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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...

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...

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. R...

Gerard Way, the ever-iconic face of My Chemical Romance, has participated in a number of musical collaborations. With the relentlessly rising popularity of his comic book series The Umbrella Academy and a successful solo career under his belt, he’s somehow found plenty of spare time to contribute to other artists’ works over the years. In cele...

The year is 2019 and if you're like us, you still have the iconic Bowling For Soup track "Girl All The Bad Guys Want" on repeat. The band took on a challenge from BBC Radio 1 to give the track an updated makeover and the result does NOT disappoint...

Another attendee of Reading & Leeds Festival over the weekend has died after becoming ill at the event.  A few days ago, it was reported that a 17-year-old Leeds Festival attendee died of a suspected drugs overdose early Saturday.  Read ...

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...

Mike Shinoda joined Sum 41 onstage yesterday for a rendition of Linkin Park's "Faint." Read more: Hear a harrowing cover of Linkin Park in new ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ trailer Sum 41 finished off their performance at England's Reading Festival with the cover, frontman Deryck Whibley handling Chester Bennington's parts. “Ladi...

In a new interview with Billboard, Matty Healy reportedly claims that no major rock band are doing "anything as interesting" as his group, popular English rockers the 1975. The particular quote from the musician was picked up by the NME. Read more: The 1975's manager talks new album, tour plans "There are no big bands who are doing anything as interesting as us right now," Hea

When Trivium and Arch Enemy announced an extensive North American co-headlining tour earlier this month, it wasn’t just fans of both bands who were stoked. Turns out, there’s a bromance among all the bands on this tour. Support for the tour, which kicks off Oct. 27 in Orla ...

Earlier this year, colorful Scottish pop-punkers Vukovi decided to put a spotlight on victimization and the cultural impact of bullying, in particular cyberbullying, with one of their music videos, “Weirdo.” With the constant increase of smartphone applications, most of us have access to a never-ending list of communication channels, which means that cyberbullies can target their victims at any t

After Brexit, death, taxes and Reading Festival occurring on the bank holiday weekend at the end of August are the only certainties in the U.K. these days. Starting in 1989, the festival can accommodate up to 90,000 people. It’s the summertime staple that marks the end of the outdoor live music season for many fans. This ...

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. I... Read More ...

Bring Me The Horizon are days away from releasing their new record That's The Spirit to the masses, and they're celebrating with a huge performance at Reading and Leeds festivals in U.K. Read more: Bring Me The Horizon tease two new songs, “Follow You,” “Doomed” Check out professional footage of the band tearing through That's The Spirit cut "Throne" in front of a monstrous crowd below,

During their performance of “Time Bomb” at this year’s Reading Festival, All Time Low brought out a group of incredibly elated fans to share the moment with. You can watch things unfold in the video below. “Time Bomb” is taken from ATL’s 2011 LP, Dirty Work. The band are currently gearing up ...

You can watch Panic At The Disco’s Reading Festival performance of their “new-ish” song, “Hallelujah,” below. The track was released as a stand-alone single earlier this year. Panic! recently put the finishing touches on their upcoming studio album, which, according to frontman Brendon Urie, is going to sound reminiscent of the group’s debut LP, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out. Read more: Brendon Urie

Blink-182 gave a closing performance at the U.K.’s Reading Festival over the weekend. The crystal-clear BBC broadcast of their set has made its way online, and it’s a must watch, with over an hour of Blink at their best. Stream the band’s full set below, and let us know how you think they did. If you missed i ...

Jimmy Eat World performed at the Reading and Leeds Festivals this weekend in the U.K. The crystal-clear BBC broadcast of their Reading 2014 set has made its way online, and they opened it with a one-two punch of "Bleed American" and "A Praise Chorus." Last ye ...

Paramore co-headlined the Reading Festival 2014 last night in the U.K. along with Queens Of The Stone Age. The crystal-clear BBC broadcast of their set has made its way online, and it's a doozy—there's over an hour of music to watch, with the band overcoming three power cuts in the progress. Bookended by ...

According to the Guardian, two people—a 14-year-old boy and a 31-year-old man—have been arrested on suspicion of raping a young woman at the Reading music festival in the U.K. The victim, a 19-year-old woman, reported being attacked Thursday night “in a caravan on the festival traders' site.” A police spokesper ...