“It feels so good to be partying with you,” Flohio tells the crowd gathered under the canvas of Open’er’s Alter Stage today (July 1). It’s later Friday afternoon and the festival is just getting going, but the south London rapper bounds onto the stage with enough energy to shake everyone out of their lethargy and […]
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This year’s edition of the Day N Vegas festival, which was due to kick off in exactly two months, has been formally cancelled. The announcement was made overnight by Goldenvoice – the agency that also hosts Coachella, Head In The Clouds, Cruel World and more – who cited “a combination of logistics, timing and production […]
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Europe’s biggest outdoor jazz festival, Love Supreme, is set for its most successful edition yet after tickets for its 2022 return officially sold out. The 20,000-cap festival, which specialises in jazz, soul, R&B and pop, returns this weekend from a two-year hiatus this to Glynde Place in East Sussex, UK. Produced in partnership with Universal […]
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Anghami, the largest music streaming service in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has acquired Dubai-based event management company Spotlight Events. Aiming to unlock synergies and opportunities between the physical and digital worlds, the partnership will see Spotlight Events become Lebanon-based Anghami’s concerts arm, including for offline activities and activations. Anghami’s technology will provide […]
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“For a festival in its first year the combination of these obstacles, as well as a key investment failing to come through, has made it impossible for us to go ahead.” Organisers than thanked everyone for their support, adding that they are sad the festival was “not able to go ahead in such a fantastic […]
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The annual South By Southwest festival – better known these days as SXSW – will expand to Australia next year, marking the first time in the event’s 36-year history that an international edition will be held. Since its launch in 1987, SXSW has grown exponentially; this year’s edition, for example, ran for 10 days across […]
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If anyone knows about life on the road, it’s Fontaines D.C. The Dublin band have picked up and maintained a breathless pace, releasing three albums in four years and seldom pausing tours to soak it all in. Back at Glastonbury to play the Other Stage after their 2019 debut in the John Peel tent (having […]
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Korea’s leading mobile operator SK Telecom has launched the world’s first live virtual concert to use volumetric image capture technology. The Metaverse Music Festival kicked off yesterday (27 June) and is being held at the Volumetric Concert Hall via SK’s Ifland metaverse platform every day from 8pm until 3 July. Aju Business Daily reports the […]
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Yungblud debuted a new song during his Glastonbury set over the weekend – watch ‘Tissues’ below. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Yungblud: “This album is about reclaiming my name and humanising the caricature” The Doncaster-born vocalist and guitarist (real name Dominic Harrison) took to the John Peel Stage on Sunday (June 26) to deliver an 11-song […]
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This year’s Glastonbury Festival represents a significant milestone in getting back to where we once belonged. And festival bosses Michael and Emily Eavis certainly rise to the occasion, laying on the youngest-ever headliner in Gen-Z icon Billie Eilish and the oldest-ever headline in Sir Paul McCartney; a pandemic-delayed 50th birthday bash for the greatest music festival […]
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