Massive Attack, Feist and more for Clockenflap’s 10th anniversary edition
HONG KONG: Clockenflap, Hong Kong’s biggest annual music and arts festival, has started the countdown to this year’s 10th anniversary event by announcing the first wave of acts for its line-up.
Set against the famous...
London Midland named as headline partner for Liverpool International Music Festival
UK: Leading train operator London Midland is to be the headline partner of Liverpool International Music Festival's fifth outing, taking place from July 20 - 23. The partnership brings LIMF together with one of...
Vero makes Mexican debut at Corona Sunsets
MEXICO: Corona Sunsets returned to Tulum, Mexico on June 17 for a daylong programme of electronic dance music in idyllic surroundings. The festival saw the country’s first outing for Vero – Funktion-One’s vertically arrayable...
Twitch unveiled as bluedot’s streaming partner
UK: Bluedot has partnered with the social video platform Twitch to live stream content from across the festival to the site's 10 million daily visitors from July 7 - 9.
The partnership kicks off...
Boomtown to provide drug testing and trained counsellors for all attendees
UK: Boomtown has announced that it will take an 'all-encompassing' approach to drugs policy at this year’s event, which takes place from August 10 - 13 at the Matterley Estate in Hampshire. The sold...
ILMC & MIC launch Live Data Agency
UK: The teams behind Media Insight Consulting (MIC), the International Live Music Conference (ILMC) and IQ Magazine have announced the launch of the Live Data Agency, a joint venture specialising in big data analysis,...
Smirnoff Sound Collective teams up with IMS on gender diversity initiative
WORLDWIDE: The International Music Summit – a three-day educational platform focused on electronic music – celebrated its 10th anniversary this year and once again held discussions on some of the key issues facing the...
Serious Stages creates new Other Stage at Glastonbury
UK: Glastonbury contracted Serious Stages to design and manufacture a new version of the Other Stage for this year's festival, which took place from June 21 - 26 at Worthy Farm in Somerset.
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Female Colombian migrants take centre stage at London’s Women and War Festival
UK: As Colombia progresses towards ending one of the world's most protracted conflicts, a group of female Colombian migrants will open this year’s Women and War festival in London on July 4. ‘Colombia Day’...
Bookitbee rebrands as LIVE IT
UK: The self-service ticketing platform Bookitbee has announced that it will change its name to LIVE IT on June 14.
The company's CEO, Kenton Ward, explained that the new name would reflect the evolving...