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We recently ran a roundtable to find out how the climate emergency is impacting events, and what is needed to adapt.
Paying attention to sound intensity and dosage are key in protecting your ears at a festival.
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The damage caused by loud noise exposure is irreversible – but many simple precautions can lower your risk.
Profit margins on smaller music festivals can be tiny.
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Much of the focus has been on the struggles of small music venues, but boutique festivals are also facing huge threats.
Roadies help every element of a tour or festival to run smoothly.
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Roadies ensure all the aspects are in place to enable the successful delivery of live music to the audience, as well as being readily available to troubleshoot if something goes wrong.
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The event benefits hugely from extensive coverage on the BBC.
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The Australian live music industry is in crisis. Is $8.6 million for Revive Live enough to turn things around?
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The synchronisation involved in music and dance may be the “active ingredient” in their social bonding effects.
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Many artists are expected to organise their own ticket sales and event promotion. This is coupled with low pay from venues and having to juggle music with other full-time jobs.
SEVENTEEN are the first K-pop band to perform at Glastonbury.
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SEVENTEEN’s performance will mark a major milestone in Korea’s decade’s long strategy to take Korean popular culture to the world.
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Cancellations of Australian music festivals, such as the abrupt end to Pitch Music Festival due to extreme heat, have become all too familiar.
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Groovin’ the Moo is the latest in a long line of Australian music festivals to be cancelled. It is the new normal in our age of ‘deep uncertainty’.
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Taking MDMA can raise our body temperature higher than it should be. Extreme heat may compound this effect.
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New research shows that not only is the use of drug detection dogs ineffective, it may in fact increase the risk of drug-related harm.
Elton John performs during Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England on June 25, 2023.
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As we seek to reconnect after several summers without large, in-person gatherings, we reflect on the significant and often transformational role that music festivals play in our communities.
Splendour in the Grass 2022 was dubbed ‘Splendour in the mud’.
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The climate crisis will necessitate change to business-as-usual approaches to the arts.
The 2022 event was cancelled but then given permission to go ahead.
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The non-stop four-day dance party is always controversial – this year because of threats of terrorist attacks.
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Women not free to enjoy festivals in the same way as men.
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Every year, tens of thousands travel to art events throughout Tasmania. These unique festival landscapes change the way we experience the world – and ourselves.
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Requiring adult supervision for 16 and 17 year olds is undermining health and community, and a huge overreach from police.
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Investigations are being conducted to figure out what led to the death of eight people during a crowd surge at Travis Scott’s show.