Notting Hill Carnival 2026: The Free Weekend That Costs £5.6 Million to Stay Free
The best-value weekend in British live music doesn’t sell tickets. Notting Hill Carnival 2026 runs over the August bank holiday
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Monday, August 10, 2026
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Author: Oliver Nash
Van Morrison Tour 2026: On Sale Today, and Proof the Small Room Is Winning British Live Music
Van Morrison tour 2026 tickets went on sale today: ten dates, a 3,800-seat London residency, and proof the small room is winning British live music.
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Charli XCX Music Fashion Film Review: The Best British Pop Record of 2026 Missed the Mercury by a Week
The Mercury Prize shortlist arrived this morning with twelve albums on it, and the most argued-about British record of the
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Mercury Prize 2026: Why Britain’s £25,000 Album Award Sounds Better in Newcastle
At half ten on Thursday morning, someone on 6 Music will read out twelve album titles, and by lunchtime a
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Reading and Leeds 2026: The £325 Weekend That Stopped Pretending It’s a Rock Festival
The most revealing name on the Reading and Leeds 2026 poster isn’t a headliner. It’s Skepta b2b Prospa – a
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Tramlines Festival 2026: How a Sheffield Park Sold Out the Summer That Closed 20 Festivals
Every face-value ticket for Tramlines Festival 2026 has gone. Not the Friday. Not the Saturday, which went first. All of
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WOMAD 2026: The Festival That Cancelled a Year, Moved House and Sold Out Its Launch Day in Hours
Next Thursday, a Wiltshire estate that has never hosted a public event of any kind opens its gates to one
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BBC Proms 2026: Why the £8 Ticket Is the Best Deal in British Live Music
The BBC Proms 2026 season runs 17 July to 12 September with 86 concerts, the Berlin Philharmonic, Martha Argerich and a Prog Prom – and standing tickets still cost £8. Here’s why it’s the best-value night in British live music.
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Best British Albums 2026: Nine Records From The Year UK Music Took Back The Charts
British artists topped the albums chart for 13 of the first 14 weeks of 2026. These are the nine records behind the takeover – and the biggest seller isn’t the best.
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Harry Styles Wembley 2026: Why the 12-Night Residency Is Reshaping British Live Music
Harry Styles closes a record 12-night Wembley run this weekend – the clearest sign yet that the British stadium tour is being replaced by the London residency. Who wins, who pays, and what it means if you live nowhere near the capital.
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