Festivals & Events

Ben Pearce, Bondax, Flume, Andy C and Boys Noize have been added to the line-up of this year's Leeds & Reading Festival and are to play in the Radio 1 Dance Tent, organisers have confirmed. The announcement, made moments ago on Annie Mac's BBC Radio...

Following his rise to fame on American Idol several years back, singer Adam Lambert has announced plans to rejoin iconic rock band Queen for a set of dates around North America this summer. Announcing the new partnership earlier this morning on US TV show...

Glastonbury Festival organisers have announced the full shortlist for this year's Emerging Talent Competiton. The 120 finalists were chosen by Glastonbury's judging panel, made up of some of the UK's top music writers, all of whom selected their three favourite acts. The longlist...

Following last week's announcement of bookkeepers pausing all bets on a potential headline slot, Kasabian have today offered the closest clue of a Glastonbury appearance. Taking to their official Facebook page today, the British band teased a speculative date, expected to be the release date...

Following on from the release of chart-topping sophomore album Little Red, Katy B has confirmed she is to take the new record on the road with a full UK tour this October. The tour, which follow this month's previously-announced (and subsequently sold out) live shows,...

Justin Timberlake, The Killers, Ed Sheeran and The Killers are just some of the names confirmed for this year's V Festival, organisers have confirmed. The announcement, made moments ago on the festival's official Twitter feed, also sees Paolo Nutini, Lily Allen, Rudimental, Kaiser Chiefs and...

Basement Jaxx, Paloma Faith, and disco heroine Candi Staton have been added to this year's Bestival lineup, organiser Rob Da Bank has announced. The announcement, which follows recent confirmation of appearances by Chic, Outkast, Chase & Status and Beck, means that this year's Bestival is...

It seems like today is mounting up to be THE day for big Glastonbury news - not content with both Dolly Parton and Blondie both announcing slots at June's iconic festival, have Disclosure also been confirmed to make an appearance. Speaking last night at the...

Following this morning's Blondie announcement, Glastonbury Festival organiser Emily Eavis has confirmed Dolly Parton will appear at this summer's iconic event. "It's something we've been wanting to happen for a long time, and she finally said yes!" Eavis told BBC 6 Music earlier this...

Following their prestigious win of the 'Godlike Genius' gong at last night's NME Awards, Blondie have confirmed their attendance at this year's Glastonbury Festival. The announcement was revealed by the iconic band's frontwoman Debbie Harry, who told UK newspaper Metro "We just heard today...