Billy McFarland, the disgraced co-founder of 2017’s Fyre Festival, has launched a new business venture set to take place in the Bahamas. Titled PYRT, the event will see McFarland lead a treasure hunt which begins with participants tracking down one of 99 bottles with a message contained inside. According to Deadline, the new venture – […]
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Metallica, Bring Me The Horizon and Slipknot have been announced as the headliners of next year’s Download Festival. In celebration of the rock and metal festival’s 20th year, event organisers have extended it to four days (June 8-11) with four headline slots. Metallica will perform two unique headline sets over the weekend with no songs […]
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General sale tickets for Glastonbury Festival 2023 sold out in an hour today (November 6) on “a morning when demand far exceeded supply”. READ MORE: Glastonbury Festival 2022 – review: camping, killer tunes and catharsis on Worthy Farm After a sale of coach and ticket packages on Thursday (November 3) which sold out in under 25 […]
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 150 people in the US die from fentanyl-related overdoses every day. This Must Be The Place, a non-profit that distributes free Naloxone, a medicine that rapidly reverses opioid overdose, is working to reduce fentanyl-related deaths at music festivals. The organisation, which started earlier this […]
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Tickets for Glastonbury Festival 2023 will go on general sale this weekend – find all the details below. The 2023 edition of the legendary Worth Farm event will take place between June 21-25. No acts have been confirmed as of yet. A limited batch of ticket/coach packages went on sale last night (November 3), but […]
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Three-day Indonesian music festival Berdendang Bergoyang was cut short due to major overcrowding. The Jakarta-based event was initially set to run from 28 to 30 October at Gelora Bung Karno stadium but local police shut it down on the second day, following multiple reports of fainting. The authorities reportedly found that the organisers sold more […]
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Former Welsh Music Foundation chief John Rostron has been named as the new CEO of the UK’s Association of Independent Festivals (AIF). His appointment was announced during today’s (2 November) AIF AGM, with Rostron officially beginning his tenure on 18 November following a two-week handover period with current CEO Paul Reed. Rostron, who co-founded Sŵn […]
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Another spate of European festivals have announced headliners and main stage artists for their 2023 editions. Dutch festival Pinkpop has confirmed that British pop star Robbie Williams will return to Landgraaf for the first time since 2015. He will close out Saturday night at the festival – which is said to be “the oldest and […]
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Sziget, Pohoda and Øya are among a slate of European events that have joined the Green Deal Circular Festivals (GDCF) sustainability pact. Launched in 2019 by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, GDCF brings together participating festivals to share knowledge and experience on sustainability practices in a bid to become circular and climate-neutral […]
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Pulp, George Ezra, The Chemical Brothers and Robbie Williams to headline Isle Of Wight Festival 2023
The Isle Of Wight Festival has announced its 2023 line-up, with Pulp, George Ezra, The Chemical Brothers and Robbie Williams to headline. The island festival returned in 2022 with Muse, Kasabian and Lewis Capaldi headlining after its 2021 edition was delayed due to continued COVID restrictions. From June 15-18 next year, the festival will return to […]
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