Enter Shikari announce hiatus from end of 2027 - here’s what happens before then
Enter Shikari will stop recording and touring at the end of 2027 - but there’s new music, more shows and three huge anniversaries still to come first. Photo: Kate Hook
Slam Dunk 2027 reveals first bands and a Reel Big Fish reunion
Bowling For Soup, Simple Plan and Killswitch Engage join Slam Dunk’s first 2027 line-up, alongside a Reel Big Fish reunion and changes to ticket pricing.
Leave Your Stress in the Pit: Inside Party Cannon’s Bloodstock Chaos
Party Cannon join Neill and Rich at Bloodstock 2026 to talk huge crowds, DIY stage-show chaos and their “40 minutes of cathartic nonsense”.
Noizzefest 2027 announces Ronker, De'Lour and five more for Cardiff return
Noizzefest has revealed the first seven bands for its 2027 Cardiff return, with Ronker and De'Lour taking headline slots and another 11 acts still to come.
Scatter The Tribe explain why they’re holding back a live favourite
Fans keep asking Scatter The Tribe to release Vacant Stares. At The Sanctum 2026, the band explain the wait, welcome a familiar face and talk about making everyone feel part of the tribe.
“If you put accessibility first, people will come”: RADAR Festival’s Scarlett Heselwood on widening access
RADAR Festival accessibility co-ordinator Scarlett Heselwood talks sensory maps, welfare spaces, venue limitations and why putting accessibility first can make the difference between someone attending a festival or staying at home.
Night Thieves completes Novacaine Festival 2026 line-up
Night Thieves will return to Novacaine Festival as the final addition to its 2026 line-up, completing a ten-band bill headed by As Everything Unfolds.
Bad Earth Have Played Three Bloodstock Stages - and They’re Not Done Yet
Bad Earth discuss their third Bloodstock appearance, forthcoming album Stitches, moving beyond DIY production and joining Professor Elemental.
Hacktivist are taking their next album in a heavier direction
Hacktivist’s Alex Hek and Ste Cole tell Festpod about their heavier new album, finding the band’s new direction and road-testing “Hack the Game” live.
Bloodstock’s Rachael Greenfield on 25 years: ‘We wear our heart on our sleeve’
Bloodstock director Rachael Greenfield tells Festpod how family, fan feedback and independent ownership have shaped the festival, and why work on 2027 began before the 2026 arena had even emptied.
Defences team up with Skindred’s Benji Webbe on protest anthem ‘More Of Us’
Defences have teamed up with Skindred frontman Benji Webbe for ‘More Of Us (Than There Are Of Them)’, a protest track inspired by political discontent and institutional corruption.
Waterlines pay tribute to the underground with new single ‘Giant Killers’
Waterlines return with ‘Giant Killers,’ a tribute to underground bands, alongside a new bassist announcement and autumn UK shows.
Rock am Ring 2027 reveals Bring Me The Horizon, Faith No More and Parkway Drive in first major line-up wave
Rock am Ring has revealed its first major line-up wave for 2027, with Bring Me The Horizon, Faith No More, Parkway Drive, Evanescence, The Prodigy and more joining blink-182 at the Nürburgring.
Bloodstock adds 18 more bands to 2027 line-up
Bloodstock has added another 18 bands to its 2027 line-up, including Make Them Suffer, Carnifex, The Acacia Strain, DVNE and Calva Louise.
RADAR Festival’s Catherine Jackson-Smith: ‘Alternative music shouldn’t have a uniform’
RADAR co-founder Catherine Jackson-Smith talks community, inclusivity, Sleep Token, Warhammer, nail bars and how RADAR's audience is helping shape the festival.
Return To Dust on their Download debut: “The best crowd we’ve ever had”
Return To Dust had barely left the Dogtooth Stage when they told Festpod why Download had just given them the best crowd they had ever played to.
Rockin’1000 founder Fabio Zaffagnini on bringing “a very loud rock orchestra” to Manchester
Rockin’1000 founder Fabio Zaffagnini tells Festpod how a Foo Fighters invitation grew into a worldwide live project, now heading to Manchester for its first UK show.
RockFit: “The music gets them in, but the people make them stay”
RockFit founder Hannah Hawkey and her instructor team tell Festpod how a fitness class set to rock and metal became an inclusive community spanning the UK.
Black Water County on headlining The Takeover at Download: ‘We thought it was a scam’
Black Water County reveal how a junk-folder email led to them headlining The Takeover at Download after 13 years of pub gigs, hard work and perseverance.
RXPTRS on their first Download Festival set: ‘It felt like coming home’
RXPTRS reflect on their first Download Festival performance, the secret Bristol pub show that helped get them there, first-time pyro and what comes next.