The festival has launched what it’s describing as ‘the first NFT line-up’ based on the artists playing its real-world event on 18-19 September.
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£750m government insurance scheme to protect UK live events and festivals
Earlier this week, the UK government’s announcement about UK artists touring in the EU, post-Brexit, was greeted with a mixed response. Today there’s slightly rosier, but similarly varied, levels of enthusiasm […]
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Australian festival Splendour in the Grass launches XR edition
Music Ally’s team have been casting envious long-distance eyes at Australian festival Splendour In The Grass since 2017, when this YouTube video introduced us to the wonderful Confidence Man. This year, we’ll […]
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UK’s DCMS committee blames government for ‘lost summer’
We’re awaiting the publication of the UK’s parliamentary report into the economics of music streaming, but the body behind that – the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee – has […]
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Glastonbury Festival set for livestreamed concert in May
The UK’s biggest music festival, Glastonbury, is cancelled for a second year in a row due to Covid-19. However, its organisers have announced plans for a high-profile livestream from the […]
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UK’s Glastonbury festival cancelled for second year running
The organisers of the UK’s biggest music festival, Glastonbury, have announced that this year’s event will be cancelled due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. “In spite of our efforts to […]
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Primavera-funded study explores Covid-safe concert measures
A study commissioned by Spanish festival Primavera Sound has offered some pointers to the kind of safety measures that could be used at concerts when they start to return later […]
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UK Music sets its sights on summer for live music’s return
We’ll be avoiding generalisations about Covid-19 and live music this year: in countries whose governments have dealt with the epidemic decisively and effectively, concerts are already coming back. In others… […]
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Complex’s music and fashion festival goes virtual
From festivals in Minecraft and concerts in Fortnite and Roblox to bespoke game-like worlds build to host musical events, 2020 has been a fascinating year for a blurring of the […]
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Wuhan set for VAC Music Festival in August in outdoor venue
Wuhan’s Vision and Colour (VAC) is central China’s largest dance-music festival, attracting 50,000 ravers over two days for a bill of local and international talent.
The 2019 edition took place in Wuhan just a couple of months before that city became the epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak, and the live music industry was put on indefinite pause.
Indefinite, that is, until now, when VAC may become one of the first large outdoor festivals to take place as lockdown restrictions ease. VAC 2020 is due to take place on 21-22 August, although strict 14-day quarantine laws for people travelling to China have nixed the international element.
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Jazz Re:Fest to stream with MQA and Bluesound partnership
Another festival forced to switch from offline to online this year is Jazz Re:Fest in the UK. Its 2020 version will be held on 23 August, with four hours of performances streamed from a two-stage set in The Mill studios.
That way, artists will be able to perform their 30-minute sets while the other stage is being sanitised and prepared for the next act.
The event will be streamed on the YouTube channel of its parent organisation Jazz Re:Freshed, but there’s also a partnership with hi-res music firm MQA and Bluesound.
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Outside Lands set for Inside Lands virtual festival on Twitch
One of the reasons Twitch is such a sensitive issue right now is that while rightsholders are pressuring it to strike licensing deals, a growing number of artists, DJs and even festivals are turning to the platform to reach audiences during the continued live-music shutdown.
The latest example is the US-based Outside Lands festival, which is launching a free virtual event called Inside Lands on 28-29 August. It’ll be streaming archive sets as well as exclusive new performances on its Twitch channel, along with artist interviews and coverage of “the festival curators, small businesses and community that make Outside Lands truly one of a kind”.