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Serbia's EXIT Festival has revealed its first 24 acts for 2024. Black Eyed Peas, Carl Cox, Gucci Mane, Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello, Bonobo, Kenya Grace, Barry Can’t…

The Mad Professor's career will be celebrated at a night of music as part of Croydon’s year as London’s Borough of Culture in 2024. The dub reggae legend will be joined by his…

Hospitality is teaming up with [THE BLAST] for a new year's eve clubnight at Bristol's Motion. The Hospitality room will have sets from Pola & Bryson, Bou & B Live…

Stormzy, Eris Drew & Octo Octa, Fontaines D.C., Joost, Joesef, L’Impératrice, MEUTE, Nia Archives, Nova Twins, Pip Blom, and Warhaus will play Sziget 2024. The festival return…

Massive Attack, The Smile, LCD Soundsystem, The Kills will play Lisbon's MEO Kalorama 2024. Ana Moura, Jungle, Sam Smith, The Postal Service + Death Cab For Cutie, Overmono, Y…

Dizzee Rascal, Jess Glynne, and Damian Marley will be among the acts taking top billing at London's South Facing Festival. They will headline dates of the open-air concert ser…

A.M.C, Alix Perez, Camo & Krooked, DJ Marky, Fabio & Grooverider, Flava D, Kings Of The Rollers & Inja, Lens, LTJ Bukem, Metrik, P Money X Whiney, and Sub Focus will…

An interactive multimedia sculpture commissioned by Sónar as part of the Barcelona Nadal Festival will be installed in the city’s Plaza Universidad between 16th and 29th December …

Erykah Badu, Madlib, Venna, Lady Wray, Iniko, Neal Francis, Brainstory, and Yazmin Lacey, are among the acts who have joined the Cross the Tracks 2024 line-up. Returning to Brockw…

Slowdive, Modeselektor, Sevdaliza, INIKO, La Luz, The New Eves, HTRK, and Model/Actriz have joined the line-up for Wide Awake Festival 2024. They join headliners King Gizzard &…

Some 23 acts have been added to the 52nd edition of Danish non-profit festival Roskilde. Returing from Saturday, June 29th to Saturday, July 6th, the new additions include Skrille…

Ellen Allien, Blawan, Dax J, Interplanetary Criminal, 999999999, Partiboi69, Aisha, and Hannah Laing will play Terminal V Festival 2024. The 10th edition will return to Edinburgh’…

Jessie Ware, Kaytranada, Marie Davidson, Ben Böhmer, Floating Points, Vince Staples, and Olof Dreijer are among the first acts confirmed for Sónar 2024 in Barcelona. The 31st edi…

Massive Attack, Overmono, Noname, and Ezra Collective will play Bilbao BBK Live at Kobetamendi next year. Floating Points (Live), Mulatu Astatke, Los Bitchos, The Prodigy, JPEGMaf…

Beenie Man, Capleton, Shenseea, Busy Signal, Channel One, General Levy, Seani B, and Izzy Bossy are among the first acts confirmed for City Splash Festiva 2024. The reggae and dan…

After 14 years of festivals in Croatia, SunceBeat is going back to its roots with a new event in Portugal next summer. SunceBeat New Horizons will run from Thursday, July 18th to …

G31 at London's Somerset House Studios, formerly known as Gallary 31, will relaunch in February as a project space dedicated to the work of in-house artists and residency prog…

Synth fans will get a treat at Planet Wax in New Cross this Thursday (November 23rd) with live music and a talk from 8pm. Oli Freke has just dropped the first two zines of his boo…

2manydjs, Hybrid Minds, Pete Tong, and Hot Since 82 will be among the first music acts to play new Bristol venue DOCUMENT next year. DOCUMENT on Pennywell Road is a 3,000 capacity…

The 52nd edition of Danish non-profit festival Roskilde next year will feature Kali Uchis, Gilli, PJ Harvey, Blondshell, Heilung, and Marina Sena. They are the first acrs confirme…

BADBADNOTGOOD, En Vogue, Eve, Thee Sacred Souls, Ama Lou, Jalen Ngonda, The Cavemen., and Mansur Brown will play Cross the Tracks 2024. They are mong the first acts confirmed fo…

Alice Glass, Squid, Young Fathers, Helena Hauff, David Holmes, Ben UFO, and C.O.F.F.I.N. are among the latest additions to London's Wide Awake 2024. Returning to Brockwell Par…

2manydjs and Erol Alkan will play the Bugged Out! Christmas Party at Electric Brixton on Saturday, December 16th. They will be joined by Michelle Manetti from Fèmmme Fraîche and B…

The first acts have been confirmed for SXM Festival on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin in March. Adam Ten, AJ Christou, Anja Schneider, Chus, Dana Ruh (live), Doc Martin, Eli…

Sevdaliza, Oneohtrix Point Never, 2manydjs, Éclair Fifi, Erol Alkan, Eliza Rose, CC:DISCO!, Bonobo, TOMMY CASH, Shygirl, Tiga and Hudson Mohawke will play Sónar Lisboa 2024. The f…

A line-up of 36 artists, representing 20 nationalities, will deliver 31 music performances at C2C Festival in Torino. From Thursday, November 2nd to Sunday, November 5th there wil…

LBSB, DJ Altégo, Lucianoz, Estraden, and BELL will play gaming lifestyle festival DreamHack Winter in Sweden. Taking place from Friday, November 24th to Sunday, November 26th at E…

Australian psych rockers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard will headline London's Wide Aware Festival 2024. The Brockewell Park event returns on Saturday, May 25th, with th…

Earlier this month, Florence's Decibel Open Air celebrated a successful relocation to a new space of more than 100,000 square metres.  Aimed at making the event easier to get …

Michael Bibi played a surprise closing set at his DC-10 Casino Motel after being discharged from his cancer treatment. Last night, he got behind the decks of the Ibiza venue, mark…

Avelino bagged ‘Best Independent Album’ while Björk collected the publicly-voted award for ‘Best Live Performer’ at this year's AIM Independent Music Awards at London's Ro…

Sónar will lcelebrate three decades of electronic music culture when it soundtracks the firework display at La Mercè on Monday, September 25th. This year, both Barcelona and the e…

Italy's C2C Festival and Stone Island will bring Floating Points, Deena Abdelwahed, and Olof Dreijer to London's The Roundhouse for a free evening of avant-pop. The organi…

Danny Rampling, David Piccioni, Judge Jules, and Sister Bliss are among the DJs who will help resurected London venue The Cross celebrate its 30th anniversary. On Saturday, Novemb…

Sam Ryder, Maisie Peters, and Piers from Rudimental will be special guests at a day of discussion, panels, and showcases to empower asipiring artists. Roundhouse Rising Festival x…

The Brit Award winner, Grammy nominee, and lead singer of pop group Five Star, Deniece Pearson, will play Pizza Express Live in London on Saturday, September 30th. Pearson is cele…

Soulwax and Dan Carey will be honoured at the AIM Independent Music Awards 2023. Soulwax will be taking home the legendary Outstanding Contribution to Music award, while the Innov…

The 10th running of Sonus Festival took place on the shore of Pag Island, Croatia, assembling a showcase of the big names in techno, tech-house and deep electronic music including…