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As festivalgoers get home from enjoying Roskilde Festival, Wacken, Reading/Leeds Festival and many similar events creating memorable weekends across Europe this summer, a warning has gone out that many events are surviving on such precarious finances that as many as one in ten could close down by next year, in particular those festivals run by grassroots organisations having a rough …

The major event in the music calendar is around the corner and ever since Messed!Up’s editor had his major festival epiphany at his first attendance in 1992, he couldn’t stop coming back and will join the masses for the 27th time together with DJ Pappaledig and DJ Återbruk – it’s time for the 48th edition of the Roskilde Festival. Roskilde …

If you think that just one weekend’s worth of loud music can’t have a major impact on your hearing, then it’s time to think again. And it’s time to think more seriously about it at this point in time because the festival season is about to start! Here are a few words from a grumpy old festivalgoer making this mistake for …

Are you one of those that find streaming services to be the great revolution of music listening? To access infinite volumes of music today you just need a simple subscription to a major streaming service such as Spotify, Tidal or Deezer, and most music industry experts agree on the positive impact it has had on the overall income in the industry. …

It is well-known that streaming services as Spotify, Deezer and Tidal have had a huge impact on the whole music industrial organization, above all how money is earned and how much is earned. However, a recent discovery is that online streaming also influence how music listeners consume music when they easily can access endless libraries of albums and songs at …

Consumer psychologist and researcher Patrick Fagan, Associate Lecturer at Goldsmith’s University, and music venue owner O2 recently carried out a psychometric study comparing the heart rate of volunteers walking with their dogs, participating in yoga sessions or going to a concert – all of which are known stress-busters. The results show those who attended the live concert saw their mood boosted by …