Music and wine is the ultimate pairing- where to enjoy it this summer Life&Style If music is the food of love, no wonder it pairs so well with wine. Many great wine houses have clocked this already, but none so perfectly as Krug Champagne who have worked with famous composers to create truly exceptional artistic experiences. In February I was invited to the Roundhouse in London’s Chalk Farm for [...]
Live Nation: UK concert promoter has lost over £150m since last profit Business Losses have surged at the UK concert promotion division of Live Nation as its turnover was also cut during its latest financial year. The arm of the US giant has reported a pre-tax loss of £10.7m for 2024, according to new accounts filed with Companies House. The latest figure comes after Live Nation (Music) UK [...]
Mud, music and magic at End of the Road festival 2025 Life&Style On Thursday night at End of the Road, the couple in front of me in the queue for food turned to each other and said: “We’re back in the best place in the world.” A handful of other festivals might complain, but there’s no doubt that EOTR is vying for the crown of the UK’s [...]
We Out Here festival review: Dorset isn’t supposed to be this cool August 19, 2025 We Out Here festival programmes a line-up of jazz-inflected music. Its diversity is exciting, says Adam Bloodworth Over fifty festivals have shuttered in the past year. Shockingly, turning a patch of rural grass into a temporary metropolis for the weekend doesn’t chime well with the cost of living crisis. For a midsize event, upfront fees [...]
Wilderness festival review: silliness and beauty combine to offer five-star escapism August 7, 2025 Around a quarter of the people who attended Wilderness festival this year glamped, swerving the surely horrifying idea of pitching their own tent, and they quaffed champagne at banquet feasts and from lakeside hot tubs. There is no getting around it: Wilderness attracts what the festival likes to call a “bouji” crowd (bosses don’t like [...]
How to land VIP tickets to the best summer events, from Wimbledon to Oasis and Lords June 24, 2025 Now that the Summer Solistice has passed it is officially summer, and that means one thing: it’s time to book and secure tickets to the most fabulous of this season’s events.But not just tickets — VIP experiences, of course. Get closer than ever to the sporting action and — yes — get access to the [...]
Glastonbury Festival: Huge debts of collapsed glamping firm revealed June 11, 2025 The huge debts racked up by a luxury Glastonbury Festival glamping company before it collapsed last month have been revealed. Yurtel, which is based in Corsham, Wiltshire, went into liquidation in May, leaving a number of Glastonbury glampers ticketless and out of pocket. The business had charged between £10,000 and £16,500 for its hospitality tickets [...]
The O2 owner’s touring and festivals arm almost doubles sales May 15, 2025 Sales at the UK touring and festivals arm of the group that owns The O2 in London almost doubled as its profits surged during 2024, it has been revealed. AEG Presents has posted a turnover of £340m for its latest financial year, up from the £178.3m it reported for 2023. New accounts filed with Companies [...]
Dua Lipa now worth over £100m despite major drop January 6, 2025 Pop star Dua Lipa saw her earnings slashed by more than £40m in the year between her popular live tours, it has been revealed. Turnover at the singer’s production company, Radical22 Live, fell significantly from £51.5m to £8.4m in the 12 months to 31 March, 2024. Newly-filed accounts with Companies House also show that the [...]
The Jazz Cafe Festival is a great addition to the London festival scene – review September 20, 2024 Music lovers will know about the Jazz Cafe, a mainstay of London’s music scene for the past 35 years. But this year, the Camden venue hosted their first music festival in Burgess Park. The line-up was one of the most interesting and eclectic at any of London’s day festivals, with a staggering variety of artists [...]