4 h. ago Twelve people are arrested after 145 people report being pricked by SYRINGES across international music festival

Police opened an investigation following reports the festival was infiltrated by attackers yesterday evening.

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4 h. ago Music festival halted after band member 'collapses on stage' in front of horrified crowd

British band The Christians were performing on the last night of On The Waterfront Festival in Liverpool when one of the members appeared to collapse.

Culture

4 h. ago Liverpool music festival halted after Sting's support suffers 'cardiac arrest' live on stage

Sting said the musician is 'in his prayers' as he took to the stage for the final night of 2025 On The Waterfront festival.

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4 h. ago Women and girls rushed to hospital after 17 'stung' by syringe at festival

17 females were "victims of syringe injections" at the music festival.

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5 h. ago Sting's support act suffers cardiac arrest live on stage in Liverpool as festival halted

A performance by The Christians at Liverpool’s Pier Head was abruptly halted when a band member collapsed on stage from a suspected cardiac arrest

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15 h. ago 17 women and girls in hospital after 'being stung by man with syringe' at festival

Police have launched an investigation after 17 girls and women were reportedly attacked by a 'syringe-wielding man' at a music festival attended by 50,000 people in Metz, France

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3 d. ago TRNSMT Glasgow 2025 site map revealed ahead of weekend festival

TRNSMT at Glasgow Green is now less than a month away, with some star-studded acts taking to the stage across the weekend for Scotland's biggest music festival of the year.

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4 d. ago Lola Young conquers her nerves and proves the Adele comparisons are justified

Pop star captivates 2,700-strong crowd with her sardonic persona and bodacious riffs at London’s Royal Festival Hall

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4 d. ago Voting for The Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival talent search is now open

BBC ALBA and The Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival have once again teamed up with a quest to find the best up-and-coming musical talent from the Highlands and Islands. The winner of the talent search will be given the opportunity to perform on the main stage at this year’s Belladrum Tartan Heart Music Festival. Open to solo artists and bands (where at least 50% of its members have a Highland home address) across all genres, one newcomer will be given the opportunity to perform on the main stage at this year’s Belladrum Tartan Heart Music Festival.

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5 d. ago Serbia’s Exit festival may go ‘into exile’ amid government pressure over student protests

This year’s edition to be last held in country after Belgrade withholds funding over support of anti-corruption activistsOne of Europe’s largest music festivals will no longer be held in Serbia and could go “into exile” in Germany or a neighbouring Balkan state after Belgrade withheld funding over its support of the country’s anti-corruption student protesters.Exit festival, which is held every July in a medieval bastion fortress in Serbia’s second city, Novi Sad, was founded in 2000 by student activists from the protest movement that helped topple Slobodan Milošević. Affordable ticket prices and starry lineups mean it has acquired a reputation as Europe’s premier music event with a social conscience, with 210,000 people from more than 80 countries attending in 2024. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Edinburgh International Book Festival: Music, Poetry and Performance Highlights

Music and words collide in a variety of interesting ways at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival, writes Fiona Shepherd

Culture

5 d. ago Massive solid green wall put up around beautiful Cardiff park to stop people getting in

A fencing area has gone up around Blackweir Fields in the lead-up to music festival Blackweir Live

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5 d. ago Will Poulter Spotted with Amelia Dimoldenberg at Music Festival in London!

Will Poulter Spotted with Amelia Dimoldenberg at Music Festival in London!  Just Jared

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6 d. ago A Visit to Friends at Aldeburgh Festival: 'an opera with a totally new harmonic language'

Composer Colin Matthews has produced his first opera and sprung a huge surprise with this ambitious work at Aldeburgh Festival

Culture

6 d. ago Scots can avoid bad breath during festival season with Scottish Dental Group's top tips

As tens of thousands gear up for the mud, music and mayhem of Glastonbury Festival, Clyde Munro Dental Group is urging festival goers not to forget about their dental health. With hygiene routines often sacrificed, Head of Clinical, Charlie Evans says even just a few days of ditching the toothbrush can lead to unhealthy changes in your mouth.

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6 d. ago Charli xcx at LIDO Festival review: strap in for Brat summer 2.0

The singer took to the stage for a victory lap performance featuring all the hits

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6 d. ago John Lundstram parties with Premier League best pal as ex Rangers star gets behind the decks at music festival

Lundstram appeared in video shared on social media looking relaxed as he partied with fellow Scouser Ross Barkley.

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7 d. ago London Grammar tell LIDO Festival fans they hope ‘music can bring us together’

The indie pop group captivated crowds at the show in London’s Victoria Park on a balmy Sunday night.

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7 d. ago Parklife stage closed off and emptied as festival bosses issue message to fans

The stage has been completely emptied of crowds

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7 d. ago 25 photos of Parklife Festival 2025 as fans bring party vibes to Heaton Park

Brat summer is in full swing in Heaton Park as day two of Parklife 2025 gets underway

Culture