The week in music

It’s been a pretty normal week in Britain. England are out the World Cup, we’ve got rain due for Glastonbury and Wimbledon, and people are taking selfies with the Queen. But what about in the world of music? Has that been nearly as exciting? To help you find out I’ve picked my favourite tracks and news stories, and had a look at who’s had a good, or not-so-good, week.

REVIEW: Arctic Monkeys, Finsbury Park, London, 23/05/14

Arctic Monkeys play the North London park with support from Tame Impala, Miles Kane and Royal Blood…

Reading and Leeds: Jimmy Eat World, Gogol Bordello to headline Lock Up

Reading and Leeds Lock Up stage will be headlined by Jimmy Eat World and gypsy-punk outfit Gogol Bordello.

Reading and Leeds announcement set for tomorrow

At least 50 new bands will be added to the lineup for this year’s Reading and Leeds festivals tomorrow (April 23). 

Reading and Leeds unveil headliners

Queens of the Stone Age and Paramore have been confirmed to co-headline this year’s Reading and Leeds festivals. 

Reading and Leeds announce more acts

Ben Pearce, Bondax, Flume, Boys Noize and Andy C have all been confirmed for this year’s Reading and Leeds festivals.

Reading and Leeds: The lowdown on next week’s announcement

We are well into festival booking/announcement/deciding-where-to-go season now. A lot of the major players have made their main announcements, confirming headliners and a bulk of the undercard, but the big one remains a week away. No it isn’t Glastonbury, nobody knows when that’s coming, it’s Reading and Leeds. The annual ‘we’ve got our results lets go get pissed in a field’ party drops its final headliner(s?!?) next Monday, giving us plenty of time to drool over it or rip it to shreds, depending on how things go. So with a week to go here’s all the speculation, conjecture and general rubbish you need to survive the next seven days.

V announce first acts

Justin Timberlake and The Killers set to headline the re-launched festival.

REVIEW: Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls, Nottingham (7-2-14)

Frank Turner plays his second biggest headline gig ever at Nottingham’s Capital FM arena. 

Reading and Leeds drop second headliner

Arctic Monkeys are the second headliner announced for Reading and Leeds 2014.