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British music festivals stage tentative revival with perks and payment plans

The landscape of British music festivals is transforming as they begin to recover from challenging years. Many major events are experiencing rapid sell-outs, highlighting a reinvigorated enthusiasm among fans. Enhanced payment options and premium experiences make it easier for attendees to partake in the joy of these festivals. As organizers…

The Economic Times · Aug 8

Womad festival review – hugely welcome return of joyous planet-spanning music fest

In a new home after a year off, there’s a thread of fierce political anger running alongside the spirited musical performances – including standout sets from Barrington Levy and Daniela Mercury

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27

Totó la Momposina obituary

Celebrated Colombian folk singer who introduced her country’s music to an international audience

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1

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'Anti-algorithm' arts festival to make Scottish debut this summer

An 'anti-algorithm' festival is to be staged in Scotland this summer when WOMAD comes to Glasgow for the first time ...

The National (Scotland) · May 24

Womad festival returns and moves to new Wiltshire site

Festival championing global music was founded by Peter Gabriel, who said it ‘seems all the more precious’ in a time when ‘hatred, racism and division’ are being stoked

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2025

“They’re portrayed as unhip, exploitative capitalist men of the rock world. But it’s entirely down to them that the movement can move. And they didn’t get anything out of it”: When Peter Gabriel received death threats, Genesis reunited to help him

Their former leader found himself in serious trouble after his WOMAD festival lost money. So the classic line-up returned to stage their Six Of The Best show in 1982, leaving an indelible mark on prog history

Louder · Oct 2, 2025

Terry Reid obituary

Rock singer and guitarist whose 70s albums River and Seed of Memory were acclaimed by new audiences in the 2000s

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2025

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"We had an artistic success, but not a financial one… but that’s another story.” Peter Gabriel's 1982 WOMAD set to be released this Friday

Peter Gabriel's live set from the very first WOMAD Festival in 1982, featuring material from the then-unreleased Peter Gabriel 4 album, is released digitally this Friday

Louder · Aug 6, 2025

Papa Noël obituary

Congolese guitarist and songwriter who toured Europe with TPOK Jazz and gave a celebrated ‘unplugged’ performance at Womad in 2000

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2024

Womad festival review – wildly entertaining treasure trove for adventurous music fans

Radically inclusive global lineup includes Sampa the Great’s feminist pizzazz, Young Fathers’ twisted genre-splicing and Bixiga 70’s full-tent conga

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2024

WOMAD 2024 review: celebration of world music was sparked into life by sets from Gogol Bordello and DAM

Countries from Brazil and Senegal to Pakistan and Bhutan was represented at this year’s celebration of global music

Evening Standard · Jul 29, 2024

10 awesome independent UK festivals still to come in summer 2024

Think festival season is nearing its end? Pfft, it's just beginning

Louder · Jul 25, 2024

A world of music and heat at Adelaide's WOMAD festival

Adelaide's world music and arts festival is one cultural event hit by extreme temperatures, with people queuing for water and ice cream.

AAP · Mar 10, 2024

Teenage performers from Benin use girl power to take on the world

On the back of Glastonbury, a team of young performers from northern Benin, in West Africa, took their message of female empowerment to another prestigious festival in England – the Womad World of Music, Arts and Dance.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 20, 2023

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Evening Standard · Jul 31, 2023

WOMAD 2023 at Charlton Park review: unexpected delights around every corner

This year’s line-up was a rich mix of flamenco, African guitar music and Brazilian rap

Radio France Internationale · Jul 29, 2023

Vintage year for WOMAD as UK summer arts festivals attract record numbers

The UK's summer festival scene has not only recovered from Brexit and Covid, it has never been more vibrant. And that includes the WOMAD international arts festival in the west of England where fans flock not just for the bigger names but "to hear music they've never heard before," the…

Daily Mirror · Jun 15, 2023

12 UK music festivals you can still buy tickets for in 2023

From the Isle of Wight to Camp Bestival, the summer festival season has only just begun

ABC News · May 18, 2023

Radiologist escapes conviction after drink driving WOMADelaide golf buggy through Adelaide's CBD

Tom Entwisle is spared a recorded conviction after being caught drink driving a WOMADelaide golf buggy through the city in March, in what the magistrate described as a "foolish decision".

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ABC News · Mar 11, 2023

Drunken joyride on golf buggy stolen from Womadelaide leads to two arrests, police say

Police arrest two Victorian men they say were caught riding a golf buggy along an Adelaide CBD street at 4:45am, after it was allegedly stolen from Womadelaide.

ABC News · Oct 5, 2022

WOMADelaide defends falling feathers circus act amid PETA criticism

A WOMADelaide centrepiece involving thousands of feathers being poured over crowds should be removed from next year's schedule, PETA says. But the festival's director has defended its inclusion.

WEKU · Aug 31, 2022

Visa dissonance: Why world music performers can't always make it to the stage on time

Sounds like a musician's dream come true: A duo from the African nation of Comoros was invited to Peter Gabriel's world music fest. But there was a daunting obstacle: Getting a visa to enter the U.K.

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2022

Womad festival – Gilberto Gil helps celebrate 40 years of blazing trails

The international arts festival returned after a two-year absence with a triumphant celebration of music and dance from around the world

Evening Standard · Aug 1, 2022

WOMAD festival review: Still a great celebration of humanity at 40

The size and enthusiasm of the audience felt like an exorcism of the pandemic

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2022

‘We like the sound of PVC tubing’: Fulu Miziki, the band who make music out of trash

The ‘Afrofuturist’ collective, who make their instruments out of what they find in Kinshasa’s dumps, play Womad this weekend

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2022

Abel Selaocoe: ‘As an African cellist, I’ve always been looking for a home’

The electrifying, township-born musician on attending South Africa’s Eton, moving to Manchester and feeling Bach’s groove

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