Category: Festivals

Public Image Ltd. to play Austin's FunFunFun Fest in November — 1st U.S. date in 2 years

Public Image Ltd. to play Austin’s FunFunFun Fest in November — 1st U.S. date in 2 years

John Lydon will bring his reconstituted Public Image Ltd. back to the U.S. for its first North American performance in two years this November when the band co-headlines the FunFunFun Fest in Austin, Texas — with more North American dates promised to be announced “as soon as we can.”

Video: The Cure at Belgium's Rock Werchter 2012 festival — watch full hour-long webcast

Video: The Cure at Belgium’s Rock Werchter 2012 festival — watch full hour-long webcast

Another festival, another webcast: The Cure tonight played Rock Werchter 2012 in Belgium, and, as has become customary, part of the band’s set was broadcast live over the web. Above, you can watch the first hour of Robert Smith and Co.’s 24-song set, from opener ‘Open’ through ‘Play for Today’ (via Chain of Flowers).

Video: The Cure at Germany's Southside Festival —  watch full 70-minute webcast

Video: The Cure at Germany’s Southside Festival — watch full 70-minute webcast

The Cure played a pair of German festivals this weekend, and, lucky for us, one of them — tonight’s set at the Southside Festival — was webcast in part, and you can now watch a capture of that full 70-minute stream, via Chain of Flowers. The video above features the first 14 songs of the 28-song set.

The House of Love to make first live appearance in 4 years at Poland's Off Festival

The House of Love to make first live appearance in 4 years at Poland’s Off Festival

The House of Love — largely dormant following a couple years’ worth of activity surrounding ‘Days Run Away,’ the band’s 2005 reunion album — will make what appears to be its first live appearance in more than four years later this summer when the beloved indie act appears at the Off Festival in Katowice, Poland.

Video: Icehouse performs 1980 debut 'Flowers' at Australia's Homebake festival

Video: Icehouse performs 1980 debut ‘Flowers’ at Australia’s Homebake festival

On Dec. 3 last year, Iva Davies led the current incarnation of Icehouse through selections from the group’s 1980 debut ‘Flowers’ at the Homebake 2011 festival in the band’s native Australia. Six months later, superb-quality video has emerged of the hour-long set.

Video: The Cure plays 'The Top' for first time in 28 years at Sweden's Hultsfred Festival

Video: The Cure plays ‘The Top’ for first time in 28 years at Sweden’s Hultsfred Festival

The Cure’s run of summer festival appearances continues to delight the band’s longtime fans, as Robert Smith and Co. mix up their sets and trot out songs not played in decades, if ever. The latest uber-rarity to creep into The Cure’s set: the title track of 1984’s ‘The Top,’ a song not played live since that year’s tour.

Video: New Order at Barcelona's Sónar 2012 — watch full 70-minute webcast

Video: New Order at Barcelona’s Sónar 2012 — watch full 70-minute webcast

The now Hooky-less incarnation of New Order performed at 12-song set at Barcelona’s Sónar 2012 music festival on Saturday, and if you missed the live webcast, here’s a capture — thanks to YouTuber i7yci7cyi — of the full 70-minute show. As you’ll see, the band is sticking to roughly the same setlist since first reuniting last fall.