Download Festival
It all started this year with Download Festival with acts playing the weekend like The Prodigy, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Chase & status, Biffy Clyro, Soundgarden, Tenacious D, Machine Head, Megadeth, Slash f.t Myles Kennedy, You Me At Six, Rise Against and many more. Black Sabbath headlined the Sunday Night and played songs like Paranoid, Iron Man, Dirty Women, Children In The Grave, The Wizard and many more.
Left: Ozzy Osbourne with Black Sabbath headlining Sunday Night at Download Festival.
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Capital's Summertime Ball
On the same Sunday that thousand of rock fans were listening to some of their favourite rockers at Donington Park, thousands of Capital FM's listeners were arriving at Wembley Stadium to see some of todays biggest acts, which included Justin Bieber, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Conor Maynard, Cover Drive, Flo Rida, Kelly Clarkson, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Example, Pitbull, and many more. Katy Perry you headlined the show performed hits like Hot N Cold, Teenage Dream, Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F), Part Of Me, Wide Awake, Firework and many more.
Right: Katy Perry performing at Wembley Stadium for Capital's Summertime Ball.
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Isle Of Wight Festival
The Isle Of Wight Festival begun on the Thursday when the festival hit national headlines due to the amount of rain the car parks were water logged so no cars could enter the site due to mud, so in the end people ending up sleeping in their cars because there were so many queues of people trying to enter the site. The ferries getting onto the island were packed and at the terminals there were to many cars so ferries were forced to wait in the solent,if you like to read more about the traffic chaos then click here.
But despite the traffic the weekend turned out to be amazing with acts like Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Elbow, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Biffy Clyro, Example, Tinie Tempah, Jessie J, Labrinth, Madness, Noah and The Whale, Lana Del Rey, Groove Armarda, Magnetic Man, Caro Emerald, DJ Fresh, Professor Green, Wretch 32, Kelis, Katy B, Stooshe and many more.
Bruce Springsteen the Sunday Night headliner's set included hits like Twist And Shout, Born In The USA, Born To Run, Glory Days, The River, Wrecking Ball, Atlantic City, Dancing In The Dark, Out In The Street and many more.
Left: Bruce Springsteen making sure his performance at the Isle Of Wight Festival goes down in the history books.
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Radio 1's Big Hackney Weekend
While thousands of revellers were making there way to go to the Isle Of Wight Festival right outside the Olympic Stadium, Radio 1's Big Hackney Weekend featured acts like Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kasabian, Dizzie Rascal, Ed Sheeran, Florence + The Machine, Nicki Minaj, Tinie Tempah, Jessie J, Plan B, Example, Professor Green, Rizzle Kicks, Chase & Status, Magnetic Man, Rita Ora, Rudimental, Jack White, Lana Del Rey, Emeli Sande, DJ Fresh, Nas, Wretch 32, B.o.b, Sean Paul, Flo Rida, will.i.am, Labrinth, Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Swedish House Mafia, deadmau5, Nero and many more.
Rihanna headlined the Sunday night playing hits like We Found Love, Only Girl, Talk That Talk, Umbrella, S&M, Rude Boy, What's My Name?, Birthday Cake, Where Have You Been, Don't Stop The Music, Disturbia and many more.
Right: Rihanna closing this years Radio 1's Big Weekend.
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Hop Farm
Hop Farm festival was taking place at Hop Farm in Kent, the line up for Hop Farm included Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel And The New Blood Orchestra, Suede, Ray Davies, Damien Rice, Richard Ashcroft, Kool And The Gang, Primal Scream, My Morning Jacket, The Stranglers, Maximo Park, Nitin Sawhney and many more. Bob Dylan's set included All Along The Watchtower, Cry A While, Love Sick, Can't Wait, Spirit On The Water, Like A Rolling Stone, Tangled Up In Blue and many more.
Left: Bob Dylan headlining Saturday Night at Hop Farm.
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T4 On The Beach
T4 On The Beach one of the only festivals to take place on a beach rocked Western Super Mere sea front on the 1st July, acts included The Midnight Beast, Taio Cruz, Stooshe, Lawson, Devlin, Skepta, Marina & The Diamonds, The Wanted, Little Mix, Maverick Sabre, Alexandra Burke, Conor Maynard, Tulisa, Wretch 32, Dappy, Rita Ora, DJ Fresh, Professor Green, Labrinth, Rizzle Kicks, Cover Drive and more.
Each act only played a couple of songs, The Wanted opened the show playing All Time Low, Glad You Came, Lightning and chasing the sun. Chart topper Taio Cruz played There She Goes, Trublemaker and Break You Heart. Labrinth also played 4 songs which were Express Yourself, Let The Sun Shine, Last Time and Earthquake f.t Wretch 32.
Right: The Wanted opening T4 On The Beach.
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T In The Park
On of Britian's most significant festivals T In The Park took place with an amazing line up which featured the likes of Snow Patrol, The Stone Roses, Kasabian, Nicki Minaj, Florence + The Machine, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Elbow, New Order, Tinie Tempah, Chase & Status, Keane, Example, David Guetta, Jessie J, Calvin Harris, Skrillex, Nero, Emeli sande, The Vaccines, Kaiser Cheifs, James Morrison, Professor Green, Olly Murs, Two Door Cinema Club, Rizzle Kicks, Stooshe, Happy Mondays, Frank Turner, The Wanted, Fun. and many more.
The Stone Roses headlined the Saturday night playing hits like Waterfall, Don't Stop, Where Angels Play, Fools Gold, Standing Here, Made Of Stone, This Is The One, I Am The Resurrection, I Wanna Be Adored, Shoot You Down, Something's Burning and many more.
Left: The Stone Roses headlining the Saturday Night at T In The Park.
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Wireless Festival
Wireless Festival took place the same weekend as T In The Park, but Wireless Festival took place in Hyde Park in London, the line up included Rihanna, Drake, deadmau5, Nicki Minaj, Jessie J, The Roots, Afrojack, Example, Rizzle Kicks, Maverick sabre, Tulisa, Pitbull, Wiz Khalifa, Labrinth, Professor Green, Rita Ora, Knife Party, Calvin Harris, Nero, Feed Me, The Weeknd, Kaskade, D'banj, Lloyd, Stooshe, Chiddy Bang, Ms. Dynamite, Jaguar Skills, Far East Movement and many more.
Drake headlined the Saturday Night and played hits like Over, Forever, Headlines, Up All Night, Make Me Proud, The Motto, Lord Knows and many more.
Right: Drake emerged in the Wireless Festival crowd.
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Hard Rock Calling
A week later and Hyde Park is playing host to another festival that included some world class acts like Bruce Springsteen & The E street Band, Soundgarden, Paul Simon, Iggy & The Stooges, John Fogerty, Cold Chisel, Lady Antebellum, Christina Perri, The Mars Volta, Amy Macdonald, Big Country, Lawson, James Walsh, Kids In Glass Houses, Alison Krauss & Union Station f.t Jerry Douglas.
During Bruce Springsteen's set he had a special guest for the songs I Saw Her Standing There and Twist And Shout, and the special guest was Sir Paul McCartney. Paul Simon headlined the Sunday Night and played songs like Still Crazy After all These Years, Late In The Evening, The Boxer, The Sound Of Silence, Gumboots, You Can Call Me Al, Kodachrome and many more.
Left: Paul Simon headlining the Sunday Night at Hard Rock Calling.
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Latitude
While acts took to the stage in Hyde Park for Hard Rock Calling over in Suffolk Latitude was taking place, which featured acts like Bon Iver, Elbow, Paul Weller, Laura Marling, Metromony, Ben Howard, White Lies, The Horrors, Wild Beasts, Lana Del Rey, Janelle Monae, Rochard Hawley, Bat For Lashes, Yeasayer, SBTRKT and many more.
The legendary Paul Weller headlined the Sunday Night during his set songs included The Eton Rifles, Town Called Malice, Broken Stones, Fast Car/Slow Traffic, Wake Up The Nation, 22 Dreams, Into Tomorrow, The Attic, Art School, Start!, Dragonfly and many more.
Right: Paul Weller headlining the Sunday Night at this years Latitude.
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Camp Bestival
Camp Bestival is a family friendly Festival curated by Bestival creator Rob Da Bank, the festival has the historic back drop of Lulworth Castle in Dorset, this year the line up included Happy Mondays, Hot Chip, Kool & The Gang, Chic f.t Nile Rogers, Earth, Wind & Fire Experiance f.t Al Mckay, Stooshe, Rizzle Kicks, Rolf Harris, Jimmy Cliff, Adam Ant & The Good, The Mad & The Lovely Posse, Bellowhead, Spector, The Cuban Brothers, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Redlight and many more.
Camp Bestival also features Stage Shows this year some stage shows included Dick And Dom, English National Ballet, Fantastic Mr Fox Opera, Mr Tumble, Shrek the Musical, The Gruffalo Live, The Wall Of Death and more. It also includes comedy shows this year includes, Jimmy Carr, Rufus Hound, Michael Winslow, Benny Boot and more.
Left: Hot Chip headlining the Friday Night at Camp Bestival.
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Global Gathering
Global Gathering which takes place at Long Marston Airfield in Stratford Upon Avon, this years line up included chart topper Tinie Tempah, Chase & Status, Skrillex, Maverick Sabre, Afrojack, Knife Party, Zane Lowe, Feed Me, Jaguar Skills, Magnetic Man, Ms. Dynamite, DJ Fresh, Labrinth, Friendly Fires, Nero, Sub Focus, Flux Pavillion.
After Tinie Tempah had performed at Global Gathering he tweeted 'Global Gathering 2012 was EPIC!!! A massive thanks to everyone who came to see.. Still Buzzing!!' However this was not the first time Tinie Tempah has played Global Gathering he also played last years festival.
Right: Tinie Tempah headlining the Friday night of Global Gathering.
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