Festivals & Events

Download Festival 2009 - Line Up Announced

Slipknot

The UK’s premier rock festival, Download Festival, spanning 5 days giving you more ‘bang for your buck’ has revealed the first set of bands confirmed to play at this year’s event: Headlining one of the days will be Iowa metal titans Slipknot, who will bring their legendary masked 9-strong circus to Download for the third time Read More …

Metallica and Linkin Park to headline Sonisphere

Metallica

Sonisphere will bring some of rocks premier talent on August 1st and 2nd to the UK’s true home of rock, Knebworth. 60,000 fans will witness titans Linkin Park and one of the biggest rock acts of all time Metallica – headlining at the first ever Sonisphere - a full on weekend long camping festival! Read More …

The Maccabees UK Tour

The Maccabees

The celebrated gang of musical romantics are back; They have finished work on their new album and, as a taster, are giving away a blinding new track hot from the studio. “No Kind Words” will be available to download from themaccabees.co.uk following its debut play on Zane Lowe’s Radio1 show. The download is a present for patient fans eagerly anticipating the follow-up to their debut. Read More …

Thursday Announce European Tour

Thursday

Critically acclaimed post-hardcore pioneers Thursday, have announced a European Tour in April 2009. The tour, which is set between April 11th and April 19th, will take them through six European countries and the majority of the shows will be part of the “Give It A Name” travelling festivals, with Taking Back Sunday, Underoath, Innerpartysystem and Thursday’s label mates Escape The Fate. Read More …

Cream Easter Special 2009

Cream Easter Special 2009

Cream catapults itself into 2009 with a mouth watering line up for the first of three parties this year at its Liverpool home Nation. Taking place on Sunday 12th April Bank Holiday Weekend, parisian DJ/Producer du jour David Guetta is back by demand for Cream’s Easter Special. Read More …

Twin Atlantic announce biggest headline tour to date

Twin Atlantic

Despite their current unsigned status, Glasgow's Twin Atlantic are certainly making a name for themselves. The band kick off their latest headline tour of the UK with a headline show at the 900 capacity QMU venue in their hometown, an incredible feat for the young quartet Read More …

Festivals To Get You Going Next Week

Ah, the familiar festival scene

Here at FemaleFirst we know there’s nothing like spending a couple of days living it up at a festival. But shock, horror not all festivals involve mud, Wellington boots and portaloos… so I have come up with the best of the rest to amuse you during the second week of February 2009. Enjoy! Read More …

Fightstar Announce UK headline tour dates!

Fightstar

Fightstar have just announced their first tour for 2009. The band will start on April 22nd in Oxford and finish on May 7th in Manchester. They will also play a one off date in Leeds on Friday 13th February. Read More …

Tunng Tour

Tunng

Electronic folkers Tunng are proud to announce their recent collaboration with world music stars Tinariwen is set to tour the UK in March. Support comes from Soundpot, the full tour dates, promoted by Community Music Network, are below Read More …

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Friendly Fires Are Poised To Play

Crammed full of legendary live performances, one-off show-stopping sets and the usual debauched mayhem; the man tasked with keeping it all under control is none other than turbo-charged, award winning comedian Mark Watson Read More …

Marmaduke Duke - Live UK Dates

Marmaduke Duke

Marmaduke Duke, the self-created surreal musical world of enigmatic Scottish duo The Atmosphere and The Dragon, two frontmen better known as Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro and JP Reid of Sucioperro, have announced six live dates for March 2008: Read More …

Bloc Party Announce Bloctober Tour

Bloc Party who just completed their latest UK tour with two sold out shows at Wolverhampton Civic Hall over the weekend, announce their biggest UK tour to date. The month long BLOCTOBER tour will see the band play 23 shows around the UK throughout the month of October Read More …

Deathstars UK Tour

Deathstars

Swedish Death Glammers Deathstars have announced a headline tour through UK in April. Supporting acts to be announced soon Read More …

The Black Crowes Surprise Show

Black Crowes

America’s finest Blues-Rock outfit The Black Crowes announced today that they will return to the UK in May 2009 to play one special show at London’s Forum Read More …

Maximo Park Tour Dates

Maximo Park Do Their Best Clockwork Orange Impressions

Ever since their inception, few bands have enjoyed as swift and meteoric a rise to the top as Maximo Park. In 2005, their Paul Epworth-produced debut “A Certain Trigger” was released to unanimous acclaim, hitting #15 in the UK album charts and scooping a Mercury Music Prize nomination in the process. Read More …

Exit Festival's 10th Anniversary

Exit Festival Favourite The Prodigy Are Ready To Board Their Plane!

EXIT is gearing up to celebrate the festival’s 10th Anniversary in July and with a staggering array of artists across 25 stages, this will be the mother of all birthday celebrations Read More …

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