Bestival

'You've Come A Long Way, Baby!'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK Entertainment

Get your dancing shoes on. Fatboy Slim has been announced as Bestival's final 2013 headline act. The 'Praise You' DJ will throw Rob Da Bank's Isle ...

BESTIVAL: Huge Headliners Revealed!

The Huffington Post UK | Sarah Dean | Posted 30.01.2013 | UK Entertainment

Get your sequins and boas ready - Elton John and Snoop Dogg have been confirmed as this year's Bestival headliners. The Isle Of Wight based festiva...

Meet Britain's Answer To The Beastie Boys

Huffington Post UK | Ted Thornhill | Posted 18.10.2012 | UK Entertainment

Okay, so new-on-the-scene Too Many T’s are a fair way off the Beastie Boys’ 40-million-albums-sold mark – for starters, their first EP isn’t e...

Going Local - An Outsiders' Insider Guide to Portsmouth

Naomi Thompson | Posted 14.11.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Naomi Thompson

In the last couple of years my home town of Portsmouth has undergone something of a curious transformation. This normally risk-averse island has been putting two fingers up at the cainophobic by opening up a number of jaunts that would not look out of place in my former residence, London.

Sarah Dean

INTERVIEW: Hot Chip's Singer On Making People Dance

HuffingtonPost.com | Sarah Dean | Posted 13.09.2012 | UK Entertainment

You'd think it would be hard to take a musician seriously while he's wearing a paisley headband and a fake pair of long plaits, but Alexis Taylor of H...

'A Beautiful Son And A Beautiful Person': Tributes Paid To Victim Of Bestival Coach Crash

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.09.2012 | UK

The family of a teenager who died when a coach crashed on its way back from the Bestival music festival said today it had lost a "beautiful son and a ...

In Conversation with Two Door Cinema Club

Hanna Flint | Posted 11.11.2012 | UK Entertainment
Hanna Flint

The sun surely came out for us this weekend at Bestival, with barely a cloud in the sky to dampen the excitement four days of world class musical performances can bring. And one of the acts ready to share their music to a more than receptive audience was Two Door Cinema Club.

Bestival: The Last Of The Summer Festivals

PA | Posted 08.09.2012 | UK Entertainment

Thousands of revellers will be donning fancy dress today as the Bestival music event prepares to hold its famed dressing up parade. The last and on...

DOOM-ed: Is the Hip Hop Artist Revitalising the Festival Experience?

Hanna Flint | Posted 04.11.2012 | UK Entertainment
Hanna Flint

On the Friday, for those of you who can't wait for your favourite Marvel-inspired rapper's new production then you might enjoy the chance to join DOOM on stage.

Bestival To Become First UK Festival Streamed Online

PA | Posted 31.08.2012 | UK Entertainment

Bestival is to become the first UK festival to be streamed live on YouTube, including headline sets by Florence + The Machine and New Order, the organ...

Bestival 2012 Preview: Tips for a Top Festival

Hanna Flint | Posted 27.10.2012 | UK Entertainment
Hanna Flint

In just over a week I'll be making my way to Robin Hill Country Park on the Isle of Wight to attend one of the most anticipated festivals on the summer music schedule: Bestival.

That Ginger Kid on the Loop Pedal is Very Good!

Veronica Montgomery | Posted 25.08.2012 | UK Entertainment
Veronica Montgomery

Famous last words from Jay Carter of Newrising, when they were booked to play David Goo's open mic night at the Cross Kings in Kings Cross back in 2009. Fast forward three years and this 21-year-old, who is indeed drenched in talent has been a constant feature in the charts since last September.

Sarah Dean

Rob Da Bank Reasons Why Festival Season Is Somewhat Subdued

HuffingtonPost.com | Sarah Dean | Posted 08.08.2012 | UK Entertainment

In a year without the massive tent-pole festivity that is Glastonbury, how have things changed? "I think everyone thought Glastonbury not being her...

GUIDE: Top 10 British Music Festivals Of 2012

The Huffington Post UK | Sarah Dean | Posted 31.05.2012 | UK Entertainment

The kingpin of festivals Glastonbury is cancelled this summer and Diamond Jubilee and Olympic-themed events are dominating the headlines, but that's n...

Are Festival Goers' Drug Habits Really Changing?

The Huffington Post UK | Sarah Dean | Posted 31.05.2012 | UK Entertainment

Research into drug use at festivals has suggested music lovers are still using recreational drugs at events - just as they did in the swinging sixties...

WATCH: Florence Makes Big Announcement - In A Bear Costume

PA | Posted 21.05.2012 | UK Entertainment

Florence + the Machine have been announced as the latest headliner for Bestival. The Brit Award-winners will join New Order and Stevie Wonder at th...

Stevie Signs To Headline UK Festival

PA | Posted 23.03.2012 | UK Entertainment

Bestival organisers have signed, sealed and delivered soul legend Stevie Wonder as one of their headline acts. The chart-topping star, who scored h...

Kelis Slams UK After 'Race Attack'

PA | Posted 14.11.2011 | UK Entertainment

Kelis has accused Britain of being "racially decades behind progression" after she was allegedly subjected to abuse at an airport because of...

Bestival? More like Worstival: A Statement, an Apology and a Vow

Eddy Temple-Morris | Posted 08.11.2011 | UK Entertainment
Eddy Temple-Morris

I used to love Bestival. So much. The first couple of years, before it was expanded, were an utter delight. I had one of my favourite gigs ever, in the Secret Disco, coming on after Sean Rowley's Guilty Pleasures...Quickly, however, the rot set in.