For its 14th year Truck festival sees itself collaborating with three of the UK’s finest independent record labels; Transgressive Records, Heavenly Recordings and Bella Union provide their most profound talent. Orange Juice icon Edwyn Collins and alternative rock singer Gruff Rhys set the tone, along with artists including Tunng, Johnny Flynn, The Go Team and Bellowhead. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Scotland’s most eclectic festival is not to be missed this time around. Feeder will entertain the crowd with their 20-year career of hits, along with Echo & The Bunnymen, The Noisettes (pictured) and the Damned to commemorate a decade of The Wickerman. Ten stages have been erected especially for the occasion, which include the Summerisle Stage, Scooter Tent, the Acoustic Village and for the first time the goNORTH festival tour stage. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

Set for a record breaker of a year, Kendal Calling confirms bass thumping Chase and Status as Friday headliners, along with iconic new-wave punks Blondie (image by Paris Visone) who are Sunday night’s top act. Also onboard are eccentric threesome Young Knives, The Whip and Nero. Each stage will host its own theme – Kaylied Tent will hold folk music, Calling Out Stage will give new music a chance to shine, while Glow Dance Stage needs no explanation. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

Housing some of the finest jazz, funk and soul artists last year, including Sun Ra’s Arkestra, Mostly Jazz resurfaces for a second time, adding to the bill an array of talent that aims to promote fresh diversity. Appearances this year include Booker T, The Cinematic Orchestra, Birmingham Jazz Assemble and Brass Roots. There will even be a DJ set from everyone’s favourite Liverpudlian Craig Charles. Check out the Swing Meadow Stage for its spoken word performers. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

We are looking forward to the start of music festival season this year. There are SO many to choose from with plenty of killer acts playing and to help you along we’ve managed to get hold of pairs of tickets for 19 of them across the UK and Europe for our massive festival competition round up. We’ll be releasing a pair of tickets each day so make sure you follow us on Twitter @fusedmagazineto hear more. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >