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British rock festival Download has revealed major site improvements for its 2022 event in June, improving accessibility for all fans. The festival is set to take place at full capacity for the first time since 2019 from June 10-12 at Donington Park. The Village area has been moved closer to The Arena, the main section …
The Department for Transport (DfT) in the UK has organised a temporary fix to the issues that have surrounded British artists touring in Europe due to Brexit and the moving of equipment. The issues related to trucks carrying tour equipment over 3.5 tonnes between the UK and the EU, which were limited to three stops …
Wake The Tiger, set to be the world’s first Amazement Park, is launching a crowdfunder to secure investment for the interactive immersive art experience. The attraction is due to open in the English city of Bristol this summer, and has already secured over £1.5m (€1.8m/$2m) in private funding. Wake The Tiger will be based on …
Singapore’s famous night race will return this season for the first time in two years, with tickets going on sale for the Formula 1 grand prix from tomorrow (Wednesday). In January, race promoter Singapore GP signed a multi-year deal to keep F1 coming to the city-state until 2028. This year’s race will be held September …
This weekend’s Coachella festival will be live-streamed on Youtube, meaning music fans from across the globe can experience the event and watch their favourite artists without physically being there. The festival has been streamed on YouTube for the last 10 years of the event, with livestreams set to be available across both weekends of the …
Kuala Lumpur is set to hold a music and blockchain festival in September, with Malaysian music acts announced to perform. Blockfest will feature live music plus content from those within the blockchain industry including Kyoto Protocol, Gerhana Ska Cinta, Naratu and Carthreena. The tech festival is set to be held at the Sentul Depot in …
Yesterday (Sunday)’s Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix welcomed a record crowd, as well as breaking records for the biggest attendance at a Formula 1 event anywhere in the world. Some 419,000 people attended Albert Park across the four days of the motorsport event, while more than 128,000 attended the race on Sunday. Roughly 123,247 people …
Florence’s Uffizi gallery (pictured) has become the most visited cultural institution in Italy for the first time. Last year, the gallery welcomed some 1.7 million visitors, and overtook the likes of Rome’s Colosseum, the ruins of Pompeii, the Vatican Museums and other well-known Italian sites according to II Giornale dell’Arte. The Colosseum was second with about …
Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk has embarked on a peace tour, playing football in other countries to raise money following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The money from each friendly will be donated towards humanitarian aid in Ukraine, with the first stop of the ‘Global Tour for Peace’ having taken place in Athens against Olympiacos. A crowd …
Fans are willing to travel further to attend music festivals in the US to see their favourite acts, according to data from online ticketing marketplace Vivid Seats. The data has revealed that the average distance a fan travelled between 2021 and 2022 was 433 miles. This year, Vivid Seats claimed that festival attendees will travel …