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Orbital, Flying Lotus and Gary Numan to headline electronica weekend at the historic London Pleasure Gardens

“Arm yourself.” That’s what we were told as Beta Band frontman Steve Mason finished his set at this year’s Field Day, which saw an estimated 25,000 revelers cram into Victoria Park at the weekend. “Bomb the banks, get rid of the whole lot. The longer …

We are all familiar with the overwhelming sense of disappointment when you disembark at Belsize Park for the first time and realise there is no lush green space as the name suggests; that White City is not complete with its eponymous promise is a source …

Sampled the delights of Oxjam yet? If not, why not? The festival’s reached the halfway point, and Oxfam’s million-pound fundraising goal won’t get any nearer with you sitting around on your hands watching Emmerdale when you could be bopping in your Birkenstocks and raising money …

Happy first weekend of September – and happy Labor Day weekend, too, for our American cities! Let’s take a look at what’s been happening around the Ist-a-verse. The deaths of two firefighters shook Bostonist this week. Boston’s firefighters bent over backwards all week long – …

After numerous appearances on the Continent, as well as performances at such legendary festivals as MUTEK and Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival, we were beginning to think perhaps we smelled bad. Why else wouldn’t Gui Boratto come to visit our lovely island? Thankfully we no longer …

Shoreditch Park is a relatively unimpressive green space tucked away behind the Regent’s Canal in Hoxton. There’s not a great deal there, bar a mini-BMX track and some grass, but this weekend, it won’t know what’s hit it, when the Shoreditch Festival commandeers it. The …

What’s the skinny? Wolf & Cub are Joel Byrne, Adam Edwards, Thomas Mayhew and Joel Carey, four guys from Adelaide who make a big stompy rock noise. What have they done? Their website says: Wolf & Cub have shared stages with TV On The Radio, …

All the weeks highlights from our international sister sites. Sometimes you need to clean yourself up, get serious, and move in with daddie for a few months before you head to Latin America for a new gig. The District bid’s Jenna Bush adios. D.C.-based television …

This day in London’s History 1830: George IV dies. On the face of it, small potatoes as far as London is concerned. This is the George so memorably portrayed as the nitwit regent by Hugh Laurie in Blackadder III. And in real life, George IV …