Coldplay become act to headline most times with their fifth top slot, while Shania Twain is booked for the Sunday teatime ‘legend’ set as the lineup is announcedDua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA will headline Glastonbury...
Read MoreStandon Calling among events scheduled for 2024 to call time or postpone amid fears of impact on new talentWhen Standon Calling – the summer music festival during which 17,000 people descend on the Hertfordshire...
Read MoreStandard tickets to the 2024 music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset went on sale on Saturday morningStandard tickets to next year’s Glastonbury festival have sold out in less than an hour, organisers said.The second...
Read MoreAfter 180 years, flowers and floral sculptures make a return to the famous stone circle this weekendWith the autumn equinox gone and the winter months not far away, Salisbury Plain can take on a rather chilly, sombre air.But not...
Read MoreDrop ‘abstinence-only approach’ and focus on public health, report by home affairs select committee saysMinisters should expand anonymous drug testing at festivals and allow supervised drug-taking facilities to...
Read MorePerformers and producers say arts are being ‘sanitised’ amid more sensitive attitudes towards swearing and sexual politicsAn annual “poster war” has raged between rival promoters for as long as the...
Read MoreOrganisers cancel rest of weekend on government orders after the 1975 singer’s remarks and kiss on stageA three-day music festival in Malaysia has been cut short after the lead singer of the 1975 criticised the...
Read MoreFormer spin doctor tells Hay festival politics lessons for young children could be called ‘arguing’ or ‘big issues’Politics should be taught in primary schools, Alastair Campbell has said, with the former...
Read MoreFinal evaluation of Unboxed science and arts festival says it failed to reach ‘public awareness’At a cost of £116.8m to the taxpayer, the Unboxed science and arts festival was supposed to bring the UK together...
Read More‘We’re trying our best,’ says organiser as she unveils first 55 names on 2023 lineup and calls on music industry to develop headline-worthy female actsFestivals are struggling with a dearth of viable female...
Read MoreNumber of visitors to £120m Unboxed project, under investigation by spending watchdog, well below 66 million aspirationA national festival celebrating British creativity that cost taxpayers £120m has attracted...
Read MoreMusical giants including Diana Ross and Paul McCartney helped audiences put uncertainties of past two years behind themIt was the song Glastonbury attenders wanted to hear the most. And Motown classic I’m Coming Out seemed...
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