Live and Unsigned is giving unsigned acts from across the country the chance to play at some of the BIGGEST festivals on the UK scene for 2012, including Beach Break Live and Norfolk Spectacular. 

Calvin Harris and 17 year old pop / house producer Madeon will join Swedish House Mafia when they make history by performing a 9 hour 'One Night Stand' show in front of 65,000 people at Milton Keynes National Bowl on July 14th 2012!

A spectacular hour of performances from the UK launch of Deezer, the world’s premier streaming service, will be streamed live on www.deezer.com or via mobile devices on m.deezer.com, Tuesday 11 October

Genre-defining, boundary-pushing electronic outfit Swedish House Mafia will complete a historic first next Summer when they headline a gargantuan 9 hour ‘One Night Stand’ show in front of 65,000 people at the Milton Keynes National Bowl on Saturday July 14th 2012. Highlights of this incredible event will be recorded by BBC Radio 1 for a future broadcast.

Five people are confirmed dead and a number of others injured after a sudden storm hit the Pukkelpop Festival in Belguim last night.

Camden’s own Nutty Boys, the legendary Madness, are taking over Butlins Minehead this November, curating a sensational line-up of bands, DJs and comedians. Handpicked by the magnificent seven themselves, the House of Fun Weekender will showcase the hottest up-and-coming acts, alongside old favourites across three-days of festival fun by the sea.

Our friends over at WinkBingo.com have got a nice summary of the festivals that are up and coming this month.  Check it out inside!

Check out the UK festival queen’s tips on how to make the most of the surprising number of things to see and do in the world’s festival city this summer.

Set in the heart of the gorgeous Blackdown Hills on the Somerset/Devon border, Blackdown will again have an amazing selection of local beers, ciders, great food and above all, fantastic music for you.

Limmud Fest starts and ends with a blank green canvas. A Garden of Eden, a prophet's path. Pitch your tent, build your community and create the Jewish experience you always wanted.

Shambala, the UK’s greenest festival, has joined forces with TREE AID, the UK’s greenest development charity, to help plant and protect 1 million trees in Africa.

After a quarter of a century of being Europe’s biggest, best and most popular VW show, Bug Jam 25 is back once again with a line-up of both on and off-track action that reflects the history and heritage of this iconic event.

The gold, silver and bronze winners of the Sony Radio Academy Awards, the UK’s most prestigious radio accolades, were announced this evening at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, hosted by Chris Evans. In addition to the 36 Award categories, the Academy bestowed the Special Award to legendary Annie Nightingale and The Gold Award to the inimitable Jenni Murray.

The Truthjuice Summer Gathering returns bigger, bolder and better for 2011.
Following the success of last year’s festival, we've taken on board what people said and have made the festival longer.

In what stands as a major global music relief effort to benefit those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, over 30 of the biggest names in contemporary music have joined together for the worldwide release of "Songs for Japan", an unprecedented compilation of 38 chart-topping hits and classic tracks, available worldwide on the iTunes Store starting today.

Set in a parkland area in the centre of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, the festival offers rock, pop, folk, reggae, jazz and classical music from the local area and around the world. An event for all ages and musical tastes, you'll be hard pushed to find a better value day out. 2010 saw 31,000 people attend the festival - go along and help make the 20th year even bigger and better.

See www.crowdsurge.com/rotw2011 for tickets.

Festival line up

Fernando's Kitchen Jim Moray Kadialy Kouyate Kanda Bongo Man Laura Victoria Lu Cozma Luke Leighfield Megson Moishe's Bagel My First Tooth My Pet Junkie Raghu Dixit Randolph Matthews Redtrack Ruth Theodore Sam Lee and The Gillie Boys Sean Taylor Ska Cubano Skip 'Little Axe' McDonald Swanvesta Social Club The Selecter The Shabby Tinkerz Trevor Hensley C. C. Smugglers Calan The Selecter Oi Va Voi CW Stoneking

 

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Cocoon in the Park 2011 returns to Temple Newsam, Leeds, for the third spectacular open-air festival, the only one of it's kind in the UK.  Sven Väth will headline alongside Ricado Villalobos, Reboot and Seth Troxler.

Celebrating 30 years of surfing, The Relentless Energy Drink Boardmasters in association with Vans will take place on Saturday 13th August 2011 in Newquay, Cornwall.  Headling this day will be musical pioneer Fatboy Slim!

37 bands & DJs from 11 countries over 4 day showcasing SKA in all it's wonderful guises. Headliners include Ken Boothe, Dave & Ansel Collins (reuniting for the first time since the 1970's), Bob Andy & Marcia Griffiths, The English Beat starring Dave Wakeling, James Hunter, The Ska Flames from Japan and many more!

 

One of the biggest UK female stars for 2010 Katy B is set to top off her outstanding year with a midnight performance at Togethers 10th anniversary this NYE.  After rocking the Together tent at this years SW4, Katy is no stranger to the big stage.  Read on for more details.

The Eurosonic Noorderslag music program continues to grow and 44 new acts have been confirmed for Eurosonic, which will place on Thursday 13th and Friday 14th January in various venues in the centre of Groningen. One exclusive confirmation is Diversidad, a group of renowned European rappers, producers and sound engineers.

Together crashed into the London club scene a decade ago and has gone from strength to strength hosting some of London's biggest parties!  This year will see the 10th Anniversary hit O2 Brixton Academy along with 10 of UK's finest party protagonists.  In an incredible year for electronic music, this event will bring Together the very finest artists of each genre under one roof for the biggest dance party in the UK this New Years Eve!

 

Eurosonic Noorderslag is Europe's most important live music industry conference and showcase festival that launches tomorrow's European music talent.  Summer Festival Guide has the latest acts that have been confirmed for this major music event.

The festival season may be over with Bestival and Berlin Festival now only memories, but the international live music industry is never one to never rest on it's laurels and will be gathering at Eurosonic Noorderslag in January in preparation for the season ahead. And for a few beers no doubt.

 

Chazzstock is a celebration of the life of Chazz Haddon, the enigmatic front man of Ou Est Le Swimming Pool who sadly took his own life on Friday 20th August 2010 after the bands performance at Belgiums Pukkelpop Festival.

With the end of the festival season near, and summer slowly coming to an end, we still have the 15th Anniversary edition of the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) featuring 700 artists from the cream of the global electronic music scene!

The first set of acts for Liverpool's Music Week have no been revealed.  They include the legendary Leftfield, Chase & Status, Efterklang, Beardyman, Hadouken and many more.  Read on for full details about Liverpool's Music Week

LeeFest is small independently run festival which started out quite literally in the back garden.  Lee the organiser of LeeFest has now taken this backyard party which started with 150 people to an outdoor site in South London that will host 2000 festival goers.  He took some time out with us to answer a few questions.

Not going to Sonar? Well look no further as your friends at the BIG CHILL BAR have come up with the alternative; A THREE DAY MASH UP of cutting edge sounds that will simply blow your mind. Set in the post-industrial playground that is Dray Walk (just of Brick Lane) and featuring a fine selection of foreign beer and spirits, as long as the sun’s shining if you squint hard enough you might actually be there.

 

2010 Sandown Park Racecourse in Surrey opens its doors to one of the largest summer pop concerts to be held in the south east this year, it will bring around 14000 people to one of the biggest parties being held this summer.  Read on to see all the detail about the Summer Live Music Festival.

 

We have the latest updates from our friends over at the Jelly Festival which takes place in the picturesque grounds of Compton Hall.

 

 

 

Wolfmother will not be appearing at this years UK and European festivals due to medical reasons.  Read on for full details.

 

 

 

 

 

Celebrating Surrey is a large outdoor festival celebrating the best of music, art, community, performance, food and drink in Surrey.  The festival takes place from 26–27 June 2010 at Loseley Park, Guildford.  See over 4,000 performers, musicians and artists in action over two days!  Read on for more info.

One more year, time is flying by! There are only a few months left to the 16th edition of Monegros.   Read on for full details bout the Monegros Festival.

We have the latest news from the Croyden Summer Festival which takes place at Croyden Mela on the 31st July to 1st August.  Read on for more info.

We have the latest updates from our friends in Sweden who run the Dragonfly Festival.  Read on to see who's headlining and what other things they have in store for this year.

We have the latest press release from the Stockton Riverside Fringe Festival, read on to see whos on the lineup.

We have just got to hand the latest news from the Becks presented Juicy Beats 15 Festival in Dortmunds Westfalenpark.  For its 15th birthday they have lined up 2ManyDJ's and Tocotronic just to name a few, read on for more info.

We have got the latest news on the world famous WOMAD festival, read on for more info.

 

 

We have the latest news and lineup information about the Cornbury Festival, read on for more info.

 

 

Irelands Oxegen Festival have announced their massive lineup with headliners Muse, Eminem, Jay-Z, Black Eyed Peas and Kasabian!  Read on for the rest of the lineup.

Last nite the UK Festival Awards took place and the winners as voted by you the fans can be found by reading on.

2 weeks out and the finishing touches are being put on Londons Get Loaded in the Park festival which takes off @ Clapham Common on Sunday August 30th.  Read on for the final announcements.

As reports come in from LA, Michael Jackson was taken to UCLA Medical Centre after he collapsed at his home.  It has been stated he was not breathing when paramedics got to his home.  LA Times were then told that Michael Jackson was died on arrival to the hospital.

David Guetta got to the UK #1 spot on the charts this week with his massive summer hit When Love Takes Over.