Festivals
Step into a vibrant celebration of culture with The Skinny festival guide. We bring you the latest UK and international festival news; you'll find festival information, previews, reviews, features, and interviews.
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Uk FestivalsPrimal 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 -
Uk Festivals
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 -
Uk FestivalsLatitude 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 -
Uk FestivalsStill 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 -
Edinburgh Fringe
The Wild Rover
Whether in music or in life, Jackie Leven has always played to his own rules. Has age mellowed him, wonders Chris McCall Read more »| 05 Jul 2008 -
Edinburgh Festivals
The Visitor
Eternal supporting player Richard Jenkins revels in a rare starring role in The Visitor as Walter, a middle aged college professor who’s never really g... Read more »| 03 Jul 2008
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Edinburgh Festivals
The Black Balloon
You could be forgiven for thinking that if you’ve seen What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, you’ve seen The Black Balloon. With its tale of a resen... Read more »| 01 Jul 2008 -
Edinburgh Fringe
Pornography
It’s been just over three years since the 7/7 London bombings – but is it still too soon for the event to be represented on stage? It’s a q... Read more »| 28 Jun 2008 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Very Young Girls
A harrowing look at child prostitution, the documentary Very Young Girls follows Rachel Lloyd and her staff at GEMS in New York, assisting girls who were int... Read more »| 27 Jun 2008 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF launch: On the Carpet with Keira Knightley et al
When YoungScot contacted us to say that two of their members had been to the international premiere of The Edge of Love last week, we were impressed. When we read their report, and heard that these reporters were just 16 and 18 respectively, we were very impressed. Here are their impressions of the night... Read more »| 25 Jun 2008 -
Uk Festivals
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 -
Uk Festivals
Wickerman Festival @ East Kirkcarswell, 25-26 Jul
It is time to keep your appointment with the Wickerman Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
Uk Festivals
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 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Good Dick
Most guys would love to have a girlfriend who watches porn – it means she’s really in-tune with her sexuality and pretty much gasping for it 24/7... Read more »| 20 Jun 2008 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Time Crimes (Los Cronocrímenes)
A Spanish couple, recently moved in to a secluded new home, go about their business until visions of a topless girl in the trees leads husband Hector to go e... Read more »| 20 Jun 2008