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Brittany's capital Rennes hosts the 31st Transmusicales festival in an assortment of venues, with Fever Ray, Major Lazer, Aeroplane, Django Django and BLK JKS among the draws.
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Sun Ra Arkestra, Primal Scream, The Horrors, School Of Seven Bells and Fucked Up are among the Minehead denizens assembled by curator Kevin Shields.
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New music, industry panels and a Victorian hotel come together to shed light on that oft-asked question: how to make music pay.
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Michael Nyman following Kraftwerk? A night of Diplo in his various guises? A slew of Mercury nominees? All this and a stage on a hill at the biggest fancy dress gathering anywhere near the Solent.
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Arctic Monkeys, The Prodigy, Faith No More and of course Radiohead see Branham Park through 2009.
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The Brecon Beacons stage sunshine, Animal Collective, Fleet Foxes and Jarvis Cocker for a weekend of family gatherings.
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Yusuf Islam cameos in Fairport Convention's set in a festival that also saw film critic Mark Kermode with stand-up bass and comedian Ade Edmondson front a band.
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Headliners Basement Jaxx, Orbital and David Byrne take to the grounds of Eastnor Castle, together with masseurs and deer.
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Our roving reporter is entertained by Scots offering drinks, bathrooms with soap and being able to pitch her tent next to her car. Even musicians get mentioned in this, our first ever Cambridge Folk Festival review.
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It had to happen really, didn't it? And it has. Ladies and gentlemen, we present musicOMH's first ever WOMAD review, featuring Tinariwen, Oumou Sangaré, Youssou N'Dour and Solomon Burke.
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There's music from Jarvis Cocker, Emmy The Great and Freeland, but there's also mud wrestling...
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Dorset's Lulworth Castle plays host to under-fives nursery groups alongside Howard Marks reading children's stories and sets from PJ Harvey, Bon Iver and Mercury Rev.
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Coloured sheep as hosts and headliners Pet Shop Boys, Grace Jones and Nick Cave are joined by a noonday set from Thom Yorke.
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Duran Duran, Friendly Fires, Rokia Traoré, Gary Numan, Diplo, Jazzie B, Groove Armada and Simian Mobile Disco brave the winds in Victoria Park
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The great outdoors in summer, with added drum 'n' bass, dubstep and highlights from Underworld, Moderat, Booka Shade and Nitin Sawhney.
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Fever Ray (pictured), The Juan Maclean, Múm and Fujiya & Miyagi are among the thrills and spills at Brighton's alt-electro weekend.
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A Glasto virgin and an old hand take in the sights and sounds of Worthy Farm, including headliners Blur, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen.
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This year's leaner but no meaner Hyde Park weekend focused on UK urban acts including Dizzee Rascal, Basement Jaxx and The Streets, but still found space for Kanye West, Afrika Bambaataa, Saint Etienne and a Bella Union bandstand.
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Barcelona's indie extravaganza plays host to Neil Young, Sonic Youth, Sunn o))), My Bloody Valentine, Shellac, Shearwater, Gang Gang Dance, Simian Mobile Disco, Jarvis Cocker, Bat For Lashes and Michael Nyman.
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Jack Peñate, Micachu, Danananakroyd, Filthy Dukes, Wild Beasts, Marina And The Diamonds, Lemonade and The Temper Trap take over Shoreditch and Hoxton on a school night.
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Johnny Foreigner, Kasabian, Little Boots, Gurrumul, Yes Giantess, Banjo Or Freakout, Catherine AD, Soap&Skin, Juliette Lewis and Sad Day For Puppets are amongst the varieties on offer in a blustery Brighton weekend.
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Minehead plays host to The Breeders-curated All Tomorrow's Parties, with Throwing Muses, Bon Iver, Shellac, Foals and Deerhunter.
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The XX, Marina And The Diamonds, The Big Pink, Filthy Dukes, Tommy Sparks, Wire and Idlewild fire NW1's starting gun, while Day Two belongs to 808 State, Kasabian, Little Boots, The Joy Formidable and a secret gig from Graham Coxon.
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Festival season begins in April in the UK. But in March, South By South West (SXSW to everybody) in Austin, Texas has been attracting the music industry and, increasingly, music fans since 1984. For our first coverage of the event we threw one hapless reviewer across the pond and waited to see what would happen. Four day reviews, taking in everyone from Micachu to (not quite) Metallica, were the result.
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