4 h. ago This London riverside music festival could double in size in 2026

This London riverside music festival could double in size in 2026  Time Out

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9 h. ago TRNSMT 2026 Headliners Latest Rumours: These are 17 acts tipped to top the bill at Glasgow Green next year

It’s official - TRNSMT WILL be taking place in 2026. But who will top the bill over the three days?

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25 h. ago TRNSMT 2026: TRNSMT music festival brought forward to June for 2026

Organisers have announced a new date for the music festival.

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26 h. ago TRSNMT confirms 2026 dates as the music festival returns to Glasgow Green

Rockstar Energy has unveiled that its three day festival will take place a bit earlier next year.

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29 h. ago Pitchfork Music Festival London 2025 Announces James K and Nick León Talks

Pitchfork Music Festival London 2025 Announces James K and Nick León Talks  Pitchfork

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55 h. ago Hallé/Shields: John Adams festival review – dynamism that could generate electricity

Bridgewater Hall/RNCM Hall, ManchesterAdams himself praised the orchestra for giving ‘one of the best performances I’ve ever heard’ of his Chamber Symphony, part of a four-concert feast of his luminous timbral combinations and expansive orchestral beautyWhen called back on stage at the Bridgewater Hall for the fourth or fifth time, the US composer John Adams walked only as far as the back of the first violins, raised his hands in thanks and gestured, smiling, that it was bedtime. At 78, Adams is younger than the first wave of American minimalists (Philip Glass, Steve Reich and co), who are now around 90. But the orchestral scores for which he is celebrated – alongside his nine operas – are intricate and polychrome, more maximalist than minimalist: music with so much dynamism it could generate mains electricity.Following a three-day festival dedicated to Steve Reich earlier this year, the Hallé’s latest composer focus brought Adams himself to Manchester for four concerts, including t...

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55 h. ago Hallé/Shields/Adams: John Adams festival review – dynamism that could generate electricity

Bridgewater Hall/RNCM Hall, ManchesterAdams himself praised the orchestra for giving ‘one of the best performances I’ve ever heard’ of his Chamber Symphony, part of a four-concert feast of his luminous timbral combinations and expansive orchestral beautyWhen called back on stage at the Bridgewater Hall for the fourth or fifth time, the US composer John Adams walked only as far as the back of the first violins, raised his hands in thanks and gestured, smiling, that it was bedtime. At 78, Adams is younger than the first wave of American minimalists (Philip Glass, Steve Reich and co), who are now around 90. But the orchestral scores for which he is celebrated – alongside his nine operas – are intricate and polychrome, more maximalist than minimalist: music with so much dynamism it could generate mains electricity.Following a three-day festival dedicated to Steve Reich earlier this year, the Hallé’s latest composer focus brought Adams himself to Manchester for four concerts, including t...

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3 d. ago The best theatre to stream this month: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry goes an extra mile

Passenger reworks songs from his hit musical while Tanika Gupta gives Ibsen a Hollywood makeover and TikTok becomes a stage for young playwrightsWhen Rachel Joyce’s bestseller about a retiree’s road trip was turned into a 2023 film, it had a couple of lovely numbers by Sam Lee. Earlier this year, fellow folkie Passenger (AKA Michael David Rosenberg) provided the music and lyrics for Chichester Festival theatre’s production, which transfers to the West End in January. Passenger’s album of renditions of the songs, One for the Road – with a few tracks that didn’t make the musical and an appearance from Jack Wolfe, who played the show’s Balladeer – is available to stream now. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Diablo, Hades, and Persona concerts are coming to London for Game Music Festival 2026

Diablo, Hades, and Persona concerts are coming to London for Game Music Festival 2026  Essential Japan

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6 d. ago I was kicked out of Charlotte Church's luxury tent at music festival and slept elsewhere

Charlotte Church was the fourth celebrity to be murdered on Celebrity Traitors, years after she reportedly chucked her boyfriend out of their own luxury accommodation

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7 d. ago Game Music Festival Details Unveiled, Drawing Global Enthusiasts To London For A Month Of Iconic Diablo, Hades And Persona Concert Tributes

Game Music Festival Details Unveiled, Drawing Global Enthusiasts To London For A Month Of Iconic Diablo, Hades And Persona Concert Tributes  Travel And Tour World

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8 d. ago Jamie Foxx berates concertgoer for throwing bottle at GloRilla during his daughter’s music festival

The actor immediately jumped to GloRilla’s defense while she performed at his Los Angeles home

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9 d. ago Kyiv unleashes Halloween a week early with an afternoon rave in photos

Partiers kicked off Halloween early with a costumed rave that packed a Kyiv concert hall with hundreds of revelers dressed as Pennywise, the Joker, Medusa and more. The daytime techno bash, complete with an on site tattoo parlor, art installations and bean bag lounges, started hours before sunset to beat the city’s midnight curfew. Organized by Laboratorium, the event is part of a recurring electronic music and art festival series that’s become a staple of Kyiv’s underground scene.

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1 week ago Cowgate Block Party: New Edinburgh music festival announced for 2026 with tickets on sale this week

Tickets for new Edinburgh music festival Cowgate Block Party will go on sale this week.

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1 week ago Dekmantel Festival 2025 review: still showing others how it's done

11 years in, this legendary music festival in Amsterdam continues to draw in a heady mix of rising talent and big hitters

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2 w. ago ‘I get to do whatever I want in the moment’: why more people are going to gigs, festivals and clubs alone

The number of solo festivalgoers has jumped since the pandemic, and even safety concerns aren’t dissuading lone ravers. We speak to some to find out whyFrom solo travel to dining alone, people have increasingly been embracing social activities by themselves in the years since the pandemic – even in the ultra-social contexts of live music and club culture.A recent survey by Ticketmaster found that the number of people who have attended either a weekend or day festival by themselves has risen from 8% in 2019 to 29% this year. Reading and Leeds festival introduced a campsite area for solo attendees this year, joining Download’s longstanding “lone wolf” area, and there are a growing number of social media pages such as London Solo Ravers, and WhatsApp groups such as Untitled Rave Community Project, for people venturing to nightclubs alone. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago EFG London Jazz Festival 2025: an insider's guide to all the hottest shows

No need to improvise your plans when our jazz critic Jane Cornwell has hand picked the 12 hottest tickets to book

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2 w. ago Reading and Leeds 2026 Headliners Odds: The 8 favourites to top the bill at the music festival

It’s going to be one of the biggest musical events of next year.

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2 w. ago Soldier who knocked teen unconscious at TRNSMT in horror attack avoids jail

Lewis Gilchrist, who trained with the parachute regiment, punched a 16-year-old boy unconscious at the TRNSMT music festival in Glasgow in July 2024.

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2 w. ago Full horrors of torture suffered by Noa Argamani's commando boyfriend are revealed

Avinatan Or, 32, was abducted by Hamas gunmen from the Supernova music festival on October 7, 2023 and spent 738 days in captivity in the Gaza Strip.

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