Tag: music festivals

The popular Australian festival Listen Out is finally back after a two-year hiatus. Some of the popular line-ups have been shared recently.

The Foo fighters will be one of the first international musicians to perform in Australia since the pandemic began in early March 2020.

Mundi Mundi Plains is set to become the home of Australia’s biggest outback music event this August. Never heard of it? You’re not alone.

KRIS GRIFFITHS attends three consecutive weekend festivals and finds the summer scene as alive and vital as ever

SPECIAL FEATURE: Festival goers bring their phones. So why not use them to receive tweets about high-dose drugs in circulation, as the UK is doing?

Our guide to the greatest musical extravaganzas across Britain to get your rocks off at this summertime.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The fact the “War on Drugs” has failed does not mean we should give up. Pill testing will not abolish all the harms associated with drug taking, but if handled carefully, carries the likelihood of reducing them significantly.

This weekend's Caloundra Music Festival offers a smorgasbord of Aussie music, including a rare chance to catch some truly classic Oz performers all in one place. Baby Animals, Skunkhour, James Reyne and Tina Arena, anyone?

Perth is under more pressure than most regional hubs.

Reports that Midnight Oil have been offered a significant amount of money to reform for the US festival circuit.

With a surfeit of Australian acts on the menu at this years Glastonbury festival, the only question on many minds was - how do we see them all? From Iggy Azalea to Jagwar Ma to Scott and Charlene’s Wedding, all eyes were on the Aussies.

GLASTONBURY 2013 | From the pyramid stage to wonderful stalls serving homemade cider the world’s biggest festival Glastonbury had it all, including an Australian rap-star by the name of Iggy Azalea.

GLASTONBURY 2013 | The sound of rain kicks off the first day of music at Glastonbury Festival 2013.

Glastonbury Festival 2013 has kicked of, with 120,000 revellers descending on Somerset. Check out our photo album of all the rain-soaked action from Day 1.

FACE THE FESTIVAL 2013 | Have you got festival fever? We've got the ultimate guide to the music festival season for 2013. All the best music festivals from London, the UK and Europe, all in one handy location. Plus, win tickets to festivals in Spain, Portugal and London. Find out ...

Jagwar Ma and Flume are set to join the likes of Kraftwerk and Foals in the UK for Latitude 2013.

FACE THE FESTIVAL 2013 | The people you go with can make or break any festival, no matter who’s playing and what the weather’s like. You’re also likely to meet a few, erm, characters along the way. To help you spot them, we’ve compiled a list of the five people ...

FACE THE FESTIVAL 2013 | Having learnt the hard way about many hidden pitfalls of the British festival during a number of UK summer musical festivals, we feel it our duty to dispense the following Festival To Do List. Here is the Top 5 things to do at a music ...

FACE THE FESTIVAL 2013 | Looking for a music festival close to home? Check out our list of all the best music festivals happening in London this summer.

FACE THE FESTIVAL 2013 | Want to head out of town to get your festival fix? Check out our top UK music festivals, almost right in your backyard.

FACE THE FESTIVAL 2013 | Fancy your festival with a side of sun and sangria? Or beer and bratwurst? Get out of the UK and into Europe with our list of the biggest music festivals happening over the Channel this summer.

The Aussie BBQ in London, held in the heart of London at Cargo in Shoreditch on 12 May 2013, offers a massive 12 Australian acts over 12 hours for those expats keen to get an earful of home.

THE HARD WORD | A recent study found travellers who go on camping holidays in the UK will find their break less stressful than those who head abroad. So why such vehement opposition to the whole thing? Why do some deplore the idea of finding the camper within us all?

Glastonbury 2013 is definitely on, as announced today on the official website, and registration for tickets has been opened.

Kelly Lovelady, Artistic Director of London-based chamber orchestra Ruthless Jabiru, directs an experimental beat poem performance this Sunday at the Brighton Fringe Festival.

MUSIC FESTIVALS | In the UK and right around Europe, when the days get longer and cider becomes more of a pub staple than mulled wine, you know that festival season is on its way. And 2012 is shaping up to be a festival feast!

MUSIC FESTIVALS | Editor's pick of the top music festivals to rock your London socks off in 2012.

MUSIC FESTIVALS | Comprehensive list of Australian performers at this year's festivals across the UK.

MUSIC FESTIVALS | Top tips for the UK festival fresher.

MUSIC FESTIVALS | The staff's pick of the greatest British music festivals for 2012.

MUSIC FESTIVALS | The best music festivals in Europe for 2012.

The Mars Volta have been added to the Hard Rock Calling line-up in London, joining Soundgarden and Aussie legends Cold Chisel.

Start getting excited for festival season with our list of the hottest UK musical events of the year.

Australian rockers Cold Chisel are coming to the UK. The legendary Aussie outfit, led by frontman Jimmy Barnes, have been named on the bill for this summer's Hard Rock Calling gig in London's Hyde Park on 13 July.

Bilbao BBK Live is a three day music festival in northern Spain. One of the highlights of the European festivals circuit, it's a popular add-on for Pamplona's Running of the Bulls revelers. The 2012 line-up includes Radiohead and The Cure.

Bilbao BBK Live is a popular add-on option with travellers to the Running of the Bulls at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona.

Legendary acid house rockers The Stone Roses are set to headline V Festival 2012 along with The Killers. Tickets go on sale this Friday.

MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | We look at the Triple J Hottest 100 winners, The Wiggles and all the goss from the Big Day Out.

A 24-year-old man has been accused of trying to smuggle a stash of ecstasy tablets the Big Day Out on the Gold Coast.

This Friday's Big Day Out music festival in Auckland will be the last held in New Zealand after organisers said the event is no longer financially viable in Kiwi-land.

Check out which acts and musicians have been announced for the Big Day Out 2012. This is the lineup so far, with many more to come.

“With all the terrible stuff that’s been happening in London and around the world, isn’t it great we can get together and enjoy some good food, drink and music in this environment?” Can’t argue with that, Jayson.

The rain threatened all day but in true Southern Hemisphere style it didn’t fall or dampen the spirits of a crowd that came to chill, dance and listen to some of the best tunes our Aussie and New Zealand homelands have to offer.

Before he takes to the Homelanz stage on Saturday, London based Kiwi musician Jayson Norris lets Australian Times know just how excited he is to be playing one of the biggest gigs of his life.

COUNTING DOWN TO HOMELANZ: The first ever Homelanz festival, featuring at Boston Manor Park this Saturday, is set to be one of the biggest Antipodean festivals to hit London. But it's more than just the music.

MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND: The Aussie answer to Justin Bieber; the Middle East mystery and what's with our festivals at the moment?

COUNTDOWN TO HOMELANZ: There’s just a week and a half to go until London’s Homelanz festival and we’re celebrating the fact with an awesome little interview with one of the stars, Kiwi hip hop sensation Ladi6.

Do we really have to wait until 2013 for our next instalment of Glastonbury? Fear not. Carolyn Mitchell takes us through this year's epic and whets the appetite for the next biggest festival on earth.