Reading & Leeds Festival organisers are working closely with climate change protest collective Extinction Rebellion to lessen the environmental impact of this year's events which take place this weekend (August ...
Festival Republic MD Melvin Benn has told Music Week that Latitude is a “special” event in the festival calendar.
In the latest issue of Music Week, Benn opens up ...
Melvin Benn has told Music Week that stellar ticket sales for Reading & Leeds have helped Festival Republic achieve its best summer for over a decade.
Reading & Leeds Festival ...
The new issue of Music Week is out now and, inside, we welcome Greg James and BBC Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper to the cover to celebrate the first anniversary ...
Wireless Festival has today (June 20) joined forces with Melody VR to give fans around the globe the chance to watch its performances live in virtual reality via the new ...
Festival Republic boss Melvin Benn has spoken to Music Week about Download Festival’s mindfulness programme, which it is implementing in 2019 for the first time.
Running from June 13-16, the ...
We've been talking nothing but new music at Music Week HQ of late and, this week, Grace Carter and Freya Ridings star on the cover of our stars of 2019 ...
Foo Fighters, Twenty One Pilots, The 1975 and Post Malone have been revealed as the main stage headliners for Reading & Leeds 2019.
This year’s events take place ...
Festival Republic boss Melvin Benn has told Music Week reports of the demise of camping festivals have been greatly exaggerated - despite the rise of city centre events.
Benn, who ...
When the 2018 Wireless festival saw its best-laid plans fall through, Melvin Benn borrowed a trick from the Sir Alex Ferguson handbook: in times of trouble, look to Giggs.
“It ...
