Festival Reviews

Glastonbury Top Tens: The Pyramid Stage
The world's most infamous festival stage, the Pyramid Stage, has housed some of the best bands ever to grace the planet. Here's the top ten from this year's event...
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Virtual Festivals' weekly news round up
Jacko, Madness, tears, Reading/Leeds and ice cold beers

More names announced for Electric Picnic
Dinosaur Jr, Kid Creole And The Coconuts, Neko Case...

The Hold Steady to headline End Of The Road
They play the Sunday as under 5's tickets sell out

MSTRKRFT helps completed Get Loaded line-up
Telepathe, Goldfish, Tom Middleton, more added

Tunng helps Kendal Calling complete line-up
Arockalypse Now, Jelly's Last Jam and The Blims added

Glastonbury Top Tens: The Park Stage
Since its inception three years ago, The Park Stage has evolved from Emily Eavis' plaything to a much-admired arena of Special Guests, intimate shows and unforgettable performances.
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Glastonbury Top Tens: The best of the rest
As we all know, it's not all about the main stages at Glastonbury. Here are the top ten highlights from around the site...
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Glastonbury Top Tens: The Other Stage
Not to be outdone by the Pyramid Stage rivals, there were plenty of brilliant performances of The Other Stage. Here's our top ten...
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Glastonbury Festival 2009: Rated!
Despite schizophrenic weather, Glastonbury once again remains unrivalled as the greatest show on earth, writes Daniel Fahey.
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Hard Rock Calling 2009: Rated!
It's tempting to dub this event Dad Rock Calling but timeless music knows no age barrier, writes Phil Petty
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Winterwell Festival 2009 - Rated!
Take the boutique mayhem of Bestival, divide it by thirty, cross breed it with a village fete and you'll get Winterwell. says Kae Karadelis.
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Big Session Festival 2009: Rated!
Big Session is second to none - a festival that, not only that you could take your kids to, but probably your Nan too says Simon Butler.
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Beach Break Live 2009: Rated!
After finding a new home with just a week to go, how did this year's Beach Break Live fare?
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Escape Into The Park 2009: Rated!
For Escape Into The Park, 2009 was the best year for the festival yet says Lyndsey Oliver.
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Isle of Wight Festival 2009: Rated!
IOW Festival had one of its finer editions in 2009 and the addition of the Tim Buress-curated day in the Big Top enabled a more challenging line-up than in previous years, applauds Ben Rust.
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Out To Graze Festival 2009: Rated!
Out to Graze was a winning combination of great music, well thought out setup, brilliant weather and tomfoolery, but it needs more toilets says Simon Butler...
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