HUW STEPHENS, ALUNAGEORGE, KOAN SOUND, A PLASTIC ROSE & SMILER JOIN LINE UP! Wakestock 2012 is now only 6 weeks away! With the festival fast approaching organisers have announced that they have five new acts on the bill including Wales’s very own Radio 1 DJ, HUW STEPHENS. Huw will be joined by ALUNA GEORGE, KOAN [...]
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Wakestock Festival 2012
Posted: May 28, 2012 in UK FestivalsTags: A Plastic Rose, Aluna George, Festivals in the UK, Huw Stephens, Koan Sound, Smiler, Wakestock festival 2012
Hop Farm Festival 2012
Posted: May 16, 2012 in UK FestivalsTags: Athlete, Festivals in the UK, Hop Farm Festival 2012, I Am Kloot, Jose Gonzalez, Nitin Sawhney, Taj Mahal
FINAL ACTS ANNOUNCED FOR HOP FARM 2012 LINE UP! So the line up is now completed with the additions of NITIN SAWHNEY, JOSE GONZALEZ, ATHLETE, TAJ MAHAL and I AM KLOOT…..excited, we are!!! Tickets are on sale and can be purchased securely online from the e-tainment news ticket shop – BUY TICKETS >>> For more [...]
Guilfest 2012
Posted: April 18, 2012 in UK FestivalsTags: Cher Lloyd, Festivals in the UK, Gary Numan, Guilfest 2012, Nouvelle Vague, The Straits, Tulisa
TULISA, THE STRAITS, CHER LLOYD, GARY NEWMAN & NOUVELLE VAGUE JOIN LINE UP! Joining the already announced Olly Murs, Bryan Ferry, Jools Holland & His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra feat. Roland Gift, Tim Minchin, Jimmy Cliff, and Chic feat. Nile Rodgers. Ex N-Dubz superstar, TULISA is confirmed to perform on the Main Stage on Saturday [...]
Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2012
Posted: March 27, 2012 in UK FestivalsTags: Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2012, DERISION, Evile, Festivals in the UK, Furyon, Marionette
EVILE, DERISION, MARIONETTE & FURYON JOIN BLOODSTOCK LINE UP! With the main RONNIE JAMES DIO stage filling up with a host of exclusive appearances from some metal’s mightiest megastars – including DIMMU BORGIR, PARADISE LOST, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, HATEBREED, NILE and many more – BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR reveals four names for it’s second stage. [...]
Hop Farm Festival 2012
Posted: March 27, 2012 in UK FestivalsTags: Billy Ocean, Bob Dylan, Dr John And The Lower 911, Festivals in the UK, Hop Farm Festival 2012, Joan Armatrading, Maximo Park, My Morning Jacket, Patti Smith And Her Band, Peter Gabriel, Primal Scream, Suede, The Psychedelic Furs, The Stranglers
HOP FARM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FIRST BANDS Well here we are the wait is over. We are very pleased to announce the first set of acts for Hop Farm 2012 and they are – BOB DYLAN (UK exclusive) / PETER GABRIEL & THE NEW BLOOD ORCHESTRA (UK exclusive) / SUEDE (UK festival exclusive) Other bands announced [...]
Bestival 2012
Posted: March 22, 2012 in UK FestivalsTags: Bestival 2012, Festivals in the UK, Stevie Wonder
SIGNED, SEALED & DELIVERED – STEVIE WONDER TO HEADLINE SUNDAY AT BESTIVAL Ever since organizers found out that the Sunday night headliner was confirmed they have been madly desperate to shout it from the rooftops. The Bestival bunker is fit to burst with utter joy as a real, bona fide musical giant will be amongst [...]
Latitude Festival 2012
Posted: March 22, 2012 in UK FestivalsTags: Festivals in the UK, Lana Del Rey, Latitude Festival 2012
LANA DEL REY AND MORE JOINING THE LATITUDE LINE UP! The multi-award winning Lana Del Rey, whose bewitching voice, songs and bad-girl persona have catapulted her from a social media sensation to a critically acclaimed artist topping the album charts in seven countries in less than a year. Lana Del Rey will join a star-studded [...]
Download Festival 2012
Posted: March 19, 2012 in UK FestivalsTags: Anti Nowhere League, Broken, Download Festival 2012, Emmure, Europe, Festivals in the UK, Firewind, Halestorm, Mallory Knox, Stellar Revival, The Safety Fire, Theory Of A Deadman, Turbonegro, Turbowolf
DOWNLOAD REVEALS A DIRTY DOZEN BANDS FOR 2012 Making their Download debut in 2012, Sweden’s most successful rock group Europe are confirmed, and will be bringing hits such as The Final Countdown and Rock The Night to the Donington masses. Pennsylvanian quartet Halestorm, led by the enigmatic Lizzy Hale, will be making their second appearance [...]
Isle of Wight Festival 2012
Posted: March 9, 2012 in UK FestivalsTags: Festivals in the UK, Isle of Wight Festival 2012, Lana Del Rey
LANA DEL REY TO PLAY THE BIG TOP FRIDAY 22nd JUNE The Isle of Wight Festival has announced the addition of BRIT Award winner Lana Del Rey to this year’s line up. The critically acclaimed singer songwriter will perform in the Big Top on Friday 22nd June, playing hits from her chart-topping album ‘Born to [...]
Wakestock Festival 2012
Posted: February 29, 2012 in UK FestivalsTags: Annie Mac, Clement Marfo And The Frontline, Disclosure, Festivals in the UK, Goldierocks, Jakwob Live, Random Impulse, Wakestock festival 2012, Zane Lowe
ANNIE MAC, ZANE LOWE, JAKWOB LIVE AND MORE ACTS ANNOUNCED FOR WAKESTOCK 2012! Wakestock HQ have revealed the latest names joining the 2012 bill – ANNIE MAC, ZANE LOWE, JAKWOB LIVE, GOLDIEROCKS, CLEMENT MARFO AND THE FRONTLINE, RANDOM IMPULSE and DISCLOSURE will be joining the already announced headliners CALVIN HARRIS, DIZZEE RASCAL and ED SHEERAN. [...]
Bestival 2012 – UK
Posted: February 14, 2012 in UK FestivalsTags: Bestival 2012, Death In Vegas, Django Django, Festivals in the UK, Flux Pavilion, Friendly Fires, New Order, Teebs, The Gaslamp Killer
BESTIVAL’S SATURDAY HEADLINER REVEALED – NEW ORDER! The excitement never stops at Bestival HQ! Following the first line-up announcement, which included the amazing Sigur Rós, The xx, Two Door Cinema Club, Justice, Hot Chip, 2manydjs, Annie Mac Presents and loads more, plus the acts that have been announced on Twitter in the last week, organisers [...]
Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2012
Posted: February 3, 2012 in UK FestivalsTags: Bloodstock Open Air 2012, Festivals in the UK, Iced Earth, Sepultura
ICED EARTH & SEPULTURA CONFIRM EXCLUSIVE APPEARANCES AT BLOODSTOCK 2012 Metal titans ICED EARTH and thrash icons SEPULTURA are the latest additions to BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2012, joining an already stellar line up that includes headline sets from ALICE COOPER and BEHEMOTH, as well as exclusive appearances from WATAIN, special guests DIMMU BORGIR, HATEBREED, BLACK [...]
Wireless Festival 2012
Posted: January 27, 2012 in UK FestivalsTags: Festivals in the UK, Flux Pavilion, J.Cole, Kaskade, Rizzle Kicks, Wireless Festival 2012
MORE ACTS FOR THE UK’S WIRELESS FESTIVAL 2012 Joining Rihanna at this year’s Wireless festival on the 8th July are rap superstar J.Cole, British hip hop duo Rizzle Kicks, dance maestro Kaskade and dubstep pioneer Flux Pavilion! Wireless organisers have also promised that they will announce another headliner this coming Tuesday! For more WIRELESS FESTIVAL [...]
Guilfest 2012
Posted: January 26, 2012 in UK FestivalsTags: Festivals in the UK, Guilfest 2012, Jimmy Cliff, Olly Murs
OLLY MURS HEADLINE GUILFEST’S SATURDAY NIGHT The one and only multi-talented Olly Murs is coming to GuilFest to headline the Main Stage on Saturday 14th July 2012!. Singer-songwriter, musician, TV Presenter and X factor finalist Olly Murs is no stranger to success. Despite being early in his musical career, he can already lay claim to [...]
Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2012
Posted: January 23, 2012 in UK FestivalsTags: Bloodstock Open Air 2012, Festivals in the UK, Sight of Emptiness
SIGHT OF EMPTINESS RETURN TO BLOODSTOCK! Festival organisers are pleased to announce the return of melodic metal titans SIGHT OF EMPTINESS who made their UK debut back in 2007 opening the main stage at Bloodstock after being voted by the public as the winners of Bloodstock’s Online Unsigned Competition. Since then the band have worked [...]
Isle of Wight Festival 2012
Posted: January 20, 2012 in UK FestivalsTags: Best Coast, Caro Emerald, Dry the River, Festivals in the UK, Isle of Wight Festival 2012, Jessie J, Kelis, Magnetic Man, Miles Kane, StooShe, The Real D’Coy
JESSIE J, MAGNETIC MAN AND MORE JOIN THE ISLE OF WIGHT 2012 LINE UP! More of the hottest acts around today join the already jam-packed line up at this year’s Isle of Wight Festival. For the first time, the Festival welcomes the sensational Jessie J, who will bring her pure ghetto pop fabulosity to the [...]
Download Festival 2012
Posted: January 17, 2012 in UK FestivalsTags: Anthrax, August Burns Red, Devildriver, Devin Townsend Project, Download Festival 2012, Festivals in the UK, Lamb of God, Little Angels, Machine Head, Trivium, Ugly Kid Joe
DOWNLOAD ANNOUNCEMENT (PART 2) Following on from the earlier band announcement Download organisers have revealed that MACHINE HEAD will be playing the main stage on Friday night and getting a full hour slot! Other bands also announced tonight are Trivium, Lamb of God, Anthrax, DevilDriver, Devin Townsend Project, Little Angels, Ugly Kid Joe AND August [...]
BJORK CONFIRMED AS 3RD HEADLINER FOR BESTIVAL! Bjork will be performing on the Sunday to draw to a close this year’s Bestival. Her appearance on the Bestival main stage will be her only outdoor festival show in the world this year. Björk will be playing a host of classic tracks, alongside material from her current [...]
HANSON CONFIRMED FOR V FESTIVAL The American ‘MmmmBop’ trio have been confirmed to appear over the weekend at Weston Park, Stafford and Hylands Park, Chelmsford. The band of brothers has enjoyed a recent revival and will be this year’s festival with brand new material and a more mature sound. For more V FESTIVAL information – [...]
High Voltage Festival – UK
Posted: May 18, 2011 in UK FestivalsTags: Festivals in the UK, High Voltage Festival, Michael Monroe
FINAL ADDITION ANNOUNCED FOR HIGH VOLTAGE 2011 High Voltage promoters have revealed their final addition to this year’s already rocking line up – Rock legend MICHAEL MONROE will take to the main stage on Saturday 23rd July at High Voltage with his amazing supergroup. The band consists of – Michael’s Hanoi Rocks and Demolition 23 [...]



