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Get Ready For The Sunshine Festival: Just Over Three Weeks To Go!

July 29, 2019

With just over three weeks to go until the Sunshine Festival, we take a look at three of the bands performing: Scouting For Girls, Jedward, and Busted.

Laoise Returns With New Single ‘Seriously?’ Taken From New EP ‘Mad’

July 26, 2019

Laoise* first came to our attention in February last year with her single, ‘Bother’, a gritty and impressively honest song about a love gone wrong. Now the singer songwriter, originally from Galway, in the very west of Ireland, returns with her new single, ‘Seriously?’, taken from her most recent EP, ‘Mad’.

Can You FÉILE It? Legendary Music Event Rebrands From Tipp Classical To FÉILE 19

July 19, 2019

FÉILE ’19 are honoured to announce that this year, in her only festival show of the summer, Sinead O’Connor will be performing her own songs, and some select hits from the Songbook of Shane MacGowan in Thurles this September. The Big Gig just got bigger!

Five Weeks To Go Until This Year’s Sunshine Festival!

July 19, 2019

It’s five weeks to go until the Sunshine Festival in Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire. The action packed festival runs for three days over the August bank holiday weekend, starting on the 23rd and winding up on the 25th.

Eddy Smith And The 507 Chat With EP About Music, Instruments, And ‘A Little Too Late’ At Cornbury

July 12, 2019

In the last of our Cornbury interviews, we bring you our chat with Eddy Smith and the 507, who are not, despite their name, made up of 508 members, but one of them is actually named Eddy. Now based in London, they come from as far as Kent, the US, Ireland, and Surrey (or is it Sussex?). Lisa sat down and had a chat with the band.

Hard Rock In A Combat Frock: We Catch Up With Emily Capell

July 7, 2019

We first met Emily Capell at The Boisdale Awards last year, where she won Best Newcomer. She’s had a very busy year since then, and so it was great to catch up with her at Cornbury, where we talked about her music, guitars, The Clash, Steve Marriott, Tom Hardy, Danny McFly, and Jedward.

See Ya Later – We Chat With Katy Hurt At The Cornbury Festival

July 7, 2019

Katy Hurt is still in her very early 20s and yet she’s got her life and career set out before her like a map. We caught up with Katy at this weekend’s Cornbury Music Festival, in Oxfordshire.

Dan Says – Week Twenty

July 1, 2019

Dan’s had a big week! Alphabeat, Pride, Peterborough…he’s also listened to Jedward, Adam Lambert, Meghan Trainor, Ellie Goulding & Juice WRLD, and Madonna.

Sofi Tukker Announce European Headline Tour With Tickets On Sale This Friday

June 19, 2019

Just ahead of embarking on their vibrant summer festival tour, have announced a fall headline tour of North American and Europe, the R.I.P. Shame World Tour. Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern are on “a mission to kill shame one loose dance party at a time,” and are planning an entirely new show that will follow the release of a new body of work this fall.

Future West Returns With New Single ‘See What I See’ Ahead Of Summer Dates

June 15, 2019

Future West returns with ‘See What I See’, the follow up to ‘Human’, which was released back in February. Out yesterday, June 14, ‘See What I See’ is a retro-tinged synth-led track which sees Future West imploring an unknown other person to skip town with them. It’s a full-on bop with a super-catchy chorus.