“Rock is dead,” cries the tone-deaf geriatric, trite as they’ve sounded for the past couple of decades. The sentiment still annoyingly prevails in some quarters, but the inaugural, sold-out Australian edition of Slipknot’s festival Knotfest proves it’s never been less true. Over three Knotfest Australia stops this past weekend, close to 100,000 mosh-starved maniacs convened […]
Read MoreFoals have shared the Dan Carey remix of ‘2AM’, and spoken to NME about what to expect from his upcoming ‘Life Is Dub’ remix album. The band had been teasing the dub remix of their acclaimed 2022 album ‘Life Is Yours’ since last summer, before announcing that the full remix by Speedy Wunderground label boss and superproducer […]
Read MoreThe next wave of artists have been announced for 2023’s MEO Kalorama festival, with Aphex Twin, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Slowthai leading the new batch of acts on the line-up. The Portugal festival brings a close to the summer season and will take place between August 31 and September 2. Held in Lisbon’s Bela Vista […]
Read MoreThe line-up for Lollapalooza 2023 has been unveiled, with Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and The 1975 among the headliners. Lollapalooza 2023 is returning to Giant Park in Chicago, Illinois from August 3-6. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lana Del Rey, Odesza, Tomorrow X Together and Karol G will also be topping the bill, with the latter […]
Read MoreDaryl Hall is set to perform at the 2023 BST Hyde Park festival later this summer, as a special guest headliner Billy Joel. The Hall & Oates singer will join the singer-songwriter onstage for his live appearance at the London Festival, which is set to take place on July 7. Tickets are available now. As […]
Read MoreFans of Drake have complained about his Lollapalooza Argentina headline show after the rapper’s live feed was reportedly cut moments before he performed a 45-minute set. The rapper-singer played on Saturday (March 18) and, according to fans online, only performed for between 40 to 45 minutes. Headline sets at festivals are ordinarily longer – at […]
Read MoreAfter the impressive turnout at last year’s Joyland Bali, which ended up catalysing the return of live music to Indonesia, it would be an understatement to say that a lot was riding on this year’s edition of the music festival. But organiser Plainsong Live brought their A-game last weekend (March 17-19) and it’s safe to […]
Read MoreUS hip-hop festival Rolling Loud has announced that it has cancelled its New York event for 2023. The festival has its origins in Miami, Florida, and hosted a first New York City edition in 2019. After cancelling the 2020 edition due to COVID, further Rolling Loud New York events were held in 2021 and 2022. […]
Read MoreJungle have been announced as the latest headliners for this year’s All Points East festival in London. READ MORE: Jungle on their uninhibited third album – “The older we get, the more we stop giving a fuck” The funk and soul/dance duo – comprising Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland – are set to deliver a UK […]
Read MoreLana Del Rey has said it is “unfathomable” to her that she is headlining the Other Stage at this year’s Glastonbury Festival. The singer-songwriter was recently announced as part of the first wave of acts for this summer’s Worthy Farm event, which will be headlined by Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses and Elton John. READ […]
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