Music Festivals

The line-up for the Little Simz curated Meltdown Festival has been announced - including sets from The Streets, Jon Batiste and Ghetts.

Meltdown 2025: Little Simz curated season of shows announced

Outdoor portrait of pop band 'The Searchers', 1964.

Glastonbury reveal their line-up for this year’s Acoustic Stage

The 2025 Glastonbury Festival line-up so far has elicited a mixed response again from fans - but has interest in the festival waned over the last three years?

Analysis Has interest in Glastonbury Festival dropped after first announcement?

Milton Keynes music fans won't have to travel too far to get a summer festival experience in 2025.

4 huge music festivals taking over Milton Keynes Bowl in 2025

Charli XCX is one of the big names set to perform at Heaton Park at this year's Parklife festival.

Parklife 2025: essential information including travel & opening times

Tents at the National Jazz, Blues and Rock Festival in Reading, UK.

Five festivals that existed before the first Glastonbury Festival

Has the younger Leeds Festival now become "the" go to festival site for Reading and Leeds Festival over the years?

Explainer Has Leeds overtaken Reading? Festival popularity analysis revealed

A general view of the main stage on day 3 of the Latitude Festival held in Henham Park, Southwold on July 18, 2009 in Southwold, England.

Explainer Your essential guide ahead of Latitude Festival 2025

Biffy Clyro are among the latest names confirmed for BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend in Liverpool this Summer.

Biffy Clyro, Tom Grennan among the names for BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend

What genre so far has the most representation after this morning's Glastonbury 2025 announcement?

Analysis Exploring Glastonbury's 2025 line-up: which genre takes the spotlight?

Charli XCX is one of a number of names announced for Glastonbury 2025 this morning.

Olivia Rodrigo, The 1975 and Charli XCX set to perform at Glastonbury

Your first wave of Glastonbury 2025 performers has arrived! 🎵🎪🎸

Benjamin Jackson

More festival's have been announced and artists revealed as we update our UK festival guide for the month of March 2025 - has anything taken your fancy so far?

Explainer The UK festival season 2025 - dates, tickets and line-ups so far

Here's your guide ahead of this year's Creamfields 2025 festival in Daresbury!

Explainer Creamfields 2025 guide: from what not to bring to when to arrive

Reports over the weekend have claimed that Olivia Rodrigo (pictured) and The 1975 are set to perform at Glastonbury 2025.

Glastonbury 2025: reports claim Olivia Rodrigo and The 1975 to perform

After speculation throughout the week from fans, Four Tet is set to perform at this year's Creamfields festival in Cheshire.

Creamfields 2025 reveal 44 acts performing at this year’s festival

Marc Rebillet performs onstage during Netflix Is A Joke Festival: Outside Joke at Hollywood Palladium on May 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.

Who is Marc Rebillet; your guaranteed party starter at Parklife 2025?

Irish group Kneecap are among the headline acts confirmed for Green Man 2025.

Green Man 2025: Kneecap, Underworld and more announced for festival

Mika is one of a number of new additions confirmed this morning to be performing at Latitude 2025.

Mika, Billy Bragg and more added to Latitude 2025

Sir Tom Jones has been announced as one of three new acts performing at Hampton Court Palace Festival 2025.

Tom Jones, Gary Barlow set for Hampton Court Palace Festival 2025.

Korn are set to headline Download Festival's final evening on the Apex Stage, as day splits have now been released.

Download Festival reveal day splits for 2025 event

The Sugarhill Gang are one of the number of new acts announced by Bearded Theory earlier today.

Bearded Theory reveal new acts to perform at 2025 festival

Crossover-thrashers Municipal Waste are among the 20 new acts announced for Download 2025.

Download Festival announces 20 new acts on the line-up

Did you catch Queens of the Stone Age or any of these nine acts when they performed surprise sets at UK festivals previously?

9 times UK festivals shocked fans with surprise sets - were you there?

From what to keep at home to where to stay if you don't want to bring a tent - here's our early essential guide if you're heading to Download Festival in 2025.

Explainer Your ultimate guide ahead of this year’s Download Festival

Good Neighbours are one of 9 new acts announced on Tuesday evening as performing at TRNSMT 2025.

TRNSMT 2025 announce nine new artists for this year’s event

Leeds and Reading Festival have announced an overhaul to their camping facilities for the 2025 festivals.

Camping to be overhauled at Leeds and Reading Festival 2025

Sir Tom Jones has been announced as one of the new acts performing at Camp Bestival Dorset 2025.

Camp Bestival reveal more acts for 2025 festival

Matt Horsfall, 39, scaled the rocks forming the waterfall at Dockber Farm near Sawley in Lancashire when he was attending the Beat-Herder music festival. He ignored a 'do not enter' sign which warned of "sharp rocks" and said the "water is poison" to pose for a video

I fell off a waterfall during a music festival. I nearly died.

This was the moment when a man in his 30s "nearly died" when he fell down a 20ft waterfall while filming a video clip during Beat Herder music festival.

Matthew Calderbank

ANYMA has been announced as one of your headline acts ahead of Creamfields 2025.

ANYMA announced as a headliner at this year’s Creamfields

Still waiting for resale tickets? Well, at least you can start plotting how you're getting to Glastonbury Festival with our guide while we all wait.

Explainer The essential information you need ahead of Glastonbury Festival 2025

What are the ten 'must-see' cities for music in the US over the next 12 months, according to research?

10 ideal holiday locations in the US essential for music fans in 2025

[L-R] Koffee and Kojey Radical are two of the four names announced in Boomtown 2025's second announcement.

Koffee and Kojey Radical among the new names set for Boomtown 2025

Looking to head to a UK music festival with the family in 2025? Why not opt for one with something for both older and younger festivalgoers this year?

15 family friendly festivals taking place in the UK throughout 2025

Ricky Wilson and the Kaiser Chiefs are among the new names announced for Latitude Festival 2025

Air and Kaiser Chiefs among the latest Latitude 2025 acts

Spotify data reveals who has the best UK festival line-up in 2025 - so far.

The best UK music festival line-ups in 2025, according to Spotify

50 Cent and Jorja Smith are among the new names joining Charli XCX in Heaton Park this year, as Parklife 2025 reveal their final list of acts.

Parklife 2025: Final artists revealed as 50 Cent joins Charli XCX

Ahead of Download Festival 2025, here's a few answers to some questions you might be afraid to ask.

Download Festival 2025: history, statistics and memorable moments

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Festival jobs UK - 10 festival job opportunities you can apply for now

The legendary Carl Cox is one act fans on TikTok hope performs once again at Creamfields North in 2025

Creamfields North 2025: 21 acts festival goers hope to see this year

Culture and tickets writer Benjamin Jackson shares the 21 bands he's looking forward seeing at Download Festival 2025 - 21 years after he first attended the festival.

21 acts we're already looking forward to see at Download Festival 2025

It's January, it's a new year - which means new rumoured acts that could potentially be performing at Wireless Festival 2025.

The rumoured names set to perform at Wireless Festival 2025

Paul Heaton, with Rianne Downey and English Teacher are among the 50+ names confirmed this morning for Bearded Theory 2025.

Bearded Theory announces latest wave of acts performing in 2025

What's some of the festivals taking place across Europe in 2025 if some of the UK festivals aren't adventerous enough for you anymore?

Explainer 13 European festivals in 2025 for the adventurous festivalgoer

Wychwood Festival is set to take place at Cheltenham Racecourse in Gloucestershire from May 30 to June 1 2025.

Wychwood Festival announces first wave of acts for 2025 event

Chappell Roan, Travis Scott and Bring Me The Horizon have been announced as the headline acts for Leeds and Reading Festival 2025.

Leeds and Reading announces first wave of acts for 2025 festival

Your first Leeds and Reading Festival 2025 acts have been announced!

Benjamin Jackson

50 Cent has been announced as a headliner at TRNSMT 2025 overnight - and has had a more welcome response compared to his UK festival debut in 2004.

50 Cent's troubled first UK festival appearance and what caused it

With more festivals announcing a fallow year or an outright cancellation in the future, we take a look at 13 UK music festivals once loved but now lost.

The 13 UK music festivals loved and lost over time

Could The Strokes, Biffy Clyro or Teddy Swims be included in the first TRNSMT announcement, taking place on BBC Radio 1 on December 2 2024 at 6:15pm?

The 11 artists TRNSMT festivalgoers hope to see at the 2025 event

Sundown Festival, held in Norwich and Malta, is the latest music festival to announce they are cancelling their 2025 event - without a mention if it's a fallow year or not.

UK festival announces 2025 cancellation after ‘12 incredible years’

Elbow are among the new names announced by Latitude Festival for their 2025 event.

Elbow, Maribou State and Clean Bandit the latest additions to Latitude

With Glastonbury set to take a fallow year in 2026, here's the reasons why festivals undertake such a break - and those taking one in 2025.

Explainer Why is Glastonbury Festival taking a fallow year in 2026?

RAYE is set to headline the 2025 Boardmasters Festival, as organisers announced their first wave of acts.

RAYE, The Prodigy and Nelly Furtado announced for Boardmasters 2025

From Manic Street Preachers through to Garbage, here's what fans think might form the line-up for Victorious Festival 2025.

13 acts fans online hope to see perform at Victorious Festival 2025

Kasabian are one of the many names confirmed to be performing at Truck Festival 2025.

53 acts including Kasabian, confirmed for Truck Festival 2025

Not keen on camping at Glastonbury next year? Why not check out some of these options for accommodation and their distance to Worthy Farm for 2025's event?

7 locations to stay in if camping at Glastonbury isn’t an option

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