NME Festival Guide 2008
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NME Festivals 2008 Guide featuring news, interviews, videos, photos, reviews, ticket information, line-ups, dates and more...

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  • Jul 23, 2008
Chapterhouse play for first time in a decade

Chapterhouse play for first time in a decade

  • Jul 22, 2008
Carbon/Silicon and The Dodos confirmed for V Festival

Carbon/Silicon and The Dodos confirmed for V Festival

  • Jul 22, 2008
Flaming Lips: 'Camp Bestival best festival we've played'

Flaming Lips: 'Camp Bestival best festival we've played'

  • Jul 22, 2008
Drew McConnell apologises to fans for missing festival appearances

Drew McConnell apologises to fans for missing festival appearances

  • Jul 22, 2008
Sex Pistols' John Lydon denies Bloc Party 'racist attack'

Sex Pistols' John Lydon denies Bloc Party 'racist attack'

  • Jul 21, 2008
Hot Chip introduce new drummer and sound for fourth album

Hot Chip introduce new drummer and sound for fourth album

  • Jul 21, 2008
Jon McClure hits out at critic over peace sign row

Jon McClure hits out at critic over peace sign row

  • Jul 21, 2008

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Latitude Festival 2008

Latitude Festival 2008

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Featured Festivals

Benicassim

Europe's most debauched rock n' roll bash!
Step this way for the best bits - news reports, photo galleries, interviews and blogs from Benicassim 2008.

Latitude

Poetry readings, harpists and painted sheep
Latitude always throws up surprises. Click here for the highlights from Britain's best-loved boutique festival, which took place at Henham Park, Suffolk, July 18-20.

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Festival Blog

NME writers off the leash: reviews, rants and gossip direct from the festival front-line...

Rob Da Bank's Camp Bestival blog - the aftermath

Phewee, well it’s all over save for picking some beer cans out of the woods, waking up the last remaining people still snoring in the backstage camping and packing away my tipi. [...] Read more!

Saturday Night Fiber Report Part 1

Much as us penniless hacks love a record label PR trip abroad - a chance to raise a poolside margarita to Robbie Williams, Simply Red or whichever major label cash-cow is affording us the trip - it's the ones run by a city's tourist board that...

Saturday Night Fiber Report: Part 1

Much as us penniless hacks love a record label PR trip abroad - a chance to raise a poolside margarita to Robbie Williams, Simply Red or whichever major label cash-cow is affording us the trip - it's the ones run by a city's tourist board that...

Rob da Bank's Camp Bestival blog: Bongs, Flaming Lips and Hi-De-Hi

Oops sorry, appear to have missed a day! That'll be running a festival for you. [...] Read more!

Bands fighting and Gonzo cocks

While I was out in the crowd happily swaying woozily to Los Planetos, all hell was breaking loose backstage at Summercase... [...] Read more!

5 best things about Latitude 2008

I've had an amazing time at Latitude. It's refreshing to find a festival where organisers actually treat punters like human-beings, rather than trudging, dehumanized turnstile-fodder. Here are a few of the things that made it so enjoyable: [...]...

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NME Mobile: Festivals On Your Phone

Festivals - Mobile

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Simply text NME to 61718 or type m.nme.com into your phone browser. Happy fest-ing!

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