People often look at me strangely when I tell them that one of my best every festival experiences was in a portaloo.
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The festival sold out in 35 minutes this year even before the artists had been announced, begging the question: has Glastonbury become a victim of its own success?
Roadies ensure all the aspects are in place to enable the successful delivery of live music to the audience, as well as being readily available to troubleshoot if something goes wrong.
No matter how messy the festival, keep your hands clean.
Keep an eye on your health while at a summer festival - you don’t want falling ill to be the headline event
Festival experiences go way beyond the star-studded lineups.
Wiley’s seminal debut marked a pivotal moment in the foundation of grime and its history.
SEVENTEEN’s performance will mark a major milestone in Korea’s decade’s long strategy to take Korean popular culture to the world.
As we seek to reconnect after several summers without large, in-person gatherings, we reflect on the significant and often transformational role that music festivals play in our communities.
Every part of the body ages, including the vocal cords. But there are some things you can do to reduce the impact on your voice.
Elton John is still standing after at least five previous retirement announcements. An expert in music psychology explains why intrinsic motivation is behind many musicians’ reluctance to retire.
Your guide to what is going to become of the great British summer bonanza.
From oil disasters in Mauritius to street artists in South Africa, the story of rubbish in the media helps shape popular culture and environmental change.
From VR music festivals to immersive meeting spaces, headsets are go.
Why 50/50 festival line-ups are not an easy solution to gender inequality.
From the hippie heaven of the 1970s to the massive mainstream event it is now, Glastonbury has always found a way to fuse popular culture with a potent political message.
New archaeological research on Glastonbury Abbey pushes back the date for the earliest settlement of the site by 200 years – and reopens debate on Glastonbury’s origin myths.
Is impartiality a red herring in the age of blogs and social media?
Pop music has lost the political edge it had in the 1970s. But there are signs that may be returning.
Festival-goers are changing and their expectations of what makes a headline act are becoming more diverse.
Top contributors
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Dean, Boston Conservatory
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Reader in Music, Politics and Society, Newcastle University
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Course Director MA (Music Industries), University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor in Festival and Event Management, Edinburgh Napier University
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Associate professor, Aston University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Informatics, Cardiff University
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Lecturer in Events Management, Leeds Beckett University
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Associate Professor in Marketing, DCU, Dublin City University
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Professeur des universités, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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Professor of Archaeology, University of Reading
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Met Office Head of Climate Impacts Research and Professor, University of Exeter
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Course Director, Music Psychology in Education, Performance and Wellbeing, University of Sheffield
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Professor in Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor in Bioarchaeology, Head of Archaeology and Conservation, Cardiff University