Festival season 2012 has come to a close, and what a way to end things. It was a (rare) weekend of sunshine that saw the likes of Stevie Wonder, New Order, Florence And The Machine and The xx on Bestival's Main Stage - and for the first time ever, yo... more info

I've seen my fair share of muddy fields this summer (and Reading was the final straw for my poor Wellies), so the thought of facing one more festival is a bit exhausting. However, when it comes to Bestival, no amount of exhaustion or mud-stains can k... more info

How amazing have these Converse Represent @ 100 Club gigs been? We've seen Blur tear the roof off the legendary venue with a set that drew heavily on 'Modern Life Is Rubbish' but also featured seldom-heard B-sides, as well as new track 'Under The Wes... more info

Do you remember the first time? Did you, like Metronomy's Joe Mount, have a friend who tried to exist on ridiculous foodstuffs (in Mount's mate's case - marzipan and orange juice)? Or were you as posh as Pulled Apart By Horses, who spent their first ... more info

With the plastic about to be unwrapped on the first day of Benicassim, it's time to sit down and have a strategic think about who you want to see. Clocking in at four days, with the option of nine days of additional camping either side of the weekend... more info

The story of Les Eurorockeenes takes part in two acts. The first, set in a glorious idyll, the second, a dramatic inferno. And the central protagonist, of course, is the weather. This small but well-established festival near the French-Swiss border ... more info

My haven’t they grown? Last time we checked, The Rapture were a bunch of upstart punk-funkers blowing sax holes in our heads with ‘House Of Jealous Lovers’, DFA dancefloor darlings that had the zeitgeist tied down tight for a good humping. [.... more info

“What you’ve got to imagine,” Alex from Holy Ghost! decides, “Is not the three hundred people here. It’s that there are thousands, literally thousands, of people watching you... It’s pretty much the equivalent of playing Wembley.” H... more info

NME joined Foals for the sixth Lake Of Stars festival in Malawi. This article originally appeared in the 15th October issue of the magazine It’s about 6am in Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta airport when the itching kicks in. We’re bleary eyed and jet-... more info

Friendly Fires got the chance to curate their own stage in the RizLab arena at Bestival last weekend. We caught up with the boys to find out who their new favourite dance and electro acts are, who gets Ed throwing his trademark moves, and who they'd ... more info