AVA Belfast will return 29–30 May 2026, marking the festival’s twelfth edition. The location is still under wraps, with full venue details to follow early next year. Founded from Belfast’s grassroots electronic scene, AVA has grown into one of the UK and Ireland’s key festivals for electronic music, visual arts and contemporary culture. The focus […]
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ArcTanGent will return 19–22 August 2026 with a stacked run of headliners that includes Primus, Chelsea Wolfe, and a UK-exclusive performance of Mariner by Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas, who will celebrate the album’s 10th anniversary by playing it in full. The festival—now one of the most distinctive experimental rock and metal events in […]
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Rock in Rio has confirmed its first name for the 2026 edition: Elton John will headline the Palco Mundo (World Stage) on 7 September, marking his only Brazilian show of the year and his first performance in the country since the end of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour. The announcement opens the countdown to […]
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Skunk Anansie are celebrating 25 years since the release of their debut LP, “Paranoid and Sunburnt”. Rather than taking the popular approach of playing that record in full, they are using the opportunity to honour the catalogue they have built up over that period. Lead singer, Skin, tells the sold out crowd that they have […]
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Frontman Aaron Starkie tell us tonight that this is The Slow Reader Club‘s first year as a full time band but it does not seem that way. As their 33 date UK tour arrives in Gloucester, they bring with them a hardcore following wearing their T-shirts and drinking their own signature beer on sale tonight.
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This sold out show from The Voice alumni, Becky Hill, was originally listed for last October but was one of a handful of dates rescheduled due to what she jokingly described tonight as “tactical laryngitis”. She’s backed by a full live band and backing singers (one of whom, Lovelle, was tonight’s opening act) and brings […]
Continue ReadingAustralia’s Gang Of Youths have been getting the attention they deserve in their home country for a while now but they’re starting to get it overseas here too.
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