What to look out for at this year’s Bestival.
The Edge takes a look at one of the UK’s fastest growing home-grown festivals.
This weekend, 100,000 people are set to descend onto Hackney Marshes in north London as Europe’s biggest free-ticketed music festival takes place. After Jay-Z headlines on Saturday, the Hackney Weekend Sunday line-up has a lot to live up to, although looking at the big names set to perform, it’s sure not to disappoint. Headlining Sunday…
This weekend hosts the ‘biggest event in Radio 1’s history’ at the Hackney Marshes in West London. Some of the world’s biggest names in music will be taking to one of six stages across Saturday 23rd June and Sunday 24th June 2012. Despite the line-up looking like a pick’n’mix of the stations playlists, it is…
Kendal Calling is one of those little known countryside festivals that consistently showcases a fantastic mix of acts in an infinitely more chilled setting than you’ll ever hope to find at Reading and Leeds. This year has Dizzee Rascal, James and Maximo Park topping the bill of a fantastic and varied line up, including Feeder,…
What to expect from the UK’s biggest student festival this summer.
LiveSoc introduce an chilled out free evening for those not attending Oceana.
After a successful first year locally run Norfolk based festival Playfest is back on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of June to join the summer circuit once more. Located in a picturesque rural setting the site just outside Quidenham, Playfest plays host to five stages worth of live music, comedy and DJ sets over the weekend.…
In the period since the release of their last single, ‘Jealous Don’t You Know’, The Heartbreaks have been some very busy boys. Supporting both Morrissey and Hurts across Europe, The Heartbreaks have undoubtedly made a name for themselves and expanded their fan base significantly over the past few months. With the upcoming release of their debut album, this…
Back for its sixth year, Redfest is a small festival which packs a punch! The festival was originally launched by Matt Nichols as a one day event with The Ordinary Boys headlining and support coming from Newton Faulkner, Laura Marling and The Silversun Pickups. The festival soon grew to a three day event and in the…
Welsh rock band Lostprophets released in January a series of gigs across the UK and Ireland, including a date with Southampton Guildhall on May 2nd. The announcement came after snappy new single ‘Better off Dead‘ was offered for free via the band’s Facebook page on January 6th. The sextet’s fifth studio album, Weapons, was released on April…
On March 14th, winner of the Best Female Solo Artist in 2011 at the Brits, Laura Marling graces Southampton’s Guildhall. The English folk musician continues her UK tour, preceding dates around Europe in addition to earning herself a position in the line-up for the hugely anticipated Californian based festival; Coachella. Aged just 22, Marling has…
This year the 18th of March sees the return of the Takedown Festival, making its debut at its new home, our own Southampton University. The line-up boasts an incredibly impressive roster of bands currently representing the best the UK underground has to offer. Spread over four stages across the campus, a multitude of artists from…
This month Dead To Me and The Human Project are coming to tear the roof off of The Joiners