Festival News
Kendal Calling have released their final tranche of tickets as the award winning Cumbria festival approaches a sell out in 2014. Featured headliners and performers at the August 1st - 3rd show at the beautiful Lowther Deer Park include Frank Turner, Suede, Example, Tom Odell, the Pig Ignerents, Colt 45, Bird, Miles Kane and the Happy Mondays. KENDAL CALLING // 1 - 3 August 2014 www.kendalcalling.com // @KendalCalling
Hadra Trance Festival will not take place at its home location of Lans-en-Vercours from next year after new the mayor of the town said he would not allow it to take place there from 2015. The 2014 edition will go ahead as preparations had already commenced and organisers had already booked a number of artists and the mayor decided not to cancel this as his office would face paying a large sum in compensation.Music festival travel company Eufest and Band Crusade have announced the winners of their now annual All About The Music band competition - which sees the successful band gaining an all expenses paid slot at the INmusic festival in Croatia which this year features The Black Keys, Pixies, Foals and MGMT at INmusic in Zaghreb in June: electronic rock act Stop Drop Robot from Sheffield beat of strong competition from soul/rock band The River 68s from Glasgow, classic rock outfit The Black Hands from Sheffied, the marvellous indie rock band BETE from Manchester and melodious musical trio Faitala, also from Manchester.
The Hard Rock Cafe has announced a new partnership with the Isle of Wight Festival, to give new artists and undiscovered talent chance to play at the event on a new stage called Hard Rock Rising. The debut partnership between the festival and the brand will see over 30 new bands perform at the 12-15 June event. Festival-goers visiting the Stage will have the opportunity to enter a competition to win a trip for two to the newly opened Hard Rock Hotel in Ibiza. Headliners include Biffy Clyro, Calvin Harris, Kings of Leon and Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
Glastonbury has joined the likes of Bestival, Lovebox and Global Gathering warning of the dangers of 'psychoactive synthetic substances' - so called legal highs. Statistics released by the ONS last year showed an 80% increase in legal high-related deaths, from 29 to 52, while health researchers say taking them is like "dancing in a minefield", since the influx of unidentified substances into the market is so fast-paced that it outstrips drug laws. Various festivals including Glastonbury, shut down their sites on Monday 5th May in a so-called 'blackout', part of an Association of Independent Festivals backed initiative to raise awareness of the risks of taking legal highs. Maryon Stewart, Founder of Angelus Foundation, the charity collaborating with the AIF on the campaign, says: "Legal highs are a huge but hidden problem because young people are acting in ignorance and no-one is measuring the harms. We are determined to keep expanding our prevention programme into new areas and bigger events until everyone get the message that the effects of these substances are unpredictable and high risk".
And the Exit Festival have announced the line up for their Explosive stage 36 bands from 14 countries over four days - from "guerrilla underground to worldwide renown mainstream names" for ll fans of metal, punk, rock, and hardcore including Sabaton, Madball, 7 Seconds, Arkona, Death Before Dishonour, Angel of Death, Heller, Hobbs Angel of Death, Jambinai, the Pig Ignerents, Violentor and 6th Awakening. Main Stage and Dance Arena headliners include Damon Albarn, Gloria Gaynor and Jamiroquai along with Skrillex, Disclosure, Carl Cox, Rudimental and Example. 10 -13 July 2014.