stay relevant and have to keep their line-ups up-to-date, otherwise they could die out as quickly as some of the genres that once graced our radios.

Written by: Elliott Batte | Date: Monday, 03 December 2012

Coal Chamber Added To 2013 Download Festival Line-Up

Reformed Nu-Metal titans Coal Chamber have been officially confirmed to perform at next year's Download Festival.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Monday, 03 December 2012

Tim McGraw & Carrie Underwood Headline London O2 Arena 'C2C: Country To Country' Festival & Tickets

Some of the biggest superstars in Country Music are uniting and heading across the Atlantic for 'C2C: Country to Country', a huge two-day music festival extravaganza at The O2 London in March 2013.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Monday, 03 December 2012

Jake Bugg, The Script, Bloc Party, Happy Mondays And More Join 2013 Isle Of Wight Festival Line-Up

Today the Isle of Wight Festival has announced an array of the hottest new and established artists around who will be joining headliners The Stone Roses and Bon Jovi for the first major music Festival of the summer. Jake Bugg (above), The Script, Bloc Party, Paloma Faith (below, right), The Maccabees, Ellie Goulding, Happy Mondays, Fun, Bonnie Raitt, Imperial Teen, The Farm, Blondie and Republica, will now be appearing, plus more to be announced in the coming weeks.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Monday, 03 December 2012

Reading And Leeds Festival 2013 To Be Bigger And Better Than Ever - Tickets ON SALE NOW

With the likes of Alt-J, Deftones, Sub Focus and Boy Better Know confirmed as the first wave of artists for the Reading & Leeds Festival 2013, the biggest dual-site festivals in Britain is preparing to be bigger and better than ever. With additional stages, new artwork and of course the all-important line-up, the festivals will remain the best choice for music lovers and in 2013 will boast more genres of music than ever before.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Friday, 30 November 2012

Deftones, Alt-J, Sub Focus And More Amongst First Names Announced For 2013 Reading & Leeds Festivals

Alt-J, Deftones, Sub Focus and Wiley's grime collective Boy Better Know are amongst the first batch of artists announced for the Reading and Leeds Festival 2013.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Thursday, 29 November 2012

Bloodstock Festival Adds Avantasia, Whitechapel, Kataklysm And Ex Deo To 2013 Line-Up

Bloodstock Festival is excited to announce four more additions to the 2013 bill.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Thursday, 29 November 2012

Bon Jovi Confirmed As 2013 Isle Of Wight Festival Sunday Headliner

Following yesterday’s announcement of Friday headliners The Stone Roses, today, Isle Of Wight Festival organisers can confirm that Grammy Award winning Bon Jovi wil close the Main Stage with a UK festival exclusive on Sunday 16th June. Tickets for the Isle Of Wight Festival go on sale on Wednesday 28th November.

Written by: Jon Stickler | Date: Tuesday, 27 November 2012