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Glastonbury Festival Ticket Sale Delayed By Two Weeks To Ensure Fairness

Erin Wallace — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 23:50:09 +0000

Glastonbury ticket sales have been delayed by two weeks, much to festival-goers’ frustration. Glastonbury’s organisers shared their reasoning behind the decision, announcing that it was “out of fairness” to those who wish to attend the 2024 festival but had not realised that their registrations had expired.

This year’s Glastonbury ticket sale has been moved back by two weeks. This is to ensure that everyone who would like to buy a ticket is registered and therefore eligible to purchase one.

The new dates for Glastonbury ticket sale are as follows:

TICKETS PLUS COACH TRAVEL ON… pic.twitter.com/LL5m3HmuQf

— Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) November 2, 2023

Glastonbury have apologised for the late announcement as prospective ticket buyers were given minimal notice about the change in dates. Organisers issued a statement, saying “We apologise for the late change to the ticket sale dates, but we want to ensure that everyone who would like to buy a ticket for next year’s festival is able to confirm their registration ahead of the sale.”

They also shared more behind their reasoning, saying “Unfortunately, it has come to light that some individuals hoping to buy tickets for 2024 have discovered after Monday’s registration deadline that they are no longer registered, despite believing they were.”

They continued, “Out of fairness to those individuals, we will be re-opening the window for registration at 12 noon on Monday, November 6. It will remain open until 5pm on Monday, November 13.” This decision has not been a popular one however, with many people sharing their frustration on social media.

One Twitter user shared her annoyance at cancelling her plans for the now delayed ticket sale, whilst another called it an “absolute joke.”

Oh no it’s cool it’s not like we all cancelled our plans and have sat with anxiety all day so you can play your silly little fairness game x — Sophie Thompson (@sophxthompson) November 2, 2023

Absolute joke. There was more than enough time to sort this out. Why delay it? You’re just making it harder for people who are organised. How is that fair?

— James (@19james80) November 2, 2023

No announcements regarding the Glastonbury 2024 lineup have been made yet, however speculation around major players including Taylor Swift, Madonna, Coldplay and Harry Styles has been circulating.

The festival is set to take place from Wednesday 26th June until Sunday 30th June. Tickets will be available to purchase here.

Glastonbury 2023 was filled with iconic performances from the likes of Elton John, Lana Del Rey, Foo Fighters and Blondie, amongst many others. Watch some highlights below.

End Of The Road Festival 2023: King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard Takes Lead Of The Major Lineups

Danielle Ediale — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 22:59:17 +0000

UK Festival End Of The Road has its full lineup for 2023 which will commence from August 31 till September 3 at Larmer Tree Gardens, Blandford Forum in Dorset. The leading lineup will include one of the biggest names in today’s neo-psychedelic rock and experimental music, King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard from Melbourne as the first lineup. The second lineup is Baltimore-based synth-pop band Future Islands. Third, in line is Grammy-Award-winning Indie-Rock band, Wilco from Illinois.

The rest of the lineup will include Arooj Aftab, Greentea Peng, Overmono, Kokoko, Cass McCombs, Lee Fields, Yeule, Dungen, and many more. More further details about the lineup will be here. Regarding tickets, this year’s edition of End Of The Road has proven to be the most successful “fastest selling yet” though a very limited number of tickets are still available, confirmed by organisers. It is currently on sale but on the fourth tier, as tiers, 1-3 have been sold out. Further information regarding deposit schemes will also be available here.

The wait is over, folks. Say hello to our first wave of acts playing #EOTR2023.

Undisputed kings of neo-psychedelia, @kinggizzard synth-pop disruptors @futureislands psychedelic pop four-piece @UMO and indie rock icons and Grammy Award winners @Wilco and many more.

(1/3) pic.twitter.com/veMsYRRzw7

— EndOfTheRoadFestival (@EOTR) January 31, 2023

This year marks history for two major artists in a while. It will be the first time that King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard make an appearance 6 years prior to this year’s lineup. Singer-Songwriter Angel Olsen’s appearance at End Of The Road will be the first time in a decade.

End Of The Road owner, Simon Taffe expressed his thoughts about this year’s lineup. “This year’s lineup excites me beyond words. I feel so lucky to be able to bring my record collection to life! King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, Future Islands, Angel Olsen, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Ezra Furman have put on some of my favourite live performances over the years and more recently Arooj Aftab, Greentea Peng and John Francis Flynn have blown me away.”

He continued, “End Of The Road is all about discovery, and I can’t wait to welcome a whole load of amazing new acts that have never played before like Biig Piiig, Flohio, Floodlights, Horse Lords, Infinity Knives and Brain Ennals, Moin, They Hate Change and a lot more! As always we will be doing everything we can to make it the best year yet, with plenty of surprises to come.”

Last year, in a five-star review of End Of The Road 2022, NME wrote, “It’s deeper into the forest that the festival’s most special moments occur- at the miniscule Piano Stage in a buried woodland clearing, some of the weekend’s biggest acts (including Kurt Vile and Lucy Dacus) perform quick and unannounced 15-minute acoustic shows. In general, there’s a gentle surrealism to the End Of The Road site- where else would you look up to see a glorious golden-green parrot squawking away in the trees, or a peacock enjoying the soundchecks on a bleary Sunday morning?”

Lewis Capaldi To Be The Final Performer At BRIT Awards 2023

Danielle Ediale — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 20:26:39 +0000

Scottish singer/songwriter Lewis Capaldi has joined the list of big singers set to perform at the BRIT Awards 2023 as he will be the final performer. The BRIT Awards will take place on Saturday 11 February at the O2 Arena in London precisely at 8:30 pm and the broadcast will be exclusively on ITV1 and ITVX, where various singers will perform. The lineup includes singers like Harry Styles, Stormzy, Lizzo, Sam Smith, Kim Petras, Cat Burns, George Ezra, Wet Leg, Becky Hill, Ella Henderson and David Guetta. Capaldi’s last appearance at the BRIT Awards was back in 2020, where he won Best New Artist and Song Of The Year (for “Someone You Loved”).

In this year’s BRIT Awards, he is a current nominee for another ‘Song Of The Year Award for “Forget Me”. To this day, he has 5 top-ten singles plus 4 number-ones including Someone You Loved, being the UK’s all-time most-streamed song and finally, the biggest-selling UK album since 2019 and 2020.

Capaldi expressed his thoughts on being the final performer for the 2023 BRIT Awards, “Last Time I performed at THE BRIT Awards, I was so scared that I had a panic attack before I went on, and then got hammered afterwards. Looking forward to more of the same this year x.”

Completing The BRITs 2023 performer line-up – @LewisCapaldi

On 12th January 2023, the 2023 nominations were revealed via a live stream which was hosted by Vick Hope. Major artists who are nominated for multiple awards are Aitch, Arctic Monkeys, Beyonce, Cat Burns, Dave, Ed Sheeran, Lizzo, Nova Twins and so many more artists. More information about all the nominations will be here.

The main host for the BRIT Awards will be stand-up comedian, Mo Gilligan. Secondary hosts on the red carpet will be TV and radio presenters Clara Amfo, Maya Jama and radio host, Roman Kemp. All the hosts shared their thoughts about their role as hosts.

Clara said, “I’m so excited to hit the BRITs red carpet to capture all the excitement from this year’s nominees, performers and future winners for everyone watching at home! Anything can happen on what is set to be another memorable night in the music and TV calendar!” Maya said, “I’m really excited to be co-hosting THE BRITs Red Carpet show again this year, and I was just happy to be asked back! Last year was such a great experience, so I’m looking forward to working alongside Clara and Roman on it this time around. It’s gonna be a good one.

Roman added, ” I am so excited to be joining my friends Clara and Maya in presenting this year’s BRIT Awards Red Carpet show and being part of the celebrations for this year’s BRIT Awards in its first-ever Saturday night slot! I love seeing so many of my favourite names in music come together for such an amazing night.”

Festival Founder Michael Eavis Bestowed with Freedom of Glastonbury

Gus Teakle — Wed, 04 May 2022 13:36:09 +0000

Glastonbury festival first opened its ground in the summer of 1970. Since then the event has become a global phenomenon that has grown to lofty heights since its humble beginnings. To honour the impact that the festival has had on the local heritage and economy, the Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis has been presented with the freedom of Glastonbury from the mayor himself, councillor Jon Cousins.

After the Freeman vote, Cllr. Cousins stated “I can think of no one more fitting of receiving this honour. This is an opportunity to acknowledge that, as founder of the Glastonbury Festival, Michael has helped to promote Glastonbury for over 50 years – both nationally and internationally – a true life-time’s work.”

Cllr. Roney- Dougal shared her enthusiasm for the selection of Eavis for the title, stating; “The festival makes a significant contribution to our local economy, as well as providing year-round employment locally and support for many local organisations, community groups, and charitable causes – and, on an international scale, raising money for such truly ‘Worthy’ causes as Oxfam, WaterAid, Greenpeace, and CND. Our town’s high regard for Michael is clearly shared by others throughout the country and establishment.”

Last night, Michael Eavis was honoured with the Freedom of Glastonbury, in appreciation of his services to the town and the local economy. https://t.co/1qHLJW9QtB pic.twitter.com/3mSiBDO4B3

— Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) May 4, 2022

Whilst in the past, a Freeman’s position entitled them to some strange privileges (such as not paying the local taxes). The position these days is largely a symbolic gesture to people of notoriety. However, according to old town tradition, the lucky recipient is henceforth allowed the right to “run his sheep through the centre of the town.” Which I’m sure Mr Eavis will bear in mind.

Earlier today Glastonbury has announced the lineup for their legendary Shangri-La area for this year’s festival on Worthy Farm (22^nd-26^th of June 2022). With acts such as Bob Vylan, Edna Martinez, Kae Tempest, Nova Twins, Bonobo DJ, Shy FX, Warmduscher and Fatboy Slim to name a few. You can see the full lineup poster down below:

The incredible @ShangrilaGlasto is back for Glastonbury 2022!

WE THE PEOPLE: Community, collaboration and hope for the next generation. pic.twitter.com/3CDqtn4vKC

— Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) May 4, 2022

Elsewhere, it was announced that Lewis Mcglaughlin won the coveted Emerging Talent Competition. Which saw budding artists from across the country compete for a chance to play on one of the festival’s main stages. Along with a £5,000 Talent Development Prize put up by the PRS Foundation. Upon receipt of the prize, Mclaughlin stated; “Honestly so stunned, all the other acts were incredible. Big thanks to all the judges and everyone involved in the competition.”. The runners up were the Leeds based band English Teacher and rapper Crae Wolf, who each respectively won £2500 and secured a slot of their own at Glastonbury 2022.

Wide Awake Festival 2022 Add Amyl And The Sniffers to the Lineup

Gus Teakle — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:45:16 +0000

Wide Awake have piled on a bunch of new scintillating artists to it’s line-up for 2022, among which are the die-hard Australian rockers Amyl And The Sniffers, who will take the stage in Brockwell Park on Saturday, 28^thMay. Take a gander at the updated billings down below.

NEW LINE UP ADDITIONS. @amylandsniffers @notionofanguish @PistIdiots and more join Saturday’s bill. Tickets https://t.co/d8KQPh9INr pic.twitter.com/dgYiy5th12

— Wide Awake (@wideawakeldn) March 31, 2022

Alongside Amyl And The Sniffers, the Brooklyn synth-pop act Nation Of Language will join the roster, totting up to a total of 11 additional acts which also include; Fergus Clarke, Harry James, Curses, Pist Idiots, Veronica Vasicka, Tia Cousins, Trish K, Marcus Harris and Nathan Gregory Wilkins.

Three years after its inception, the independent festival has been going from strength to strength, having been named as the Best Small Festival by at the BandLab NME Awards in 2022 hosted at Brixton Academy, London (pipping other such festivals as End Of The Road, Lost Village, Mighty Hoopla and Live AT Leeds to the post), amassing an impressive line of credits of acts such as Metronomy, Idles, Black Midi, Crack Cloudand Black Country, New Road. Looking forward, the festival seems set to become marked on calendars year on year for its championing of the most exciting indie/alternative talent.

The rise of Wide Awake has led to spanning 2 full days that boast a broad and eclectic mix of artists old and new. Friday will see Bicep close out the night with a live headline set that follows performances from Caribou, Working Men’s Club, Alewya, Overmono, Sofia Kourtesis, Leon Vynehall and Club Fitness to name a few.

Announced back in December 2021, Saturday’s main event will see Primal Scream cap off the weekend with an extra-special Screamadelica set that will mark the iconic album’s 30^th anniversary, supplemented by appearances from Fat White Family, Yard Act, Billy Nomates, The Comet Is Coming, Boy Harsher, Alex Cameron and Kevin Morby (among many others).

Tickets for both days of Wide Awake Festival 2022 available on their website.

Amyl And The Sniffers have released a double-disc expanded edition of their latest album Comfort To Me, which also features a live recording from a show in Williamstown, Australia. Copies of this latest release along with other goods can be purchased here.

Details of the Aussie punk quartet’s upcoming UK shows can be found down under;

28/05/2022- Wide Awake Festival- Brockwell Park- London, UK
29/05- Stylus- Leeds, UK
31/05- Albert Hall- Manchester, UK
01/06- O2 Academy Brixton-London, UK
05/06- Rock City- Nottingham, UK
06/06- O2 Academy Bristol- Bristol, UK
07/06- O2 Academy Oxford- Oxford, UK

Tickets for the shows are located here.

Foals, Snow Patrol, and Lewis Capaldi Set to Headline Latitude 2022

George Carter — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 11:02:44 +0000

With the springtime slowly but surely creeping back into existence, that can only mean one thing; a massive influx of festival announcements and conversations about where in the world we’re going to be headed this summer. Suffolk’s own Latitude 2022 have now put forward their offering for the Henham Park Show. With headline slots from math-gone-party rock band Foals, Snow Patrol’s first Latitude appearance in 16 years, and singer-songwriter sensation Lewis Capaldi; the festival will run from July 21^st – 24^th 2022. See here for further information regarding the specifics of the weekend.

Your first @cinchuk presents Latitude 2022 announcement is finally here!

We’ve got an unforgettable weekend planned for you at Henham
Park! Full details here (https://t.co/NKGTzCYnvQ)#cinchxlatitude pic.twitter.com/K6o0rT6R99

— Latitude Festival (@LatitudeFest) March 1, 2022

So far, the organizers have not revealed any information on the days each artist will perform, but I imagine all of the relevant information will come as we near the on-sale date. To get on top of all of the relevant information you can sign up here. Until then, however, we have been given the stage splits. Alongside our headliners, the Obelisk Arena (which I will refer to as the main stage) will also see the likes of American breakthrough singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers, mercury prize nominee Little Simz, and Rina Sawayama whose recent collaboration with Charli XCX took fans by storm. The main stage will also see the likes of a few more… let’s say old-school bands, with Manic Street Preachers, Modest Mouse, and Shed Seven all making appearances. It’d be unreasonable to put Lewis Capaldi on a lineup and not include James Arthur, just as any festival of this calibre needs a hit-filled set of bangers from someone like Example.

Next, we see the BBC Sounds Stage and its slightly different approach to selecting the tunes. With headlining slots by the one and only Phoebe Bridgers, dance-duo Groove Armada bring their mesmerizing energy to the tent, and Fontaines D.C. will be taking their new record Skinty Fia for a spin soon after its April release date. Appearances from Kae Tempest, Cavetown, Maximo Park, Porridge Radio, and a significant chunk of others should provide for most people with even a mild interest in music.

The Sunrise Arena will feature the likes of Let’s Eat Grandma, cktrl, and KEG to possibly introduce you to your favourite new band of the year, the Comedy tent is proud to announce its first headliner as Russel Howard; with additional appearances from The Horne Section, Rosy Jones, and David O’Doherty to name a few. And, according to the festival itself, “It wouldn’t be Latitude without an eclectic range of names from the worlds of dance, poetry, podcasts and more.” So expect a whole host of other talks, events, meetings, and activities over the course of the weekend.

Download Festival 2022 Adds More Bands To Lineup Including Skindred And Yonaka

Sophia Elizabeth Tuck — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 13:05:53 +0000

Further acts have been confirmed to join Download Festival’s 2022 lineup, with Skindred and Yonaka amongst those recruited to perform at the Summer event. The legendary festival is set to return with a bang this year from 10th-12th June 2022 at Leicestershire’s Donnington Park. The new acts added to the impressive line-up will be performing alongside the festival’s headliners Kiss, Iron Maiden and Biffy Clyro.

Along with the inclusion of Skindred and Yonaka, the rock focused festival also confirmed eleven further bands. The annual summer event’s line up now includes Alestorm, Banks Arcade, Bimini, Dana Detata, Dirty Honey, Heriot, Kid Brunswick, Orbit Culture, Red Fang, The Velveteers and Will Haven. The festival took to Instagram to share the new line up poster complete with the new additions.

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Yonaka will be making their return to Download this year after taking part in last year’s Download pilot festival, the band played on Saturday 19th June 2021 alongside headliners Enter Shikari. The band’s frontwoman Theresa Jarvis has spoken concerning their upcoming appearance, the singer also describes her personal connection to the festival, “Aghhhh Download! Some of us have been going since we were 14 so it’s an absolute pleasure to be performing there again. The energy is always amazing and such an exciting lineup of music.”

Welsh reggae and metal group Skindred also performed at last year’s demo event and are seasoned Download performers with multiple years under their belt. Frontman Benji Webbe has also provided the following statement concerning the group’s inclusion in this year’s lineup, “Playing the Download pilot after being locked down for a year and a half was an amazing experience so being invited back to our favourite festival and spiritual home to play alongside the likes of KISS and Maiden is a dream come true. Plus we have some amazing rockin’ new tunes which we cannot wait for you all to hear.”

Last September the festival announced that the 2022 lineup would include A Day To Remember, Mastodon, Shinedown, Code Orange, Black Veil Brides, Ice Nine Kills and Creeper. The Southampton formed group also performed at last year’s pilot festival, which served as a test event to gauge the effect of COVID-19 within large crowds. Managing director of Festival Republic, UK promoter for Download Melvin Benn gave the following statement concerning the three-day event. “The pilot went extraordinarily well. Not a single person arrived on site with a positive Covid test. Everyone was incredibly compliant and were reassured that the people they were moshing with were Covid-clear.”

After the event had concluded, reports and investigations were held to examine if the pilot had been successful. The festival was part of the second phase of tests conducted by the Government’s Event Research Programme, the initiative aims to investigate and report the risks associated with event attendance during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

This year’s upcoming event will mark the festival’s return to its traditional format. The Summer festival’s star-studded roster will perform across four stages; Main Stage, Second Stage, The Dogtooth Stage and The Avalanche Stage hosted by Download’s long-term partner Kerrang! Radio. Tickets are available to purchase for both Camping and No Camping, music fans are also able to purchase RIP options which include hotel and special camping choices.

Click here to purchase tickets.

Creamfields South Announces 2022 Line-up, Includes Fatboy Slim and Faithless

Charlie Walker — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 11:43:47 +0000

Over the weekend, Creamfields South has recently announced a line-up for its 2022 iteration. For the first time since its inauguration, Creamfields will be held in the south, in Chelmsford, Essex, nearly 25 years after it was first held in Winchester, Hampshire. The line-up includes massive artists in electronic music, including David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Fatboy Slim, and Faithless. See the full line-up below:

Taking place during the June Bank Holiday weekend, from the 2nd to the 4th, Creamfields South will align with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Other headliners include Andy C, Patrick Topping, Maya Jane Coles, Pete Tong, Charlotte de Witte, Jamie Jones and Amelie Lens.

Additionally, Creamfields South will host Eric Prydz’ HOLO show. His last show of this kind in London, EPIC 5.0, held at Victoria Park, was a dizzying array of visuals and lasers, which came with the promise that it would “blow your head off”. It is hard to argue that he didn’t deliver on this promise, considering the footage taken from that event. The HOLO show will surely try to 1up his already high standards.

Taking over Hylands Park, Creamfields South in Chelmsford will host over 50,000 people, despite being shorter than its Northern counterpart in Daresby. The steelyard stage alone will hold 15,000, a stage purpose-built for Creamfields flagship festival and has previously hosted another massive Eric Prydz show. Creamfields has also gone further afield than England, holding events in Chile, Ibiza, Abu Dhabi, Malta, and Argentina, as well as numerous others.

From their wesbite, Creamfields say of the upcoming festival: “Creamfields, one of the world’s biggest electronic promoters, have revealed plans for an all-new 50,000 capacity two-day camping festival in 2022 which will see them bring their award-winning festival South, taking over the stunning Grade II listed Hylands Park for Creamfields Chelmsford.

“With the iconic Hylands villa as its backdrop, the multi-stage festival will also give fans the chance to experience the colossal 15,000 capacity Steel Yard superstructure is scheduled to take place on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th June Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend, which has been moved to a four-day weekend next year to celebrate her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

“Creamfields Chelmsford is an exciting new addition to the UK Festival calendar and for fans in particular who can expect an all-star line-up of dance music heavyweights to be announced.”

See ticket information here.

Download To Host 10,000 Festival-Goers in First Post-Covid Festival

Georgia Smith — Thu, 27 May 2021 22:54:14 +0000

One of the biggest absences from the music fan’s life during covid has been festivals. Live music as a whole has taken a hit, but the specific joy of spending a whole few days surrounded by friends and favourite musicians has been a hard one to let go of. Finally, we’re seeing them make a comeback.

Following the success of the Liverpool Blossoms gig last week after which government data tracking showed no detectable spread of the virus, the next logical step in the return to the live music lifestyle was to run a test festival.

The first festival back on the scene is Download. Preparing to pilot a diminished crowd festival in June at its usual venue of Donington Park, Download will host 10,000 eager fans to enjoy a 40- strong lineup. For a festival that usually hosts an average crowd of 111,000 people, this is less than 10% of their usual capacity – but it’s enough to successfully test the effect of a weekend-long close-quarters event on the spread of Covid-19.

As for the regulations surrounding the event, similar rules to the Blossoms concert will apply. Every attendee will need to provide proof of a negative lateral flow test on arrival, and will additionally undergo a PCP test both before and after the event takes place in order to track cases and any spreading of the virus. The event will not require any social distancing measures or any masks to be worn – however, it is specified that government regulations regarding masks and distancing must still be adhered to on travelling to and from the festival. Additionally, no day tickets are provided – only full weekend tickets, to avoid cross-contamination or skewed data.

The event will take place from the 4th to the 6th of June 2021, and it’s safe to say we all wait with bated breath for the results when the data is in.

Ten More Acts added to Supersonic Line-up including Pigs x 7, Anna Von Hausswolff

Nathan Foster — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:15:51 +0000

The Supersonic festival in Birmingham has added ten more acts to the line-up of its 15th addition. According to Twitter the acts in question are Anna Von Hausswolff, Pigsx7, Mono, Yob, Faten Kanaan, AJA, Big Joanie, Dalek, CZN and Prison Religion.

We have TEN MORE ARTISTS joining our stellar line up for Supersonic Festival’s 15th anniversary! @avonhausswolff @monoofjapan @quantumyob @Pigsx7 #FatenKannan @daleknwk #CZN @Big_Joanie #PrisonReligion
& #AJA

You DON’T want to miss this >> https://t.co/PBp7bJdTjm pic.twitter.com/4oRugS3yyq

— supersonic festival (@supersonicfest) February 21, 2019

They join acts such as Neurosis, Godflesh, The Bug feat Moor Mother, Jerusalem in my Heart and The Body. The event will run from 19-21 of July. Further information and tickets can be obtained here.

Supersonic was first launched in 2003 originally as a one day event produced by Capsule Brum and has become one of the most celebrated arts and music festivals in the world. One of the highlights of Birmingham’s cultural calendar every year, it attracts an audience who come from everywhere.

As far as festivals that specialise in the more experimental side of music go, Supersonic is considered to be the very best, with much support from publications such as “The Quietus” and “Arts Desk” and even gaining acclaim from leading tabloids such as The Independent and The Guardian. Over the course of its fifteen year history it has been host to some incredible performances not just from musical artists but also visual art and performances that get the audience involved.