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Festivals round-up: Wild In The Country reviews, discarded tents remain at Glastonbury

- Hot Chip's reputation won't be damaged by The Guardian's review of their set at Wild In The Country; The Sun select veterans Underworld as the stand-out performance

- Despite an initiative to send discarded tents to deprived sorts, thousands of shelters remain at Glasto because of a "muck up"

- While this blog gave fairly considered opinions of Secondfest, others have been a little more dismissive

- The Diana Memorial Concert peaked at over 14 million viewers in the UK alone

Festivals round-up: Diana concert schmaltz / entertainment ratio, Bassey and The Killers benefit from Glastonbury appearances

- The New York Daily News gets it about right on the Diana concert - equal parts schmaltz and entertainment. I loved watching the middle-aged mums mouthing the wrong lyrics along to everything

- Shirley Bassey and The Killers are the big winners sales-wise following their appearances at Glastonbury

- Riderwatch update - Snoop Dogg knows how to do it (allegedly, etc). And at a charity gig, to boot

- Don't forget to enter our competition to win Live Earth tickets for the London event

Festivals Update: Spice Girls sad to miss Diana concert, The Guardian guide to boutique festivals, possible T in the Park travel chaos

- The Spice Girls wanted to reform in time for the Diana Memorial Concert this weekend, but conflicting schedules would not allow it

- A rail strike is threatening travel chaos for the opening day of T In The Park

- The Istanbul leg of Live Earth has been cancelled due to lack of funds. Don't worry though, Turkish people - they're putting up big tellies for you to watch

- The Guardian has a handy guide to "boutique" festivals today - it includes Green Man, Wakestock and The Secret Garden Party

- Preston won't let a little thing like divorce get in the way of performing at Kent Music Festival this weekend, the trooper

- Underworld will headline Wild In The Country this weekend - you can read an interview with them here

Concert For Diana: Preview

This Sunday is fast approaching so if you were one of the lucky few who managed to snag a ticket for the Concert For Diana back in December, here’s a round up of what you can expect. The concert is one of the first to play the newly reopened Wembley Stadium and 90,000 people are expected to cram in between 2pm when doors open and 4pm when the first act kicks off.

In line with Prince William and Harry’s wishes, the line up is an eclectic mix of performers reflecting their own tastes as well as their mother’s. Elton John is headlining and other performers include Duran Duran, Joss Stone, Pharrell Williams, Kylie and The Feeling. But there will also be turns from the English National Ballet and a West End medley courtesy of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. Full line up details are here.

July 1st would have been Diana’s 46th birthday. At the launch, William told the BBC: “We want it to represent exactly what our mother would have wanted. The church service alone isn't enough. We wanted to have this big concert full of energy, full of the sort of fun and happiness, which I know she would have wanted.”

Festivals round-up: Hot Chip go Wild In The Country, Ricky Gervais to rock Wembley

- Hot off the presses (OK, almost a week after it was announced) - this weekend's Wildchild Outside festival in London has changed venues from Shoreditch to King's Cross. It will be familar ground for folk who have been to TDK Cross Central before

- Also Wild-related, and also occurring this weekend, is Wild In The Country. It's taking place at Knebworth and the line-up is an electro-dance fan's wet dream - Hot Chip, Justice, Simian Mobile Disco and 2ManyDJs are all on the bill. The £40 tickets are still available here if you fancy 'avin' it

- Rockworld.tv will be screening two shows this Friday full of interviews with acts who performed at Download. Interviewees include My Chemical Romance, 30 Seconds To Mars, Enter Shikari, Megadeth and Slayer. You can find the channel online or on Sky Digital channel 368 - the shows go out at 7pm and 12am.

- Does the Concert For Diana count as a festival? Who cares when it means that Ricky Gervais and Mackenzie Crook will be performing "Free Love On The Freelove Freeway" at Wembley Stadium this Sunday?

- At the same event Tom Jones will perform with Aerosmith axe legend Joe Perry

- Last week Lost Weekend wrote about the French festival Eurockeennes. It's happening this weekend if you fancy your chances at the last minute - the line-up est tres bien

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