Buzzin Music

After a glorious sunny Friday it was depressing to wake up on the Saturday morning to a miserable grey sky and heavy rain. I spent much of the morning standing in the rain outside the Comedy tent watching a live version of the TV quiz show, Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Stand-up comedian David O’ [...]

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Electric Picnic Music & Arts Festival
Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois
Friday 2nd – Sunday 4th September 2011
The undisputed heavyweights of electronic music, Underworld, make a very welcome return to Stradbally Hall following an awe-inspiring show back in ‘08. In the last 20 years Underworld have been providing the soundtrack for summer after summer with the likes of [...]

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Once again the Rock en Seine music festival boasts a fantastic line-up.  The Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys, The Kills, My Chemical Romance, Anna Calvi, Interpol, The Vaccines, Archive, Tinie Tempah, The Wombats, Big Audio Dynamite, Trentemoller & The Horrors (to name a few) share the bill with popular French acts such as well-respected house music [...]

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This was my third Latitude Festival and once again it was an amazing weekend full of friendly people, interesting art, hilarious comedy, poetry and literature, film and theatre, but most of all some great performances from music artists both old and new.
Latitude is somewhere between a big and small festival, depending what you are comparing [...]

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Latitude Festival is almost upon us and still more acts have been added to the best small UK festival.
The National, Paolo Nutini and Suede headline the Obelisk Stage while Bombay Bicycle Club, Foals and Eels headline The Word Arena.  But there’s plenty of old and new music across all the stages over the course [...]

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