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11 Grim Urban Dictionary Definitions That Sum Up The Shit Side Of Festivals
Festivals are the highlight of the summer. What's not to like about pissing abound in a field while listening to Foals with some strangers?
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The A-Z Of Bestival 2016: 26 Things To Get Excited About
For 12 years, Rob and Josie da Bank have been putting on the best party to close out festival season down on the Isle Of Wight. From the best bands and DJs new and old to spectacular effort put into the dazzling production, it's an assault on the senses and one of the most fun weekends of the year. This year (September 8-11) the fancy dress theme is the future and the likes of The Cure, Major Lazer, Wiz Khalifa, Sean Paul, Bastille, Wolf Alice and more will perform. Whether you're a Bestival veteran or virgin, here's the A-Z of this year's festival to help you start preparing for the time of your life.
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10 Things We Learned At End Of The Road Festival 2016
Having celebrated its 10th anniversary last year, End of the Road is a lesser-known joy the festival season. Held on the beautiful grounds of Larmer Tree Gardens in Wiltshire, the event year this offered headline performances from Animal Collective, Bat For Lashes and Joanna Newsom (the line-up is notably packed with awesome female performers at a time when festivals such as Reading & Leeds are being criticised for booking overwhelmingly male acts). Here, then, are 10 things we learned at End of the Road, a genteel festival that rounds off the summer with panache.
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Y Not Festival 2016: Six Things We Learned
Y Not Festival offers a combination of big-name acts with the feel (and price tag) of a smaller festival. In it’s 11th year, the 25,000-capacity event was a sell out, with Editors, Noel Gallagher and Madness topping the bill. Here’s what we learnt from a weekend spent partying in Derbyshire.
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Why Drugs Testing At Festivals Is An Excellent - And Well Overdue - Idea
Over the weekend Secret Garden Party, a festival notorious for its bacchanalian levels of excess and brilliantly batshit vibes, became the first UK festival to offer punters the chance to use a forensic drug testing service. The service was offered by a non-profit community interest organisation called The Loop – with the cooperation of local Cambridgeshire police - and ended up being used by 200 people during the event. Of those 200, reports The Guardian, a quarter went on to ask the testing service to get rid of their drugs, as they’d either been sold duds or something entirely different from what they thought they’d bought.
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The 11 Most Euphoric Moments Of Tomorrowland 2016
Today, the disassembling of Tomorrowland's mad stages begins, signalling the end of another crazy weekend on its Belgian festival site. The festival kicked off as it meant to go on, with an incredible surprise set from Tiesto at the Gathering Party, developed in collaboration with Budweiser, where he performed his new release 'INFECTED' while infusing a tanker of beer with his beats and energy to an incredulous audience. The madness and magic continued as all the big names from David Guetta to Axwell Ingrosso and Steve Angello turned out for the event, bringing beats, bass and a whole ton of happiness to the tens of thousands who had gathered in Boom for it. Here's the festival's most euphoric highlights.
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The 11 Most Euphoric Moments Of Tomorrowland 2016
Today, the disassembling of Tomorrowland's mad stages begins, signalling the end of another crazy weekend on its Belgian festival site. The festival kicked off as it meant to go on, with an incredible surprise set from Tiesto at the Gathering Party, developed in collaboration with Budweiser, where he performed his new release 'INFECTED' while infusing a tanker of beer with his beats and energy to an incredulous audience. The madness and magic continued as all the big names from David Guetta to Axwell Ingrosso and Steve Angello turned out for the event, bringing beats, bass and a whole ton of happiness to the tens of thousands who had gathered in Boom for it. Here's the festival's most euphoric highlights.
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