http://www.skiddle.com/news/ Latest Festival Features news and reviews.. including album releases, gig and tour news, festival dates and ticket competitions en-us Copyright Skiddle.com 2012 support@skiddle.com 40 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:07:39 GMT Twenty Twelve is finally here and boy, is London ready for it! Katie Grange looks forward to some highlights coming the capital's way this year. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/12-things-to-look-forward-to-in-2012-in-London/11140/ Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:50:00 GMT Will Orchard caught up with the man behind the ghost to talk lyrics, Mercury nominations and why he'll always remain true to the music that he loves. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Ghostpoet-speaks-to-Skiddle-ahead-of-Liverpool-Music-Week/10578/ Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:52:00 GMT Ahead of their slot at Shrewsbury Fields Forever, Jasmine Phull talks to We Are Animal originator Owain Ginsberg about the new album, and a Japan distribution deal all thanks to the wonders of the Internet.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/We-Are-Animal-on-no-nonsense-recording-Japan-and-the-wonders-of-the-internet/10028/ Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:18:00 BST Skiddle caught up the colourful sogstress for a chat about a creative yet disruptive childhood, the Manchester and London scenes, and why her record company asked her not to wear short skirts.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/I-just-dont-think-I-have-any-boundaries-Kirsty-Almeida-talks-to-Skiddle/10020/ Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:23:00 BST Jasmine Phull speaks to Toby Marks of veteran electronic act Banco de Gaia ahead of his Alchemy Festival gig this month.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Im-an-old-hippy-at-heart-Banco-de-Gaia-on-festivals--the-digital-revolution/10008/ Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:13:00 BST Martin Finnigan of fast-rising Manchester four piece The Rainband takes time out to speak to Skiddle ahead of Ramsbottom Festival.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Were-proud-of-where-were-from-Manchesters-The-Rainband-talk-to-Skiddle/9946/ Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:23:00 BST With Ramsbottom Festival just around the corner, Young Knives Tom speaks to Skiddle about festivals, the pop industry and why hes glad Kurt Cobain never had a Twitter.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Interview-Young-Knives-talk-festivals-Twitter-and-pop-sht/9940/ Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:34:00 BST In the run up to their headline slot at Ramsbottom Festival, Steve Wickham, fiddler from The Waterboys, speaks to Skiddle about experiences on tour, influences and music with truth.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Interview-The-Waterboys-talk-to-Skiddle-ahead-of-Ramsbottom-Festival/9934/ Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:04:00 BST We caught up with Guillemots' drummer Greig Stewart for a quick chat about being back on the road after the band's hiatus, harnessing echoes in the Norwegian Fjords, and Ramsbottom Festival.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Interview-Guillemots-Talk-Breaks-Birds-and-Bury-Black-Pudding-/9912/ Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:27:00 BST While most of the big festivals such as SW4 and Creamfields are sold out, there are still plenty of last minute festivalling experiences available at some of the UK's smaller - and arguably more interesting - festivals. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Last-minute-bank-holiday-festival-tickets-/9896/ Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:40:00 BST Producer, DJ and Back to Basics resident James Barnsley talks to Jasmine Phull ahead of his Limetree Festival show this weekend.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Interview-Back-to-Basics-Resident-James-Barnsley/9878/ Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:04:00 BST Jasmine Phull talks to DJ Friction ahead of his Global Gathering slot about festival season, Shogun Audio, and why a laptop is the last thing you'll see at one of his shows. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/The-whole-act-of-DJing-has-been-cheapened-DJ-Friction-on-the-laptop-DJ/9714/ Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:48:00 BST Skiddle caught up with Chase & Status at the recent Hideout Festival to talk about a hectic festival season, ignoring what the press says, and dreams of 'Stevie Wonder and Chase and Status doing a dubstep record'. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Chase--Status-on-festivals-staying-grounded-and-working-with-Stevie-Wonder/9712/ Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:07:00 BST In between dancing, drinking and general gallivanting at Hideout, Skiddle managed to catch up with moustachioed Parisian techno kingpin Dan Ghenacia to talk about Croatia, Ibiza, and everything in between. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Interview-with-Dan-Ghenacia-at-Hideout-Festival-/9700/ Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:17:00 BST Jasmine Phull talks to Mr Scruff in the midst of his busy summer festival schedule about fish, tea, and how the weather affects his sets. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Interview-Mr-Scruff-talks-Tunafish-Tea-and-Tunes--/9652/ Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:27:00 BST Carlisle dream team Uber will be at the Wickerman Festivals Bass Camp this year. We caught up for a quick chat with Ubers Matt Tyson to talk all things Wickerman.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Five-Wickerminutes-with-Ubers-Matt-Tyson/9650/ Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:13:00 BST Carlisle promoters Uber have grown from humble beginnings to be one of the countrys leading nights. We chat to Ubers Ki Creighton about returning to Wickerman after ten years. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Five-Wickerminutes-with-Ubers-Ki-Creighton/9630/ Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:46:00 BST Skiddle's 'Resident DJ of the Year' Ginny Koppenhal returns to Wickerman Festival this month. We caught up with her to talk Wickerman, cordless straighteners, and how things are one year on from winning the competition. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Five-Wickerminutes-with-Ginny-Koppenhol/9606/ Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:54:00 BST Sonny Wharton returns to the Wickerman Festival on July 23rd, bringing his three-deck wizardry to the Skiddle.com tent in the Bass Camp. We caught up with him to talk Wickerman, festival tips, and the end of the world. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Five-Wickerminutes-with-Sonny-Wharton/9584/ Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:50:00 BST Carlisle based DJ Jason Wykes plays in the Skiddle tent at The Wickerman Festival's Bass Camp later this month. We pinned him down for a quick chat.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Five-Wickerminutes-with-Bass-Camp-DJ-Jay-Wykes/9572/ Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:49:00 BST Following The Daily Telegraph's pretty funny festival survival guide, here are some real festival tips from the Skiddle staff. Some of whom have actually been to a festival themselves.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Skiddles-Festival-Survival-Tips/9492/ Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:03:00 BST Mark Booth delves into the festival calendar on the search for the best family friendly festivals in the UK - where little kids can have just as much (sometimes more) fun than the big ones. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Top-Five-Family-Friendly-Festivals/9430/ Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:14:00 BST If youre not lucky enough to be familiar with this bohemian Greater Manchester outpost, here are just a few reasons why you should be. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/A-Ramsbottom-Festival-goers-guide-to-Rammy/9410/ Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:27:00 BST The London born turntablist DJ Yoda plays at Southern Sounds on Clapham Common on June 11th. We caught up with him to chat about changes in the industry, festival season, and the new album. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Interview-Scratch-master-DJ-Yoda-on-adapting-to-a-constantly-changing-industry/9366/ Tue, 31 May 2011 15:02:00 BST We sat down for a chat with Skiddle.com director Rich Dyer who's responsible for the Skiddle.com dance tent, to look back over a decade of Wickerman memories and find out what's in store for this year's festival. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Wickermans-Dance-Tent-curator-Rich-Dyer-looks-back-over-a-decade-of-Wickerman/9296/ Thu, 26 May 2011 14:11:00 BST We caught up with The Travelling Band's Jo Dudderidge to find out all about the new album, what's in store for Festival Season, and, er... the exact location of his fellow frontmans deflowering. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Interview-The-Travelling-Band-on-festivals-follow-ups-and-de-flowering/9272/ Tue, 24 May 2011 11:42:00 BST No frills Sound of Rum play at Get Loaded in the Park this Summer. Here Kate Tempest talks to Skiddle about festivals, government hypocrisy, and why they sometimes struggle to get into their own gigs. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Sound-of-Rum-on-festivals-politics-and-being-turned-away-from-their-own-gigs/9252/ Fri, 20 May 2011 13:58:00 BST Little Comets vocalist Robert Cole speaks to Jasmine Phull about fall-outs with record labels, festival appearances, and why the music a band likes isn't always related to the music a band makes. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/I-cant-go-to-a-gig-and-enjoy-it-anymore-Little-Comets-talk-to-Skiddle/9080/ Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:45:00 BST We caught up with The Duke Spirit's vivacious front woman Leila to talk about the band's third album, songs that make you want to do 'rude stuff', and how 2011 is like a fried egg. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Interview-The-Duke-Spirit-on-the-new-album-fried-eggs-and-Live-at-Leeds/9052/ Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:26:00 BST Young Knives play at Kendal Calling this Summer. Jasmine Phull talks to Young Knives Tom Darnall about Nick Launay, thoughts of self-production and those difficult festival crowds.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/I-probably-dont-listen-to-Mumford-and-Sons-Young-Knives-chat-to-Skiddle/8890/ Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:50:00 BST Chibuku resident James Rand will be playing in the Chibuku tent at Parklife Festival on Saturday 11th June. We catch up with the London-born, Liverpool-bred DJ...> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Chibuku-resident-James-Rand-talks-Berghain-blogs-and-musical-discovery/8798/ Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:28:00 GMT The British MC speaks to Jasmine Phull about the impending album, Wireless Festival, and the importance of a good track. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Once-you-make-great-music-you-end-up-in-great-places-Interview-with-Wretch-32/8782/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:59:00 GMT The small, beautiful and community minded Cloud 9 Festival is picking up momentum as festival season approaches. Here are just 9 of the many brilliant things about this lovely one day event. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/9-Reasons-to-Love-Cloud-9-Festival/8780/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:17:00 GMT With a non-stop schedule of festivals over the Summer, Croatia is quickly becoming the destination of choice for clued-up clubbers looking for a chilled out escape in the sunshine.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Croatia-Europes-new-festival-hotspot-/8754/ Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:12:00 GMT UK electro act Metronomy are gearing up for the release of new album 'The English Riviera', and a Summer of festivals beyond. Jasmine Phull speaks to Metronomy founder Joseph Mount...> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Metronomy-talk-new-releases-awkward-encores-and-the-festival-season/8746/ Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:45:00 GMT Overwhelmed by the Parklife lineup? Us too. But after taking a couple of days to digest it all, here's the Skiddle team's pick of who to see at Parklife 2011.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Skiddles-Pick-of-Parklife-2011/8732/ Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:49:00 GMT Sacha Lord-Marchionne is a very busy man. But with the much anticipated line-up for Parklife Festival 2011 being revealed today, we thought it only right to add to his 'to-do' list by tracking him down for a quick Q&A.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/30-seconds-with-Parklife-Organiser-Sacha-Lord-Marchionne/8706/ Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:23:00 GMT Next month Aussie Firebrands Airbourne will be headlining the Hard Rock Hell 4 festival in Prestatyn. We caught up with drummer Ryan OKeeffe to talk Sex, Chalets and Rock N Roll. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Interview-Airbourne/7540/ Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT Ahead of the Atomik Weekender, we talk to DJ Alex Kidd about mismatched socks, his affection for the long-set and why sourcing music from respected artists is the only way to stay ahead of the game. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Interview-Alex-Kidd/7488/ Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT This weekend the NME Weekender will see Castrovalva performing to their biggest crowd yet, and newest member Lemmun Smith is ready to shake you violently. Metaphorically speaking of course.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Interview-Castrovalva/7424/ Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT Against Me!'s founding member and front man Tom Gabel makes time for a quick chat with Skiddle backstage at Leeds Festival before his band plays the Lock Up stage later on. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Interview-Against-Me--Leeds-Festival/6902/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:32:24 BST After nearly a decade away, the electronic pioneers have returned. We caught up with Neil Barnes from the band to talk about what is set to be an electrifying festival performance - at Creamfields.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Interview-Leftfield/6789/ Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:28:32 BST Energetic French DJ and producer David Guetta talks to us about working with the stars, the difference between pop records and club sets, and why he likes to make people dance.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Interview-David-Guetta/6775/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:07:45 BST The last Bank Holiday of the Summer is fast approaching with a cherished long weekend at the end of August being the perfect opportunity for one final Summer blow out. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/August-Bank-Holiday-Events-/6651/ Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:50:04 BST From tent finding help to weather reports, Abbas Ali checks out some of the best smartphone applications to enhance your festival experience. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/6-of-the-Best-Festival-Apps-/6642/ Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:45:07 BST Recent events at Latitude, Love Parade and T in the Park should remind us that festivals aren't always just sex, drugs and rock n' roll. Here's our guide to staying safe at music events this Summer. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Staying-Safe-at-Festivals-/6594/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:40:41 BST Abbas Ali chats to Belgian dance duo 2ManyDJs about alter egos, Radio Soulwax and naked ladies. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Interview-2ManyDJs/6593/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:07:17 BST James Massoud takes us through his A-Z of everything you'll need to survive a festival this Summer. > http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/A-Z-of-Festival-Essentials-/6584/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:46:21 BST Watch videos of interview with The Futureheads and Goldie Lookin Chain at Wickerman 2010, as well as a video tour of the festival site.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/The-Futureheads-and-Goldie-Lookin-Chain-at-Wickerman-2010/6574/ Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:30:19 BST Jayne Robinson chats to Northern Irish dance trio The Japanese Popstars about Only Fools and Horses, music videos and 'special lady bits'.> http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Interview-The-Japanese-Popstars/6549/ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:43:30 BST