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Bestival has been taking place in the UK since 2004 as a four-day event on the Isle of Wight. Last year the award-winning made its North American debut with a two-day offshoot in Toronto over the summer. This trend continues in the summer of 2016 and organizers have announced the lineup, which will be headlined by Tame Impala, The Cure, Odesza, Grimes and Jamie xx. -
Bestival 2016 Lineup: Major Lazer, The Cure, Hot Chip Headline
UK festival Bestival has announced the first wave of acts on its 2016 lineup. The four-day festival that takes place annually off the southern coast of England on Isle of Wight will be headlined by The Cure, Major Lazer, Hot Chip and one other still yet-to-be-named act. -
The Physical Network: Word of Mouth Moving Tickets to Bestival, Electric Zoo, More
So you've just started a music festival and you haven't figured out how to inspire fans to come to your event and not the hundreds like it. Enter The Physical Network, a marketing team bent on using your fans to sell tickets to their pals in return for a free pass. Big-name events such as Bestival, Electric Zoo and the Electric Daisy Carnival are turning to brothers Liam and Callum Negus-Fancey to do the hard part for them. -
The Chemical Brothers, St. Vincent Share 'Under Neon Lights'
The Chemical Brothers have unveiled another track from their upcoming album Born In The Echoes. The new track "Under Neon Lights" features the indelible St. Vincent, who was one of the biggest features named on the UK electronic music duo's eighth artist album. "Under Neon Lights" is a vintage lo-fi, trippy and grungy production from Rowlands and Simons, and St. Vincent's haunting vocals mesh right in. -
Independent Music Festivals Contribute $1.5 Billion to UK Economy; What Can American Promoters Learn?
The UK is home to some of the world's most acclaimed music festivals—from Glastonbury to Isle of Wight to Reading and Leeds—but it's independent festival scene is equally lucrative for the region's economy. A study from Association of Independent Festivals suggests that over the past five years, this collection of events has contributed more than $1.5 billion to the cause. -
Bestival Announces Toronto Lineup: Florence + The Machine, Nas and Caribou Will All Perform
The United Kingdom's Bestival is coming to Toronto this year. For its first year, the music fest locked down acts like Florence + The Machine, Nas and Caribou. Toronto's Bestival will take place June 12 to 13 at Hanlan's Point Beach in Canada, 'Consequence of Sound' noted. -
Bestival Coming to Toronto in 2015
Bestival has made it official: The U.K. festival will be coming to North America in 2015. The festival, founded by Rob da Bank, will be headed to Toronto June 12 to 13, 2015, according to the "New York Times." -
Bestival 2015 Lineup Phase 1: The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Duran Duran Headlining
Award-winning U.K. festival Bestival -- see what they did there? -- has announced the first phase of artists who will be joining the 2015 festival on the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of England. The first two headliners are The Chemical Brothers and "Born Slippy" band Underworld along with Duran Duran. -
Festival Attendees Voluntarily Give Up More Than $40,000 Of Illegal Drugs At UK's Bestival
According to The Guardian, more than $40,000 in narcotics were given up by attendees as they walked through the entrance of the festival, which was held Sept. 4, 5, 6 and 7 at Robin Hill park in the Isle of Wight. -
UK's Award-Winning Bestival Is Coming To The US
If there's one thing that the United States definitely needs more of, it's music festivals, and yesterday, it was announced that we would be getting another one. Next week, British DJ and entrepreneur Rob Da Bank will be signing a distribution deal to bring the UK's annual Bestival to other countries in Europe and the United States. -
Busta Rhymes joins UK festival Bestival with headliners Beck, Outkast and Foals
For the first time Busta Rhymes will be joining a festival in the UK, with Bestival taking place on the Isle of Wight in England, according to Telegraph UK. The Isle of Wight Festival will occur in the summer at Seaclose Park, and Bestival from September 4th to September 7th, 2014 in Robin Hill country park. The festival has grown steadily since its relatively recent start in 2004.
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