Final Acts added to Reading and Leeds bill!

by Miranda Heneghan 16. August 2011 14:22

FINAL FEW NAMES ADDED …. With just over two weeks to go the final preparations are being made for this year’s Reading & Leeds Festival. Hundreds of acts are lined up to make 2011 one of the finest years at the best festival in the world. With... [More]

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Beardyman New Album Details + Tour Dates

by Lucy Howell 4. November 2010 11:46

“King of Sound and Ruler of Beats” BBC“All we can say is, Beardyman – fuck he’s good!” i-DJ “Breathtakingly talented, an awe-inspiring vocal genius” Time Out Beardyman is Darren Foreman. He begins his transition from performing artist to r... [More]

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FESTIVAL COVERAGE: Reading Festival - Tame Impala, Kassidy, Limp Bizkit, Paramore, Blink 182 - 29th August 2010

by Shannon Andreucci 3. September 2010 17:25

Undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges of a weekend-long music festival, is dragging yourself out of the warmth of your tent in the early morning and into the chilly, mud stricken arena to watch the first batch of acts on the bill. I’d like to congratulate the many festival revellers that b... [More]

Tags: reading, limp bizkit, paramore, blink 182, weezer, tame impala, kassidy, the joy formidable

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FESTIVAL COVERAGE - Leeds festival - Friday 27th August

by Leeroy 28. August 2010 12:10

Most of the music world has been eagerly awaiting the return of The Libertines, and I’m sure by reading this review you’re curious as to whether they still have the magic or if they screwed it up. I’ll get back to this later but let’s just say the set wasn’t uneventfu... [More]

Tags: libertines, leeds, reading, festival, modest mouse, arcade fire, frank turner

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Reading + Leeds Festivals - BBC Introducing Stage Line-Up Announced

by Gig Junkie 29. July 2010 11:44

The line-up for the BBC Introducing Stage at the Reading and Leeds Festivals has been announced. Check out the bands below so you can start planning your 'To Do' List. You can get your tickets HERE and HERE for the festival! BBC INTRODUCING STAGEFriday 27 August at Reading Festi... [More]

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Crystal Castles Release New Video for Single 'Celestica' + Tour Dates

by Gig Junkie 22. June 2010 10:53

Crystal Castles are kicking off their summer of festivals and touring with a brand spanking new video for single 'Celestica'. Check the video out below! Tickets to see the band are on sale NOW. Click HERE to choose from all ticket vendors! Festival Dates:26/06 - Glastonbury Festival, Dance T... [More]

Tags: crystal castles, glastonbury, latitude, reading, leeds, electric picnic, underage

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REVIEW: Cypress Hill @ Brixton Academy, London 15 June 2010

by Lucy Howell 16. June 2010 12:04

Last night Latin-American rappers Cypress Hill burned down Brixton Academy with their weed fuelled hip hop onslaught. They took to the stage, at 9.15pm; not a moment too soon for the tightly packed fervent fans. Front man B-Real greeted the crowd upon arrival ‘‘How you fuckin’ do... [More]

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Everything Everything Announce Details Of New Album + UK Tour

by Gig Junkie 27. April 2010 16:17

Imagine a band who fuse three part harmonies with scalding post-punk guitars; floor-filling bass lines with syncopated rhythms and lyrics about everything from high-school massacres to R&B lotharios musing on their lot in a post-apocalyptic wilderness. Not easy, is it? But then Everything Ever... [More]

Tags: everything everything, nme radar tour, hurts, schoolin, delphic, glastonbury, reading, v festival, uk tour

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Sonic Boom Six- Leeds O2 Academy 26/01/10

by Felicity Hall 15. February 2010 00:47

Sonic Book Six-WOW! This was the first time I had seen these guys live, and they totally blew me away. SB6 are a punk/ska band fronted, unusually, by a female. I must admit I was slightly sceptical at first about how this would go down with the... [More]

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