#music-festivals

#music-festivals

Cuba has long been under the effects of a perfect storm that shows no signs of abating. In addition to constant power outages, the high cost of living, persistent unsanitary conditions in the streets, and a tangled economic crisis that Cuban authorities seem incapable of resolving, there are now direct threats from Donald Trump's administration, aimed at the Castro regime which has been in power for nearly 70 years.

Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) is one of the most iconic electronic dance music festivals in the world, known for its immersive production, neon‑lit stages, carnival attractions, and nonstop performances by top DJs across genres such as house, techno, trance, and dubstep. Organized by Insomniac Events, EDC began in the late 1990s as a warehouse party in Los Angeles and has since grown into a global cultural phenomenon that draws hundreds of thousands of fans each year.

"Can't get enough of this one from @turnstileluvconnection," Branch wrote in the caption of her Instagram post sharing the stripped-down piano cover. Get Turnstile Tickets Here We named "NEVER ENOUGH" as the Heavy Song of the Week when it was released in April 2025 as the first preview of one of the best albums of the year, hardcore or otherwise. The song peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Rock & Alternative Airplay chart.

After wrapping up their recent massive tour, the Beths are itching to get back on the road; the indie-rock band just announced plans to headline the United States this summer. Check out the complete list of stops below. The Beths previously shared 2026 performance dates in Japan and New Zealand. Once those legs finish, the group will fly across the globe to bring Straight Line Was a Lie, their 2025 album, back to the States for a few festival sets and headlining concerts.

We had fun you can hear humour a bit on the album and we went through some tough times, existential crisis, and you can hear that too, says Theusen over a video call from her home in Copenhagen. Goodbyehouse became one of 2025's runaway underground successes thanks to that emotional openness as well as the duo's canny blend of Dido-esque balladry, shoegaze haze and minimalist pop.

Glastonbury Festival has reported a rise in profits after a strong year that featured performances from global stars including Dua Lipa and Shania Twain, enabling millions of pounds to be channelled into charitable causes. Accounts filed at Companies House show that Glastonbury Festival Events Limited, the operating company behind Glastonbury Festival, increased revenues to £75.2 million in the year to March 31, 2025, up from £68.4 million the previous year. Pre-tax profits climbed to £7.7 million, compared with £5.9 million in 2024.

For decades, musical performances and other non-religious public gatherings were strictly controlled by the Saudi government. This practically confined most forms of public cultural expression, especially music, to the privacy of homes and gated communities. By 2016, the country witnessed wholesale social, cultural, and economic transformations to wean off religious extremism, improve the quality of life, and attract foreign investment.

it will also make stops in Montreal and Mexico City. As was the case this year, the 2026 run of the Vans Warped Tour will stage two-day events in each city. The punk-rock extravaganza will kick off in Washington, D.C., at the Festival Grounds at RFK Campus on June 13th and 14th, then hit Long Beach on July 25th and 26th at the Downtown Long Beach Shoreline Waterfront.

Courtney Barnett swung by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday night to perform her new rocker "Stay In Your Lane." Watch it below. Released earlier this month, "Stay In Your Lane" marks Barnett's first new single in nearly four years. It follows her third studio album, 2021's excellent Things Take Time, Take Time, and her surprise 2023 instrumental release, End of the Day,

What started as a hardcore punk band has become one of the most exciting acts in electronic music. Adventure Club, the electronic duo comprised of Leighton James and Christian Srigley, has made serious inroads into popular music since starting in 2011 in Montreal. One of the pioneering dubstep acts, Adventure Club has performed at the world's top music festivals, written top 40 hits like "Crash," and earned tens of millions of streams in the process.

As part of their very sexy effort, ZipHealth surveyed 1,003 Brits and Americans who have attended a music festival in the last five years, with 79% from the US and 21% hailing from the UK. Each participant was asked not only about past sexual experiences and general preferences, but also about concerns around their personal sexual health and interpersonal relationships. ZipHealth described the results as "raw, revealing, and, at times, a little grimy."

There's so much to celebrate: San Francisco's first Good Neighbor Week, Latinx Heritage Month at Canela, and Filipino American History Month in SoMa. Plus, it's Bay Area Black Arts Week, the Emeryville Art Exhibition is back, and there's a celebration for Taylor Swift's new album at Alamo Drafthouse. You'll have to squeeze in Hardly Strictly somehow.

To love anything is to be challenged by it. Love shouldn't hurt you, and at its best, it has the power to push you to your limits in pursuit of growing, changing, and learning something new about yourself.

Ads have been spotted on telephone poles around New York City featuring a photo of Roan sporting bangs and a rat in her hair with the caption, "Going through a break up? Get Bangs!"

The BBC cancelled the broadcast of Kneecap after its lead singer was charged with a terrorism offense for holding a Hezbollah flag. British punk-rap duo Bob Vylan led chants of 'free, free Palestine' during their performance, resulting in national backlash and multiple cancellations.

Empire of the Sun has announced a 2025 US tour, starting on September 23rd in Salt Lake City, with stops including Reno, New Orleans, and Nashville.

"Whoever owns the Fyre brand will have an attention engine to launch festivals, do merch collabs, do insane pop-ups, run livestreams, or build a media brand."

Glastonbury is a festival unlike any other, with sweeping shots of rolling hills and swathing, raving crowds seemingly designed for certain bodies that can withstand that environment.

As I got off the 43 Masonic bus at the Presidio Transit Center, I barely heard a thing... but as I ventured up toward Presidio Bowl, I faintly heard that low-end thickness, made for dropping it all night, getting deeper and more trancelike.