Interviews

South West More - SW4's Danny Newman on expanding the festival
South West 4 organiser Danny Newman discusses extending the festival to two days, the plans for Get Loaded In The Park and the acts that are still eluding them...
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The Prodigy to headline Bestival 2010
The Wailers, Wild Beasts and many more - buy tickets!

Jamie T among trio of names for V Festival 2010
The Divine Comedy, Chipmunk will also play this year

Simian Mobile Disco announced for Field Day 2010
Lightspeed Champion, The Fall and many more added

Glastonbury Emerging Talent vote winners revealed
Public pick Mayhew, Faded Cadence among last 12 for live final

Skindred and more for Slam Dunk Festival 2010
Alkaline Trio, Against Me, Rolo Tomassi, more - buy tickets!

More names confirmed for Wakestock 2010
Norman Jay, Chase and Status, Scratch Perverts...

Road To V Winners' festival debrief
Living the dream for one weekend, we caught up with triumphant Road To V winners Underline The Sky and Last Republic to see how their opening performances at V Festival went down.
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Getting fruity: Peaches before Get Loaded In The Park
With a live show that's as unpredictable as her wardrobe, dirty-mouthed singer Peaches speaks ahead of her Get Loaded In The Park appearance...
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Ash @ Kendal Calling 2009
Dirty underwear, exploding amps and enlisting seven-month-old babies into the band were the hot topics of conversation when Gemma Fraser met Ash at Kendal Calling 2009.
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Stuart Galbraith - Sonipshere's comeback king
The legendary rock promoter talks candidly to Steve Jenner about his masterplan for Sonisphere, life after Download, the joys of working with Axl Rose and why being ousted from Live Nation was the best thing that ever happened to him.
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Nile Rodgers @ Camp Bestival 2009
Taking shelter from the rain backstage, Justin Madgwick met legendary guitarist, writer, singer and producer Nile Rodgers.
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Rob da Bank @ Camp Bestival 2009
VF's Justin Madgwick and David Houlihan caught up with Bestival supremo Rob da Bank in a rare spare moment at Camp Bestival.
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Vince Power - the Benicassim boss
In part two of our trilogy of interviews with festival Godfather Vince Power, we chat about Benicassim, backstage swimming pools and his plans for the Spainish event...
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Vince Power - Hop Farm's Godfather
VF's Steve and Dan were granted the privilege of a rare audience with the self-proclaimed 'Godfather of Live Music' - a man whose very name strikes fear and awe into the hearts of many grown men we have encountered over the years...
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Download 09: Shinedown
Ruth Booth caught five minutes with slightly merry vocalist Brent Smith and guitarist Zach Myers from new US rock exports Shinedown before they hit the Second stage at Download 2009.
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IOW Festival 2009: John Giddings
With the Isle of Wight Festival basked in glorious sunshine and the event in full flow, we caught up with boss John Giddings to see how it was all going...
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RockNess 09: Alabama 3
Steve Jenner grabbed an enlighenting backstage chinwag with Alabama 3 leader Larry Love (aka Rob Spragg), ahead of the band's roof-raising set at RockNess festival in Scotland.
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RockNess 09: Festival boss Jim King
We dragged festival director Jim King away from his hard work running the festival to find out how the event was going for him on the second day, and to hear about his plans for RockNess' future...
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