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Guardian Music — Lulworth Castle, DorsetBored of the bands? Then go welly-wanging. Join the Silly Olympics. Audition for the English National Ballet. Still bored? There's always the jousting. It helps to be under seven, but that is roughly 45% of the demographic of C... more info

Guardian Music — As Snoop prepares to headline Bloc.2012 we take a trip to Rock's Backpages – the world's leading archive of vintage music journalism – and find him in 1994, doing the washing upSnoop Doggy Dogg is cleaning up. Literally. The number one gangsta ra... more info