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Fans take control of Download Festival

Fans take control of Download Festival

  • Jan 6, 2009
Blur, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young for Glastonbury 2009?

Blur, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young for Glastonbury 2009?

  • Dec 12, 2008
T In The Park bosses warn fans against ticket hoax

T In The Park bosses warn fans against ticket hoax

  • Dec 11, 2008
Michael Eavis: 'Glastonbury will never lose its licence'

Michael Eavis: 'Glastonbury will never lose its licence'

  • Nov 30, 2008
Biffy Clyro to headline RockNess 2009

Biffy Clyro to headline RockNess 2009

  • Nov 28, 2008
AC/DC 'not playing T In The Park 2009'

AC/DC 'not playing T In The Park 2009'

  • Nov 25, 2008
First act for Glastonbury 2009 announced

First act for Glastonbury 2009 announced

  • Nov 6, 2008
T In The Park offers limited number of 'gold dust' tickets for 2009 festival

T In The Park offers limited number of 'gold dust' tickets for 2009 festival

  • Nov 3, 2008

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Bestival 2008, photography by Danny North

Bestival 2008, photography by Danny North

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Reading & Leeds Festival

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NME writers off the leash: reviews, rants and gossip direct from the festival front-line...

Montreal Day Two: John Lennon VS The Beast

Minus 16 degree cold can’t stop the rock at the M For Montreal festival. Actually, it could if we had to walk anywhere, but clever festival organisers have put all six acts on tonight’s boutique line-up in two separate rooms the Just For...

Montreal Day One: Godspeed, Woodcutters And Flying Beer

Here’s our round up of all the first night’s action from M For Montreal, six back-to-back bands at the city’s Just For Laughs club. There’s two more nights of this to come! Special thanks to Sophie Sampson for the pictures. [...]...

Introducing M For Montreal

Greetings from French Canada. We’ve travelled here as part of a contingent of British music types for a cool event called M For Montreal, a kind of miniature South By Southwest designed to showcase the best new music from Quebec and beyond....

Amazing Baby Are – Yes! – Amazing At Swn

Lordy, how many hand-weaved headbands can one take? If MGMT’s free love psych-pop wasn’t enough to melt our brains with its melodic brilliance, it looks like Amazing Baby are here to make sure our grey matter can well and truly ooze out of our...

Guitar Smashing At Swn In Cardiff

Swn is brilliant. It’s great. If you don’t know what Swn is, you should. And you should be here. [...] Read more!

Iceland Airwaves - Radio Free Reykjavik

Saturday 18 October Not much could impress after a day spent gawping at huge, roiling waterfalls, erupting geysers and rugged rift valleys, but watching the usual festival suspects of the last summer go through the motions, (with honourable...

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The NME.COM Signing Tent

Festivals - Signing Tent

View all of the photos from the NME Signing Tent at V Festival 2008.

Bands meeting and greeting fans this year included Ian Brown, The Kooks, The Hold Steady, The Charlatans and more.

Were you there? See all the pictures right here!

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NME Mobile: Festivals On Your Phone

Festivals - Mobile

For lightning-fast reports, ticket info, reviews, backstage gossip and last-minute line-up changes (in short, everything you need to know to survive the festival season) in the palm of your hand, access NME's new mobile service.

Simply text NME to 61718 or type m.nme.com into your phone browser. Happy fest-ing!

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