Australia’s Ability Fest is expanding to a second city in 2024, with editions in Melbourne (Victoria) and now Brisbane (Queensland). The non-profit event – said to be the world’s first annual music festival aimed at normalising disability – raises money for the Dylan Alcott Foundation to help empower young people with disability to achieve their ambitions. […]
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Ukraine’s Atlas Festival is set to take place for the first time since the Russian invasion, it was announced last month. Rebranded as Atlas United, the fundraising festival will take place in the capital city of Kyiv from 12–14 July after two years away. Over 70 Ukrainian artists and several international acts will perform across six […]
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Bulgaria is set to host its first trap music festival this autumn, it has been announced. Menace to Society Festival will launch at the 18,000-cap Sofia Arena in the Bulgarian capital on 16 October, topped by American rappers Tekashi 6ix9ine and NLE Choppa. The event is a collaboration between booking and event companies J-Noah and […]
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Malaysia’s Good Vibes Festival 2024 has been cancelled out of respect for the coronation of the king, organisers have announced. Last year’s edition was also partly cancelled after The 1975’s Matty Healy hit out at the country’s strict anti-LGBT laws and kissed a male bandmate on stage. Despite the fallout, the festival was due to […]
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The organisers of the Life Is Beautiful festival in downtown Las Vegas have stepped back from plans to take a year off by rebranding the event for 2024, and moving to a different site with a slimmed down two-day electronic music gathering. Renaming the 27-28 September gathering, Life Is Beautiful Presents: A Big Beautiful Block […]
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Ahead of its July 10-13 return to the Iberdrola Music Venue in Villaverde, Madrid, Mad Cool’s Javier Arnáiz and Cindy Castillo spoke with IQ about the various changes they have implemented to improve the customer experience, as well as the event’s evolution during its first decade. On the back of recent research, the event’s organisers […]
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Legendary American record producer Rick Rubin organised a “secret” festival in Italy last weekend, starring acts such as James Blake, Beth Ditto, Jovanotti and members of Arcade Fire. Low-key “summer solstice celebration” Festival of the Sun was staged in the commune of Casole d’Elsa, Siena, Tuscany, from 21-22 June. “It’s a beautiful little town not […]
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Switzerland’s Greenfield Festival has already sold out its first batch of early bird tickets for next year’s event following a successful 2024 edition. Just over 84,000 visitors – in line with last year’s record attendance – flocked to the rock and metal gathering to see headliners Green Day, Bring Me The Horizon, The Prodigy in […]
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Metallica frontman James Hetfield has commented on whether the band will ever write another ‘Unforgiven’ song. READ MORE: Metallica live in Amsterdam: still the greatest heavy metal band around In 1991, metal icons Metallica released ‘The Unforgiven’ as the second single from their acclaimed self-titled album. Six years later, ‘The Unforgiven II’ arrived as part of […]
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Post Malone, Doja Cat, Jelly Roll and Rauw Alejandro will headline this year’s Global Citizen Festival. The 2024 edition is set to take place in New York on Central Park’s Great Lawn on 28 September. Additional performers will be announced in the coming weeks. Global Citizen ambassador Hugh Jackman will host the event, which will […]
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