Kiwi rockers Midnight Youth are coming to London for the very first time to blow the roof off the Borderline with some awesome Antipodean sounds. TIM MARTIN chatted to frontman Jeremy Redmore about festivals, Canberra and those ‘Aussie’ Finn brothers.

Australian expertise will be called on to help host the 2012 Edinburgh Festival as local know-how is drained by the coinciding Olympic Games, a London newspaper reports.

Every European summer, music lovers find themselves with the same inevitable question, which festival should I go to? Well, apart from Glasto – you can’t really top the Bilbao BBK Live Festival in Spain.

Do we really have to wait until 2013 for our next instalment of Glastonbury? Fear not. Carolyn Mitchell takes us through this year’s epic and whets the appetite for the next biggest festival on earth.

It seems everyone is starting to take notice of new Aussie band, Stonefield. Composed of four young sisters from country Victoria, the girls are slowly taking over the world, beginning with Glastonbury last month.

MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND: From curing those post Glasto blues to the bestest Aussie albums ever, MFTM has it all. Oh, want a slice of Meatloaf for the AFL Grand Final? How about bringing Mr Paul Kelly to your door? Enjoy!

Is Glastonbury the greatest party in the world? Well, that all depends on whether you like your music live, loud and muddy! One of our Aussie festival bunnies, Bethany Dortmans, gets her gumboots dirty and her rave on, for her first ever Glasto experience.

Australian bands have been making the trip to Europe for years now, not just to escape the Australian winter but also to entertain music hungry ex-pats and new fans at festivals across the continent.

CW Stoneking is a master of music’s most grass-root function: telling yarns. Adrian Craddock finds out what makes this eccentric Aussie musician tick, ahead of his Glastonbury debut.

A music festival is great fun and hopefully will leave you a little tired, a little dirty and, best of all, thoroughly entertained. Here’s our list of Do’s and Don’ts which can help make it an unforgettable experience.

Farms and fields across the UK open their gates to the world’s greatest acts for the summer’s biggest and best music festival bashes. Here’s our recommendations.

Music from the motherland: Aussie music is playing a huge part in the UK and Europe festival plans this summer. And we’re excited!

OK, so we’ve known the Glastonbury headliners for ages but what about the rest? All is revealed.

Australian artist and entertainer Rolf Harris is 80 today. Englishman KRIS GRIFFITHS pays tribute to his and Britain’s favourite Australian.

The organisers of Glastonbury festival have announced that the event will be cancelled in 2012, as it clashes with the London Olympic Games.

With the comedown concluded and the sunburn well into the advanced stages of peeling, Sara Newman reflects on her first Glastonbury, its Australian tendancies and how the Glasto spell will affect her for life.

Get that ‘I grew up backstage at Glastonbury’ look this music festival fashion season.

Festival food has to top the list as some of the worst ever served up, especially for the price charged. Here’s our top 10 tips on what to and what not to eat and drink at UK music festivals.