Festivals & Events

14 June 2011

Download Festival In Brief: Day One

Download Festival has an incredible legacy, and no band could be blamed for being intimidated. -Young Guns, however, showed no signs of nerves as they powered through a strong set on ...
9 June 2011

Download Festival: Sunday Headliners

Bringing an end to what should be a wonderful weekend are some huge names in the broad rock scene. It's a testament to Download Festival's diversity that such drastically different bands ...
9 June 2011

Download Festival: Saturday Headliners

This year's Download Festival is stacking up well on paper, with punters spoilt for choice. Female First will be in Donington over the weekend to catch up with some of ...
8 June 2011

Download Festival: Friday Headliners

Female First will be at Download Festival this weekend to see some of the biggest bands in the world. As with any festival, choices will have to be made and bands ...
31 May 2011

Download Festival: Anticipated Bands

In under a fortnight, it will be time for this year’s Download Festival. Acts like Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper and Danzig will be gracing the stages, but who are Female ...
20 May 2011

Summer Festivals

Tickets for this years Glastonbury music festival sold out in just over 4 hours, over 8 hours quicker than last year, surely showing it is one of the most beloved ...
3 May 2011

Lock Up Stage at Reading & Leeds Announced

The line up for one of the most popular stages at the Reading & Leeds festival, the Lock Up Stage, is finally announced. Featuring the best names in punk, rock and ...
25 February 2011

springfestival Announces First Wave of Acts

springfestival is one of Europe’s leading metropolitan festivals and is arguably set in one of the continent’s most stunning cities. The cosmopolitan and historic Graz is a melting pot of ...

25 February 2011

Winter Sessions Weekender

 Where music, art and snowsports collide, the Winter Sessions Weekender is a three day boutique festival taking place on and off the slopes of the Chamonix valley.   Winter Sessions first ...

25 February 2011

Sugarcult On Tour! Yippee!

 The Santa Barbara based rock band will play the 20th anniversary of the Groezrock Festival in Belgium on April 23rd, alongside Descendents, Dropkick Murphys, NOFX and many more.  Before their ...

25 February 2011

We Are The In Crowd : UK Tour

Having caused quite the stir, both in the US and UK with their debut EP, 'Guaranteed To Disagree', Poughkeepsie natives, We Are The In Crowd are heading to the UK ...

23 February 2011

Tatton Park Picnic Concerts : Tom Jones

The Halle Fireworks and Light Spectacular will celebrate its 20th year, starring special guest Lesley Garrett on Saturday 30 July while international superstar Tom Jones will put on a show-stopping ...
23 February 2011

Slam Dunk 2011 : More Bands Announced

Slam Dunk Festival 2011 is officially GO!!! While bands and stages start to take shape, the festival is ready to announce the first batch of acts for the 2011 event. ...

23 February 2011

Kerry Ellis & Brian May - Anthems - The Tour

Anthems: The Tour is the exciting new live touring version of Anthems, the musical Rock Goddess Kerry Ellis’ stunning 2010 hit debut album produced by and co-starring Queen legend Brian ...
23 February 2011

Panic! At The Disco : UK Tour

Following a phenomenal sold out show at London’s Bush Hall in early February, Panic! At The Disco have announced a full UK headline tour, kicking off in Portsmouth on 28 ...
23 February 2011

David Guetta For Tomorrowland 2011

The countdown to this year’s Tomorrowland is well and truly underway. The award winning Belgian festival began announcing this year’s line-up in January and today has released the HUGE news ...
23 February 2011

Abu Dhabi Festival 2011

The Abu Dhabi Festival will present a programme drawing together a prestigious line-up of world-renowned performers from across the world for the 2011 Festival, according to Festival organisers, Abu Dhabi ...

21 February 2011

Erasure Announce Special Guest

Erasure have announced Sophie Ellis-Bextor as special guest on the June dates of their Total Pop! tour, playing their hits as part of Forestry Commission Live Music, where acts perform ...
21 February 2011

Guernsey Festival 2011

The Island of Guernsey is set to host the inaugural ‘Guernsey Festival of Performing Arts’ over the weekend of Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd July 2011. A veritable feast of ...

21 February 2011

Live @ Leeds : More Acts Announced

We are pleased to announce the addition of James Blake, Frightened Rabbit and The Futureheads to the Saturday line up for Live At Leeds. They join an incredible list of ...

21 February 2011

Janelle Monáe Set for UK

Following on from her sensational UK dates last year, including a headlining gig at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire which sold-out in under four hours, Janelle Monáe is set to ...

18 February 2011

Underworld For Exit Festival

With now nine albums under their belt, their most recent 'Barking' is a thundering return to form after a three year hiatus and sees the band perform a feat of ...

18 February 2011

Radiohead Aren't Going To Tokyo

A publicist for Radiohead has warned Japanese fans not to turn up to a 'surprise gig' in Tokyo on Friday - because the band won't be there.A cryptic message posted ...
18 February 2011

Iron Maiden Announce Tour Support

Aussie Rockers Airbourne will be joining Maiden for all regional shows except Belfast; Power Metal heroes Dragonforce will support at the Belfast* show on Wednesday August 3rd and also the ...