NME Festival Guide 2008
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NME Festivals 2008 Guide featuring news, interviews, videos, photos, reviews, ticket information, line-ups, dates and more...

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Jack White triumphs at Benicassim Festival

Jack White triumphs at Benicassim Festival

  • Jul 20, 2008
Sigur Ros, The Mars Volta close day two at Latitude

Sigur Ros, The Mars Volta close day two at Latitude

  • Jul 19, 2008
Primal Scream, The Verve and Ian Brown wow Summercase

Primal Scream, The Verve and Ian Brown wow Summercase

  • Jul 19, 2008
World Exclusive: My Bloody Valentine speak

World Exclusive: My Bloody Valentine speak

  • Jul 19, 2008
Franz Ferdinand preview new album at Latitude

Franz Ferdinand preview new album at Latitude

  • Jul 19, 2008
My Bloody Valentine, Hot Chip, Babyshambles wow Benicassim Festival

My Bloody Valentine, Hot Chip, Babyshambles wow Benicassim Festival

  • Jul 18, 2008
Follow Latitude Festival live this weekend (July 18-20)

Follow Latitude Festival live this weekend (July 18-20)

  • Jul 18, 2008
Death Cab For Cutie warm-up for Latitude with rare UK show

Death Cab For Cutie warm-up for Latitude with rare UK show

  • Jul 18, 2008

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Benicassim International Festival 2008

Benicassim International Festival 2008

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Featured Festivals

Benicassim

Europe's most debauched rock n' roll bash!
Stick with NME.COM all weekend (July 18-20) for news reports, photo galleries and blogs posted live from Benicassim.

Latitude

Poetry readings, harpists and painted sheep
Latitude always throws up surprises. Click here for the latest news on Britain's best-loved boutique festival, which takes place at Henham Park, Suffolk, July 18-20.

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Festival Blog

NME writers off the leash: reviews, rants and gossip direct from the festival front-line...

Benicassim: Adios!

I’ve noticed that the quality of my blog scrawlings varies exponentially between the time I post my first blog (sober) and the time I post my last (slightly messed up). I except that this could be construed as being unprofessional on my part,...

Gruff Rhys, Simon Klaxons, members of Mogwai...

CSS on the quiz machine, Kaisers, Foals... it's getting pretty crammed backstage at Summercase. Despite having outstayed their welcome on planet indie by several months CSS have won the biggest crowd crown, but after Kaiser Chiefs finish their...

Muchas gracias from Mogwai

Day two at Summercase Barcelona and once again the Walkman Stage aka concrete amphiteathre-on-sea blows the main stage out of the Mediterranean. [...] Read more!

Benicassim: Back again

Even in a career that once saw me stranded at Dallas airport with no money after South By South West 2007 - begging money from policemen, giving piggy backs to arthritic pensioners for pity dollars, and contemplating pawning the office digital...

Dance. Dance. Dance.

No Spanish festival is complete without a healthy smattering of dance music hedonism... [...] Read more!

Yay! free haircuts backstage.

Boo! But only if you care to have your head shaved. [...] Read more!

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