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Ezra Collective, Gabriels, Obongjayar for Bristol's Forwards 2023
Ezra Collective, Gabriels, Obongjayar, Scalping, Grove, Prima Queen, Jim, Saloon Dion, Intoku, and Marla Kether have been added to Fowards 2023. The festival on Bristol's Clif…

Love Saves the Day Full Festival Line Up
Bristol’s biggest independent festival, Love Saves The Day, will return to Ashton Court on 27 and 28 May 2023. With world-class headliners ready to kickstart summer, over two days…

Nabihah Iqbal, Lafawndah, Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals for London's Between The Lines 2023
Between The Lines festival returns to the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London in May featuring Nabihah Iqbal, Lafawndah, Happa, Maeve Moayedi, Infinity Knives & Bri…

Siouxsie, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Aphex Twin, SLOWTHAI, Arca, M83 for MEO Kalorama Festival 2023
Siouxsie, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Aphex Twin, SLOWTHAI, Arca, and M83 are among the latest acts confirmed for MEO Kalorama Festival 2023. Returning to Lisbon from Thursday, August 31st t…

Martinez Brothers and Paco Osuna reveal Hï Ibiza residencies
The Martinez Brothers and Paco Osuna will host a room each every Tuesday at Hï Ibiza this summer from Tuesday, June 13th to Tuesday, October 3rd. The Martinez Brothers will host t…

Sonus Festival 2023 adds Sonja Moonear, Joseph Capriati, Daria Kolosova plus more
Sonus Festival has added more names for its 10th anniversary. Sonja Moonear, Joseph Capriati, Daria Kolosova, Claptone, Chris Stussy, KAS:ST, and Michael Bibi are the new DJs who…

Electric Brixton announces Stonebwoy, The Orb, The Beths, Bresh
Electric Brixton has announced new live shows and club events from May to July 2023.  Live shows will come from Stonebwoy (Friday, May 12th), The Orb (Saturday, May 20th), The Be…

First names for Brighton Music Conference 10th edition
Dave Clarke, Carl Cox, Bushwacka, Charlie Tee b2b Pola & Bryson, and Mark Knight will play pod parties as part of the 10th Brighton Music Conference (BMC) 2023. The annual el…

Simula drops debut album, ‘Dogma’
‘Dogma’ from Simula is the drum & bass producer’s debut album, and it's a trip through soundscapes from, in his words, the “creative chasm”, which Laura Jones reviews. Hav…

Independent Label Market returns to London Saturday, May 20th
The Independent Label Market (ILM) returns to London at Coal Drops Yard in King’s Cross on Saturday, 20th May. Among the confirmed labels will be !K7, [PIAS], 4AD, BBE, Because, B…

Siren 2023: three nights of drum & bass, jungle and dancehall
Taking over Bristol’s Harbourside, Siren is back at the Bristol Amphitheatre to bring three nights of drum & bass, jungle and dancehall anthems from Thursday, 27th to Saturday…

Let It Roll 2023 announces full festival lineup
The behemoth drum & bass festival Let It Roll, known for its incredible production attracting ravers from around the world, takes place Thursday, 3rd to Sunday, 6th August thi…

Lizzo, Busta Rhymes, D-Block Europe, Latto, Loyle Carner added to Roskilde Festival 2023
Lizzo, Busta Rhymes, D-Block Europe, Latto, Loyle Carner, Biig Piig, Dry Cleaning, Electric Wizard, Greentea Peng help complete the Roskilde Festival 2023 lineup. The new acts joi…

AVA Belfast 2023 day splits revealed
AVA has announced individual day line-ups for its Belfast edition on Friday, June 2nd and Saturday, June 3rd. Friday will include CENCH aka Central Cee, Peggy Gou, Kojaque, Overmo…

Shygirl, Porij, Nuha Ruby Ra, and a hip hop night added to Standon Calling 2023
Standon Calling has added Shygirl to its all-female line-up on the Laundry Meadows stage and Sainté and D Double E as headliners of a new rap and hip hop night called FutureFlow o…

Gottwood Festival announce final names for 2023
Live shows from Yazmin Lacey, Sweely, and James Holden plus DJ sets from Dan Shake, Roza Terenzi, Maara, Pretty Girl, and salute help complete the line-up for Gottwood 2023. The f…

Risen 2023 event review
Risen returned to Hackney Wick on Saturday, April 1st to celebrate the divine feminine on nine dancefloors across five venues around Queens Yard. Mike Barnard was ther e. With a l…

Erykha Badu and Aphex Twin to headline Forwards 2023
Forwards will take over Bristol's The Downs for another two days of music and discussion, driven by its social initiatives to create positive change on Friday, September 1st a…

zap! bang! is in transition. Stay with us!
The eagle-eyed among you will have seen zap! bang! Magazine's home zapbangmagazine.com went offline for a little while after some changes by our hosts. Moving forward, we'…