By Tom Grater
02.03.2020 - 18:21 / nme.com
The changes follow on from fan feedback and the problems caused by last year's bad weather
Download Festival have announced a range of site improvements for their forthcoming 2020 event.
Last year’s festival suffered from the effects of bad weather, with torrential rain turning much of the site into a muddy and chaotic landscape for festivalgoers to traverse over the weekend.
After receiving feedback from festivalgoers, Download are now set to implement a number of changes to their festival site
By Tom Grater
President Donald Trump, 73, was under fire once again when he tweeted about protecting the American industry from the economic crisis caused by COVID-19, the official name for the coronavirus that’s infected close to 183,000 people worldwide, including 4,663 Americans, and labeled it “the Chinese Virus.” “The United States will be powerfully supporting those industries, like Airlines and others, that are particularly affected by the Chinese Virus.
Roommates, as part of Donald Trump’s many coronavirus announcements, he has also decided to ease the burden of some of the nations college students.
President Trump declared a national emergency to address the coronavirus, he announced during a Rose Garden press conference on Friday afternoon.
Australia’s Download Festival won’t be rocking out next week.Spread across dates in Melbourne (March 20) and Sydney (March 21), the metal and hard rock spectacular had a bill featuring headliners My Chemical Romance, Deftones, Jimmy Eat World and more.Those plans have come unstuck with MCR announcing they would postpone their performance in Australia and New Zealand.
The 2020 Glastonbury Festival is still moving ahead, despite tons of postponements and cancellations of tours and outdoor events amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
President Donald Trump, 73, shocked the world in a live national address on Mar. 11 when he announced that he’s banning all travel from Europe, with the exception of the United Kingdom, to the United States starting at midnight on Mar.
President Donald Trump, in an address to the nation Wednesday night promised to deliver the «most aggressive and comprehensive effort to combat a virus» in modern history. He announced aggressive measures including an expansion of a travel ban to slow the spread of the virus.
Joe Biden's path to the Democratic presidential nomination widened significantly Tuesday with commanding victories in Mississippi, Missouri and Michigan, a state that his rival Bernie Sanders won four years ago. Key takeaways: It's Biden's Nomination to Lose Biden has become the reliable Buick of this race.
Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy four years ago. The former vice president's victory there, as well as in Missouri, Mississippi and Idaho, dealt a serious blow to Sanders and substantially widened Biden's path to the nomination.
The first wave of acts on the line-up for this year's Electric Picnic festival, announced today at a launch event in Dublin, sees a mixture of veteran artists and emerging Irish talent take to stage at its home in Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois this September.
Joe Biden is continuing to expand his primary victories in the run to become the Democratic candidate for the 2020 Presidential election.
Two major music festivals in the US have been postponed due to the Covid-19 outbreak, organisers have said.
The Colosseum is back and bigger than ever
Ultra Music Festival will not issue refunds to 2020 Miami edition ticket holders in light of its year-long postponement. The 21st-annual three-day event was originally scheduled for March 20—22, but was held off in light of rising Coronavirus cases in Florida and around the world.
Neil Young has officially endorsed Bernie Sanders in the upcoming U.S. Presidental election.
By Jill Goldsmith
Sublime tribute band Badfish and Waterfront Concerts have announced the third Garden Grove Music Festival in East Providence, R.I. with headlining sets from Badfish and Reel Big Fish.Hirie, Pink Talking Fish Are Beastie Boys, Big Something, Big D and the Kids Table will join the headliners for the June 27 festival at Bold Point Park.
Hot on the heels of her new single "Stupid Love," Lady Gaga announced on Monday (March 2) the long-awaited release date for her sixth studio album. Titled Chromatica, the new project executive produced by BloodPop and Gaga, will be available to stream and purchase starting on April 10 via Interscope Records.Along with announcing the hotly-anticipated album, Gaga also unveiled some temporary artwork to go with it.