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Over the fence: over festivals to check out this week
We look ahead to some of the other festivals recommended for next weekend (10-12 September).
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Leftfield to headline Liverpool Music Week 2010
Chase And Status, Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip, more

More names confirmed for Freeze Festival 2010
Diagram Of The Heart among eight new acts

Everything Everything to headline OX4 Festival 2010
Abe Vigoda, Crocodiles, more set for one day event

Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster for NME Weekender
Trash Talk also added to the line-up of inaugural event

Watch: Glastonbury Mutoid Waste Company film
Documentary meets founder, checks out their festival work

WEATHER WATCH: what to pack this weekend
Offset Festival, Jersey Music Live, Bingley, more

The Big One: Bestival 2010
Sam Chapman looks ahead to the award-winning, vibrant and increasingly popular festival gem, Bestival 2010.
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End Of The Road Festival 2010: the perfect finishing school
As the not so great British summer comes to a close, so do many of its potential highlights: the holiday you had in July feels like a lifetime ago; the movie blockbusters have been and gone; the songs you played all summer leave a bittersweet feeling, like grieving a lost love.
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Reading Festival 2010: An Oxfam steward's perspective
Last year I took a few days out of my "hectic" university summer holidays to get behind the scenes of Glastonbury as one of the 5,000 volunteers used by Oxfam to steward music festivals across the country. It was an excellent experience and one that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend.
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Which is better: Reading or Leeds? We ask the fans!
Bands use it to win over crowds and the fans are happy to hear that their leg of Reading and Leeds weekender is best, but which really is? We found out over the last three days.
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Over the fence: over festivals to check out this week
We look ahead to some of the other festivals recommended for next weekend (3-5 September).
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The Big One: Offset Festival 2010
Sam Chapman previews one the UK's most intimate celebrations of established artists and new bands, Offset Festival.
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Electric Picnic 2010: Cultural learning for all
Sam Chapman on the qualities of Ireland's Electric Picnic.
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Guns N' Roses vs UK festivals
Not many bands have a 100% track record for causing sufficient mayhem to bring major festival organisations to their knees mid-set, and still get invited back to headline again.
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Reading and Leeds Festival 2010: headliner profiles
Graeme Johnston profiles the Reading and Leeds Festival headliners and the NME/Radio 1 Stage big guns.
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Reading and Leeds: Who are The Rats?
There has been a lot of speculation over a certain band for Reading and Leeds 2010. No it's not if Guns N' Roses are going to turn up but it's The Rats in the Lock Up Tent.
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Over the Fence: other festivals to check out this week
Catherine Hawkes looks over the fence to discover other festivals to check out this coming weekend.
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THE BIG TWO: Reading and Leeds Festivals 2010
Gavin McInally finds out what to expect at this year's Reading and Leeds Festivals and tells you who to watch, what to miss and introduces us to the 'shit mix'.
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