UK Festivals
Welcome to The Skinny UK festival guide. We bring you previews, reviews, and line-up information for arts, film, music and comedy festivals around the UK.
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MusicFive to Jive to at T in the Park
From Will Young to Holy F**k, the line-up for this year's annual shindig in Balado certainly can't be accused of one-dimensionality. Here's five acts from a ... Read more »| 10 Jul 2008 -
MusicHot Chip: Bombarding the Senses
Hot Chip shouldn't be a high-charting pop group. Just look at them. But they are, and that's something to be celebrated, Nick Mitchell says, after a chat with beats man Felix Martin Read more »| 10 Jul 2008 -
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Vampire Weekend: Hot, then not...now what?
Can New York's favourite preppy kids find a way to belie their Zack Morris appearance and step out of Paul Simon's shadow? Ally Brown corners Vampire Weekend in the desert to pose the question personally Read more »| 09 Jul 2008 -
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Primal Scream @ ABC 2, 7 Jul
This intimate 'secret' gig highlights the sheer charisma of one of the finest bands we’ve known Read more »| 09 Jul 2008 -
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Battles Park it in Balado
It's been a tough 14 months for Brooklyn's chief spasmodic melody makers, but shit's about to get ten times heavier when Battles share a tent with Will Young in a field just outside Kinross. Dave Kerr asks Ian Williams whether he thinks he'd better leave right now Read more »| 08 Jul 2008 -
MusicLatitude Festival @ Henham Park, Suffolk, 17-20 Jul
When one stops to think about the UK summer music festival scene – the sheer number of events, the stages and attractions, the amount of talent trekkin... Read more »| 08 Jul 2008
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MusicStill Primal (After All These Years)
Ahead of their headline set at T in the Park, RJ Thomson speaks to Mani, the near-legendary bassist who has come to be a lynchpin of one of the greatest live bands around, Primal Scream Read more »| 07 Jul 2008 -
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R.E.M. Keep the Car Running
It might have seemed as though they were Out of Time for a minute there, but Mike Mills conveys to Paul Mitchell that the legendary Atlanta group are instead accelerating towards a new dawn Read more »| 24 Jun 2008 -
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Wickerman Festival @ East Kirkcarswell, 25-26 Jul
It is time to keep your appointment with the Wickerman Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
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A Trip Out With British Sea Power @ The Caves, 19 Jun
BSP flex their creative muscle against the backdrop of Man of Aran Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
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Hydro Connect Festival @ Inveraray, 29-31 Aug
Connect returns to Inveraray with a new name and a new approach Read more »| 18 Jun 2008 -
Festival Guide
As You Always Do @ Leith Festival
Gappad, the first Scottish-Polish physical theatre company, take on controversial and topical material Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
Festival Guide
Homecoming @ Leith Festival
Home audience for a parable about change and nostalgia Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
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Coloursfest: Moving with the times
Another year, another cutting-edge Coloursfest - The Skinny talks it over with QFX and the Trophy Twins Read more »| 05 Jun 2008 -
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Knockengorroch 20th Birthday World Ceilidh
It might sound like "a cow sneezing", but Knockengorroch festival has been going strong since 1998, held each May and September: this year saw them celebrati... Read more »| 03 Jun 2008