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The Prodigy won't do dubstep

Music Gossip

6 Jan 2012

The Prodigy will not change their sound to embrace dubstep on their new album. The 'Omen' group acknowledge the shift in dance music with the rise of the bass heavy genre in recent years, but while they like the sound, they plan to stick with what…

Linkin Park close Download 2011

Music Gossip

13 Jun 2011

Linkin Park closed the UK's Download rock festival last night (12.06.11). The 'Crawling' rockers ended the three day event which also saw performances from metal heavyweights including Rob Zombie, System of a Down, Alice Cooper, The Darkness, Def…

Timeline - Summer music festivals 2011 from Scotland and beyond

A chronological list of the best festivals in Scotland and beyond

27 May 2011

A chronological list of the most significant festivals happening in Scotland this summer, along with the biggest and best from the rest of the UK and beyond.

Music festivals 2010: Festivals timeline

28 May 2010

From Rock Ness to Roskilde, Glastonbury to Glasgow Jazz Festival, we list the best of the many great fests happening throughout the summer. Which one(s) will you choose?

Slash among latest additions to Download 2010 festival bill

16 Apr 2010

Former Guns’n’Rose/Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash (making his solo Donnington debut) leads the announcement of 30 new bands for this year’s Download festival. Also joining him on the metal and rock festival bill are As I Lay Dying, Atreyu, Breed 77…

Steel Panther, Saxon and Dilinger Escape Plan added to Download 2010 bill

23 Mar 2010

A further 22 names have been announced by rock and metal festival Download to perform on the 2010 bill. Steel Panther, HIM, Saxon, Airbourne, Coheed & Cambria, 36 Crazyfists, Dilinger Escape Plan, Dommin, Taking Dawn, Unearth, Cinderella, A Day To…

Aerosmith and Rage Against the Machine join Download 2010 bill

23 Feb 2010

The final two headliners for this year’s Download festival have been confirmed with Rage Against the Machine and Aerosmith joining the previously announced AC/DC to head the hard rock and metal festival. The organisers also state vocalist Steve Tyler…

AC/DC, Them Crooked Vultures, Motörhead and Megadeth set for Download 2010

3 Feb 2010

Metal festival Download is celebrating 30 years of rock at Donnington (the first ever Monsters of Rock took place on the site in 1980) in style with a massive coup as AC/DC are announced as their first headliner for 2010. The Aussie rock legends are no…

We like - 25th June 2009

25 Jun 2009

This week, as everyone needs a hobby, we’ve mostly been admiring our sub editor’s shoes, which are oak-brown leather Chuck Taylor Converse All Star. We are just, like, such a stylish office! We’ve also been sucked into the frankly bonkers world of…

Download 2009 - Donnington Park, Sun 14 Jun

19 Jun 2009

The sun is shining once again on the hallowed grounds of Donnington and this year’s Download has to have been one of the most successful metal festivals yet, the line-up has been fantastic (Faith No More, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit and The Prodigy already…

Festivals

5 Jun 2008

Until 8 June Leith Festival Various venues, Leith, Edinburgh, prices vary www.leithfestival.com Leith Festival showcases its trademark brew of home-grown talent and big name headliners with over 100 musical acts, 50 comedians and a dozen visual…