Worldwide Festivals

07 June 2007 - 10 June 2007 2 days to go! With only days to go until the Isle of Wight Festival, the ghosts of hippies gone by are gearing up for the next set of rock giants to galvanize the garden isle. Records show the true rock and roll traditions of the festival; here’s what will be heading for the history books this year… From its humble hippy beginnings in 1968, with two trailers as a stage, to nearly a million riotous revellers destroying the festival’s fence just two years later, the Isle Of Wight Festival is doused in festival folklore. The 1970 festival was to be the stage for Jimi Hendrix’s last ever performance and the final event of its kind on the…

The Arctic Monkeys will headline the Pyramid Stage on the Friday The full line-up of musicians to perform at the Glastonbury festival later this month has been announced. The Who, The Killers and Arctic Monkeys will be headlining on the Pyramid Stage during the three-day event. Among the more than 200 acts listed are Rufus Wainwright, Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, The Gossip, Paul Weller, Chemical Brothers and Shirley Bassey. The festival, which starts on 22 June, will be the largest yet, with an extended capacity of 177,500. John Peel Stage That figure was agreed as part of a new four-year licence for the festival, taking it up to 2010. "The line-u…

Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis has said he knows some of the big names who will play at next year's festival - but is keeping them to himself for now. "We do have acts confirmed but I can't tell you," he said, adding that reports of Bruce Springsteen headlining the event in June were "absolute rubbish". Mr Eavis remained "really hopeful" that Kylie Minogue, who pulled out last year after her cancer diagnosis, would play. Organisers have said they hope to let up to 20,000 more fans attend in 2007. This would take the festival's capacity close to 175,000. Mr Eavis told the BBC News website he was "surprised" to see newspaper claims that Springsteen was in li…

Prepare to have déjà vu, Wilco fans. Jeff Tweedy, listening for the audience to yell back during the band's show at Austin City Limits in 2005, will bring the rock back to Zilker Park in September. 2007 ACL: Dylan rules a hip kingdom Bob Dylan will close out the festival, but rest of lineup is varied and adventurous, including Arcade Fire, Björk, the White Stripes and the Killers A baby boomer icon will close the fest, but the lineup of the sixth annual Austin City Limits Music Festival, Sept. 14-16 at Zilker Park, is generally aimed at a younger, more adventurous rock audience than in previous years. Bob Dylan, the Arcade Fire, Queens of the Stone Age, Arctic …

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Music fans swamped the event's booking telephone line and Web site when the tickets, at 145 pounds each, went on sale on Sunday morning. Within 90 minutes, 137,500 were sold. The official festival Web site crashed 30 minutes before the tickets went on sale as it struggled to cope with demand. An extra 27,500 revellers were able to buy a ticket this year after organisers won approval to boost capacity to 177,000. Glastonbury returns after a year's absence to its Worthy Farm home in Somerset on June 22-24, with the line-up rumoured to include The Who, Kaiser Chiefs and the Arctic Monkeys. http://www.stuff.co.nz/4014946a1860.html

Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice, Canadian indie-rockers Arcade Fire and Blur frontman Damon Albarn's new band have been announced as headliners for the Latitude festival this summer. But organisers stressed that the festival was about more than just the music, as a programme of theatre, comedy, poetry, literature and film was also unveiled at a launch party in London. This July will see the second year of Latitude, which is held on the Earl of Stradbroke's Henham estate, between Beccles and Southwold. It is Sunday night headliners Arcade Fire, who are noted for their live performances, who are causing most excitement among fans. Triple-platinum-selling Damien Ri…

Glastonbury Festival has won permission to sell 27,500 more tickets this year for Britain's biggest open-air music event. Council chiefs in Somerset granted organisers a licence to stage the festival for the next four years with an increased capacity of 177,500 revellers. But even despite the expansion, thousands of music fans will miss the chance to see a line-up rumoured this year to include The Who, Kaiser Chiefs and the Arctic Monkeys. Even before the final line-up has been announced, about 400,000 people have registered for the chance to buy a STG145 ($A354) ticket when they go on sale on Sunday. Headline acts in the past have included Coldplay, Oasis and…

Thousands of people told they had a ticket for the Leeds and Reading music festivals have had them cancelled. Weekend tickets for the event sold out within hours of going on sale on Monday but some fans were subsequently told their confirmations had been withdrawn. Organisers said purchases were dealt with so quickly that problems with over 3,000 credit cards only came to light after the confirmations had gone out. Those affected have coach package tickets reserved until 1930 GMT. 'Sad thing' About 1,100 people applying for Leeds tickets were affected alongside a further 2,000 applicants for Reading tickets. Melvyn Benn, managing director of festival…