“We’re still producing great artists,” say top execs as heritage acts start to retire from touringLeading live executives have backed the business to continue to prosper, despite some of ...
Meet the Southend-On-Sea alt-rock crew doing everything for themselves
Luke Branch has four jobs. None of them suck. By day, he’s CEO, project manager and A&R of Cool Thing Records, ...
Aiming for her/their fourth straight No.1 album, Florence + The Machine’s high hopes for High As Hope end in stinging disappointment as Drake’s Scorpion hightails it to the summit. ...
Preparations are well under way for the BBC Proms 2018, the largest classical music festival in the world. The First Night Of The Proms kicks off the eight-week season on ...
Content company Wisebuddah has signed a deal with promoter Senbla to become the exclusive audio partner of forthcoming London shows from Quincy Jones and Burt Bacharach.
As well as recording ...
The Isle Of Wight Festival returns this weekend with a line-up including Kasabian, Depeche Mode, Liam Gallagher and The Killers. To mark the occasion, promoter John Giddings is ...
The Isle Of Wight Festival has hosted a catalogue of unforgettable performances in its 50-year history. Here, promoters past and present, Ray Foulk and John Giddings, run through some of ...
As promoter of the event he once attended as a fan, John Giddings is the common thread between the Isle Of Wight Festival’s famed 1970 incarnation and its 2002 revival. ...
Southbank Centre programmer looks to the future ahead of Meltdown’s 25th anniversary
Bengi Unsal,lead programmer of the Southbank Centre’s annual Meltdown Festival, has hailed the “unbelievable” line-up created by ...
David Bowie“There are so many amazing songwriters from Carole King, Burt Bacharach, the old classics, but David Bowie’s got to be my favourite singer/songwriter. Just a total musical chameleon, ...
