Glastonbury Announces 2017 Emerging Talent Competition

GLASTONBURY - BEST NEW BANDS

London – Glastonbury Festival has just announced details of its Emerging Talent Competition 2017, once again generously supported by PRS for Music and PRS Foundation. The free-to-enter competition offers new UK and Ireland-based acts of any musical genre the opportunity to compete for a spot on one of the main stages at this summer’s Festival.

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Glastonbury 2016: Day Four Coverage

Glastonbury by Maja Smiejkowska for Best New Bands

Somerset, UK – Sunday morning. Forgive me for starting with the weather once more. Thankfully, there had been no overnight rain at Glastonbury to speak of, yet ground conditions remained extremely muddy, and we were in for a largely overcast day with showers expected later. Of course, the weather is pretty fundamental to festivalgoers’ experiences, whether they are

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Glastonbury 2016: Day Three Coverage

Glastonbury by Maja Smiejkowska for Best New Bands

Somerset, UK - Those Glastonbury campers who were actually in bed rather than partying at Shangri La didn’t get a great night’s sleep, woken by heavy overnight rain drumming on tents, followed by more early morning precipitation. It hardly dampened spirits; though, the result of the EU referendum still weighed heavily. An opinion poll by The Times

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Glastonbury 2016: Day Two Coverage

Glastonbury by Maja Smiejkowska for Best New Bands

Somerset, UK – Glastonbury Festival kicked off for real on Friday after campers woke up to sunny intervals vying with overcast skies and a muddy terrain, though no worse than it was the day before. All the stages opened today so festival goers were hit with those “mission impossible” schedules. A high class problem. Talking of problems, this

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Glastonbury 2016: Day One Coverage

Glastonbury by Maja Smiejkowska for Best New Bands

Somerset, UK - 2016′s Glastonbury Festival opened its gates on Wednesday followed by tales of up to 12 hour queues to get onsite, along with the combination of rain and people on already well-watered land, turning the lush pastures of Worthy Farm into a familiar quagmire. The weather was kinder to early festival goers on Thursday but less so to those

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King Eider Holds Court

King Eider by Suzanne Heffron - Best New Bands

London – Edinburgh-based folk-blues band King Eider uses traditional musicianship to craft a comparatively modern acoustic sound, combining fine four-part harmonies, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and violin. Able to switch from soft to loud, welding haunting passages to a driving upbeat vibe, the inventive five-piece has drawn comparisons with the likes of Mumford & Sons and Arcade

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