Festivals round up: Big Chill, Live at Loch Lomond, Lollapalooza - that was the weekend that was

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For once during an English festival summer, the weather was flipping gorgeous. So that means everything ran completely smoothly at the weekend’s festivals, right? Well almost…

- Beautiful weather meant that The Big Chill went pretty much without a hitch… but also without Mika. He pulled out at the last minute, blaming a potentially career threatening throat infection. As dramatic as that sounds, it did not wash with unsympathetic fans, according contactmusic. It seems like a valid excuse, but then again Mika had (rather unwisely) previously announced he wasn’t exactly looking forward to the summer’s festivals, so who knows!

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Posted by Sophie Bruce on August 9, 2025 8:39 AM in Big Chill| Electric Gardens Festival| Lollapalooza| Music News| Rhythm Festival
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This weekend's festival preview round up

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Ding ding, all aboard for a round up of what's going on this weekend in the world of festivals. (Big Chill info is in a separate post, just in case you're panicking).

Live At Loch Lomond – The new 2 day festival plays host to Faithless, 2manyDJs, Calvin Harris and Feeder as well as local electro folksters Kobai. The latter are hoping to avoid a repeat of the traffic madness that nearly saw them miss their slot at T In The Park. The only obstacle this time round is that a Sunday evening slot apparently gives them too much leeway to get wasted before their call time. How very rock n roll.

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Posted by Sophie Bruce on August 3, 2025 8:09 AM in Electric Gardens Festival| Kent Music Festival| Live At Loch Lomond| Music News| Rhythm Festival
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Rhythm Festival 2007 hosts Dr John and John Martyn

drjohn.jpgThe second Rhythm Festival will be held on August 3rd-5th, 2007, at Twinwood Arena, Clapham, Near Bedford with the capacity tight and limited to 5,000. Those lucky enough to get will be treated with a superb line-up that includes king of New Orleans, Dr John and supreme folksmith John Martyn.

For your money, you'll also get The Hothouse Flowers, The Levellers, The Beat, The Yardbirds, Prince Buster, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Eddie & The Hotrods, Tony McPhee (from the legendary Groundhogs), Alabama 3, John Mayall & The Blues Breakers, Ike Turner, John Cooper Clarke, Dr Feelgood, John Otway, Neville Staples and last but not least, Frank Sidebottom. Click here for tickets.

Posted by Mof Gimmers on June 27, 2025 3:42 PM in Rhythm Festival
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