Since the sad news last week, organisers know many of you have been asking who will be closing the Outdoor main stage on the Sunday of SW4. They have been working hard behind the scenes to find the best artist to fill that slot, which they are now incredibly excited to reveal as… PENDULUM TRINITY,…
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Best Spanish Live Act Vetusta Morla to Headline An Exclusive Show At Benicassim 2019
VETUSTA MORLA is the most important indie rock group to have emerged from Spain in the last decade. It’s their importance as a Spanish great band that without a doubt make them the indisputable headliners of FIB 2019. The band who has had similar success in Spain to the size of KINGS OF LEON or…
Phoenix Lights Festival adds more acts
With less than a month to go before some of the universe’s best artists invade The Park at Wild Horse Pass, Phoenix Lights has added four new artists to the lineup. Self-described as ‘where luxury and irony intersect’- BLACK CAVIAR; the out of the box sound architect, DEVAULT; Warehouse Bass impresario, DILLON NATHANIEL, and breakout…
Four Tet, Friendly Fires, Jon Hopkins & more named for Nova Batida 2019
Nova Batida returns for a second year to one of the world’s most creative cities, Lisbon, for three days of music, art, and culture. From 13th-15th September, Nova Batida will see a headline performance from FOUR TET, alongside indie rock trio FRIENDLY FIRES, JON HOPKINS (DJ), OCTAVIAN, FLOATING POINTS SOLO LIVE, SLOWTHAI, AKALA, SPECIAL REQUEST,…
More acts join Florence + The Machine at the UK’s BST Hyde Park festival
A host of very special guests have been added to the bill for FLORENCE + THE MACHINE’S triumphant homecoming on Saturday July 13th, who headline with festival favourites The National. Joining these two iconic acts, as well as the already announced LYKKE LI, KHRUANGBIN and NADINE SHAH, are BLOOD ORANGE, ALDOUS HARDING, MARLON WILLIAMS, LET’S…
5 new hip-hop artists join the Dour Festival line-up
The Dour festival line-up is massive already. But even if organisers say so themselves, they still have a lot of surprises up their sleeves. You will need to show patience till next Thursday to discover the new indie acts and more guitars. New electro announcements that should delight everyone are scheduled a few days later….
Lionel Richie to Headline Summerfest July 2nd With Special Guest Michael McDonald
Summerfest presented by American Family Insurance announced today that LIONEL RICHIE will headline the American Family Insurance Amphitheater with special guest MICHAEL MCDONALD on Tuesday, July 2, 2019. This will be the first time LIONEL RICHIE has headlined Summerfest as a solo artist. He did perform at Summerfest as part of the Commodores at the…
Sam Fender, Lewis Capaldi and Maggie Rogers to headline Barn on the Farm 2019
Barn on the Farm is very pleased to announce three headliners and the first wave of artists for its 10th anniversary this July – Confirmed headliners for 2019 are SAM FENDER, LEWIS CAPALDI and MAGGIE ROGERS. This year is our 10th birthday, and being such a landmark, we want to ensure we’re focussed on why…
Erykah Badu plays Øya Festival on August 8th!
ERYKAH BADU is an artist organsiers been hoping to present at Øya Festival for years. Finally you can see this fantastic icon in the lush Tøyenparken. She will play on the same day as TAME IMPALA, SIGRID, EARL SWEATSHIRT, MITSKI, POND, PROTOJE and many others. ERYKAH BADU is undoubtedly one of the most influential R&B…
LIMP BIZKIT join the ELECTRIC CASTLE line up in Romania
Returning to the idyllic setting of Banffy Castle Romania for its seventh year, Electric Castle today announce the second wave of artists set to join the multi-genre line-up. From 17-21 July 2019, the festival will welcome iconic American rap-rock heroes LIMP BIZKIT, British synth-pop favourites CHVRCHES, drum and bass superstar SIGMA, dubstep heavyweight ZOMBOY, electronic…
Rock in Rio 2019 announces new names for World and Sunset stages
NILE RODGERS & CHIC, GOO GOO DOLLS, TENACIOUS D and H.E.R. are confirmed on Stage World and WHITESNAKE is headliner of the Sunset Stage. The Rock in Rio organization has just announced four more World Stage attractions, all artists performing as the third night, opening for the day’s co-headliners, and a headliner on the Sunset…
Johnny Marr, Lewis Capaldi, Ride and more added to This is Tomorrow Line-up
With tickets selling fast for the eagerly anticipated launch of This is Tomorrow Festival at its new larger site in Exhibition Park, Newcastle, organisers have today revealed that Smiths icon JOHNNY MARR and the chart-topping Scottish singer-songwriter LEWIS CAPALDI have been added to the Stereophonics headlined date on Sunday 26th May. Meanwhile, indie legends RIDE…
Alesso, DJ Snake, Lost Frequencies lead the Airbeat One phase 2 announcement
ALESSO, DJ SNAKE, LOST FREQUENCIES, LEXY & K-PAUL, LUCAS & STEVE, OFENBACH, QUINTINO, SUNNERY JAMES & RYAN MARCIANO, TCHAMI and many more join the line-up. Only five months have passed since the 18th edition of AIRBEAT ONE, Northern Germany’s largest electronic music festival. From 10 to 14 July, the global DJ elite will meet at…
Glastonbury Festival announces more acts for 2019
Following the previously announced Friday night headliner STORMZY, and the Sunday teatime legend KYLIE, we can confirm this year’s final two Pyramid Stage headliners, alongside a first list of acts playing the Pyramid, Other, West Holts, John Peel and Park stages. THE KILLERS headline Saturday night, with their first return to the Pyramid Stage since…
Phil Lesh, Makaya McCraven and more join the Pickathon Festival line up
Festival organisers are pleased to announce new additions to the 2019 lineup, bringing a true American musical legend, PHIL LESH, into the fold. A founding member of the Grateful Dead, Lesh not only influenced multiple generations of artists, but created and defined a new American songbook, at once inspired by the roots of the music…
De La Soul, Sigma, Ella Eyre & MORE Announced For Liverpool International Music Festival 2019
Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF) announces the lineup for their 2019 edition, including DE LA SOUL, ELLA EYRE, MAVERICK SABRE, NAO, KENNY DOPE, YXNG BANE and an exclusive 3Beat @ 30 30th Anniversary live performance featuring SIGMA, M-22, GEKO and ANTON POWERS. With a diverse set of emerging artists including SG LEWIS, GRACE CARTER and…
Erykah Badu, James Blake and many others to play Flow Festival
ERYKAH BADU, a US star with a lengthy and influential career in R&B, hip hop, jazz and soul will play Flow Festival. Badu’s 1997 hit album Baduizm is legendary, voluminously award-winning and an acknowledged classic of neo-soul. Flow also has the pleasure to host British multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and producer JAMES BLAKE, whose newest album Assume…
South West Four Festival announces 3rd phase of the 2019 line up
With days getting longer and nights proving shorter, we can just about taste the beginning of summer which can only mean one thing, frolicking on the sunny fields of Clapham Common for two blissful days of South West Four. Whilst you daydream about these moments, we enjoy adding to your excitement and are proud to…
Woo Hah! Festival adds another 17 acts to the 2019 line up!
WOO HAH festival in the Netherlands had added 17 new acts to the 2019 line up. Next to this organisers have also found a replacement act for SKEPTA (who was forced to cancel) with KODAK BLACK taking his place. In the following months we will be completing the WOO HAH! line up with some smaller…
Skepta, IAMDDB, Desiigner & more join the EXIT Festival line up!
After EXIT Festival announced a string of top-notch guitar bands from all generations ranging from The Cure to Greta Van Fleet and many others coupled with some of the greatest DJs like Carl Cox, Amelie Lens and dozens more, one of the world’s leading festivals known for its musical diversity just added a strong hip-hop…
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds to play Pistoia Blues Festival
NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS will be featured in a series of concerts in Italy in July: Monday 8th at the Pistoia Blues Festival (Piazza Duomo) and on Tuesday 9th at the Arte & Musica festival in Mantua (Piazza Sordello). Soon after the release of the third album Who Built The Moon?, NOEL GALLAGHER’S…
Lazy Day to open the N4 Stage Community Festival London
LAZY DAY are opening the N4 Stage at Community ’19! The London foursome are going to get your indie party of the summer off to a buzzing start with their dreamy grunge pop and infectious hooks that’ll get stuck in your head for weeks. Lead by Tilly Scantlebury, LAZY DAY are finalists of Festival Republic’s ReBalance programme,…
Mura Masa confirmed for Pohoda Festival in Slovakia
The recent Grammy award winning producer and multi-instrumentalist MURA MASA is going to perform at Pohoda 2019. According to last.fm, he “showcases his minimalist, yet effective approach to UK trap music by combining the energy of electronic production and club culture with the rustic and organic sounds and timbres of traditional sample beatmaking”. Guernsey-born producer…
Pusha T, Mura Masa, The Vaccines join the Home Festival Venice line up!
The Carnival ends and Home Festival Venice comes alive. After the invasion of Venice by masks and music lovers who admired the shows in Piazza San Marco, now the attention for those who love the great events in the lagoon turns to San Giuliano, where from July 12 to 14 Home Festival Venice takes off,…
Spring Awakening 2019 announces Six Headliners!
You have no idea how thrilled festival organisers are to finally announce their 2019 headliners! Headlining SAMF 2019 is an all-star lineup including Grammy-nominated hit-maker DJ SNAKE, Grammy-award winning producer/DJ/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter, ZEDD, DJ Mag’s three-time No. 1 Top 100 list DJ, MARTIN GARRIX, Juno Award-winning Canadian DJ/producer, REZZ, funk/electro-soul/future-funk DJ/producer/sax master GRiZ, and melodic bass producer extraordinaire DJ ILLENIUM. The full lineup…
Trace Adkins, Dillon Carmichael, The Sisterhood Band Added To Hometown Rising Country Music & Bourbon Festival
Country music icon TRACE ADKINS, independent rising country music artist DILLON CARMICHAEL, and country rock duo THE SISTERHOOD BAND have been added to the incredible music lineup for Hometown Rising, the first-ever Country Music & Bourbon Festival, which debuts Saturday, September 14 and Sunday, September 15 at Highland Festival Grounds at KY Expo Center in…
Spanish singer Rosalía joins the Colors of Ostrava 2019 line up
Another Czech Concert Premiere for Colors of Ostrava – For the first time, one of the greatest stars of contemporary music will perform here, Spanish singer ROSALÍA, who uniquely connects flamenco, electropop and hip hop. This year ROSALÍA, a singer without exaggeration will play at the great festivals. As one of the stars, she will…
Candlemass to play Sabaton Open Air 2019
Festival organisers are proud to welcome the very forefathers of doom metal – CANDLEMASS – back to Sabaton Open Air. With the whole genre taking its name from their 1986 debut album, Epicus Doomicus Metallicus, this Stockholm band wrote the rulebook that many have followed since. In an amazing new development, the band has reunited…
Chvrches, The Futureheads, Honeyblood & more announced for Latitude Festival
Today Latitude Festival unleashes a second wave of musical acts to join headliners GEORGE EZRA, SNOW PATROL and LANA DEL REY at the multi-award-winning Latitude Festival taking place at the stunning grounds of Henham Park, Suffolk, across 18th-21st July 2019. Latitude is renowned for booking an exceptional array of talent and 2019 takes it…
Duran Duran and The Lumineers join the Tinderbox line up in Denmark!
For the second year in a row, Tinderbox Festival can present legends on stage. In 2018, Depeche Mode conjured up the audience, and this year, DURAN DURAN gets the credit. Both bands have dominated the charts worldwide, and besides nationality and an impressive list of hits, both bands are also members of the exclusive club…
Foo Fighters, Robert Plant And The Sensational Space Shifters & Zac Brown Band Headline Bourbon & Beyond 2019
The World’s Largest Bourbon Festival, Bourbon & Beyond, will make its anticipated return to Louisville, KY Friday, September 20, Saturday, September 21, and Sunday, September 22, expanding to three days full of incredible music, unique culinary events, and unmatched experiences from the region’s best distilleries at the new Highland Festival Grounds At KY Expo Center….
Wacken Open Air drops another 26 bands for 2019!
Festival organisers have announced another wave of bands for upcoming Wacken Open Air 2019! A total of 26 bands join the lineup today. At this point we want to pay special attention to three acts that have never been seen in Wacken before: Since 1969 URIAH HEEP have been on the road without any notable…
The National confirmed as Final Headliner for Sziget Festival 2019
Europe’s answer to Glastonbury adds more huge names including Mura Masa, Tom Odell, Johnny Marr, Grace Carter and Khruangbin American indie rock nobility THE NATIONAL complete the illustrious Sziget headliner bill, joining global superstars ED SHEERAN, FOO FIGHTERS, FLORENCE + THE MACHINE, POST MALONE, THE 1975, TWENTY ONE PILOTS and MARTIN GARRIX. New additions to the…
Lewis Capaldi to headline Edinburgh Summer Sessions
Scottish singer-songwriter LEWIS CAPALDI – currently top of the Official UK Charts – will headline Edinburgh Summer Sessions on 14th August. Making his Summer Sessions festival debut and a much-welcomed return to Scottish soil after a whirlwind year for the young Bathgate-born singer. Currently top of the Official UK Charts with his mammoth heart-breaking tune…
Fatboy Slim, Kodaline, Gerry Cinnamon & more for FIB Benicassim
Today is a very special day! FATBOY SLIM, the charismatic dance legend with an indie spirit, returns as headliner to the Festival (Thursday) with an impressive show. We want to see you with us here at FIB dancing non-stop as we can guarantee that it’s going to be fantastic! It just adds to the excitement of…
Barbra Streisand to headline BST Hyde Park Sunday 7th July
BARBRA STREISAND – a true icon and arguably one of the most important artists of the last half-century – is set to make her BST Hyde Park debut on Sunday 7th July 2019. A moviestar, activist and theatre star, she is mostly known for her hit songs – ‘Guilty’, ‘Woman In Love’, ‘The Way We…
Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival Tour is back at Summerfest On June 27th!
Summerfest presented by American Family Insurance is excited to announce the lineup for the Outlaw Music Festival Tour on Thursday, June 27, 2019 at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. The incredible lineup of music stars includes WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY, PHIL LESH & FRIENDS, THE AVETT BROTHERS, COUNTING CROWS, ALISON KRAUSS, DAWES, and TRAPPER SCHOEPP. Doors…
Reading & Leeds Festivals add a huge 70 new names to the line up!
If you thought this year’s Reading & Leeds festivals couldn’t get even bigger and better – you were wrong! All these names join your previously announced headliners THE 1975, POST MALONE, TWENTY ONE PILOTS and FOO FIGHTERS. He’s about to take over the rap-world with the release of his debut album, ‘Psychodrama’, DAVE will be…
Hip Hop elite to take over Stockholm for two days!
Set the alarm – Put a red mark on the 2nd & 3rd July in the calendar. Smash presents two days at Stockholm Stadium together with hip hop giants A$AP ROCKY, MIGOS and KODAK BLACK, Swedish hiphop’s newest name Z.E and breakthrough artists such as GUNNA and SAWEETIE. Festival organisers can already promise the best…
Bloodstock UK reveals 7 more bands for 2019!
Lucky for some, BLOODSTOCK springs into March with news of seven more bands joining this summer’s best metal weekender and a massive thirteen more coach pick-up locations, making it easier than ever to get you, your mates, and all your camping gear to BLOODSTOCK for a very fine metallic time this August. Belgian death metal…
Santigold announced for her Croatian debut at INmusic festival
The multi-talent American songwriter and producer Santi White, better known by her stage name SANTIGOLD, is set for her first live show at the INmusic festival in June this year! SANTIGOLD combines her diverse background and taste in music with songs that sound different and recognizable at the same time. Prior to launching her solo…
North Sea Jazz Festival announces 36 new names!
On Friday July 12 multiple Grammy winner ANITA BAKER will make her debut at the festival; her performance is part of a farewell tour. On the same day JOSÉ JAMES will present his Bill Withers project ‘Lean On Me’ with the NOORDPOOL ORKEST and TOWER OF POWER will celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary. On Saturday…
The Killers To Headline Summerfest on 5th July
Summerfest has announced that THE KILLERS will headline Summerfest on Friday, July 5, 2019 at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater with special guest DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE. THE KILLERS are a Las Vegas-based four-piece who formed in 2003, featuring the talents of singer/keyboardist Brandon Flowers, drummer Ronnie Vanucci, guitarist Dave Keuning and bassist Mark Stoermer. The…
Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 40th Anniversary line-up announced
Fairport’s Cropredy Convention three-day open-air music festival will celebrate its fortieth anniversary this year. A major innovation for 2019 is ‘glamping’ in pre-pitched luxury bell tents. Cropredy also announces the full line-up of acts appearing at this year’s event. Over three days (8, 9 and 10 August) Cropredy will present more than thirty hours of…
Sea Dance Festival brings world stars Robin Shulz and Ofenbach to Saturday!
Leading German DJ and producer ROBIN SCHULZ will join DAVID GUETTI, the most successful music producer of the 21st century, in launching a new era for the Sea Dance festival, which will be held from August 30th to September 1st at Buljarica beach in Budva! ROBIN SCHULZ has sold more than 15 million albums and…
30 new acts complete the Rock Werchter line-up
Here it is: the full line-up for Rock Werchter 2019! Another 30 names are added to the line-up – New for Thursday, June 27 are RICHARD ASHCROFT, RALEIGH RITCHIE and KIDCUTUP. To the line-up for Friday, June 28, ROBYN, THE TWILIGHT SAD, DENZEL CURRY, SWMRS, YONAKA, FOXING and SEA GIRLS have been added. For Saturday,…
Peter Doherty to headline the UK’s Lindisfarne Festival
Libertines frontman PETER DOHERTY will be headlining the mainstage on Friday night with his exciting new band THE PUTA MADRES, and D&B pioneer GOLDIE will be treating all the real party animals to a late night headline DJ set in the dance tent. Also joining the party we’ve got the amazing GENTLEMAN’S DUB CLUB, THE…
Telluride Jazz Festival Announces Artist Lineup
As the summer season in the world-famous mountain town of Telluride, Colorado begins to approach, the Telluride Jazz Festival reveals its 2019 artist lineup. Set on August 9-11, 2019, the festival presents a well-rounded, diverse mix of live jazz, funk, soul, and gospel performances featuring TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE, LETTUCE, ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE…
First Wave Of Artists Announced For Dot To Dot Festival 2019
The first wave of acts have been unveiled for Dot To Dot Festival 2019; CRYSTAL FIGHTERS, JORDAN RAKEI, SWIM DEEP, THE NIGHT CAFÉ, DREAM WIFE, THE ORIELLES, LAUREN AQUILINA, VIAGRA BOYS, MINI MANSIONS plus loads more will head to Manchester, Bristol and Nottingham on 24-26th May 2019 for its 15th year. The award-winning day long…
Bilbao BBK Live announces daily lineup & more acts
Bilbao BBK Live has added more than 20 bands to its lineup, headed up by one of the most influential frontmen of all time whether solo or with former band Oasis: LIAM GALLAGHER and Damon Albarn’s supergroup comprising members of The Clash, The Verve, and Fela Kuti: THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN, making…
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