The War on Drugs, Mariachi El Bronx and More for Forecastle
USA: The Forecastle Festival has rounded out its 2015 line-up with the additions of critically acclaimed Philly rockers The War on Drugs, blues-infused singer-songwriter ZZ Ward, genre-bending experimentalist Robert DeLong, and punk-rockers-turned-Latin-balladeers Mariachi El...
Body&Soul unveils Tree Haus stage
IRELAND: Curated by HomeBeat Events, Body&Soul's newly announced Tree Haus stage will host cutting edge contemporary Irish culture and music, from folk to electronica. The stage's line-up will include My Tribe Your Tribe, Carriages,...
Pitch, Scotland’s Hip Hop Conference, Announces Artists and Speakers
Pitch, Scotland's international conference of hip hop and underground culture, announces the first tranche of artists and speakers taking part in the event set for the weekend of Saturday 19th August and Sunday 20th...
PPL Momentum Music Fund Generates £22m in 10 Years
PRS Foundation, the UK’s leading charitable funder of new music and talent development, has revealed the findings of an independent evaluation of the impacts of ten years of its PPL Momentum Music Fund.
Launched in...
Sound City celebrates 10 years of Launch Training
Sound City is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its revered Launch Training programme, which supports 16 - 24 year olds with an ambition to work in the music business as an artist or industry...
Festival No.6 Announces Metronomy as Final Headliner
UK: Festival No.6 has confirmed that experimental electro-pop pioneers Metronomy will be the third and final headliner at this year’s event, set to take place from September 3 - 6 in the Mediterranean simulacrum...
BreakOut West 2016 to be hosted in Regina
CANADA: The Western Canadian Music Alliance has announced that Regina, Saskatchewan has been named host city for the 14th annual BreakOut West, taking place from October 13 - 16, 2016. SaskMusic, Creative Saskatchewan, Tourism...
Hydrogen Works to Accelerate Development of Zero Carbon Generators
Centre for green hydrogen innovation launched by Heriot-Watt University
A new centre for green hydrogen innovation and product development has been launched by Heriot-Watt University in collaboration with hydrogen technologies experts Logan Energy and PlusZero.
The...
Kasabian, Flume and more for Reading & Leeds
UK: Reading & Leeds Festival has added Kasabian as the second headliner for this year’s twin events, respectively taking place from 25 – 27 August at Richfield Avenue, Reading, and Bramham Park, Leeds.
Kasabian...
SGM fixtures at Splendour in the Grass
AUSTRALIA: This year’s Splendour in the Grass festival in Byron Bay, close to the famous Gold Coast, hosted a significant number of SGM’s market leading outdoor lighting fixtures.
With damp experiences from the past haunting...