UK Music Festivals Preview 2007
The UK Music Festival season is now in full swing. Already this summer we have had the Isle of Wight Festival, headlined by the granddads of rock the Rolling Stones, We have also had Download rocking Donnington Park and this past weekend we saw the Wireless Festival camp out in Hyde Park London.
Next weekend the Grand daddy of all festivals is with us, with the Glastonbury Festival returning after a year away. The past week has been wet so looks like the mud fest could return, if you did not get a ticket the only way and the driest way is to watch it on BBC television.
If you still want some festival action this summer there are still some great festivals to come this summer.
The Big Chill is a festival taking it back to its roots, and is much less commercialised than the bigger corporate festivals. The smaller scale festival is home to chill out music, 100s of craft stalls, cinemas, lots of circus and street entertainers, and a more family orientated event. The venue is fantastic, overlooking the Malvern Hills.
The V Festival, started life in 1996 as a single day concert called Pulp in the Park, it then grew a second day headlined by Paul Weller, and was sponsored by Richard Branson and his Virgin group. It was the original 2-site music festival. Over the years it has grown to become one of the biggest festivals in the UK. It operates on two sites in Chelmsford and Weston Park Staffs, and takes place on the weekend before the August Bank Holiday Weekend. It has managed to attract the best acts of the moment with the best breakthrough groups also. This year the Foo Fighters, Snow Patrol and The Killers take centre stage.
The Carling Festival takes in the Leeds and Reading Festivals. The two-site form has been around for 9 years, the Reading Festival though dates back to the 1970s, and used to be called Reading Rock. The Reading Festival attracts the top indie groups but also often has a rockier sound too, with past headliners including Nirvana, Greenday, and raps have taken centre stage with the likes of 50 Cent and Eminem going down a storm. This year headliners include The Smashing Pumpkins, Razorlight, and Red Hot Chili Peppers. This years event is over the August Bank Holiday.
Creamfields is also on the August Bank Holiday and takes place in Liverpool. The Creamfields festival is hosted by global superclub brand Cream. They have organised parties all of the world, but Liverpool is where it all started so this festival is close to their heart. The Creamfields festival attracts the worlds top DJs to perform in huge tents, premier league DJs such as Paul Van Dyk, amd Tiesto have all lifted the roofs off with huge sets.
The UK Summer Music Festival is just beginning so have a great time and enjoy the music.
Martin Warn is owner and editor of warnfestivals.co.uk Warnfestivals and is a festival scene expert visit warnfestivals.co.uk warnfestivals.co.uk for a full guide to the summer music festival season.