Sadly, and inevitably, in the last few minutes the organisers of Download Festival have issued a statement confirming the 2020 festival will not be able to go ahead owing to the Coronavirus / COVID-19 outbreak. You can read their full statement below: As sad as this is, it is undoubtedly the right decision, and we…
It looks like 2000Trees Festival is set to still go ahead this July, with this year’s headliners today announced as AFI and Thrice, who join previously announced headliners Jimmy Eat World. For Californian punk rockers AFI, this will be their first UK appearance in three years, while Thrice will be providing a European exclusive, playing…
In the last few minutes, Michael and Emily Eavis, organisers of Glastonbury Festival, have taken the sad decision to cancel this years’ festival. Ticket holders will have the option of rolling their tickets over to next years’ event. The full statement can be read below from the Glastonbury Facebook page. Rock Sins has been maintained…
Following the unprecedented flooded village and parts of the campsite at Download 2019, the Download Festival powers that be have listened to the hundreds of Donington attendees and have put in place plans to improve things hugely for 2020. Substantial changes have been announced for the village, the campsite, the car parks, parts of the…
Over the last couple of weeks there’s been even more festival announcements than usual for this time of year. So, we thought we would try and round them all up in one handy place for our readers to get a full fix of festival updates and news. Firstly, there’s been a couple of recent updates…
With just under three months to go, it’s time for another announcement from the Slam Dunk Festival powers that be! It’s a double whammy, because there’s a load of new acts added to the line up, plus those always wanted stage splits are also in! Joining the fun in Hatfield and Leeds this May we…
It’s another whopper of an announcement from the Download Festival team for the 2020 edition of the annual Donington shenanigans! Over forty bands have just been added, and we’ve got more than music for you as well! Kicking things off and filling Saturday’s special guest slot, in something of a poorly kept secret are Rock…
Currently tearing UK arenas apart night after night, Slipknot know how to keep their British maggot fanbase happy. Having held KnotFest events in the US, Mexico (rather disastrously), Columbia, Japan and France (KnotFest meets Hellfest) thus far, and with plans to take it to the water with KnotFest at sea already announced, the UK is…
Happy New Year to all our wonderful readers, and we bring New Year’s Gifts courtesy of the folks at Slam Dunk Festival! Originally announced on Christmas Day itself, the Slam Dunk have unleashed a wonderful present for all festival attendees – ten more bands! Top of the pile are huge favourites of ours here at…
From the final day of Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2017, Fran Dignon brings us some fantastic action shots of the day’s events. Carry on down for shots of Venom Prison, Broken Teeth, Possessed, Obituary, Puppy, Skindred, Hell, Arch Enemy and Megadeth – not necessarily in that order!