‘Festival’ Archives
New Videos: The Cure – ‘Close to me’ + ‘A forest’ – Bestival Live 2011
Watch the live videos for ‘Close to me’ and ‘A forest’ by The Cure at Bestival, taken from BESTIVAL LIVE 2011 the double album released on 2CDs / 1 digital download on Sunday Best Recordings in aid of the Isle of Wight Youth Trust 32 Cure classics [Read More]
Festival Review: Hard Rock Hell – Village of the Damned – Dec 1-4 2011
Don’t let the name of this music festival fool you, Hard Rock Hell is quite simply a three day homage to the genre of rock that takes place in early December and it is nothing like hell to experience. Now in its fifth year HRH is firmly entrenched in its base at Pontins [Read More]
KATY PERRY: “HELLO RIO!”
Sexy Pop Princess Katy Perry took the stage at Rio de Janeiro’s “City of Rock” after several local acts and a fireworks display to kick off the night, where 100,000 people turned up for the the world’s biggest music festival, Rock in Rio, featuring [Read More]
THE FUTUREHEADS’ PRESENTS: SPLIT FESTIVAL GOES GREEN
Split Festival – The Futureheads’ annual celebration of music and culture that attracts national and international audiences to Sunderland – is going green. The event organisers have stated their ambition to provide the most eco-friendly event in the annual [Read More]
ELBOW AND TINIE SHINE AT BELSONIC
Monday, August 22nd & Wednesday, August 24th played host to another series of mind blowing performances at Belsonic 2011, delivering Tinie Tempah and Elbow to a packed house in the beautiful setting of Custom House Square. As Belsonic comes to a close with only three [Read More]
GIG REVIEW: 30 SECONDS TO MARS – BELSONIC – BELFAST
30 Seconds to Mars – Belsonic, Custom House Square, Belfast 16/08/11 I saw 30 Seconds to Mars live for the first time this week. They are undoubtedly one of my favourite bands, and seeing them at Belsonic confirmed why. It was their first time playing in Belfast and from [Read More]
BELSONIC OPENS WITH A BANG WITH 30 SECONDS TO MARS AND DIZZEE
Belsonic 2011 opened with a bang with the incredible 30 Seconds To Mars playing to a sell out crowd in Custom House Square and continued its success last night with the UK sensation, Dizzee Rascal playing to a very appreciative Belfast’s crowd with seven other shows [Read More]
RIZLAB PROJECT 2: FRIENDLY FIRES AT BESTIVAL – “THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF DANCE MUSIC”
RizLab revealed that Friendly Fires will be the next artists to work with RizLab – curating a one-off exploration of “The Past, Present and Future of Dance Music” in the RizLab arena on the opening day of Bestival.Friendly Fires commented: “Our goal was to have a [Read More]
TICKETS FOR ARTHUR’S DAY WITH DJ FRESH, THE ENEMY, CASHIER NO.9 AND ASH GO ON SALE THIS THURSDAY
The Enemy, Ash, DJ Fresh and Cashier No. 9 to play at the Arthur’s Day celebrations in Belfast on 22nd SeptemberTickets for Arthur’s Day celebrations will go on sale this Thursday, 4th August with all proceeds benefiting the Arthur Guinness fund, which is helping [Read More]
SCISSOR SISTERS, STEREOPHONICS, PALOMA FAITH, CALVIN HARRIS AND ALOE BLACC AT THIS YEARS ARTHUR’S DAY
SCISSOR SISTERS, STEREOPHONICS, PALOMA FAITH, CALVIN HARRIS and ALOE BLACC ARE AMONG THIS YEARS ARTHUR’S DAY LINE UP ACROSS PUBS AND VENUES IN BELFAST, DUBLIN, CORK & LIMERICK.Music fans in Northern Ireland and Ireland will get the opportunity to pay tribute to the [Read More]
