Reading & Leeds festivals takes place this weekend, and event boss Melvin Benn has told Music Week he’s feeling “very confident” about the bill.
But who will stand out most ...
Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn has told Music Week the dual event’s stellar ticket sales have vindicated its controversial 2018 line-up.
The bill was met with a mixed reaction ...
Festival Republic MD Melvin Benn has spoken exclusively to Music Week about the inaugual Rize Festival, which kicks off today in Hylands Park, Chelmsford.
The two-day event, headlined by Liam ...
Today (April 18) Festival Republic and PRS Foundation have announced the second-round of successful candidates for the pioneering ReBalance programme.
As reported in Music Week last year, ReBalance is a ...
PRS Foundation CEO Vanessa Reed has told Music Week she has targeted a total of 100 festivals to sign up to the Keychange initiative on gender parity in 2018.The ...
“It didn’t feel like I was shattering a glass ceiling when I became president [of Decca]. I’ve never felt being a woman has stopped me doing anything.
When I look ...
V Festival is set to be rebranded in 2018 following the withdrawal of headline sponsor Virgin after 22 years, Music Week can reveal. The new name for the event will ...
Reading Festival has been awarded Gold Status on Attitude Is Everything’s Charter Of Best Practice.
The festival’s organiser Festival Republic has worked with the deaf and disabled access charity since ...
In the new issue of Music Week, we speak to Melvin Benn (Festival Republic, MD) and Vanessa Reed (PRS Foundation, CEO) about ReBalance, an innovative Leeds-based, three-year programme ...
In 2017, the spectre of gender imbalance, inequality and sexism in workforces around the UK has been laid bare. The exposition of the gender pay gap at the BBC was ...
