The popular music festival has hosted big names to date, some of whom include Lizzy Mcalpine, Erykah Badu and Stormzy. It was awarded the NME Award For Best Festival at the Music Week Awards back in 2019 and has been nominated in the years since. Also playing at the festival include jazz and afrobeat newcomers 2023 Mercury award winners Ezra Collective, American rapper, Nas and Paris-based artist, Sainte.

Your soundtrack to Saturday 17 August at Uber One presents All Points East featuring @LoyleCarner, @Nas, @EzraCollective, Sainté and many more ✨

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— Uber One presents All Points East (@allpointseastuk) November 27, 2023

Studying at The Brit School, home to current creative talents such as Ella Eyre, Freya Ridings, Raye and countless more, Loyle Carner grew up in a nurturing musical environment. The artist started producing at the age of around 14 and built his network of musicians through home studio sessions. This collaborative way of working has led to popular names such as Jorja Smith, Tom Misch and Jordan Rakei.

 Aged 29, Loyle Carner has had a bright decade of inspiring young people and creatives through music (and food!) Nearly ten years ago, he was in London’s Old Street teaching kids with ADHD how to cook. Whilst speaking about his time working with the kids, his inspiring nature as a teacher and positive influence beams through “We had warnings from some of the parents that their kids might do this or that…but they’ve been brilliant. There has been no talking back, no aggression. Everyone is happy and learning.”

 The foodie’s love of cooking, bringing mental well-being and positivity has led to restauranter-inspired hits:

As well as this lesser-known talent, Benjamin has a shining skill for writing effortless lyrics in his music which captures the hearts of many. In 2018 he won the NME Award for Best British Solo Act, following his 2017 Mercury prize, for his debut album Yesterdays Gone

The humble artist has a talent for sending the ‘right’ message across. Whilst discussing rappers’ responsibility to portray a particular message, he says “I don’t think music necessarily needs to have a message BUT there is a responsibility that you carry with music as a songwriter or rapper…It’s frustrating when grown men are still talking about selling or doing drugs, shooting people, sleeping with women”

 This festival is one of a few outdoor summer shows announced by Carner in the UK and Ireland for 2024. The one-day music event is happening on August 17 2024 and tickets are out now. Get hold of one here

Taking to social media to announce the tour and the dates, the band stated, “Crowded House is excited to be playing shows in the UK and Ireland again next summer on the Gravity Stairs Tour!”.

The band, made up of Neil Finn, Nick Seymour, Mitchell Froom, Liam Finn and Elroy Finn, released their latest album Dreamers Are Waiting, back in 2021. The album was received with positive reviews and served as the first album in which Neil’s son’s, Liam and Elroy Finn, had featured.

Formed in Melbourne in 1985, Crowded House saw international success with their self-titled debut album and their first international hit ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’, which went to number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Other hits included, ‘Something So Strong’, ‘World Where You Live’, and ‘Weather With You’ which remains the band’s highest UK chart performance.

Crowded House will be playing at one of the UK’s most prestigious grounds, Blenheim Palace, and will be joined by special guests Sheryl Crow and Turin Brakes on the night. This star-studded line-up is not the only one in their tour as they have also announced that they will be playing at the iconic Isle of Wight music festival on June 21st.

For their Irish show at Cork’s Musgrave Park, the band will be joined by The Waterboys, a British-Irish folk rock band.

Crowded House has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, have won a Brit Award for International Group Of The Year, and 13 ARIA awards across their career.

Tickets for their upcoming tours can be found here:

15/06/2024 – Lincoln Castle – Lincoln
16/06 – Blenheim Palace – Blenheim
19/06 – The Piece Hall – Halifax
20/06 – Cardiff Castle – Cardiff
21/06 – Isle of Wight Festival – Isle of Wight
23/06 – Musgrave Park – Cork, Ireland

After taking the drug the teenager fell ill and was taken to hospital where he unfortunately died. The teenager’s parents called for a ban on under 18s attending future festivals. As part of an ongoing inquest into festival safety Festival republic managing director Melvin Benn said that it would be “very unlikely“ that an under 18 ban would be implemented, instead he proposed that “the festival will operate a drugs operation aimed at weeding out dealers and having them removed from site“.

New additional measures of high security have also been implemented in response to the teenagers death, these new measures include on site support hubs, beefed up security staff, sniffer search dogs on every entrance, all of which of course aim to reduce the risk of death to attendees who intend to imbibe illicit substances. Benn elaborated further explaining that “the intention is that no camper is 200m from a support hub“.

In recent years, despite its illegality, the reality of recreational drug uses relationship with music festivals has been reluctantly acknowledged but ultimately accepted by festival organisers, the official Reading and Leeds website even states that: “We do not recommend you take drugs, but if you do please bear the following in mind” on its drug policy page.

Practical precautions started to appear in the mid 2010s with the introduction of drug check kits distributed by British non-profit organisation The Loop in an attempt to reduce harm to drug takers. However despite the existence of progressive benevolent precaution providers like The Loop, according to The Guardian at least 14 younger people aged 18 or under have died as result of taking illicit drugs at a music festival, a statistic that points further towards the need for honest and open drug education and awareness instead of inspiring endless debates that subject those that willingly choose to use drugs to supplementary stigmatisation.

On a lighter note last month Reading and Leeds festival confirmed that The 1975 would be the events final headliners after Lewis Capaldi dropped out. This years other headliners include Billie Eilish, The Killers, Foals, Imagine Dragons and Sam Fender. Other acts also included in this years line up are Wet Leg, Steve Lacy, Bicep, Becky Hill, Central Cee and many many more. Reading and Leeds Festival takes place on 25th-27th of August 2023.

BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend, held on the 28^th May – 31^st May 2021, included performances from UK artists such as Wolf Alice, Ed Sheeran and Royal Blood. The music festival took place online as a result of coronavirus restrictions, as it did the year before, and has been met with eager reception from music lovers that have been deprived of live music for more than a year. It is the perfect introduction to summer – offering optimism for the future with a celebration of some of Britains best musical talent.

Jorja Smith’s talent, both in singing and song-writing, and her soulful R&B has recently regained attention after the release of her EP ‘Be Right Back’. Her BBC Radio 1 performance included the emotional delivering of the single ‘Bussdown’ (featuring Shaybo). This performance, as well as renditions of singles from her critically acclaimed 2018 studio album Lost & Found, are the perfect teaser of what’s to come when the artist tours this summer at UK music festivals Glastonbury and All Points East.

Smith’s recital was filmed at Alexandra Palace in North London, a location that the artist herself chose. The softly lit setting, transitioning between shades of pink and blue, the sublime vocals and the beauty of Alexandra Palace made for a mesmerising performance.

You can watch Jorja Smith’s performance of ‘Bussdown’ featuring Shaybo here:

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The festival is set to take place on July 24th 2021, over a month after the governments ‘road-map’ date for all lockdown restrictions to be lifted (June 21st!). The Director of Kaleidoscope Festival, Simon Fell, has stated, “to say it’s been a tough last year is a massive understatement, but it’s great to have something to look forward to this summer.”

Fell went on to say, “Kaleidoscope will provide everything you’d want from a festival experience, with loads of green space to explore, the Palace and world class music, comedy and entertainment, all here on one in day in London. To have Groove Armada headlining too, is the stuff summer dreams are made of.It is part of a packed programme we’re preparing at Ally Pally for when restrictions lift, so come and join the fun.”

Groove Armada have recently released their first LP since their 10 year hiatus, Edge of Horizon. The latest album gained wide critical acclaim, gaining 7.5 stars out of 10 from Line Of Best Fit. The duo’s Andy Cato said of the album to NME, “During those studio days, the rest of the world shuts down. There’s an intensity, anyone looking in might say madness, that kicks in when we’re totally lost amongst the instruments, synths and records day and night. But that shared, unspoken feeling that comes when we both know we’ve got it right cuts through as clear as ever.” 

After a 10 year hiatus since their last album @GrooveArmada have finally released their next LP! We recommend you listen to this from start to finish as loud as you can & if you can’t get enough come see them when they headline Kaleidoscope Festival 2021 https://t.co/yiW4ZQnE4d

— Kaleidoscope Festival (@KS_Festival) October 2, 2020

Currently priced at £53.50, the one-dayer will be one you do not want to miss. Performing beside Groove Armada and The Coral will be Greg Wilson, House Gospel Choir and Mr Wilson’s Second Liners.

The relatively new festival has been described as ‘unbeatable’ by Evening Standard, who rewarded them with a 4 star review. The festival hosts DJ’s and Spoken Word, with Irvine Welsh and Phil Wang headlining the Comedy tent.

With many more acts to be announced over the coming months, Kaleidoscope Festival will certainly bring the summer vibes after the long lockdown. Tickets are currently on sale and can be found here.

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Despite these complications, the release date for the band’s eighth studio album, “The Kingdom”, remains unaffected. The release date is July 17, according to the band’s frontman Gavin Rossdale during an interview with Tucson’s rock station Rock 102.1 KFMA. The album is available for pre-order purchase from the official website of the band and Amazon. The single to the album, “Flowers On A Grave” was released on March 18. The previous release of the band was the song “Bullet Holes” on May 17, 2019. It was featured in the Keanu Reeves-starring action movie “John Wick: Chapter 3- Parabellum”. The piece was co-written by film composer Tyler Bates, who has previously worked with Marilyn Manson. According to an interview for iRock Radio, Rossdale shared that the song wasn’t written with the intention of being included in the film. Recently, Bush’s frontman shared with fans the playlist that keeps him entertained under the lockdown with the statement “Music is infinite and so is our ability to find the best part of ourselves”.

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Even though the season of sunshine and warmth might be behind us, Frank will do his best to ensure that everyone stays very much in a summer kind of mood. Shot near St Ives, Cambridgeshire, the video tells the tale of two young lovers who enjoy a long summer romance, before heartbreakingly going their separate ways once the leaves begin to fall. It will throw back memories to all who watch it, taking you back to a time where you had no worries except seeing that special someone as much as possible. Despite the bleak ending, it is an upbeat, chirpy song by Frank, the man who just cannot sit still.

Summer was one of the 52 tracks released by Cambridgeshire chap last year, as he embarked upon a musical journey that would see him releasing one song a week, tentatively titled One Song A Week. The record would go on to reach number 21 in the official album charts, as well as grabbing top spot in the iTunes singer/song-writer chart upon it’s release, beating fellow acclaimed artists including Ed Sheeran and Jake Bugg. Considering the fact that he might not be as known as those aforementioned just yet, it was an astonishing feat and just the beginning of what promises to be a long and fruitful career.

As if a new video wasn’t enough, Frank also has a covers E.P available to download (http://www.musicglue.com/frank-hamilton/), completely free of charge. Consisting of tracks originally penned by blink 182, The Smiths and Fleetwood Mac, it further proves the theory that Frank is the gift that keeps on giving, regardless of the time of year. And to top it all off, he’s heading out on tour this September and October. A work rate we are all immensely jealous of, share some motivation please!

You can check out Frank Hamilton at any of his dates below.

September

Friday 20th – The Cluny, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Saturday 21st – The Arches, Glasgow

Sunday 22nd – 53 Degrees, Preston

Monday 23rd – The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham

Wednesday 25th – Plug, Sheffield

Thursday 26th – Sound Control, Manchester

Friday 27th – The Cockpit, Leeds

Saturday 28th – Sugarmill, Stoke-on-Trent

Sunday 29th – Junction, Cambridge

October

Tuesday 1st – Waterfront, Norwich

Wednesday 2nd – The Temple @ The Institute, Birmingham

Thursday 3rd – The Garage, London

Saturday 5th – The Thekla, Bristol

Sunday 6th – Boileroom, Guildford

Monday 7th – Komedia, Brighton

Tuesday 8th – Joiners, Southampton

Thursday 10th – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff

If you’re missing the warm weather, watch the video for Summer below. You’ll forget the drab outside immediately.