NME Festival Guide 2008
Breaking News, Line-Ups, Photos, Video and more

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

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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