FOUND: Parklife - What They Never Told You

Ticketless Oasis fans warned not to try breaking into Manchester shows

Heaton Park gigs will have double fence and security patrols but TikTokers are offering advice on gaining entry

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2025

Boomtown, Reading and Leeds, and Love Saves the Day among 46 festivals uniting to fundraise for children affected by war

Music fans will be given a chance to win a pair of tickets to some of the UK’s top festivals this summer

The Independent UK · May 15, 2025

‘It’s like sex ... and we’re the foreplay’: the Oasis tribute bands gearing up for the big reunion

Missed out on tickets to the biggest gigs of the summer? From Italy to Indonesia, there’s a covers band ready to fill the void. They’ve got the parkas, the swagger and the tambourines, but can they bring the sunshiiiine?

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2025

Warning issued over super-strength ecstasy pills ahead of Glastonbury festival

Drug charity The Loop says young festivalgoers are particularly at risk as potency of pills returns to pre-pandemic levels

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2024

Parklife 2024: Dates, line-up and how to get tickets

The Manchester festival is back for this June – and some of the big stars performing have already been named

Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2024

Festival boss steps up legal action over drug testing with ‘pop up labs’

Parklife co-founder Sacha Lord is urging the Home Office to legalise pop-up drug testing at festivals

Evening Standard · Aug 23, 2023

Blur frontman wants Britpop label ditched for Europop because he hates Brexit

This weekend Blur, famous for hits such as Girls and Boys, Song 2 and Parklife, will be playing to thousands at Wembley stadium but frontman Damon Albarn said he found the resurgence of Britpop 'irritating'

Daily Mirror · Jul 8, 2023

The Mancunian Way: Changing ‘Mugger Lane’

The suburb where a regeneration would be ‘the best thing ever’ PLUS If you only order one dish, make it this one…or this one

Manchester Evening News · Jul 4, 2023

Parklife boss Sacha Lord threatening Home Office with court action over on-site drug testing

"If it saves one person’s life as a bare minimum, we’re just going to carry on with it."

Manchester Evening News · Jul 3, 2023

Government accused of 'screeching U-turn' over music festival drug testing after Parklife's Sacha Lord slams Home Office

Testing has been carried out since 2014, but Parklife was told it needed a licence 'at the 11th hour' this year

Manchester Evening News · Jun 29, 2023