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Bring Me The Horizon discuss their musical evolution in AltPress issue #401 cover story

The best laid plans can even go awry for one of the biggest rock bands in the world. The day before Alternative Press connects with Bring Me The Horizon was scheduled to be the band’s first in earnest working with BloodPop (aka Michael Tucker, the man who’s overseen records by Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber) […]

UK organizers detail how COVID-19 may change 2021 festival lineups

Organizers overseas are currently gearing up for the return of music festivals this summer. As COVID-19 cases in the U.K. slowly decline and more vaccinations are administered, many are optimistic that this year’s festival season will bring back some normalcy in what’s truly been an unprecedented past year. Despite some festivals going ahead as planned, […]

KISS and Iron Maiden to headline Download 2022 after 2021 cancellation

Ticketholders for Download Festival have been hit with some bad news. Due to England’s new plans to ease out of COVID-19 restrictions, the 2021 festival is no longer able to take place. However, Download organizers have confirmed the festival will be back next year and have already announced the 2022 headliners. Read more: Avenged Sevenfold […]

Reading & Leeds Festival is nearly sold out after confirming 2021 plans

If you are planning to attend Reading & Leeds Festival this August, you may want to get your tickets before it’s too late. Just days after confirming the U.K. event is going ahead as planned, Reading Festival has completely sold out with Leeds Festival not far behind. Read more: Waterparks spotlight their next era with […]

10 Post Malone collabs we’d love to see happen next

While Post Malone regularly tops the rap charts, he definitely isn’t shy about his love for the scene. In fact, on most recent Hollywood’s Bleeding, he collaborated with artists we love such as Halsey and Ozzy Osbourne.  His latest collab-filled album and the fact he’s already working on his next release got us thinking about […]

YUNGBLUD rallies ‘the underrated youth’ in most important EP yet

Anyone who knows anything about YUNGBLUD will tell you that he’s constantly making moves, from crowdsurfing his way through Times Square or ping-ponging across the stage on his recent sold-out Twisted Tales Of The Ritalin Club tour—a name inspired by his new graphic novel. But the moves don’t stop there as the musician is also […]

Reading Festival issues drug warning after “high strength pills” discovered

Reading Festival has issued a drug warning to attendees following the discovery of “high strength” Donkey Kong pills. The warning comes one day after a 17-year-old girl reportedly died of a suspected drug overdose at Leeds Festival yesterday morning. You can read the festivals warning to its attendees below. Read more: twenty one pilots bring dancing […]

19 reactions everyone who couldn’t be at Reading & Leeds Fests had

For many music fans stuck in the U.S. or elsewhere during the Reading & Leeds Festivals, this weekend can be a difficult time. Not everyone can be in England for the awe-inspiring pair of festivals. We all have our process of dealing with it. It usually starts with initial excitement over the lineup. Twenty One […]

Gerard Way, We Came As Romans, La Dispute, more added to Reading and Leeds

50 more acts have been added to the U.K.’s Reading and Leeds festivals, including Gerard Way (who is making his live solo debut), We Came As Romans, La Dispute and many more. They join previously announced bands Paramore, the Story So Far, A Day To Remember, Jimmy Eat World, Blink-182, Issues and more. Check out the full lineup […]

Tonight Alive, the Story So Far, the Wonder Years, more added to Reading and Leeds festivals

52 more band have been added to the U.K.’s 2014 Reading and Leeds festivals, including: The Story So Far, Tonight Alive, Architects, Bear Hands, Slaves, Every Time I Die, Mayday Parade, PUP, the Wonder Years, Touché Amoré and Wovenwar. They will join a massive lineup that already included such bands as A Day To Remember, […]

Paramore, Jimmy Eat World, A Day To Remember, more added to Reading And Leeds

The next batch of bands have been announced for the UK’s 2014 Reading And Leeds Festivals. Queens Of The Stone Age, Paramore, Enter Shikari, Jimmy Eat World, A Day To Remember and tons more have been announced and will join the growing list of acts. Check out all of the bands, dates and details below. […]

Blink-182, Of Mice & Men, Issues, more to play Reading and Leeds festivals 2014

The next batch of bands have been announced for the Reading and Leeds Festivals in the UK, and some of our favorites are playing. Reading will be held August 22-24 at Richfield Avenue; Leeds will be held August 22-24 at Bramham Park. You can check out the full lineup (announced so far) for each festival below. […]