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The Top 8 Major Lazer Performances At Festivals!

April 14, 2016

Major Lazer is one-of-a-kind, really. Their mainstream dancehall-inspired, free-spirited style is unmatched by anyone else, and their gigs at festivals around the world are filled with raw energy and various an...

Women At Music Festivals : Are They Guilty Of Ignoring Female Musicians?

Meher Manda

December 17, 2015

Culture, FS Features, Music

The conversation around adequate female representation in music festivals stands more pertinent now than ever. But how important have female artists been to the industry? The Woodstock Festival of ‘69 is con...

10 Of The Most Disastrous Sets In Festival History

Sanjana Ajith

September 14, 2015

FS Features

Hell hath no fury like a festival audience scorned. From Nirvana to Lil Wayne to Justin Bieber, artists performing live have had their bad days. But there are bad days, and then there are having-bottles-of-p...

10 Horrible Festival Experiences That Will Make You Cringe

Anupama Khedkar

August 7, 2015

FS Features

"But then the next day I woke in a ball pit and two people were having sex next to me." - Charli XCX Festival experiences can sometimes be life-changing. But other times, they're simply underwhelming or even...

Throwback: When Kurt Cobain Arrived On A Wheelchair At Reading And Leeds

Meher Manda

August 6, 2015

FS Features, Music

During the last few years before his death, the life of Nirvana front-man Kurt Cobain was plagued with rumours of drug abuse. Perhaps why all hell broke loose, when he made it to the Reading and Leeds festival ...

Take A Look At These Festival Flyers Minus The Male Performers

Prem Gupta

June 24, 2015

FS News

Britain's music festival line-ups feature 86% male performers. Dive into this recent survey that reveals an alarming lack of female acts at music festivals. Florence + The Machine at Glastonbury, 2010 P...

Reading Festival

Nikhil Kapoor

June 1, 2015

Tickets

DETAILS Where: Reading, UK The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday an...

Here’s why the Reading Festival, UK, is going to be a really ‘drunk’ affair

Prem Gupta

August 21, 2014

FS News, International

A Tesco supermarket near the festival ground takes steps to ensure nobody goes thirsty by replacing groceries with thousands of litres of Jagermeister. (Image Courtesy: Reading Festival Facebook) One branc...

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