Quantcast
Channel: BBC News | In Depth | Summer music festivals | UK Edition
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 17 View Live

Norway's jazz party

Every year, the jazz world descends on a small town on the Noweigan coast for a week of music.

View Article



Metallica surprise Download fans

Rock superstars Metallica make a surprise appearance on a side stage at the Download music festival.

View Article

Confessions of a Womad DJ

The BBC's Chris Jones bravely volunteers to open Womad with a DJ set after a cancellation.

View Article

Cambridge Folk fresh as ever

A varied line-up from around the world brings sunshine to this year's Cambridge Folk Festival.

View Article

Womad dances through the rain

They thought it never rained at Womad - but it poured down at Reading's festival of global sounds.

View Article


Reading reels from rock of ages

Blur, The Darkness and Metallica thrill fans at Reading.

View Article

Festivals enjoy ticket sale boom

Music fans snap up tickets for rock festivals, just a few years after the scene was said to be on its knees.

View Article

Mean Fiddler losses grow

Mean Fiddler, the promoter behind the Glastonbury and Reading festivals, announces a multi-million-pound loss.

View Article


Damp end for 2003 Glastonbury

More than 100,000 festival-goers make a sticky getaway after rain on the Glastonbury Festival's final evening.

View Article


Love rules at Berlin parade

Hundreds of thousands of revellers descend on the German capital for the annual techno music event.

View Article

Coldplay take T in the park

Coldplay close the second day of Scotland's biggest music festival, now in its 10th year.

View Article

Crowds flock to V Festival

Almost 250,000 fans enjoy the V Festival featuring Coldplay and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

View Article

Barrier 'not to blame' for injuries

A crush barrier is not to blame for the injuries to 22 fans, according to organisers of the Leeds music festival.

View Article


Man's ear 'bitten off' at festival

A man is arrested on suspicion of GBH after a Reading festival-goer has part of his ear bitten or cut off.

View Article

Thousands enjoy Leeds Festival

Leeds Festival organisers hail the 2003 event as a success after headline act Blur finish the show.

View Article


Reading death teenager named

Police name an 18-year-old man who collapsed and died in a campsite at the Reading Festival.

View Article

Old Glastonbury ad fools fans

A reprint of the original Glastonbury Festival advert fools some fans into thinking it was taking place on Friday.

View Article

Browsing latest articles
Browse All 17 View Live




Latest Images