Deaths of a man and two women after hip-hop and electronic dance music festival Hard Summer add to mounting concerns about drug use at raves Three people died after attending a weekend rave in Fontana, California, headlined by Ice Cube, Major Lazer and dozens of other hip-hop and electronic dance […]
Teachers, doctors and funeral directors to do battle for place at Proms
BBC announces the names of five amateur ensembles who will compete in the inaugural Great Orchestra Challenge The BBC has announced the names of five amateur ensembles who will compete in the inaugural Great Orchestra Challenge to win a place at the Proms – with teachers, doctors, social workers, […]
Toronto film festival taps into Snowden and keeps it current with Denial and The Journey
Oliver Stone’s Edward Snowden biopic leads the charge for topical movies premiering at this year’s Tiff, including fiction features about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the aftermath of the Good Friday agreement and the trial of David Irving It was shunned by film studios and plagued by Pokémon, but now […]
Secret Garden Party pioneers drugs testing service for festivalgoers
About 200 people use facility offered by charity The Loop, police and council at Cambridgeshire festival aiming to promote safer drug use An independent music festival in Cambridgeshire has become the first UK event of its kind to offer people the chance to have their illegal drugs tested to establish […]
Police appeal after missing T in the Park man found dead
Body of James Richardson discovered near Forteviot, several miles from site of the festival at Strathallan Castle in Perthshire Police are appealing for information following the discovery of the body of a man who went missing after last weekend’s T in the Park festival in Perthshire, Scotland. Police Scotland said […]
Warning after toxic green fake ecstasy pills found at T in the Park
Police say Rolex-stamped pills which were linked to several deaths in 2013 may be back in circulation Music fans leaving the T in the Park festival have been warned that a toxic batch of fake ecstasy pills may be in circulation while police continue their inquiries into the possibly drug-related […]
Police investigate two deaths at T in the Park festival
Deaths of man and woman at Scotland’s biggest music festival being treated as separate and unexplained Police are investigating the possibly drug-related deaths of two teenagers at the T in the Park music festival in Perthshire. Police Scotland confirmed on Friday afternoon that investigations were ongoing into the deaths of […]
Abbas Kiarostami, Palme d'Or-winning Iranian film-maker, dies aged 76
Celebrated Iranian director, whose Taste of Cherry won Cannes’ top prize in 1997, remained in the country after the Islamic revolution and continued to flourish Abbas Kiarostami, the multi-award-winning Iranian director whose 1997 film Taste of Cherry was awarded the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival, has died aged […]
Michael Eavis laments muddiest ever Glastonbury festival
Founder says he hasn’t seen anything like it in the music event’s 46-year history, and says it highlights climate change Glastonbury has suffered the worst rain and mud since the festival began 46 years ago, consuming the region’s entire supply of woodchip in the process. Founder Michael Eavis said he […]
Glastonbury traffic chaos prompts warning to stay away for now
Avon and Somerset police have urged ticket-holders to delay their journey as queues build up around Worthy Farm Glastonbury festival has got off to a miserable start as traffic chaos and wet weather prompted police to warn ticket-holders against travelling to the site. Long queues of vehicles were building up […]
London film festival to open with A United Kingdom
Amma Asante follows Belle with period tale of interracial relationship starring Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo A United Kingdom, the story of the real-life relationship between an African king and the English office worker he married in 1947, has been selected as the opening film of the London international film […]
Glastonbury tributes to Bowie, Prince and Lemmy revealed
A 50-piece orchestral performance, a DJ set and giant sculptures in honour of each of them among the plans Full details of Glastonbury’s plans to commemorate David Bowie, Prince and Lemmy have been revealed, including sculptures in honour of each of them, a 50-piece orchestral performance and a DJ set. […]
Rock am Ring festival in Germany shuts as France braces for new storms
With Hollande poised to declare ‘natural catastrope’, Paris floodwaters recede but Louvre and train stations stay closed Authorities in western Germany have pulled the plug on one of the country’s most popular open-air rock festivals because of a storm warning. Organisers of Rock am Ring said on Sunday they accepted […]