Festival News
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The Rolling Stones Favourites To Headline Glastonbury 2010 Will Sir Mick and co. play The Pyramid Stage?...
By Scott Colothan on 6 October 2009
The Rolling Stones are favourites to headline next year's Glastonbury Festival, according to bookmakers William Hill.
The rock veterans are 4/1 favourites ahead of Coldplay and David Bowie who are both at 8/1.
Other interesting odds are Prince at 16/1, Elton John at 16/1, The Stone Roses at 20/1 and Take That at 33/1.
William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams said: "We have lost a few quid on the headline act for two years running and it will be interesting to see if punters get it right again."
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Glastonbury Fans Have 24 Hours To Register For 2010 Tickets Before they go on sale on Sunday...
By Jason Gregory on 1 October 2009
Fans have less than 24 hours remaining to register for tickets to next year's Glastonbury festival.
Tickets for the event, which will take place next June, go on sale on Sunday (October 4) at 9am.
But in a bid to combat touting, fans are required to register their details and submit a passport sized photo by 0000BST on Friday.
Those who registered for tickets last year will not have to input their personal details again.
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Glastonbury 2010 Ticket Details Announced See them on Gigwise...
By Jason Gregory on 17 September 2009
The ticket information for next year's Glastonbury festival has been announced this morning.
Fans must register their details online before tickets for the Somerset festival go on sale at 9am on Sunday October 4.
Those who registered for tickets last year will not have to input their personal details again, organisers said.
In a statement on the festival's website, organiser Michael Eavis explained the festival's decision to raise the ticket price by £10 to £185.
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Bestival 2009: Relive The Best Bands And Space Freaks In Pictures Only on Gigwise...
By Gigwise on 14 September 2009
Thousands of music fans basked in the sunshine at the Bestival on the Isle of Wight over the weekend.
The event, now in its sixth year, featured performances from the likes of Kraftwerk, Elbow, Klaxons and MGMT.
As in previous years, Bestival festivalgoers were also asked to adopt fancy dress, with this year's theme being Space Freaks.
You can relive all the best bits from Bestival on Gigwise by clicking the links below:
The Space Freaks of Bestival 2009!
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Dizzee Rascal Sends Crowds 'Bonkers' At Jersey Live On day one...
By Jason Gregory on 6 September 2009
Dizzee Rascal wowed the crowds at Jersey Live as he delivered a raucous set on the main stage last night (September 5).
Despite playing one slot before headliners Basement Jaxx, the rapper proved to be the big draw on the opening day of the Channel Island festival.
Rascal’s set was a fusion of his old school classics, including ‘Jus’ A Rascal’, and more recent chart hits ‘Dance Wiv Me’ and ‘Holiday’.
“Don’t make me get old school,” Rascal said, before launching into ‘Fix Up’.
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Arctic Monkeys and The Prodigy Storm Leeds Festival - Exclusive Photos See last night's action...
By Scott Colothan on 29 August 2009
Arctic Monkeys were forced to briefly halt their headline set at Leeds Festival last night due to crushing in the crowd.
Four songs in, the Sheffield band stopped mid-way through Brianstorm with Alex Turner urging the crowd to “pick anyone up if they fall.”
Fortunately the set soon resumed and the band rattled through a set dominated by material from their third album 'Humbug.'
Despite playing a stormer, the set got a mixed reception from the crowd some of whom wanted a more hits ladden set.
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Jack Penate Plays Ultra-Intimate Reading and Leeds Warm-Up Show In North London last night...
By Billy Bell on 28 August 2009
Jack Penate played an ultra-intimate Reading and Leeds Festival warm up show at a tiny venue in Kentish Town, North London last night with full brass band in tow.
The singer made his way into the rammed-to-the-rafters Flowerpot venue at 9.30pm to play with throngs of people still queuing outside to get in.
After thanking the crowd, he burst into life with crowd favourite 'Second Minute Or Hour' and proceeded to bash out an hour-long set interspersed with old and new tracks.
One of the stand out songs was 2007 hit 'Torn On The Platform', the reaction from the crowd as he hollered “You're not my girl, you're my town” was one of joyful screams.
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Get Loaded In The Park Sells Out! Royksopp, VV Brown and Miike Snow play the Gigwise stage...
By Scott Colothan on 27 August 2009
Get Loaded In The Park 2009 has now sold out, three days ahead of the event.
A statement from the organisers reads: “We must say a MASSIVE THANK YOU to everyone involved in Get Loaded in the Park... from our fabulous festival-buying fans, to all the artists, agents, managers and media who have helped us achieve our ambitions for this year - especially in such difficult financial times.”
For the first time, Gigwise is hosting a stage at Get Loaded In The Park featuring live performances from Royksopp, Booka Shade, VV Brown, Miike Snow, Marina & The Diamonds, MPHO and Trip.
The Gigwise stage also boasts DJ sets from Pendulum, John Kennedy and Eddy Temple Morris.
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Beachdown Festival Cancelled Due To Slow Ticket Sales On the eve of it taking place...
By Scott Colothan on 26 August 2009
Beachdown Festival has been cancelled on the eve of the event taking place this weekend.
Organisers have posted a statement on the Beachdown Festival blaming poor ticket sales and pressure from the bank on the cancellation.
The Brighton Festival was due to feature performances from Super Furry Animals, The Zutons, The Fall, Saint Etienne and more.
The full statement reads:
Dear All
It is with immense personal regret that the Directors of Beachdown Festival have been advised that they must announce that due to slower than forecast ticket-sales and lack of support at a critical time from our bank and certain suppliers that despite being so so close to being able to deliver Beachdown Festival we are unable to do so. Very simply we were unable to meet the demands that the current economic climate put against us and at the eleventh hour despite having most of the infrastructure in place we have been forced to cancel the event.
We wish to say at this time how desperately sorry we are to all those who have bought tickets or were participating in the event and to say that we all here are personally shattered expecially after eleven months of battling against the recession to try and put this event on and coming so close. We also wish to advise everyone that we explored every possible avenue to finance the event including re-mortgaging our houses to combat the unwillingness of banks to support us.
We will do everything in our power to give the best information that we can via the web-site and via email but we ask that people understand that we will also be inundated with enquiries but we will endeavour to communicate to everyone as best we can.
We ask all ticket-holders to get information from the outlet that you purchased the ticket from in the first instance and once again we will do everything we can to get as much information as we can to everyone as quickly as we can.
Directors
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Reading And Leeds Organiser Speaks About Festival Flags Ban Which starts this week...
By Jason Gregory on 25 August 2009
Melvin Benn, organiser of the Reading and Leeds festivals, has spoken about his decision to ban flags at this year's event.
As part of the clampdown, festivalgoers who bring tall flags to both sites this week will have them confiscated on the gates.
Speaking to the BBC, Benn described the flags as a “nightmare”, adding: “The people behind them - not immediately behind them, but 20 or 30 rows behind them - can't see."
Benn also revealed that the Glastonbury festival was also considering introducing a ban in 2010.
Flags have become an increasingly common fixture at music festivals over recent years, with some being used as adverts for private companies.
The Reading and Leeds festivals kick off this Friday and will feature headlining performances from Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys and Kings of Leon.
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