14 h. ago Glastonbury founder Sir Michael Eavis 'could avoid £80m in inheritance tax' after making key change to festival

The event saw its pre-tax profits double to almost £6million last year with revenues reaching a stunning £68million after flogging 210,000 tickets for £300 each.

Economics

1 week ago Parklife: Faces from the very first festival in Heaton Park over a decade ago

Having started in 2007 as the Mad Ferret Festival the event grew, changed its name to Parklife, and moved to Heaton Park in 2013

Politics

1 week ago Glastonbury founder shares major change for 2025 that explains why people struggled to get tickets this year

Glastonbury Festival's Emily Eavis revealed the changes she's made to the site to help avoid overcrowding at this year's event

Politics

2 w. ago 15 of the most wanted CDs according to Discogs in June 2025: have you picked any up recently?

Has the run up to festival season changed what CD’s fans are after on Discogs this month?

Politics

2 w. ago Glastonbury organisers reveal 'a few thousand' fewer tickets were sold for 2025 festival to change dynamic

Glastonbury Festival is set to take place in Somerset in a matter of weeks

Politics

2 w. ago Emily Eavis reveals Glastonbury capacity cut to avoid overcrowding

Festival organiser also shared that staff did not believe the festival suffered from overcrowding last year, despite complaints from some fans

Politics

2 w. ago Coachella costs Steps star Ian 'H' Watkins thousands by insisting he change name of his tiny Welsh pop festival 'Cowchella'

The 49-year-old had been happily organising his 'Cowchella' festival in Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, when the 250,000-capacity music venue got in touch.

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3 w. ago Coachella in legal row with tiny Welsh festival over its name

H from Steps says it is 'mindblowing' that Coachella has forced his small Welsh festival into a name change - but says he will take it as a 'massive compliment'

Politics

3 w. ago ‘Mindblowing’ Coachella forces Welsh festival to change name – Steps star

Ian ‘H’ Watkins thinks that Coachella saw the Welsh festival as ‘a little bit of a threat’.

Politics

3 w. ago ‘Small and mighty, that’s what we are’: the team turning discarded tents into bags

Lauren Mason decided to take action after witnessing huge amounts of camping gear abandoned at festivalsWhen Lauren Mason volunteered to help with the cleanup at a festival two years ago, she had no idea it would change the course of her life. She’d heard about the tents being dumped and left behind. Her mother, she says, is “an amazing seamstress”, so Mason thought she might be able to use some of the material to make clothes.“I originally went to clean up with the idea to make my own jacket. But that’s when I realised the problem was bigger than we thought.” Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago I'm a boomer and the changes to Scotland over 75 years are staggering

Former director of Edinburgh Festival Fringe documents “staggering pace of change” over his lifetime

Politics