BEAM//Live – Bristol Exchange of Arts & Music – debuted at the Watershed on 29th March, with DJs Scott Hendy and Cheeba cutting music and film, whilst street artist Inkie created inspired art on the big screen..
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BEAM//Live – See the short film, new site and next date announcement
Liverpool Sound City, the International Music Festival and Convention in the Northwest’s Culture Capital, is back for it’s fifth year. Featuring an array of artists and speakers it is set to be another incredible event – discounts available for all BMF members.
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Liverpool Sound City – Discount for BMF Members!
Bristol Folk Festival, 5-7 May 2012, 3 days of Folk fun in the city’s Colston Hall. This year acts include Show of Hands, Karine Polwart, Cara Dillon, Afro Celt Sound System, Lucy Ward and 3 Daft Monkeys.
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Bristol Folk Festival – Tickets to give away!
Boutique festival Lounge on the Farm will be returning to Kent this summer after Canterbury City Council said organisers had made adequate changes to satisfy a spate of concerns lodged by local residents.
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Kent festival Lounge on the Farm gets licence back
New acts featured in Paul Lester’s daily music column will join acts such as Temper Trap and Alabama Shakes on three-day bill A number of additional acts have been announced for the Great Escape festival in Brighton, as well as three Guardian New band of the day gigs. The Temper Trap , S.C.U.M and Gaz Coombes join the previously announced Lianne La Havas , Mystery Jets and Alabama Shakes and 300 other acts for the three-day festival. Taking place at 30 venues throughout Brighton from 10 to 12 May, the Great Escape is traditionally seen as a showcase for new bands and a scene-setter for the rest of the summer
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Guardian’s New band of the day to hit the Great Escape festival
Legendary songwriter will make his only UK festival appearance alongside Peter Gabriel, Suede and Patti Smith Bob Dylan will make his only UK festival appearance of the summer alongside Peter Gabriel and Suede at the Hop Farm.
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Bob Dylan to play Hop Farm
The 2012 National Outdoor Event Association’s (NOEA) President’s Award has been presented to Melvin Benn during their annual convention in Birmingham. The recipient is a well-known and highly respected figure within the industry and is behind many large-scale events including the Reading and Leeds festivals.
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Melvin Benn Presented with National Outdoor Event Association’s Presidents Award
One of the events industry’s leading bar suppliers is hoping to conduct trials of new RFID technology that enables cashless transactions to take place at outdoor events. London based Peppermint Bars are fully behind the technology and are hoping to see it become commonplace within UK festivals and other events.
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Trialing Cashless and Estimating the Olympic Impact with Peppermint Bars
Struggling music retailer hopes to sell operator of Hammersmith Apollo and Kentish Town Forum to pay off some of its debts HMV, the struggling DVD and music retailer, has confirmed it has received approaches from several potential buyers for HMV Live, the music venue business it acquired two years ago. US billionaire Philip Anschutz, whose AEG empire includes the O2 Area in the Docklands area of London, is reported to be among those interested. Also said to be circling are Academy Music Group, which runs the Brixton Academy and Shepherd’s Bush Empire, and Peter Dubens’s Oakley Capital, which last year took a controlling interest in Time Out
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HMV confirms buyers interested in live music business
Showsec has been awarded the contract to provide the security and crowd management at the Bournemouth Sevens Festival 2012, the world’s largest rugby, netball and music festival. The Bournemouth Sevens Festival will take place over the bank holiday weekend, 1-3 June, at Bournemouth Sports Club
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Showsec Scores A Try With Bournemouth Sevens Festival
The organiser of Reading and Leeds festivals will give the 160,000 weekend ticket holders a free pint and burger, saying he will pay for them himself if necessary.
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Free beer and burger for Reading and Leeds guests
With lineups including David Guetta, Nicki Minaj, the Darkness, Emilé Sande, Simple Minds, Dappy and Tinie Tempah – and an American Idol winner at Knebworth – it’s hard to work out who they’re aimed at this year Examining the listings for Knebworth-based rock event Sonisphere , it’s hard to pinpoint who most misjudged Saturday night’s headline slot. Was it Queen for drafting in Adam Lambert as their new singer? Not really, he’s a decent enough warbler.
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Have this summer’s festivals turned into a variety show?
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