Category: UK festivals
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Let’s Talk: Will the UK’s energy bill crisis affect our independent music venues?
“The uncertainty is the worst thing.” Today, The Guardian released a conversation piece surrounding an example venue of Band on the Wall in Manchester as our grass-root venues up and down the country face difficulty in startling energy prices skyrocket in order to maintain the upkeep of an already struggling venue industry. On an annual […]
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Festivals Galore: Our August Bank Holiday Weekend
As we seep back into our communal weeks of working gathering enough strength to take us through the day, we relieve some of the best moments that took place across the UK for our live music festival scene. With it being at the end of summer and the extended day off, August bank holiday weekend […]
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Clash or Pistols: Who was more righteous with their music?
The Sex Pistols may have been the first British punk rock band, but The Clash were the real definitive British punk rockers. Brash, fiery and bolstered with an outlaw image, they were charged with a certain righteousness that only a select few punks were able to pull off. Despite a band that seemingly had “traditional” […]
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Shinedown: “Planet Zero” album review – mighty arena rock charts heights
Like many others before it, Planet Zero was an album written in lockdown. A sorrowful state of current affairs, Shinedown join the plethora of artists using the time as advantageous, as it shows a band unafraid to smack a few faces along the way. After 4 years from their blaring yellow-tape panic-room work ATTENTION ATTENTION […]
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Be Here Now Festival 2022: The next iconic festival to hit Manchester?
A city full of heart and vibrancy, Manchester has always earned a top-flight hierarchy when it comes to a live music culture, drawing near comparisons to neighbouring cities like Sheffield and further down south in London. Those familiar to the world of urban multi-venue festivals, would be familiar with the likes of Dot to Dot […]