That’s a wrap on 2022, magical weekend #GopuffxWireless pic.twitter.com/wvYHH4PctL

— Wireless Festival (@WirelessFest) July 11, 2022

While I’m definitely not an event organiser, I imagine that – while you may try your best to account for everything – sometimes… things are out of your control. The weather for example, and thus how punters end up reacting to it. The UK are currently dead centre of a pretty significant heatwave, 30+C degree temperatures and give or take 50,000 people in the same place will always bring problems. On Sunday afternoon, the police were called to control crowds after many were reported to jump the park’s fences in order to avoid being trampled. It’s unknown as to whether those that jumped the fence had tickets… but it just makes sense. The Met issued a statement consoling fans by saying ‘As a result of this, security staff put in place a brief hold on people being admitted to the event to ensure the safe flow of people into the site. This caused a large crowd to form in the area around the site.’.

This wasn’t the only bad news, many artists like Burna Boy, Lil Durk, JI and Ruger all announced on very short notice that they wouldn’t be arriving. This, in conjunction with the 40-minute late start of headliner Nicki Minaj left a bit of a bad taste in many fans’ mouths after what was a particularly successful festival in the first 2 days.

Now, that’s all the bad news out of the way. The rest of the girlpower-centric festival was primarily considered to be a massive success. Day 1 headliner Cardi B highlighted the power couple dynamic by bringing out Offset for a brief Migos interlude: “Bad and Boujee”, “Coult”, and “Ric Flair Drip” all made an appearance – then it just seems right for Megan Thee Stallion to also arrive for the bombshell of a track that is ‘WAP’. Visibly Pregnant Summer Walker owned her time in the spotlight and even brought out Bree Runway for “Hot Hot”, and SZA proved she had what it takes to headline a festival with a seamless slot.

All in all, festivals will always come with their negatives. This one is very much proof that the circuit is back into full swing after a few years of doubt.

They have announced the new acts joining the line-up, including London grime artist, Stormzy. Other acts include Cardi B, 2 Chainz, Lil Baby, Boy Better Know, Lil Vzi Vert, YG, Rick Ross, Joey Bada$$, Kevin Gates, Nines, Amine and Headie One. The festival which will be held in Praia De Rocha Beach, Portimão in The Algarve, had already announced iconic acts for its initial three dates, such as, A$AP Rocky, Future, Wiz Khalifa, Tyga and Young Thug.

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The 2020 festival had to be postponed because of the COVID-19 global pandemic, when officials in Portugal banned all events until September 30th. In a statement announcing the news on their website, Rolling Loud Portugal officially said; “Out of concern for the health and safety of our fans, artists, staff and local communities, and in accordance with last week’s directive from the Government of Portugal, Rolling Loud Portugal 2020 is officially postponed and rescheduled for July 6-8, 2021 at Praia da Rocha.”

They continued by saying; “This was a tough, but necessary call to make—Portugal is an incredibly important market for us. For months and months we had been looking forward to raging with all of you from around the world at our first-ever European edition of Rolling Loud. Clearly, this is not a course of action we had hoped to take, but rest assured Rolling Loud Portugal will be back next year and our team has already been coordinating with all parties involved to make Rolling Loud Portugal 2021 even better.”

A limited number of ‘Rolling Loud Experience’ tickets, which will cover all five days, will be made available to people who already have tickets for the initial three days. Presale tickets are on sale from 9am on Thursday 10th of September with general sale tickets becoming available from 9am Friday the 11th here.

The Dublin festival returns this year, to Marlay Park, taking place from the 5th of July to the 7th of July 2019. The weekend will see A$AP Rocky headlining Friday’s show, with Chance The Rapper headlining on the Saturday, and Cardi B headlining on Sunday, the festivals final day.

The announcement see another 12 names added to an already impressive line-up. Joining Cardi B will be Anne-Marie, Vince Staples, Gunna, Trippie Reed, Flatbush Zombies, AJ Tracey, JPEGMAFIA, J.I.D, Jimothy, H.E.R, and Joey Purp.

Delighted to announce CARDI B as the final headliner to this years #Longitude2019 lineup!
@AnneMarie & many more additions below!

➤ Tickets back on sale Friday 9:00am @iamCardiB pic.twitter.com/jquo8e0ykf

— Longitude Festival (@longitudefest) 28 January 2019

The confirmation of Cardi B’s appearance comes shortly after her return to London was announced – where she’ll headline Wireless Festival, two days before her Longitude appearance. Weekend tickets, for the Longitude festival will go on sale from this Friday (February 1), starting at €199.50.

Local residents had complained about the noise levels at last year’s event and levied for the festival to be moved. The main complaints were of noise levels, drug taking and anti-social behaviour from concert goers.

Last month, it was confirmed that the festival had been granted a licence to remain in London’s Finsbury Park, but the council have asked performers ‘not to swear or wear offensive clothing’. Instead of taking away Wireless completely, Haringey Council decided to change the licence conditions. These changes include a new noise level restriction and an end time 9.30 pm which is 30 minutes earlier than the previous years.

According to the Islington Gazette, Live Nation appealed against the early festival end time: ‘It will be seriously damaging to the commerciality and attractiveness of the event. Headline artists of international repute will not be interested in finishing their performance at 9.30pm before it is even dark enough for an effective light show as part of the climax the act. The audience will complain about early closing and the reputation of the event and the premises license holder will suffer.’

Attendees from this year’s event were already complaining about the low sound volume on the main stage as well as the overcrowding and long lines. Live Nation has also appealed against the council’s new restrictions of lower sound: ‘Wireless festival is unlikely to be commercially viable or practically feasible with such bass levels or with such sound levels on the adjoining Seven Sisters Road. Headline artists will be deterred from appearing and the enjoyment of the audience will be materially diminished, to the extent that extensive audience complaints about low sound levels will be received, there will be an adverse response on social media and the worldwide reputation will be affected.’

Live Nation lawyer, Philip Kolvin had said at the hearing Friends of Finsbury Park, there were demands for the festival captivity to be reduced from 45,000 to 10,000 people although he argued ‘it would put it out of business.’ Mr Kolvin also added: ‘Wireless is the only festival that fully represents the community in which its based. It’s a celebration of grime music, a genre that emerged from London, from the estates, from the inner city. It’s London music – therefore, the festival celebrates the music of the people.’

Last year’s event saw performances from J.Cole, Post Malone, Big Sean, Stormzy, Migos, French Montana DJ Khaled, Rick Ross and Cardi B. These are some of the biggest names in Hip-Hop and electronic grime today. Next year’s festival dates will be from the 5^th July until the 7^th 2019, with acts still yet to be announced.

Finsbury Park is a 110-acre public park in North London, and is well connected to central London for those still looking to carry on the night, even when the festival finishes. The three-day event attracts 50,000 people and have seen past performances from Drake, Stormzy and J.Cole.

Tickets have yet to be released although you can sign up for the mailing list here.

However, after a police search of his vehicle, Cephus was arrested, after the alleged discovery of at least one weapon in his vehicle, as well as a small quantity of marijuana.

TMZ has also reported that the rapper has now been charged with two felonies: Possession of a firearm by a felon, and possession of a weapon during a crime. He is also believed to have been charged with two misdemeanours in possession of marijuana, and an improper lane change.

This is not offset-or indeed any of Migos’- first run-ins with the law. Back in 2013, all three members of the trio were charged with carrying a loaded gun on school property at Georgia Southern University.

This arrest comes just ten days removed from the birth of Offset’s daughter Kulture, whom he had with his wife, and fellow breakout rap superstar Cardi B. The pair married in secret in October 2017, after footage emerged of Offset proposing to Cardi onstage.

Offset was released the day after arrest after posting the $17,000 bail. There is no news yet of when he is due to appear in court.

The music video begins with the band’s frontman Adam Levine singing alone in the centre of the room, but he is soon joined by a slew of famous ladies. The first to appear is singer Camila Cabello, but the guest-stars are not limited to musicians only, with the full cast involving everyone from actors to talk-show hosts.

Stranger Things actress Millie Bobby Brown and Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot both contribute their moves to the video, and they are joined by the likes of Ellen DeGeneres and Tiffany Haddish. The line-up is rounded out by singers Rita Ora and Cardi B, the latter of which takes over singing duties for the final bridge.

In an adorable twist, after every famous lady reunites to dance together for the final time, Adam Levine turns around to discover one last guest. This time though, the cameo is Levine’s wife Behati Prinsloo, holding their daughter Dusty in her arms. The video ends with Levine hugging his family, making it clear who the song is really dedicated to.