Shockwaves were sent around the student population of Britain on Thursday 25th February when Reading and Leeds Festivals sold out in record time, just hours after organiser Melvin Benn had confirmed they would go ahead […]
2020 Festivals Prove That Music Misogyny is Still Ripe
It is not an opinion that the music industry is heavily skewed towards supporting only male musicians; 80% of festival headline slots are given to men, and most festival teams seem to be in no […]
Reading & Leeds: Where Are The Women?
The issue of female representation on festival line-ups, or the lack thereof, is very contemporary. Keychange, a Creative Europe programme supported by the European Union, reports that forty-five European-wide music festivals are working towards a […]
Preview: Leeds Festival, 23-25.08.19
As summer slowly comes to an end and students get ready to return to campus, Leeds Festival is just around the corner, to make the approaching of the new term a bit more bearable. Once […]
Why Leeds Festival Is Here To Stay
There’s no getting around the fact that the crowd at Leeds Festival was very young. It’s been that way for years, with the festival gaining the reputation of being what The Guardian called a “GCSE […]
Reading & Leeds Festival: Strength in Diversity
With so many festivals taking place over the summer period, it’s hard to pick just which ones to go to. If you’re into multiple genres of music, you might not be happy with a festival […]
Leeds Festival 2018: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
The year is 2016, I’m in a tent and some cheap harem pants that I haggled down to 3 quid. Dripping with sweat eagerly awaiting the next couple days of brilliant music. This is the […]
Leeds Fest 2017 announces first acts
Leeds Fest. Synonymous with good times and messiness. But no matter your own experience of the festival, it’s undeniable that Leeds holds its own in the sea of festival offerings that each summer has to offer. […]
Festival Review: Leeds Festival, 26-28/08/16
As the Monday morning sun rose across the fields of Bramham park, illuminating the skeletons of abandoned tents and burnt-out fires, the scene looked more like a battlefield than the aftermath of Leeds Fest 2016. […]
In The Middle with Don Broco
How’s the reaction been to the album so far? Yeah it’s been great. The album’s been out a couple of weeks. It’s been really nice seeing people react to the songs. Is it similar live? […]
Editors’ Choice w/ Leeds Festival
With Leeds Festival just around the corner, we’ve put together a playlist of our picks from this year’s line up. This year features a more diverse selection of acts than ever and festival-goers are promised the […]
Preview – Leeds Festival
Leading names in music are set to return to Leeds Festival at the end of the month. The festival returns to Bramham Park for its seventeenth year, with The Libertines, Mumford & Sons and Metallica […]