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Orbital to headline Big Top at “Wildlife” themed Bestival
Orbital are to headline The Big Top at this years Bestival, on the Isle of Wight, on Sunday 9th September. It has also been announced that this years fancy dress theme will be Wildlife… Here’s the full announcement from the Bestival team: With some rather handsome Bestival announcements on the horizon, the mighty Rob da [...]
Kool and the Gang, Hot Chip and Dub Pistols confirmed for Camp Bestival
The first wave of acts have today been announced for this years Camp Bestial, which takes place at the end of July. It’s already looking to be one of their best ever line-ups with Hot Chip confirmed to headline the Friday night. Kool and the Gang, Earth Wind & Fire, Adam Ant and festival favourites [...]
12 New Things to do at Camp Bestival – plus 100 amazing prizes if you buy your tickets now
Those of you tuned into the Facebook and Twitter pages today would have witnessed a bit of a party going on as we announced 12 new things for Camp Bestival 2012 one every hour from 9am this morning. They’ve also announced a draw with 100 once-in-a-lifetime prizes for everybody who buys a ticket over the next two weeks. You can now [...]
BBC Introducing Masterclass Highlights
BBC Introducing held their annual Masterclass earlier this week, with a whole range of music industry professionals giving hints and tips on how to make it in the music industry. The videos are now available to watch again online – we really couldn’t recommend them enough. We’ve picked a few of the highlights, below, but [...]
Amazing Amusements Abound At The House Of Fun Weekender
Already brimming with a wealth of nutty musical delights including Beardyman, Maverick Sabre, Paul Heaton, dan le sac v Scroobius Pip, and Baxter Dury, all curated by Camden’s finest themselves, Madness’s House of Fun Weekender at Butlins Minehead also boasts an array of diverting revelry and amazing entertainment to amuse and entice. From Olympian challenges and [...]
Bestival Early Bird Tickets on sale this Friday
Bestival has announced details of next years Early Bird tickets for the Isle Of Wight festival. They have also introduced a new policy on teen tickets, all the details on are on the official Bestival release, below: So the sun has finally set on what was undoubtedly Bestival’s best year ever. With stunning performances that [...]
Madness’s House of Fun Weekender adds more to the line up
Madness’s House of Fun Weekender at Butlins Minehead in November just got even better with the addition of two fantastic new acts that are sure to captivate one and all. With a truly eclectic line-up of bands, DJs and comedians curated by the band themselves the latest additions demonstrate the very depths of Madness’s impeccable [...]
Various Cruelties release video for Chemicals – and announce Southampton date
Chemicals will be released on Monday 3rd October 2011 through Hideout Recordings, their first release since signing to the label. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYseDEizrF0 The single follows two amazingly well–received self-released singles, Neon Truth and If It Wasn’t For You, both of which sold-out of their limited runs within days of being put on sale via Ebay, Rough Trade London, Pure Groove [...]
Bestival Stage Times
This years Bestival is about to be officially opened by The La’s, who play The Big Top at 6pm this evening. For those of you without smart phones, we’ve gotten hold of some of the times for the main stages. This years Bestival is headlined by Pendulum, The Cure and Bjork. There will also be [...]
Preview: Pulse Festival – Part Two
Pulse Festival organisers are getting excited as the site has been growing over the past couple of days to weather that seems to be getting hotter and hotter. The fence has been going up today and organiser Mark Ward told me they’ve already sold more than double the amount of tickets than they had at [...]
Review: Camp Bestival 2011
It’s the last weekend in July and the school holidays have just begun. So, it’s no surprise that thousands of kids (of all ages) descend onto the Dorset countryside for a weekend of partying, dressing up and giant bubble blowing. Camp Bestival, the child friendly version of the Isle of Wight’s Bestival, has arrived. To [...]
Various Cruelties to release debut single and Lennons show this weekend
Various Cruelties have announced details of the release of their debut single. Neon Truth will be self-released on their own Almanac Recordings on Monday 23rd May 2011. Released on limited 7” and CD and as a 4 track download, the single tracks were recorded on the Isle of Wight with Boe Weaver. They play Lennons this Saturday (21st [...]
David E. Sugar to play Pop Factory South tonight
David E. Sugar headlines the Pop Factory South gig at Pop this evening in continued celebration of the Andy Warhol exhibition in the city. David E. Sugar is pretty much one of the most amazing and talented electro artists out there. He makes music out of Game Boy manipulation,which has been described as simply genius. [...]
Sound Of Rum to play Pop Factory next Wednesday
The hotly tipped Sunday Best Recordings band, Sound Of Rum, are due to play at Pop Factory in Southampton next Wednesday, 11th May 2011 as part of the Andy Warhol celebration gigs at Pop. Also confirmed to play the same bill are Road To Blissfields winners, LST and the Man Dem. Conceived at a South London squat [...]
Sound Of Rum confirmed for Pop Factory gig
Having recently finished recording their debut album on Rob Da Bank’s Sunday Best label, Sound of Rum are ready to take on the festival circuit all up and down the country. Consisting of enigmatic MC Kate Tempest, whose lyrical prowess and live energy has been wowing crowds since the band formed in 2008. They visit [...]
Camp Bestival adds more to line up
Camp Bestival released more of their line up today, including an exclusice festival appearance by Shrek The Musical. Here’s the full Press Release: ALL THE LATEST NEWS FROM CAMP BESTIVAL 2011… FESTI-HOLIDAY FUN: COMEDY, FOOD, SHREK & SO MUCH MORE! Camp Bestival COMEDY Jack Whitehall / Milton Jones / Marcus Brigstocke / Andrew Maxwell / [...]
Bestival 2011 announces The Cure and Primal Scream for Saturday night
Isle of Wight festival curator, Rob Da Bank, today announced the first wave of bands for next years Bestival via his Twitter account. The first announcement confirmed The Cure as the Saturday night headliners. Also confirmed to play are Primal Scream present Screamadelica, Crystal Castles, Magnetic Man, Bryan Wilson, DJ Shadow, Norman Jay, Grandmaster Flash, [...]
Review: Bestival 2010 (Day 3)
Oh Sunday how we love you! The pain, the tiredness, the vague memory of sliding though fifteen metres of mud on your bum in the early hours of the morning, and then the horrible realisation that its all coming to an end and we will all be travelling back to reality really soon. As it [...]