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Zadar Sunset Festival Hosts Andrea Oliva, Deborah De Luca + more

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Zadar Sunset Festival Invites You To Dance by Zadar’s Famous Monument to the Sun

Line-Up Included Deborah De Luca, Andrea Oliva, Kiko Franco, Pablo Panda, Yakka, Aldo Morro, Andrologic + more

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Zadar Sunset Festival is an exclusive two-day party headlined by Andrea Oliva, Deborah De Luca and Kiko Franco on 30th and 31st of July 2021. It is a limited capacity and close-knit gathering that invites you to dance to world-class sounds and soak up the energy of the sun next to a historic monument in one of the most cultured cities in Europe. Special boat afterparties and daytime beach sessions will also be announced in the next week. 

Zadar Sunset Festival follows the success of BSH Island, the first post-pandemic festival in Europe, and has been produced by BSH Events and Selected Croatia in cooperation with the Zadar Tourist Board. The city itself is the oldest continuously inhabited Croatian city and boasts famous red-tiled roofs, Roman architecture, fortified city walls, and a number of temples and forums, with uninterrupted views of the glistening Adriatique.

Zadar Sunset Festival is a cultured event that is all about creating a unique stage for world-class DJs to soundtrack a truly unforgettable experience. It will find like-minded people basking in the energy of the sun by the famous Monument to the Sun, and is sure to be a spiritual voyage you will not want to end.

The monument consists of 300 multi-layered glass plates placed on the same level as the stone-paved waterfront. At night, special lighting elements make for a mesmeric and magical light show that creates unity between nature, light, and humanity in collaboration with the nearby Sea organ, an experimental musical instrument that plays music by way of sea waves and tubes located underneath a set of large marble steps.

Renowned tech-house star Andrea Oliva plays the 30th, with Italian techno queen Deborah De Luca playing the 31st, and Brazilian giant and global top streaming electronic aritst Kiko Franco also playing with plenty of support from local talents Pablo Panda, Yakka, Aldo Morro, Andrologic. Mony, Ivan Mastermix ,Groove Masters, Alvize, Puff Puff-e, Damian Leboss, San Pacho, Neroa and Edvin. 

This is a historic party that will make for two unforgettable nights of music, culture, and sun worship. 

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BLOODSTOCK weekend tickets sell out; more details revealed

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BLOODSTOCK is excited to announce that weekend tickets to this Summer’s festival are now SOLD OUT!  A limited number of one day tickets are still available for Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with the latter day’s availability now very limited, so move fast if you wanna see Judas Priest!  Anyone missing the boat or wanting to sell their ticket due to changing circumstances, can check here for official re-sales.  So with BLOODSTOCK full steam ahead for 2021, the last of the bands are locked in, all ready for the festival’s 5-day run in just 3 weeks time.  

Saturday’s opener on the Sophie Lancaster Stage will be Midlands alt metal four-piece, NETHERHALL.  The band won their slot through Planet Rock Radio’s band competition and were picked from many, many submissions to win their slot.  NETHERHALL also recently performed at an event at Aston Villa FC for Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler to honour Butler’s induction into the Birmingham Walk of Stars.  Get yourself appraised by checking out the band’s video for ‘Ruminate’ here.  

The second phase of Metal 2 The Masses bands are also finalised, with 11 more grass roots outfits winning themselves a New Blood stage slot.  The South Wales winners are rock squad PEARLER, Kent’s chosen ones are the groove/doom metal outfit STRUCK/DOWN, Leeds’ top dogs are fuzzed-out sludgesters SOUND OF ORIGIN, Birmingham’s victors are rock four piece INSURGENT and Northern Ireland’s winners are doom/sludge 6-piece, ELDER DRUID, all of whom land themselves a Friday spot.  

Snagging their space on Saturday’s New Blood stage are Brighton victors KINZOKU who blend thrash, prog, death and metalcore, Chesterfield’s winners, the Hull thrash/groove outfit IRONTOOTH, Satanic Blackened Deathcore band BLOOD CHURCH take the Wolverhampton crown, coming out on top in Nottingham are rock 4-piece, COTTON MOUTH, Stoke’s winners are dread-soaked dropouts THE GHOULES and finally, Scotland’s Lovecraftian monsters NASSAU take the medal north of the border.  

Each year, the RAM GALLERY showcases a wealth of fabulous and fantastic heavy metal related art, curated by festival founder and globally renowned fantasy artist, Paul Gregory.  This year’s exhibits will include work from longtime Judas Priest artistic collaborator, Mark Wilkinson, who is also showing his latest creation in the shape of Fish’s latest ‘Weltschmerz’ album artwork.

There’s also a very special piece of art from previous BLOODSTOCK headliners, Trivium!  For the first time anywhere in the world, you’ll be able to see the actual painting from their recent ‘In The Court Of The Dragon’ video… and the first 100 fans to check it out can snag a 12×12 print to take home.  Be warned though, the painting is powerful and may be cursed – if you’ve watched the video you’ve seen the two ladies drooling a mysterious black liquid…!  Also exhibiting for the first time in the RAM Gallery is longtime Metal Hammer snapper and Iron Maiden official photographer John McMurtrie, who’ll have seven of his fabulous images on display. 

The ever-popular luthier, CYNOSURE returns once again with his astonishing handcrafted guitars, including both 2020’s and 2021’s creations.  2020’s two guitars are a Jimi Hendrix inspired axe (to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of his passing) and a Ronnie James Dio guitar (marking a similar 10 years).  2021’s themes are a Devin Townsend-inspired piece and a piece that is an homage to Van Halen.  There will be even more than just these works on display, so don’t miss this amazing and unique aspect of BLOODSTOCK, certainly something you won’t see anywhere else!  BLOODSTOCK is also proud to announce this year’s charity partners. 

Our previous partners, the mental health-angled MIND, roll over from 2020, together with the related PATCH AMNESTY.  Sharing the funds this year are DERBYSHIRE BLOOD BIKES, who offer a free medical courier service to the local NHS hospitals, moving blood, human milk for premature & ill babies, biological & diagnostic samples, medication and other urgent medical equipment wherever they need to go in the UK.  Their 65 volunteers and fleet of 13 bikes and 3 cars travel over 200,000 miles every year and are funded purely by donations, needing over £35,000 a year just to operate, so every single pound helps and we’re hoping BLOODSTOCK can give their coffers a big boost in 2021.  If you’ve still not found your tent after 2019’s fest, fear not, Fat Frank’s Camping Store can help!  You can pre-order all your gear, or just that one missing item and collect it on-site. You can have them blow up your air bed while you wait, or even ‘rent-a-tent’ from them for the weekend.  Not only that, they can also solve the problem of towing it all home on the train with their ‘festival bag’ service, where they’ll deliver all your kit back to your home address within 3-5 days post-event, or if you don’t want your tent anymore, you can drop it off at their donation point in the Midgard campsite. 

If you’d rather not wrestle with your own, you can rent one of Tangerine Fields’ pre-pitched tents, ready for your arrival at Catton Park.  No hassle putting it up and then taking it down on Monday morning!  Check out all the size options and book online here.  
BLOODSTOCK’s 2021 main stage headliners are DEVIN TOWNSEND (Friday), KREATOR (Saturday), and JUDAS PRIEST (Sunday).  The festival will also feature sets from SKINDRED, PARADISE LOST, DIAMOND HEAD, THERAPY?, VENOM PRISON, JINJER, VIO-LENCE, SAXON, THE WILDHEARTS, GLORYHAMMER, BLEED FROM WITHIN, NAPALM DEATH, PHIL CAMPBELL & THE BASTARD SONS, MEMORIAM, RAMAGE INC., GREEN LUNG, CONJURER, ORANGE GOBLIN, RAGING SPEEDHORN, LAWNMOWER DETH, CONAN, SYLOSIS, WINTERFYLLETH, HACKTIVIST, THE CRAWLING, EVIL SCARECROW, ACID REIGN, SVALBARD, BORSTAL, SEIDRBLOT, MOTHER VULTURE, BLOODSHOT DAWN, and EVILE, with plenty more besides and a wealth of new and breaking bands on our New Blood Stage.  One day tickets are still available in the ticket store along with child tickets and parking tickets. VIP and campervan tickets for 2021, along with weekend tickets are now sold out.  BLOODSTOCK 2021 takes place at Catton Park, Derbyshire from 11th-15th August 2021. For more info, go to www.bloodstock.uk.com.

Sam Paganini unveils first singles ‘Bianca / One’ from the upcoming album

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Bianca / One: https://soundcloud.com/sam_paganini/sets/sam-paganini-bianca-one
Date: 30th JulyLabel: Jam
Italian techno powerhouse Sam Paganini is teasing the release of his new album later in the year with two very different standout singles from it, ‘Bianca’ and ‘One’. They land on Jam on July 30th and give a fine taster of what to expect from the full length. 
For nearly 25 years, Paganini has been leading the underground scene from the front and headlining every major club and festival in the world, from Berghain in Berlin to Output and Cielo in New York and Fabric in London. In that time, the Italian has also released on influential labels like Drumcode, Plus 8 and Cocoon Recordings and is never far from the top 10 of the Beatport techno charts. As well as club-ready EPs, he has always showcased his fine studio craft on immersive full-lengths like 2014’s Satellite, 2017’s Zenith and 2020’s Reflections. 
Those albums evolved his famously percussive and harmonic sounds and explored downtempo and breakbeat as well as techno. ‘Rave’ from the Satellite album became an instant classic that has been viewed more than 43 million times on YouTube and stayed for more than 18 months in the overall Beatport Chart after being number 1 for over two months. Next to making techno, he has toured Italy as a drummer with a rock band and had a UK Club Chart #1 ‘Zoe’ under his Paganini Traxx alias in 1996.


The sublime ‘Bianca’ is an emotive track that is dedicated to Sam’s daughter, who was a newborn baby when it was written and is now seven months old. It has celestial chords reaching up to the heavens and is driven by silky breakbeats with a heart-aching vocal that really brings light and hope. This majestically light and airy track is sure to bring real spine-tingling emotions to any dance floor. 
‘One’ is all about taking you to the heart of an intense party. The pulsing synths and sci-fi chords bring cosmic energy to a rubbery baseline and prodding drums that never get up. It cannot fail to get you locked into the moment and lost in the music. 
These are two very different but equally vital new singles from a real techno mainstay. 


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North-West Festival Hide&Seek Announces Apollonia, Black Loops, Dam Swindle, Gene on Earth, Jeremy Underground + more

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Cheshire’s Hide&Seek presents ‘Life In Colour’ with Irresistible Line Up

Apollonia, Black Loops, Dam Swindle, Gene on Earth, Jeremy Underground, Ingi Visions, KRN, Raresh, Sonja Moonear, Spokenn, The Ghost, Voigt.Mas, Youandewan, Josh Baker, Sugar Free, Sweely and more

This year’s long-awaited Hide&Seek Festival is expanding its capacity in light of the latest lockdown lifting. More tickets are now available and are selling fast for this most cultured of get-togethers on September 4th. It all goes down in the beautiful grounds of Cheshire’s Capesthorne Hall which is set to come alive under the new and soul-enriching concept of ‘Life in Colour’, with a wealth of extra special design and production to match the world-class lineup of Apollonia, Black Loops, Dam Swindle, Gene on Earth, Jeremy Underground, Ingi Visions, KRN, Raresh, Sonja Moonear, Spokenn, The Ghost, VOIGT.MAS, Youandewan, Josh Baker, Sugar Free, Sweely and more. The whole event is curated by Josh Baker, the young and impressive Manchester artist who has made a big impact with tunes on LOCUS and Automatic Writing, DJ sets around the world and now Hide&Seek Festival. Final tickets are available now at www.residentadvisor.net/events/1319479. 

Hide&Seek presents ‘Life In Colour’! Here to inject new life and multi-sensory experiences back into the atmosphere. It will allow people to truly express themselves after what has been a black and white period in our lives. It’s time to dance, reconnect, laugh and love. Time to see life through a different lens as Hide&Seek tell a story, a story that will last a lifetime. 

Anyone who attended the Hide&Seek debut in 2019 knows the lengths the team went to in order to make it really stand out as a boutique gathering of true music lovers. The festival will build on that fine reputation in 2021 in the historic grounds of the 18th century Capesthorne Hall Estate and bordered by picturesque, green and rolling Cheshire countryside. This truly magical setting overlooks three lakes, stunning formal gardens and once more promises to be the location of a breath-taking experience that puts you at one with nature, music and like-minded souls. 

The music is a mouthwatering selection of underground heroes, taste-making DJs and influential selectors who have a forward-thinking sound. They span all forms of house, electro, breaks and minimal with French trio Apollonia leading the charge next to big hitters Dam Swindle from Amsterdam, the cult Black Loops and Berlin favourite Gene on Earth. Famously passionate deep digger Jeremy Underground also returns with sublime selections from Raresh and spaced out sounds from the VOIGT.MAS pair of John Dimas and Voigtmann, slick vibes from Sonja Moonear and classy grooves from Berlin mobile record store duo The Ghost, KRN, Josh Baker, Miller, Laidlaw, Sugar Free, Sweely and Youndewan with Back to Basics resident Tristan da Cunha bringing the party next to many more. 

This year’s Hide&Seek is set to be an unreal celebration of the power of dance music to bring us together, and in more sensational colour than ever before. 

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Hifields Festival say thank you to the NHS with complimentary tickets

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The countdown is on to the much anticipated Hifields festival in Chippenham Park in Cambridge. It runs for one special weekend from July 31st to August 1st and tickets are to be offered to NHS staff in and around the South West region. 

This move is a big thank you to all the wonderful NHS staff who have helped the region get through the worst public health crisis in 100 years. 

Hifields has developed into a nationally renowned two-day festival, curated by music lovers for music lovers with 6000 people expected in 2021. It is a festival that strives to be green with reusable cups for drinks, shuttle buses from local towns and train stations, green generators, and recycling where possible. This year it’s at all new location Chippenham Park with rolling green meadows, a beautiful lake and plenty of natural British countryside vibes. 

The festival makes a lasting impression that goes beyond the two days by encouraging attendees to get involved in music and arts by seeing people they know involved in the event and on stage, as well as a Circus workshop provided by Flotsam the Fool’s Circus Workshop and full fairground. Local hosting brands include Warning, Zest and 17 Music as well as Point Blank London Music School and Red Bull, Garage Nation, Raver Tots for the young ones. 

Music comes across four bespoke stages The Meadow, Lost Woods, The Big Top and the Treasure Zest. Across the weekend, headliners include DJ.

Spartaque joins forces with ODYSSAY for stunning new track, My Religion 

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Release Drops 16th July via CODEX label

Artist: Spartaque ft. ODYSSAY 

Title:  My Religion

Label: CODEX

CatNo: CODEX127

Label: CODEX

Release Date: 16/07/2021

Tracklisting: Spartaque & ODYSSAY – My Religion 

Vitalii Babii, aka Spartaque, has been championing his take on the techno sound for well over a decade now, making a concentrated effort to carve his own definitive path in the electronic music landscape. Hailing from Ukraine, the tenacious musician is wholly dedicated to his craft, with heavy touring and an ever-flourishing discography to match. With an early interest in house music at the age of 16, it was only a matter of time before he began to hone in on his passion. Reaching a pivotal point in 2007, he was chosen by Virus Music after winning a mixing contest to perform at the Ukrainian Global Gathering, the country’s first music festival. This opened many a-door for the accomplished talent, and set a precedent for the upward trajectory of his career both in the studio and behind the decks. Proficiently polished through and through, Spartaque’s unparalleled knack for producing intensely raw and organic techno is few and far between in the modern dance music domain, as he now stands as one of the most influential figures on the circuit.

Spartaque’s latest is a collaboration with ODYSSAY, who he links up to great effect on a big new single for CODEX that will blow any dance floor part. The thumping My Religion is a hard hitting and heavy melodic techno track with immovable drums. The wall- rattling percussion, thunderous claps and scintillating synths all add up to a tense and alluring groove, and the beautiful vocals from ODYSSAY really reach out to the listener and give it that extra edge. This is powerful music that will make an indelible mark no doubt. 

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Manchester’s Joshua Brooks reopens under new management with a £200k refit and announces line up

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● Manchester’s infamous Joshua Brooks reopens under new management. With a £200 000 refit, the new-look Joshua Brooks offers all-day drinking and dining and new additions of a terrace and Cubanitos kitchen.

● Joshua Brooks will play host to a stream of opening parties with globally renowned DJ’s including Darius Syrossian, Mason Collective, Mark Knight and many more.

Manchester’s 24-hour party people can dust off the dancing shoes with the revival of the infamous Joshua Brooks, one of the city’s most adored clubbing institutions.

This iconic venue will reopen its doors to drinkers, diners and ravers on Friday, July 23rd 2021, playing host to techno heavyweight Darius Syrossian, followed by legendary House DJ Mark Knight on Saturday, July 24th 2021.

Proudly taking over an extensive corner plot on Princess Street, Manchester, this clubbing mecca is currently undergoing a £200,000 revamp courtesy of new owners Jorge Meehan and Brian Murphy. This entrepreneurial pair are renowned in the industry for owning and operating shindigs such as Wile Out Festival, Southern Sunset Festival, Social Avenue, Milton Keynes Reggae Festival, Acropolis and many more. With over 20 years of combined experience, they will be turning their expert attention to breathing new life into Joshua Brooks, bringing this historic venue back to its former glory with an extensive ‘back to brick’ refit.

The venue will officially reopen on Thursday, July 22nd, 2021, for an exclusive press launch party with headliners Darius Syrossian alongside home-grown DJ’s Mason Collective, a dynamic trio rising through the underground music scene with their signature high energy grooves and explosive DJ sets.

The new-look Joshua Brooks will be a one-stop-party shop for musically minded Mancunians, combining drinking, dining and dancing from dusk until dawn.

By day, the revamped bar will be a home-from-home for the city’s workers, featuring comfortable seating, exposed brickwork and all of the nostalgic charm for which the venue was known.

There is also the addition of an on-site food kitchen courtesy of “Cubanitos”. Well known at festivals across the country, this campervan turned food kitchen concept will be permanently parked up in Joshua Brooks, offering tantalising Cuban street food from 12 pm-11 pm every day.

Expect traditional Cuban sandwiches, tongue-tingling “Picante” Burgers, artisan Hot Dogs, “Ropa Vieja”, a flavoursome Cuban beef stew and obligatory sides of Dirty Rice, Slaw and “Empanadas”. Dessert lovers can indulge in the Pina Colada Panna Cotta with Dark Rum and Charred Pineapple or a palette cleansing Mojito Sorbet. A small plate menu will also launch in early August, featuring authentic, traditional Cuban dishes but with a modern-day twist.

As the lights go down, early evening drinkers can treat themselves at the bar to expertly crafted Cuban-themed cocktails or one of the many draught beers on offer that includes Camden Hells, Goose IPA and Manchester’s own Union Lager. The new outdoor terrace provides the perfect place for enjoying al fresco drinks and watching the world go by.

Once refreshed, it will be time to go deep into the hallowed underbelly of this infamous venue, where the basement will play host to a handpicked selection of the world’s finest Techno, House and Funk DJ’s. Reviving the spirit of Manchester’s original basement party every weekend from 11 pm-4am will be Phase One DJ’s that includes Manchester heavyweights Mason Collective, drag Queen DJ and producer Jodie Harsh, D&B and Jungle DJ Kahn, Global Fire Record label owner Guy J, French House and Disco DJ Jeremy Underground and many more.

Jorge MD of Joshua Brooks and JBM Events said:

“We are so excited to reopen the doors to Joshua Brooks. When we found out it was no longer returning as a club, we felt compelled to take the project on so Manchester did not lose yet another clubbing institution.We have so much love for the space after running events there for over seven years, and we are so proud to be able to open up once again with the new additions of the kitchen, the terrace and, of course, some of the world’s finest DJ’s.”

Ready to return with a vengeance, Thursday, July 22nd 2021, will play host to an exclusive VIP and press preview party featuring musical maestros Mason Collective and Darius Syrossian who will resurrect the spirit of Manchester’s most famous musical mecca for an ultimate revival rave with many more to come.

Tickets cost from £8. To purchase tickets for upcoming events at Joshua Brooks, please visit: bit.ly/JBsLaunchWeekend

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● For further information please visit www.Joshuabrooks.co.uk

● Phase One DJ’s:

PHASE 1.. (A-Z) ANOTR BELLAIRÉ DARIUS SYROSSIAN DAVE LEE ZR DRS LIVE GUY J JEREMY UNDERGROUND JODIE HARSH JOHN SUMMIT KAHN MARK KNIGHT MASON COLLECTIVE NATASHA DIGGS NEEK NEW ORDER OFFICIAL AFTERPARTY NICK WARREN SLAM

● Joshua Brooks will be open every day from 11am late.

● Joshua Brooks is based at 106 Princess Street, Manchester

Upcoming events: 

Friday 23rd July – Joshua Brooks Opening – Darius Syrossian

Saturday 24th July – Joshua Brooks Opening – Mark Knight All Night Long 

Saturday 31st July – Moxy In The Skate Park Afterparty – Darius Syrossian 

Saturday 28th August – Joshua Brooks presents Dave Lee 

Saturday 29th August – Joshua Brooks presents Jodie Harsh Pride After Party 

Friday 24th September – Haus22 & Joshua Brooks presents Slam All Night Long

Friday 1st October – Joshua Brooks presents Bellairé

Saturday 2nd October – Joshua Brooks presents Guy J All Night Long

Saturday 9th October – Joshua Brooks presents Natasha Diggs

Friday 15th October – Joshua Brooks Drs Live After Party

Saturday 23rd October – Joshua Brooks presents Jeremy Underground

Saturday 30th October – Joshua Brooks presents ANOTR All Night Long

Saturday 13th November – Joshua Brooks Presents Suat 

Saturday 20th November – Joshua Brooks presents Kahn & Neek

Saturday 11th December – Joshua Brooks presents Nick Warren All Night Long 

Lovefest Serbia Announces Line-Up (ft. Apollonia, Jamie Jones, Tama Sumo, Call Super + more) + gives away 500 FREE tickets

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SIGN UP FOR A FREE TICKET FOR LOVEFEST 2021

Seems like not all ships have sunk for music lovers and there is a tiny beacon of hope. Its name is Lovefest in Serbia. Serbia is on the list of counties to host big, open-air music festivals this year, and the best option for that is Lovefest. 

What’s more, you also have the chance to sign up for a free ticket, and to be among the 500 chosen to join the thousands of music and good energy fans who will dance safely in the crowd. We all know that you missed it so much. All you need to do is to have goodwill and fill in the data in the form. 

Lovefest will be held from 5th-7th of August this summer in a dreamy green location of a small town called Vrnjacka Banja. The well-known city park lake will host artists such as Michael Bibi, currently one of the hottest DJs in the world, Joseph Capriati, Seth Troxler, Ilario Alicante, Loco Dice, as well as the trio from the Parisian underground – Apollonia. This year, Lovefest could be a good substitute for Berlin’s Panorama Bar with artists such as Palms Trax, Tama Sumo, Lakuti and Call Super sure to bring that Berghain vibe. 

The 15th edition of Lovefest will be held with full capacity, and it’s totally Covid proof. Only vaccinated people will be able to enter the festival, as well as those with a negative PCR test. Also, body temperature will be measured and there will be available free rapid antigen tests at the entrance. 

A sufficient number of disinfection stations will be available at the festival, as well as a sufficient number of bars for buying drinks, and mobile toilets. Payment at the festival will be made exclusively with tokens, so we avoid additional contact. 

Sign up, and join the crowd on Lovefest 2021. See you in Vrnjacka Banja!

Line-up:

Anfisa Letyago

ANNA

Apollonia

Enrico Sanguiliano

Ilario Alicante

Jamie Jones

Joseph Capriati

Loco Dice

Michael Bibi

Seth Troxler

William Djoko

Call Super

Danielle

Dejan Milicevic

DJ Fett Burger

Lakuti

Marko Milosavljevic

Palms Trax

Patrice Scott

Solar

Tama Sumo

Telephones

Timmy Regisford

Volcov

Willikens & Ivkovic

Woody 92

Zaltan

Andria

Cristina Lazic

CVNTKVC

DJ Lale

Ilija Djokovic

Iva Arifaj

Luton

Kristijian Molnar

Natasha

Nikola Vemic

Runy

Scwabe

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Brand New Festival Electric Woodland Launches w/ Chase & Status, Hybrid Minds, Dimension, Crucast, Richy Ahmed & More

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Electric Woodlands Invites You Deep Into The Forest

Chase & Status, Hybrid Minds, Dimension, Crucast, Richy Ahmed, Kings of The Rollers, Flava D, John Summit, Bad Boy Chiller Crew and more take over 3 incredible stages of music for a brand new festival this September.

Stages hosted by: Dnb All Stars / Crucast / Foreverland 

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Electric Woodlands is an all new festival that invites you deep into an enchanted woodland for 11 hours of musical escapism on September 25th 2021. Three beautifully bespoke stage designs, lush green landscapes and a hidden forest will be soundtracked by a who’s who of drum & bass, house and bass stars including Chase & Status, Hybrid Minds, Kings of the Rollers, Dimension, Flava D, Richy Ahmed, John Summit, Detlef, Latmun, Skepsis, Darkzy and Bou, as well as special guests Bad Boy Chiller Crew plus many more. Electric Woodlands offers a full Covid ticket guarantee. 

The beautiful Bygrave Farm in Baldock is only 30 minutes from London but is a secluded and natural space that feels a million miles away from everyday life. A partnership with Big Green Coach means there will be plenty of buses from surrounding areas, as well as shuttle buses (10 mins from festival site) from the nearby Stevenage Station. The site will be converted into an immersive musical wonderland with a range of food and drink options to keep you fuelled through the day. The team behind the festival is the newly formed yet vastly experienced Louder, responsible for organising over 300 events and club shows a year including festivals  to all day events and club shows at the UK’s most prestigious venues including Printworks, Ministry of Sound, Clapham Common, O2 Academies, The Drumsheds and The Warehouse Project. 

Electric Woodlands will host 3 stages of music, each hosted by acclaimed brands and genre-leaders, featuring a mix of red hot up and comers and established pioneers. DnB Allstars, the largest global online community of drum & bass fans, will host The Big Top, headlined by juggernauts Chase & Status and Rage. They’re joined by fellow big hitters Hybrid Minds, Dimension, the legendary Kings of the Rollers, as well as special guests and stars of the moment Bad Boy Chiller Crew, plus many more. 

The Clearing Stage will be hosted by the mighty bassline collective CruCast, who have taken the scene by storm with a vital new strain of high energy bass sounds. They showcase leading practitioners Skepsis, Darkzy, Kanine, DJ Q b2b Jamie Duggan, Window Kid, Zero, Tsuki and more as well as special guest and garage, grime and bassline queen, Flava D. 

The Enchanted Forest stage is hosted by the famously colourful and eccentric Foreverland, with cutting edge house selectors Richy Ahmed, special guest & one of the fastest rising stars of house music John Summit, Detlef b2b Latmun and more from the likes of Alisha, Lewis Tala, Royal Hustle and Kayley Harriet all taking to the decks. 

Electric Woodlands is set to be a much needed, one day getaway and unforgettable experience which will undoubtedly become a permanent fixture in the festival calendar. 

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LAST CALL FOR BLOODSTOCK TICKETS!

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There’s just 29 days left to BLOODSTOCK and the remaining tickets are flying, so don’t wait if you want to join the fun this year, as it’s looking very likely the event will sell out in advance. Don’t miss tonight’s BLOODSTOCK Facebook Live at 6:30pm with festival directors Vicky & Adam, for all the very latest info including safety measures for this year’s event.

With international issues continuing for some artists, DARK TRANQUILLITY have had to cancel, but we’re thrilled that the very epic LOATHE are able to join us in their place on Friday’s Ronnie James Dio main stage. Frontman Erik Bickerstaff tells us, “We are thrilled to be performing at this year’s BLOODSTOCK Festival for the first time, and to be sharing the Main Stage on August 13th alongside an incredible and eclectic lineup of heavy artists.” Not familiar with LOATHE’s atmospheric heaviness yet? Get with the programme via their video for ‘Two Way Mirror’ taken from the amazing ‘I Let It In And It Took Everything’ album. 

Similarly, BURY TOMORROW have had to pull out, but we welcome WHILE SHE SLEEPS in their place. BURY TOMORROW explain, “Due to the band’s current line up situation and despite best efforts we are unfortunately unable to play BLOODSTOCK this year, we are truly gutted! We support the festival and hope everyone enjoys every minute of the weekend! We are however over the moon to confirm BLOODSTOCK have invited us back next year so we will see you all at BLOODSTOCK 2022!!” We are more than sure that WHILE SHE SLEEPS are up to the task of filling their shoes – check out ‘Sleep Society’ from their blistering set at the Download Pilot.

UNLEASH THE ARCHERS have also unfortunately dropped out and they will be replaced on the Sophie Lancaster stage by British rock squad BLACK SPIDERS, in their first ever BLOODSTOCK appearance. To whet your appetite, they just released a lyric video for the aptly-named new song ‘Give ‘Em What They Want’ from next week’s new album. We want to be back head-bangin’ in a field with all our mates! Look out for the album’s special diablo red vinyl on July 17th’s Record Store Day. 

Due to LOTUS EATER splitting up, death metal bruisers FOETAL JUICE will now step into their spot, declaring, “We are absolutely delighted to be playing Bloodstock this year! It’s an incredible festival that we attend every year. The last time we played back in 2016 has still been the biggest show we have ever played. The year will absolutely kick that in the bollocks. We literally cannot wait to play this festival again!!” Get familiar with them via their latest album’s title track ‘Gluttony.’

This year’s Metal 2 The Masses scheme played out in a rather different landscape to the norm, but we applaud the efforts of the local promoters who’ve made a success of their heats despite an array of logistical issues. As such, we’re thrilled to announce 10 more winners from various areas across the country, who’ll each win a slot on the New Blood stage on Friday or Saturday. 

Landing slots on the Friday are extreme metal 5-piece, TERMINAL SUN who win the Sheffield competition, the Essex victors are death metal squad BEYOND EXTINCTION, Somerset’s champs are melodic alt metallers, SAIL, Manchester’s top dogs are tech thrashers BEYOND SALVATION, and SEVERENTH bring home the prize for North Wales. 
Snagging slots on Saturday’s New Blood stage are Hitchin’s stoner/grunge winners, BLACK ATLAS, Norwich sludgers A HORSE CALLED WAR, blackened death trio ASCARIS take the Bristol area prize, Newcastle’s goes to groove metal squad DESOLATION, while London’s victors HAWXX are also the winners of PRS’s Women Make Music award! Congrats to them!

There’s lots happening over on BLOODSTOCK’s Twitch channel and at 7:30pm this evening (13th July) the inaugural ‘BloodThirsty’ video interview podcast sees DEVILDRIVER frontman, Dez Fafara and JUDAS PRIEST’s Rob Halford talking all things metal! Tune in to watch the two legends discuss BLOODSTOCK and much more.

Brand new to BLOODSTOCK this year is our exciting gaming arena! Brought to you by our friends at Nordic Spirit, the Game Zone brings that little bit extra to an already packed, 5-day bonanza of metal. Feeling competitive? There’s a very wide array of games to play, on Xbox, Playstation, PC, retro consoles (from Atari to Sega to Nintendo), arcade machines, and more! The arena runs from 11am-8pm daily from Thursday, play at your leisure! While there’s plenty of space, do note it’s limited numbers at any one time.  If you’ve got your ticket but are yet to figure out your camping situation, let Tangerine Fields take the stress out of the weekend. If you’d rather not transport and wrestle with your own, you can rent one of their pre-pitched tents, all set to go and ready for your arrival at Catton Park. No hassle with putting it up and then taking it down on Monday morning! Check out all the size options and book online here.   

Our friends at PLANET ROCK RADIO have launched a BLOODSTOCK pop-up radio station, showcasing music from many of this year’s acts like Judas Priest, Kreator, and The Wildhearts, as well as others from BLOODSTOCK’s past such as Slayer, Nightwish, Machine Head, Gojira, etc to celebrate BLOODSTOCK’s 20th Anniversary. The channel will run for 3 months and is available on Planet Rock’s premium app, the Planet Rock Radio website and via smart speakers. Fans can get a month’s free subscription to Planet Rock Premium (in addition to a 7-day free trial period) using the code ‘Bloodstock’. Start your BLOODSTOCK party early by tuning in! More info here.
BLOODSTOCK’s 2021 main stage headliners are DEVIN TOWNSEND (Friday), KREATOR (Saturday), and JUDAS PRIEST (Sunday). The festival will also feature sets from SKINDRED, PARADISE LOST, DIAMOND HEAD, THERAPY?, VENOM PRISON, JINJER, VIO-LENCE, SAXON, THE WILDHEARTS, GLORYHAMMER, BLEED FROM WITHIN, NAPALM DEATH, PHIL CAMPBELL & THE BASTARD SONS, MEMORIAM, RAMAGE INC., GREEN LUNG, CONJURER, ORANGE GOBLIN, RAGING SPEEDHORN, LAWNMOWER DETH, CONAN, SYLOSIS, WINTERFYLLETH, HACKTIVIST, THE CRAWLING, EVIL SCARECROW, ACID REIGN, SVALBARD, BORSTAL, SEIDRBLOT, MOTHER VULTURE, BLOODSHOT DAWN, EVILE, and more, with plenty still being announced. For further line-up details, visit the official website.