mxdwn.co.uk » Solange https://www.mxdwn.co.uk all that matters in music in the UK Fri, 01 May 2026 18:26:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 Rapper J Hus Completes Lovebox 2019 Festival Line-Up https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/rapper-j-hus-completes-lovebox-2019-festival-line-up/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/rapper-j-hus-completes-lovebox-2019-festival-line-up/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2019 09:51:38 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=11385 East London rapper, J Hus, has been confirmed to make an exclusive headline slot, and his only festival appearance, at this year’s Lovebox festival. The British rapper completes this year’s festival and will be taking to the main stage, at the Lovebox festival, on the 12th of July 2019. The two-day festival will be returning to Gunnersbury Park, between the 12th and 13th of July 2019.

The announcement comes after the rapper was released early from prison after being sentenced to eight months in prison, in December 2018, after he was caught with a knife, at the Westerfield Shopping Centre, in East London. The rapper’s early release, come after he severed less than half of his sentence.

His upcoming appearance at the festival, will mark his second live appearance since he was released from prison. It comes after he made his public debut onstage with Drake at his ‘Assassination Vacation Tour’, at the O2 Arena, in London, on the 5th of April 2019. It is not known when J Hus was released from prison – but it has been suggested it could have been the same day as his appearance at Drake’s week long, O2 residency.

The rapper rose to prominence with the release of his mixtape, ‘The 15th Day’, in 2015, which featured one of his breakthrough track, ‘Dem Boy Paigon’. Two years later, in 2017, he followed his 2015 mixtape with his debut album, ‘Common Sense’, which broke the UK top 10 and secured his biggest single to-date, ‘Did You See’.

J Hus will be making his only UK festival appearance at Lovebox, this year, and will be joining fellow headliners Chance The Rapper, Solange, Giggs, and 2 Chains. The following the names are also on the electric bill and joining the stellar headliners is Four Tet, Brockhampton, Cypress Hill, Loyle Carner, H.E.R., Action Bronson, Kaytranada, Annie Mac, Solomun, Green Velvet, Patrick Topping, Guy Gerber, Fisher, David Rodigan and The Outlook Orchestra, and FKJ.

Among the other names on this year’s impressive bill for Lovebox 2019 is Lizzo; Slowthai; Robert Hood presents Floorplan (Live); Charlotte de Witte; Krystal Klear; Jayda G; Ross From Friends; Children of Zeus; Places+Faces Takeover ft Plus Sounds, Buddy; Suspect and more; Cupcakke; Adriatique; Mason Maynard; Patrice Baumel; Paul Johnson; Tion Wayne; Kettama; Prospa; Alex Virgo; Eli Brown; VanJess; Big Miz; and Sally C.

Since its creation in 2002, Lovebox has developed a reputation for attracting some of today’s biggest and hottest names in the industry, with the current line-up no different. Featuring some of the biggest names today such as Chance The Rapper, Brockhampton, as well as some of today’s hottest rising stars like Lizzo and Slowthai.

]]> https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/rapper-j-hus-completes-lovebox-2019-festival-line-up/feed/ 0 Parklife 2019 Line-Up Revealed with George Ezra, Cardi B and Solange Leading the Line-Up https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/parklife-2019-line-up-revealed-with-george-ezra-cardi-b-and-solange-leading-the-line-up/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/parklife-2019-line-up-revealed-with-george-ezra-cardi-b-and-solange-leading-the-line-up/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2019 14:30:31 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=9953 The Parklife festival has announced its line-up for 2019 and it includes some of the hottest names today. The Parklife festival constantly brings some of the biggest names to Manchester and this year it will see George Ezra, Cardi B and Solange are among the names announced to be performing at the festival, in June. This years festival will mark its tenth year, and sees it returning to Manchester’s Heaton Park, on the 8th and 9th of June, this year.

Hertfordshire singer/song-writer George Ezra, ‘Invasion Of Privacy’ rapper Cardi B, and Grammy-winning singer Solange are all set to headline the Parklife Festival 2019. The rest of the line-up promises appearances from a diverse range of acts including, The Streets, Migos, Khalid, Nas, Blossoms, Christine And The Queens, Mura Masa, Mark Ronson, Slowthai, and many more.

Singer/song-writer George Ezra will be kicking off what promises to be a successful year, after capping a very successful 2018, having been nominated for three Brit awards: British male, British single and British album, for his 2018 LP, ‘Staying at Tamara’s’. Its lead single ‘Shotgun’ spent 13 weeks in the Top 5, including four at No 1.

Meanwhile, having also been announced for London’s Wireless festival on the 5th of July, Cardi B is getting set to be one of the festival hits of the summer. She became the first solo female rapper to have a No 1 song in the US charts, for two decades, in 2017, and she has recently announced plans for a follow-up album to her Grammy-nominated debut, ‘Invasion of Privacy’.

Solange, sister of global superstar Beyoncé, has achieved international fame in her own right, winning a Grammy for her single ‘Cranes in the Sky’. She also received a Billboard Impact award for her denouncement of racism in her 2016 album, ‘A Seat at the Table’. American singer Khalid adds to the R&B element of the festival.

Among the other names revealed is Migos, who will also perform at the festival, as will French pop singer Christine and the Queens, whose 2018 album ‘Chris’ was named the best of the year by Guardian critics. While, The Streets will give their first festival performance in more than eight years, having begun a comeback with four new tracks released in 2018.

British DJ, producer and song-writer Mark Ronson will appear following the release of his fifth album, ‘Late Night Feelings’ , having recently reached the Top 10 with his single, ‘Nothing Breaks Like a Heart’, featuring Miley Cyrus. He also recently won a Golden Globe for best original song with Lady Gaga in the film ‘A Star is Born’, and is nominated for an Oscar in the same category.

Other major acts performing at Parklife include dance artists such as Eric Prydz, Major Lazer, Disclosure, Mura Masa and Chase & Status. DJs from the rest of the dance-heavy line-up include Ricardo Villalobos, Andy C, Bicep, Annie Mac, MK and Adam Beyer. There will also be a strong showing from the thriving British rap scene, with Londoners Stefflon Don, Octavian, Yxng Bane, Loyle Carner and AJ Tracey all scheduled to perform, along with one of the Guardian’s best new artists of 2019, Slowthai.

Tickets for Parklife 2019 go on sale, at 9am, on Friday (February 1), and can be purchased here. Tickets will cost £125, for a weekend pass, or £69.50, per day. The festival is offering a variety of benefits to ticket buyers, including access to a series of club events and a 20 percent discount at ASOS.
]]> https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/parklife-2019-line-up-revealed-with-george-ezra-cardi-b-and-solange-leading-the-line-up/feed/ 0 Lovebox Festival Security Branded With Claims of Assault at This Year’s Festival https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/lovebox-festival-security-branded-with-claims-of-assault-at-this-years-festival/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/lovebox-festival-security-branded-with-claims-of-assault-at-this-years-festival/#comments Mon, 17 Jul 2017 22:48:50 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=6388 The security doing the work for London’s Lovebox Festival has been hit hard by accusations of sexual assault over the course of this year’s event.

Taking place in the capital’s Victoria Park from July 15-16, this year’s festival saw sets from the likes of Frank Ocean, Miller, and Solange. However the festival has today made headlines for all the wrong reasons, after attendee Louisa Davies claimed that the festival’s security staff sexual assaulted her during the aforementioned Ocean’s headline set on Friday night.

In a piece written for W Magazine, Davies described her experience, writing “A line of security guards walked towards me in a yellow line, and naturally (as I am a sucker for authority), I moved. One by one, the men walked past me… I felt a hand run up my thigh, and it then tuck itself inside my shorts. I froze, pushed the man away from me, and before I had chance to think, he had gone.”

In addition to this, Davies claims that it took nearly 40 minutes for her complaints of the assault to be addressed, continuing to say “If the same urgency and seriousness that was applied to drugs was issued for assaults and derogatory attitudes towards women, perhaps the problem [of sexual assault at festivals] would be less severe.”

Sexual assault at festivals has become a burning issue in modern musical culture, and back in May, several music festivals’ official websites participated in a “blackout” to affirm their dedication to tackling the issue.

Lovebox were not one of the festivals that took part in this blackout, and as of yet the festival’s organisers MAMA Group have not yet responded to these accusations.

 

 

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