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The Hottest Festival Around – Benicassim 2012
With Galsto taking a year off, many more Brits are expected to make the trip over to Spain to see what we think will be one of the best line-ups of the summer festival
Read More »Bestival 2011
If the festival period really is the pinnacle of any summer, then surely there is a lot of pressure on Bestival and its organisers to ensure that the last great event of the holiday
Read More »Reading Festival 2011
Reading Festival always stays loyal to the festival scene. Well, maybe a little untrue but let’s say they’ve learnt their lesson from the 50 Cent days. The Friday as usual offered the American Emo
Read More »Standon Calling Festival 2011
Standon Calling is not your regular run of the mill summer festival. Situated within the grounds of a 16th century Hertfordshire manner house (luckily the organisers have a big garden), this “boutique” festival is
Read More »Secret Garden Party – Tribes interview
I am thrilled to receive a last minute ticket to the 2011 Secret Garden Party at which Blondie and Leftfield are headlining, and I am even more excited when I discover that Tribes will
Read More »Isle of Wight Festival 2011
The organisers of the Isle of Wight festival may not have been able to guarantee glorious sunshine throughout the whole weekend, but they made darn sure that they provided 65,000 wet, muddy and drunken
Read More »Get Loaded in the Park 2011 – Clapham Common
“I hate it when people moan about the rain at festivals…” one drowned festival fan announced to his mate, “..people should just deal with it!” and it seems that many people did yesterday at
Read More »Win tickets to Lodestar festival 2011
thegigreview.co.uk have teamed up with one of the UK’s most exciting and upcoming festivals, Lodestar 2011, to give you a chance to win tickets! The festival takes place from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th
Read More »Get Loaded in the Park 2011 – Clapham Common
Get Loaded in the Park 2011 – Clapham Common Get loaded in the park takes place on Sunday 12th June this year and boasts a stellar line up, including an of-late, rare appearance from
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