Laura Marling
Just over a week left to enter The Road To Blissfields
Time is running out for local acts who want to enter this years Road To Blissfields competition. You have until the end of January if you want to enter to win a slot at one of the countries best small festivals. The annual competition will this year be visiting three new areas (Reading, Basingstoke and Brighton) [...]
Search for new talent to play Honeyfest Festival begins
Honeyfest 2012 Battle of the Bands competition is now open for entries! With Honeyfest 2012 tickets selling well, the Honeyfest bees have turned their attentions to the highly popular sister event, Battle of the Bands! They have already begun to rummage through the UK’s finest unsigned talent to uncover some exciting and refreshing new artists. [...]
Blissfields announce 2012 theme and Christmas Ticket details
Following their biggest, most successful and creative year yet in summer 2011, Blissfields Festival returns in 2012 to Winchester, Hampshire on the weekend of 29th June to 1st July, while organisers are now pleased to announce that tickets are on sale via www.blissfields.co.uk priced at £70.00 for an adult and £47.00 for a youth weekend / camping ticket. [...]
Tickets for second Honeyfest to go on sale
Tickets for the second Honeyfest went on sale today (Friday 18th November) from 9am! Honeyfest is the first festival of the season taking place on Saturday 14th April 2012 and is a magical one-day, 3,500 capacity event in the heart of Wiltshire. Set in an ancient area steeped in folklore, crop circles and heritage, last year’s inaugural Honeyfest [...]
Review: Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know
On a time-line of Laura Marling’s musical journey ‘A Creature I Don’t Know’ is her third album, however it is more than just a third album, it’s a huge marker in her career. Breaking onto the music scene at the age of 16, appearing on Jools Holland and playing slots at Glastonbury at 18, Marling’s [...]
Five things you should not miss at Camp Bestival
Camp Bestival‘s line up this year is probably their best yet and picking five acts to definitely see has proved virtually impossible….but here are five things that we are definitely going to try not to miss (although, it’s a festival and anything can happen!). The Widowmaker After being the songwriter in bands for so many [...]
Laura Marling to play Winchester Cathedral show
Laura Marling has announced she is to play Winchester Cathedral as part of a tour of some of the oldest, sometimes eeriest, and often beautiful buildings around the world. She plays Winchester Cathedral on Saturday 15th October 2011. Tickets will go on general sale at 10am local time on Friday 29th July via this link . When [...]
Dick and Dom join Blondie, Primal Scream and House of Pain at Camp Bestival
More acts have been added to this years fantastic Camp Bestival line up – here are some words from CBHQ: With just over three weeks to go until we descend upon the magical Lulworth Castle on Dorset’s dramatic Jurassic coast for a whole weekend of frolicsome Camp Bestival fun, we’re super-excited at Camp Bestival HQ to announce [...]
Laura Marling, The Magic Numbers and Damien Rice to take over Wiltshire pub tomorrow
A GROUP of Wiltshire villagers who are working to secure the future of their local pub by running it as a community enterprise have got the backing of some of the biggest names in UK music. The Magic Numbers, Brit award winner (British Female Solo Artist) Laura Marling and Damien Rice – are going to [...]
Bestival goes 3D
In what is undoubtedly their finest year to date, which will include sets from The Cure, Pendulum, Primal Scream, PJ Harvey, Brian Wilson and DJ Shadow amongst a huge and ever-growing line-up of musical treats, Bestival 2011 hurtles headlong into the future, adding a whole new dimension to their televisual shenanigans, breaking new ground for festival entertainment [...]
Mogwai confirmed as second headliner for North Dorsets “End Of The Road” festival
Ten more acts have today been announced for the End Of The Road Festival, with Mogwai confirmed to headline the festival. After Beirut, Mogwai are the second headliner to be announced for the 6th End of the Road Festival, taking place as always in the beautiful, lush surroundings of Larmer Tree Gardens in North Dorset. [...]
Glastonbury Announce Primal Scream, BB King, Mumford and more for June festival
Glastonbury organisers have today released 14 of the acts who will be playing this years festival. In Alphabetical order they are as follows: Anna Calvi BB King Big Boi The Chemical Brothers Crystal Castles Friendly Fires Fleet Foxes Gruff Rhys James Blake Janelle Monae Laura Marling Mumford & Sons Primal Scream Warpaint These acts are [...]
minterview: The Boy I Used To Be
Edward Perry hails from Portsmouth and plays acoustically under the name of “The Boy I Used To Be”. Â You may have been lucky enough to catch him at the recent Oxjam Takeover Festival in Southampton, where he played The Old Fat Cat stage. Â We caught up with Edward for a chat (or rather, asked him [...]