Live At Leeds 2013 – Leeds Student’s Top 5!
It’s almost time. Live at Leeds returns this weekend, boasting an exciting line-up that features the likes of Everything Everything, AlunaGeorge and Darwin Deez who will play in various venues across the city, from the unlikely setting of Holy Trinity Church, to popular venues such as O2 Academy and Brudenell Social Club. With the main event [...]
Birmingham Backlash, Take Two
Would people actually notice if Birmingham merely ceased to exist? I’d say its 1,000,000 residents would! Last week, Stephen Rainbird decided that one of the most richly diverse cities in our country could easily be “erased”. Stephen, if you have EVER been fortunate enough to glide into platform 4a of Birmingham New Street, you clearly [...]
Festival News: Live At Leeds Reveals 2013 Line Up
This year’s Live At Leeds will take place from 3rd-6th May and will see some impressive names play in various venues across the city, from the unlikely setting of Holy Trinity Church, to popular venues such as O2 Academy and Brudenell Social Club. With last year’s line up including the likes of The Enemy, Los [...]
Interview: Jack Burbage/Preview: Jack’s After Party
During the Summer, Jack’s opened its doors for its debut festival. Inspired by The Secret Garden Party, it combined art and music, creating a fantastic and colourful atmosphere. The festival attracted 1000 people, keeping that intimate feeling but still creating a weird and wonderful atmosphere that made it stand out. The festival was a huge [...]
Festival Review // Split Festival 2012
A cricket ground may well be the last place you’d imagine seeing musical legend John Lydon, but with Split festival in its 4th year at Ashbrooke Sports Ground, perhaps, in reality it’s nowhere near as surprising as originally thought. With headlining slots taken by legends Public Image Ltd. And local heroes (as well as festival [...]
Festival Review // Beacons 2012
After 2011’s soggy saga, Beacons festival wrung out dampened spirits and empty pockets to celebrate its first birthday in style. Hidden in the undulating contours of Yorkshire, an exclusive few thousand revellers spent the weekend in a twee-topia of old-fashioned fun and frollicks. Friday afternoon, roaming around the site, I was overcome by what I can [...]
Leeds Festival 2012 Playlist
Leeds Festival is fast approaching, get yourself in the festival mood with our playlist!
Leeds Festival 2012 – Dance To The Radio Announced
Festival goers at this summer’s Leeds festival will kick things off early with local label Dance to the Radio, as their stage will open on Thursday 23rd August. The arena will open at 5pm and the following artists will be appearing: LITTLE COMETS Geordie trio Little Comets have boasted an ever-growing following since the release [...]
Review: Фузион Festival
The anti-festival movement is growing. UK festivals were the first to be criticised: the prices were too high, mud too thick, and line-ups predictable. And yet this year’s British summer still managed a turn for the worse. Thanks to the state-sanctioned patriotic conveyor-belt-of-yawn that started with the Queen’s Jubilee, ran through the European Championships, into [...]