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The classic 80s synth pop duo Pet Shop Boys are joining a full list of acts including Liam Gallagher, Travis Scott, Wolf Alice, Jessie Ware and more for the Spanish summer festival
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From France to Finland and Serbia to Spain, here are some of the best European festivals in 2018 you should definitely look in to attending!
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The Killers, Liam Gallagher and Travis Scott are the first three headliners to be announced for the Spanish festival.
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Wolf Alice tear up the O2 Academy Birmingham with an intensively passionate set, with support from the promising Sunflower Bean and local favourites Superfood
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Counteract caught up with the Wolf Alice drummer to discuss his favourite recent releases, mixing music with politics and songwriting
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With the release of the full line-up and schedule this week and a number of Counteract contributors due to attend, the word we all know but don’t want to think about finally had to be uttered. Clashes, the enemy of the festival-goer.
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Ahead of the release of their debut album My Love Is Cool in June, London’s alt-grunge Wolf Alice have brought a set packed with new material and the old fan favourites to a sold out show at Birmingham’s Institute Library.
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Birmingham Town Hall has played host to the likes of Black Sabbath, David Bowie and Pink Floyd. Tonight, Swim Deep can add themselves to this list.
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What started out as the folk-orientated creative output of Ellie Rowsell has now grown into a full band, whose music combines elements of britpop, grunge, and balls-out-rock.
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Wolf Alice’s minimalistic and understated grungy style was an absolute winner with the Birmingham crowd and we can’t wait to have them back here again.
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