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Amon Tobin announces new album Long Stories Amon Tobin Long Stories is slated for release on 25 October. 2019 has been a whirlwind and wildly prolific year for acclaimed electronic music pioneer Amon Tobin. Emerging in April with his first album in eight years, Fear In A Handful Of Dust instantly hit #1 on iTunes […]
Environmental group calls for festival tent tax Clean Up Britain wants campers to pay £25 festival tent tax. British environmental group Clean Up Britain is fed up with the amount of tents and camping gear left behind at festivals and has proposed a “tent tax.” “Clean Up Britain was started by a small group of […]
Tricky autobiography to be published end October The Tricky autobiography takes a look at the life of Bristol’s premier trip hop pioneer. Bristol’s premier trip hop pioneer Tricky is publishing his autobiography, Hell is Round the Corner via Blink this Halloween. Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws, AKA Tricky, is a producer, DJ, musician, singer and MC […]
A new Uber policy may make getting home tougher for ravers The new Uber policy let’s driver’s see the passenger’s destination postal code. Uber has been making changes to its operations to benefit drivers. Most recently, Uber has made changes to the driver’s version of the app that gives them a broader picture of a […]
YouTuber Discoboy convicted of assault after supermarket rave goes wrong Discoboy isn’t raving about his conviction. YouTube prankster Discoboy, real name Lee Marshall, is facing a conviction of assault following an incident last year where he and some mates went into a supermarket for an impromptu rave. With over 50K followers on YouTube, 34-year-old Marshall […]
LSD tripper banned from festival after taking 20 tabs LSD tripper banned for taking 20 tabs of Acid and then causing problems at the festival. A man named Pete Townshend, also known as humantestkit, has been banned from a festival run by Kosmic Events for taking 20 tabs of LSD. Even for a weaker tab, […]
Keith Flint death not suicide, Coroner finds The Coroner found insufficient evidence in ruling the Keith Flint death as suicide. Last month the world was in shock following reports of the death of The Prodigy front man, Keith Flint. After police ruled out any suspicious activity, speculation arose that Keith had taken his own life, […]
UK physicians urged to embrace cannabis like penicillin by professor Prof David Nutt wants the medical industry to embrace cannabis like it did penicillin. Former UK chief drug advisor Nutt is publishing articles in prominent journals that he hopes will encourage physicians to “embrace cannabis like penicillin.” “About 70 years ago another natural medicine came […]
Human Traffic 2 will be a reaction to Brexit says director Human Traffic 2 is “as relevant to today as [the original] was relevant for its time,” says director. This weekend they celebrated the 20th anniversary of Human Traffic, the 1999 British-Irish indie film that explores themes of coming of age, drug and club cultures […]
Billygoats and Raincoats turns discarded festival tents into kids’ raincoats Billygoats and raincoats turns your waste into sustainable clothing. Annually in the UK, more than 200 000 tents are left behind on festival grounds. After days of partying, and sometimes succumbing to adverse weather the last thing you feel like doing is packing up your […]
