Author: Jack Needham

Fatboy Slim, Wolf Alice and Courteeners are set to headline Sheffield’s Tramlines Festival in 2026. Other big names across the 24-26 July weekend include Blossoms, Wet Leg, Kaiser Chiefs, The Coral and more. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tramlines Festival (@tramlines) The festival will celebrate its 17th edition in 2026, and began as a multi-venue festival across Sheffield. It now takes up residency at the city’s famed Hillsborough Park. Also announced for the three-day festival is the ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ songman Rick Astley, indie trio The Enemy and Sheffield’s own Reverend & The Makers.…

Y Not? Festival returns to Derbyshire on 30 July to 2 August 2026 with The Reytons, Two Door Cinema Club and The Streets as its headline acts. Kaiser Chiefs, Dizzee Rascal, Scissor Sisters, The Libertines and more have also been announced for the long-running festival. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Y Not Festival ⚡ (@ynotfestival) Adding to an already stacked line-up are the likes of Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Happy Mondays, Snuts, Rizzle Kicks and more. Now in its 19th year, the four-day festival will return to its longstanding home of Pikehall, near Matlock, Derbyshire. For the full…

London’s All Points East festival has announced the US rock duo Twenty One Pilots as its next headline act. The duo will perform on Sunday 30 August 30 2026. The festival, which takes place 22-30 August in east London’s Victoria Park, will also host Lorde, Deftones and a two-day headline performance from Tyler, The Creator. View this post on Instagram A post shared by All Points East (@allpointseastuk) Performing alongside Twenty One Pilots through the day will be the alt-rock duo Nova Twins, Cornish rock troupe Wunderhorse, rapper REN, Canadian Hot 100 act BBNO$ and the Lynn Gunn-fronted PVRIS. General…

It’s hard to predict the future, but some of us can try. For the festival industry, that comes in Future of Festivals. The person behind this is Robert Stolt. Robert is the CEO of Future of Festivals, which welcomes over 8000 delegates, more than 350 exhibitors and 150-plus speakers to Berlin each year. He’s also Project Manager at the German festival Tag Am Meer Festival, an annual celebration of house, reggae and roots music held on the island of Rügen. Future of Festivals is a coming together of figures from across the industry. It’s an event that welcomes businesses from across…

Rhythm + Waves is set to make its debut in 2026 on 27-28 June in the south Portugal region of Algarve. Taking place over two days and across three stages, the first edition of Rhythm + Waves will feature headline acts Gunna, Ken Carson, Chase & Status, D-Block Europe and special guest A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rhythm + Waves (@rhythmandwaves) DnB stalwarts Andy C and Hybrid Minds, UK garage icon DJ EZ, dubstep originator Skream and juke and footwork DJ SHERELLE also join the line-up. The festival also host British rapper Lancey Foux and Atlanta’s Destroy Lonely. Rhythm…

It’s official. Well, ish. The rules for ticket touts and resale sites are about to change. Massively. We reported this week that there will be a ticket tout crack down. On 19 November, the UK Government officially announced plans to make it illegal for concert tickets to be resold for more than their original cost. Theatre, comedy, sport and other live events are also part of the ruling. “Ticket touting has become increasingly sophisticated in recent years,” the Government statement read. “Touts buy large volumes of tickets online, often using automated bots, before relisting them on resale platforms at hugely…

In a move made by the UK Government, ticket reselling for live events is set to be banned in a bid to stop touts and resale sites from selling tickets to fans at massively inflated prices. The news comes several months after Ticketmaster agreed to provide greater transparency in how tickets are priced and sold after tickets for this year’s Oasis tour were adjusted in real time through algorithmic dynamic pricing. As reported by The Guardian, the proposed measures “could form part of next year’s King’s speech,” and that the publication understands that “reselling a ticket at anything more than…

In what will be its 26th edition in 2026, London’s La Linea festival returns in 2026 with Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Silvana Estrada, Portuguese star Sara Correia, Mexican rock band Caifanes and Brazilian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Zé Ibarra. The multi-venue festival runs from 20 April – 6 May 2026, and acts as one of the UK’s biggest celebrations of Latin music and culture. Also added to next year’s line-up is Lia Kali, Latinas of London, La Yegros, Renata Flores, and more. View this post on Instagram A post shared by La Linea Festival (@lalineafestival) Elena Beltrami, Director of La Linea Festival, said: “La Linea has always been…

Forbidden Forest, set in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire on 4-7 June 2026, will host the Arcadia Spider in what will be a UK festival exclusive. The 50-tonne stage usually calls Glastonbury as its summer home, but in the Somerset festival’s fallow year will now take up residency in the UK midlands. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Forbidden Forest (@forbiddenforestuk) Alongside the announcement of the Arcadia stage, Forbidden Forest has also unveiled its first wave of acts, including Sub Focus, Michael Bibi, MK and Girls Don’t Sync. UK garage act DJ EZ will also perform, as well as Pendulum…

Afrobeat-jazz group Ezra Collective and UK hip-hop star Loyle Carner have been announced as headliners for Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2026. Taking place at Glynde Place, East Sussex, from 3-6 July 2026, the festival has also added Grammy-winning artist Samara Joy, soul act Jalen Ngonda and a joint appearance from Motown icons The Temptations & The Four Tops. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Love Supreme Jazz Festival (@lovesupremefest) The bill also includes bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding, US-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Carrtoons, up-and-coming blues sensation D.K. Harrell, and soul pair The War and Treaty. In what will be its twelfth year, Love Supreme is one…