<![CDATA[ Latest from Louder in Music-festivals ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/live-performances/music-festivals Sun, 17 May 2026 16:55:43 +0000 en <![CDATA[ German thrash metal, British metalcore and American nu metal: all the best bits from Sonic Temple 2026 day 3 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/german-thrash-metal-british-metalcore-and-american-nu-metal-all-the-best-bits-from-sonic-temple-2026-day-3 5pV2ybayk2PtPYGFkJcHMd Sun, 17 May 2026 16:55:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We spot a man in a cowboy hat twirling another on his shoulders like he’s trying out for WWE." Goth metalcore heavyweights Motionless In White smash their headline audition in front of one of Sonic Temple's rowdiest crowds ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/we-spot-a-man-in-a-cowboy-hat-twirling-another-on-his-shoulders-like-hes-trying-out-for-wwe-goth-metalcore-heavyweights-motionless-in-white-smash-their-headline-audition-in-front-of-one-of-sonic-temples-rowdiest-crowds a67FqmogKdZLRNjMqV3ZXL Sun, 17 May 2026 16:43:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ "If you won’t jump to this one, you’re a ****ing knob." Bring Me The Horizon's state of the art Sonic Temple headline set was epic, anthemic and extremely British ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/if-you-wont-jump-to-this-one-youre-a-ing-knob-bring-me-the-horizons-state-of-the-art-sonic-temple-headline-set-was-epic-anthemic-and-extremely-british 3TbpjHZByk55mZXDcyQJBo Sun, 17 May 2026 16:33:30 +0000 Sun, 17 May 2026 16:33:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ Big inflatable willies, nu metal and 80s pop covers - here's what went down on day two of Sonic Temple 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/big-inflatable-willies-nu-metal-and-80s-pop-covers-heres-what-went-down-on-day-two-of-sonic-temple-2026 LgpbzaPDMeg5p26vsGRAu8 Sat, 16 May 2026 16:08:38 +0000 Sun, 17 May 2026 16:34:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ "This is proof positive they’re ready to take on bigger stages and events." They're already one of extreme metal's biggest bands - and with their ferocious Sonic Temple show, Lorna Shore have shown they're not gonna stop there ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/this-is-proof-positive-theyre-ready-to-take-on-bigger-stages-and-events-theyre-already-one-of-extreme-metals-biggest-bands-and-with-their-ferocious-sonic-temple-show-lorna-shore-have-shown-theyre-not-gonna-stop-there 3Wn2NEYfcgKfoBfGYmXWgW Sat, 16 May 2026 15:57:17 +0000 Sat, 16 May 2026 15:57:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ Fancy trying a European festival this year? Here's five reasons to hit Mad Cool 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/five-reasons-mad-cool-2026 7tF5aUBdnPnJsMQu28yLvR Tue, 12 May 2026 05:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "There were nights when everything felt like it might collapse." Inside Thailand's passionate but criminally ignored metal scene, from alley bars to open air festivals ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/there-were-nights-when-everything-felt-like-it-might-collapse-inside-thailands-passionate-but-criminally-ignored-metal-scene-from-alley-bars-to-open-air-festivals pRi3qB6KD6T7SvxETcgaeP Tue, 05 May 2026 11:00:44 +0000 Tue, 05 May 2026 11:01:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ Slam Dunk festival director steps down in wake of sexual assault allegation ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/slam-dunk-festival-director-steps-down-in-wake-of-sexual-assault-allegation zANqzAKnBY9S3qEGuBY9RE Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I've got a couple of ideas I've been working on for quite some time": Fred Durst wants to set up an alternative to Coachella for musicians who aren't invited to Coachella ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/fred-durst-alternative-to-coachella icExyEf5wyww76U7Vi25aZ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:23:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was like Lord Of The Flies. You could vaguely hear music and there were giant mud puddles with naked people writhing around”: Metallica, Nine Inch Nails and 350,000 mud-caked people – the chaotic story of the biggest US music festival of the 1990s ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/woodstock-94-story-of-festival-nine-inch-nails-red-hot-chili-peppers LMpNWv9yS3oMK4ewRxYZFo Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:41:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ How to watch the Coachella 2026 livestream: Iggy Pop, Wet Leg, Turnstile, David Byrne, Die Spitz, Interpol & Nine Inch Nails' set with Boys Noize just some of this weekend's highlights ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/how-to-watch-coachella-2026 AzUq4RqaTcViKUhsy7XMvd Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:57:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ My Chemical Romance, Tool, Limp Bizkit and Pierce The Veil to headline Aftershock festival 2026; The Offspring, Queens Of The Stone Age, Babymetal and more than 130 other acts also confirmed ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/my-chemical-romance-tool-limp-bizkit-tool-pierce-the-veil-top-2026-aftershock-festival-lineup 9cTd3wKBckndRbSNmScCJm Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There was no plans to stop it. We were still gonna do it, but Ozzy couldn’t”: Legendary metal touring festival Ozzfest will “absolutely” return in 2027 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/ozzfest-2027-return-confirmed-2026 VZ2w9sFfpno5yYcoZQmNDg Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:26:43 +0000 Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:33:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ Iron Maiden, My Chemical Romance, Limp Bizkit, Tool, Babymetal, Alice Cooper, Halestorm and almost 200 more bands to play huge Louder Than Life 2026 lineup ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/iron-maiden-my-chemical-romance-limp-bizkit-tool-babymetal-alice-cooper-halestorm-and-almost-200-more-bands-to-play-huge-louder-than-life-2026-lineup tWWQ8LotmJhGkidtYyTQaX Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 01:24:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He's singing and screaming his guts out in the middle of the field. I can't understand a word he's saying but I feel every syllable of it." This is what it's like at Thailand's biggest metal festival, Rock Alarm ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/hes-singing-and-screaming-his-guts-out-in-the-middle-of-the-field-i-cant-understand-a-word-hes-saying-but-i-feel-every-syllable-of-it-this-is-what-its-like-at-thailands-biggest-metal-festival-rock-alarm C3egjU952DJgCGZpJuX8m4 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:35:44 +0000 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:00:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We invited our families along, not thinking how it would be for them. When we came off, my sister was crying." How a teen pop duo earned the respect of Slipknot and Rage Against The Machine by getting bottled off stage by furious rock fans ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/the-story-of-daphne-and-celeste-at-reading-festival U53pgt3KG8EKkfP6xdvuxb Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:22:49 +0000 Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:23:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Limp Bizkit, Bad Omens, Papa Roach, Gojira, Poppy, plus more than 50 other bands announced for Inkcarceration Festival 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/inkcarceration-featuring-bad-omens-papa-roach-limp-bizkit-poppy-2026 gbjN2h9nbg8fZKNpDys9eD Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "This time there will actually be music or your money back": Taika Waititi is working on a Fyre Fest musical ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/taika-waititi-fyre-fest-musical hhFzBUW2fuGx8Y8XskCKmM Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:05:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ How to watch Reading & Leeds 2025 live: Limp Bizkit, Bring Me The Horizon, Chappell Roan and more set for this weekend ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/how-to-watch-reading-and-leeds-festival 9PcUP6vgNcXvCqpUyuZ3Yk Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:17:25 +0000 Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:40:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ The nine best artists to see at London's All Points East festival this month, from Doechii and Confidence Man, to Warmduscher and Chloe Qisha ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/best-artists-to-see-at-londons-all-points-east-festival uC4BDLTes5ZgYzVBicdLTj Thu, 07 Aug 2025 11:40:14 +0000 Thu, 07 Aug 2025 11:50:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ I just spent four days at the muddiest metal festival on the planet - here's why I'm desperate to go back ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/what-it-was-like-at-wacken-2025 SRMTpXNE8Eye5HA7rRRVER Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:11:00 +0000 Mon, 04 Aug 2025 18:50:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Jacoby Shaddix is practically bouncing on the spot between songs, visibly thrilled." Headlining a major European festival for the very first time, Papa Roach's Wacken performance is a loud, proud and unbowed triumph. Pressure? What pressure? ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/papa-roach-live-review-wacken-2025 dRUy4XHLmSDDWRQNx8hodR Sat, 02 Aug 2025 11:13:15 +0000 Sat, 02 Aug 2025 16:04:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It’s an utterly visceral display of raw catharsis." The bands that defined 2000Trees festival 2025 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/bands-that-defined-2000trees wa9N5AXRmbyHjadqTc77HT Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:42:53 +0000 Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:26:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Here are five brilliant sets from Glastonbury this year that you probably haven't heard about ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/brilliant-glastonbury-2025-sets RDwwjqQLcsHVhFDwydaPse Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:44:51 +0000 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 18:24:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ "If you're one of those self-satisfied old bores who thinks that music doesn't mean as much to younger generations as it does to you, you're flat-out wrong, and here's the proof." Olivia Rodrigo dazzles in the summer sun at BST Hyde Park ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/olivia-rodrigo-dazzles-at-bst VFPJbsa4QiZdy2opfeYg9c Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:11:04 +0000 Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:05:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If anybody brings as much noise as this, I’ll retire!” The Prodigy unleash chaos at Worthy Farm with the heaviest, most intense set of Glastonbury 2025 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/prodigy-heaviest-set-of-glastonbury-2025 RR8WnB6Cv6P4g2PCUkL8h5 Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:12:15 +0000 Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:13:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Karla Chubb looks every inch the star." Newly signed to Sub Pop, the label who brought the world Nirvana and Soundgarden, Irish post-punks Sprints tease their next chapter at Glastonbury ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/karla-chubb-looks-every-inch-the-star-newly-signed-to-sub-pop-the-label-who-brought-the-world-nirvana-and-soundgarden-irish-post-punks-sprints-tease-their-next-chapter-at-glastonbury NCX9Ny3gGi5VhMTgXDRhCZ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:12:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Their chaotic charm hasn’t dulled one bit." The Libertines roll back the years at Glastonbury with a classic scrappy, rough-around-the-edges set ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/libertines-roll-back-the-years-at-glastonbury XqTckwFoQrFUqo8fgvEhiV Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:42:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ "This is a generational, once-in-a-lifetime moment for a heavy band at a festival that has an awkward history with rock, punk and metal." An awestruck Glastonbury discovers Charli XCX was bang on the money when she predicted the coming of Turnstile Summer ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/glastonbury-welcome-to-turnstile-summer cd6j9ThFVGEJCWcSyWfTUS Sun, 29 Jun 2025 20:52:01 +0000 Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:45:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It’s refreshing to experience music so pure." Legendary 'Godfather of Grunge' Neil Young closes out Saturday night at Glastonbury, still burning, not fading away ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/neil-young-at-glastonbury-still-burning-not-fading-away 2dq2CrZKupG4Qjwr3yupDJ Sun, 29 Jun 2025 18:27:28 +0000 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 23:41:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Surprise! Glastonbury's worst-kept secret is revealed as 'Patchwork' aka Pulp remind Worthy Farm exactly why they're one of Britain's best-loved and most brilliant bands ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/patchwork-pulp-glasto-secret-set J9uc7dhux86X8wadPmqnxQ Sat, 28 Jun 2025 21:39:29 +0000 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 18:32:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The Melbourne crew have Glasto by the baps and balls." Aussie punks Amyl and the Sniffers just ripped Glastonbury a new one ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/amyl-and-the-sniffers-glastonbury-review c9fSqa25i8fezXG9STL4kM Sat, 28 Jun 2025 21:07:48 +0000 Mon, 30 Jun 2025 06:43:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Hooks big enough to snag a kaiju and basslines so irresistible they could land people in rehab." One of the world's hottest edm bands just fcuked Glastonbury festival ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/glastonbury-fcukers-review YFtUo7zJFXEbbpAmjQmgEh Sat, 28 Jun 2025 18:51:02 +0000 Sat, 28 Jun 2025 19:11:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Glastonbury, I'm a free man!" Kneecap draw massive crowd at Glastonbury, as BBC refuse to livestream the festival's most talked-about performance, but insist "the BBC doesn’t ban artists" ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/kneecap-draw-massive-crowd-at-glastonbury-bbc-ban eHePWkmZJuxY3aE8bFyRUQ Sat, 28 Jun 2025 16:06:31 +0000 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 18:32:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Like Gogol Bordello getting pegged by Killing Joke." Missed out on seeing Fat Dog at Glastonbury? Then you messed up ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/like-gogol-bordello-getting-pegged-by-killing-joke-missed-out-on-seeing-fat-dog-at-glastonbury-then-you-messed-up J46G3mqqRrpKeD4QoUsiWL Sat, 28 Jun 2025 13:21:41 +0000 Sat, 28 Jun 2025 18:57:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It’s so day-glo, coke binge, shell suit wearing, '80s kitsch that you wouldn’t be surprised if Timmy Mallet turned up onstage." The 1975's Glastonbury headline set is as every bit as wild, weird, wired and wonderful as you'd expect ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/the-1975-glastonbury-headline-review RwkKtQdC5GomzWPdaBKQrZ Sat, 28 Jun 2025 12:37:55 +0000 Sat, 28 Jun 2025 19:04:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ "You worry for anyone that has to follow them." Biffy Clyro's magnificent Glastonbury set serves notice that they're more than ready to headline Britain's biggest and most beloved festival when the call comes ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/biffy-clyro-glastonbury-review-2025 a8eqrATvpXfh33cX3MSVoc Sat, 28 Jun 2025 01:58:10 +0000 Mon, 30 Jun 2025 06:44:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Native James just brought grime metal to Glastonbury - and Glasto lapped it up ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/native-james-brought-grime-metal-to-glastonbury 7HTttsTeTWe4LmgDeYNSBW Thu, 26 Jun 2025 21:10:40 +0000 Thu, 26 Jun 2025 21:11:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ I have my Glastonbury weekend TV schedule sorted - here's how to plan ahead so you don't miss a thing ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/i-have-my-glastonbury-weekend-tv-schedule-sorted-heres-how-to-plan-ahead-so-you-dont-miss-a-thing v6DA9dygyWwJEazcFBpinB Thu, 26 Jun 2025 14:47:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pelagic Fest share their 2024 After Movie celebrating last year's post-rock and prog metal event ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/pelagic-fest-share-their-2024-after-movie-celebrating-last-years-post-rock-and-prog-metal-event 9nffswu3g3WwP5tFJHiayV Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:43:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 10 best artists to see at BST Hyde Park, London this summer from Olivia Rodrigo and Beabadoobee to Neil Young and Stevie Wonder ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/the-10-best-artists-to-see-at-bst-hyde-park-london-2025 JCPfBfGgaPhzVCW9Zk9Zd4 Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:39:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Metal Hammer has teamed with rock festival Radar to design the cat pyjamas your wardrobe is incomplete without ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/metal-hammer-teams-with-radar-festival-manchester-cat-pyjama-merch-2025 QgmTygESSyRsRpDR54osZ3 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 11:12:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 16 greatest Glastonbury Festival performances ever ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/the-16-greatest-glastonbury-festival-performances-ever 3UZymHebKt7XVn5ypooDZ3 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 10:04:03 +0000 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 14:51:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ I'm a Glastonbury Festival veteran of over 20 years - here are 5 things I never go to Worthy Farm without ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/im-a-glastonbury-festival-veteran-of-over-20-years-here-are-5-things-i-never-go-to-worthy-farm-without TvBVEJhRsmUx2NACgwDRuV Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:28:12 +0000 Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:17:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Here's what Sleep Token played at their first ever Download headline set (videos inside) ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/sleep-token-download-2025-setlist imcTAmZjf6w86FHdq7yU4 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 22:18:52 +0000 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 22:19:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ We went to Poland's biggest metal festival Mystic - this is what it was like ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/what-its-like-at-mystic-festival-2025 M4snyXjR4YpNzdeS2UAN34 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:55:15 +0000 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:47:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ Six bands that defined Slam Dunk 2025 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/six-bands-that-defined-slam-dunk-2025 RiBn8N387dfUun9vpA7Vnd Thu, 29 May 2025 10:58:12 +0000 Thu, 29 May 2025 10:59:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ CMAT, Black Country, New Road, Katy J Pearson and more join the bill for The Maccabees' All Points East show ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/cmat-black-country-new-road-katy-j-pearson-and-more-join-the-bill-for-the-maccabees-all-points-east-show ejYQjaAUdi5dbbboYqSgUS Thu, 29 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000 Thu, 29 May 2025 10:01:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Download festival comments after artists speak out over “unsafe” toilets for trans people: “We stand with all members of our community and want everyone to feel safe” ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/download-festival-comments-trans-toilets-controversy fdZsNdBew3jhte3vCCrQc Wed, 28 May 2025 13:20:44 +0000 Wed, 28 May 2025 13:25:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “London’s must-attend event for fans of all things ‘post-’”: The six bands that defined the final Portals festival ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/bands-defined-portals-festival-2025 FNdFZNAMaipVht57TeeUvm Tue, 27 May 2025 10:57:00 +0000 Tue, 27 May 2025 18:04:32 +0000