The Alternative Tone

For any British readers, check out Emojito festival in Sheffield, running on 20 and 21st July. The line up's awesome and it's an emo fest, what more could you desire?

Dorset, UK's  Camp Bestival 's line up is taking shape with bands such as Levellers, Richard Hawley, The Polyphonic Spree, John Cooper Clarke and Billy Bragg having been announced.

Reading & Leeds Festivals have announced new line up additions. Bands include: Biffy Clyro, (the newly reformed) Fall Out Boy , Eminem , System Of The Down, Jake Bugg , Bring Me The Horizon , and Foals . It's certainly eclectic.

Today's Mixtape Festival has added a bunch of new bands to the line up.  The Story So Far Defeater Vinnie Caruana Man Overboard Transit Death Threat Reign Supreme King Nine Backtrack Incendiary Seahaven Tonight Alive My Ticket Home Hostage Calm Misser Turnover Citizen Iron Chic Koji Agitator Forever Came Calling The World Is A Beautiful Place Pentimento Modern Baseball Cerce Bellwether State Lines Giants At Large Paper Trail The Last Ten Seconds Of Life Prawn Life As A Ghost Bottom Out The Merciless Concept No Good News Heart to Heart Last Call Dads

The first three Bled Fest 2013 bands have been announced as Anti-Flag, You Blew It! and Into It. Over It . It's rounding up to be a great line up.

Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona has announced its 2013 line up. And by jove, it's a line up.

Reading and Leeds' festival tickets went on sale this week and the line up is tentatively forming. So far to be confirmed are; Deftones , Alt J , Sub Focus  and Boy Better Know. More info as the lineup is unveiled!