3,2,1…Superheroes and heroines assemble! Camp Bestival have revealed the second wave of interstellar headliners completing the line-up at the UK’s much loved biggest and best family festival in Lulworth Castle from the 25th – 28th July 2019. Read on for ALL of the information, check out some stunning pics from 2018 and BUY YOUR TICKETS
Read MoreThe lineup for BOARDMASTERS 2019 is looking HOT, here's some of the acts that you need to check out this year....
Yes folks, it’s nearly time for the slew of UK music festivals to start kicking off up and down the country….
There are SO MANY of them, which do you choose? Unless you’re already going, you can forget Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds are selling well but maybe you want something different, the chance to combine some of THE finest acts on the circuit today with BREATHTAKING surroundings, well why not take a look at BOARDMASTERS FESTIVAL?
Read MoreSunday tickets SOLD OUT for READING FESTIVAL 6 months before it takes place....
With six months still to go until the festival kicks off, today it has been announced that Sunday Day tickets for Reading Festival have already completely sold out! Weekend tickets and limited Friday and Saturday Day tickets for Reading Festival are currently still available as are tickets for Leeds Festival.
Read MoreFurther acts announced for MAVERICK FESTIVAL that takes place on Easton Farm Park from 5th - 7th July....
UK’S BEST FESTIVAL LIST 2015 – GUARDIAN
TOP 40 FESTIVALS LIST 2017 – SUNDAY TIMES
BEST FESTIVALS 2019 – MAIL ON SUNDAY
Read MoreAmerican rock superstars LIVING COLOUR to perform their classic album 'Vivid' live at a handful of UK dates....
Over 30 years since its initial release, the maverick New York City outfit LIVING COLOUR will be revisiting their infamous debut record end-to-end on stages across the country, plus a smattering of hits from their establishment-quaking career.
Read MoreThe mighty BLACK FLAG announce UK live dates for October 2019 with special guests TOTAL CHAOS
BLACK FLAG is an American band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, CA by guitarist, primary songwriter, and sole continuous member Greg Ginn.
The band is currently recording new material for a future studio release and will be touring in the UK in October.
Tickets on sale from 9am Wednesday 6th March.
Read MorePREFAB SPROUT announce special edition ‘Steve McQueen Acoustic’ for Record Store Day 2019….
Originally released in 1985, Prefab Sprout have announced a special edition of their masterpiece ‘Steve McQueen’. ‘Steve McQueen Acoustic’ will be released exclusively on 180g vinyl for the very first time for Record Store Day 2019.
Read MoreRUTS D.C. celebrated 40 years of ‘The Crack’ with a sensational performance at Bristol’s Thekla, read our live review….
It’s a near capacity crowd at Bristol’s iconic floating venue Thekla for a night of classic punk rock as RUTS D.C. are supported by THE PROFESSIONALS, read on to see how the evening unfolded….
Read MoreMARK HOLLIS – he helped make life what it is for me: a short dedication....
I remember it like it was some other yesterday. I’d been to the local record emporium in Borehamwood in October 1988 and handed over a couple of folded notes for a virgin copy of the new release by Talk Talk. Yes, I’d listened to the new wave effervescence of their early output; at the same time I was deeply immersed in synth pop from as far afield as Sheffield and London, as well as Essex. New Romanticism was my raison d’etre at the tender age of 13. Yet Talk Talk were one in a fairly long line of also rans – or so it seemed…
Read MoreRECORD STORE DAY 2019 will soon be upon us, here’s 10 items from the list that you need to check out….
With RECORD STORE DAY taking place in the UK on Saturday 13th April, we thought that we’d have a read through the list of 546 exclusive releases and hand pick 10 of our favourites, they’re not necessarily the best or the rarest but they’re ones that made us happy…..
Read MoreThe list of exclusive items for RECORD STORE DAY 2019 is available and it's looking HOT!
Would you ‘Adam and Eve it’, it’s been nearly a year since RECORD STORE DAY 2018 took place, this can mean only one thing, it must be nearly time for the 2019 event! I received an email from the UK RSD team this morning with the full list of exclusive releases that will be gracing the shelves of independent record stores all over the world, take a look as I’m certain there’ll be a few items on there that tickle your fancy!
Read MoreWe caught up with Devon folk rock duo SOUND OF THE SIRENS for a chat about their appearance at this year's BOARDMASTERS FESTIVAL....
I was over the moon when I heard that Devon alt-folk duo SOUND OF THE SIRENS were going to be appearing at BOARDMASTERS FESTIVAL in Newquay this summer, so much so, I got on the information superhighway machine (laptop) and emailed Abbe and Hannah and asked if they’d be up for having a quick chat about it.
Abbe came straight back to me and we had a good old chat about how they felt when they heard they were playing at the festival, heroes they’d like to meet this year and the year Hannah queued up for a bus when she didn’t even need one! Here’s how we got on….
Read MoreJAMES MORRISON RELEASES NEW SOUL ALBUM ‘YOU’RE STRONGER THAN YOU KNOW’ ON MARCH 8TH - UK TOUR DATES ON SALE NOW....
FEATURING THE FIRST SINGLE ‘MY LOVE GOES ON’ (FEATURING JOSS STONE)
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/1oMEBw7y0qM
ALBUM PRE-ORDER LINK: https://ADA.lnk.to/YSTYK
NEW UK TOUR ALSO ANNOUNCED
Read MoreWe chatted to Jason Williamson from SLEAFORD MODS about BOARDMASTERS FESTIVAL....
We chatted to Jason Williamson from SLEAFORD MODS a couple of weeks back ahead of the release of their latest album Eton Alive.
I since found out that that they were appearing at BOARDMASTERS FESTIVAL on Saturday 10th August. It seemed a shame to use the same interview twice so we got back in touch with his lovely management team and sent a fresh batch of questions through all about the festival for him to take a look at. Here’s how we got on….
Read MorePATTERN PUSHER PRESENTS 2019 took over Exeter Phoenix recently, read our live review....
I was thinking to myself recently, being in a band in 2019 must really suck!
I don’t mean this in a negative way at all but think for a moment, the sheer amount of competition out there, coming up with original material, so many social media platforms to pick and choose from, which one will get the band noticed the most?, which ones are dead in the water? Then there’s having to go out and play gigs…..will people come? Will they like us? Will they spend their hard earned money on our merchandise?
Seems an awful lot of trouble to me, wouldn’t you rather just throw in the towel, find a bit of Ed Sheehan on Spotify and put your feet up? For some, this may seem like the preferred option, for others, it isn’t! It’s the ‘others’ I want to focus on in this piece.
Read MoreWe caught up with the pop ballad powerhouse YAZZY ahead of her performance at BOARDMASTERS FESTIVAL....
With the recent announcement from the team at BOARDMASTERS FESTIVAL advising who the final headliner is going to be for the August festival, I thought I’d best get my backside in gear and chat to a few bands and artists who were fortunate enough to see their names appear on the famous lineup poster. We’ve been following a North Devon based young chanteuse who has amazed us with her vocal skills over the past couple of years and to see her being recognised and awarded with a slot at THE biggest festival in Devon and Cornwall is amazing, ladies and gentlemen, I give you YAZZY
Read MoreWe caught up with deep vocal tech house duo BRONX CHEER to chat about their forthcoming gig at BOARDMASTERS FESTIVAL....
With the BOARDMASTERS FESTIVAL lineup being announced recently, we wanted to get in early and find out more about some of the bands and acts performing, we kick things off by chatting to Tim Nice who is 50% of BRONX CHEER who’ll be bringing their unique blend of deep, vocal and tech house music vibes to the masses, here’s how we got on….
Read MoreCanadian trio GOOD LOVELIES to release new album 'SHAPESHIFTERS' on April 5th followed by a UK tour....
Juno Award winning Canadian trio, Good Lovelies return to the UK this Spring with the physical release of new album Shapeshifters impacting in the UK on April 5th (digitally available in the UK now) plus a string of tour dates.
Read MoreOLYMPIA bursts into 2019, with a stunning new single, an impending world tour with JULIA JACKLIN, and some big international signing news.
We caught up with BEANS ON TOAST ahead of his show at Exeter Phoenix, see how we got on....
It’s been a while since we spoke to Jay McAllister, a couple of years even but it didn’t take long to get into the swing of things. We met in the green room of Exeter Phoenix, got comfy, cracked open some beers and had a great chat about touring, Australia, festivals, parenthood and his next album, click the ‘Play’ button below to see how we got on….
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