BLOC WEEKEND, London Pleasure Gardens, Royal Victoria Docks, London, 6-7 Jul: Organisers open Bloc’s 2012 bill by booking electro luminaries Orbital, Gary Numan, Flying Lotus, Battles, Apparat, Four Tet, Actress and Joy Orbison, all of whom will be amongst the first visitors to London’s all new multi-arts destination, the Pleasure Gardens. www.blocweekend.com
DOWNLOAD, Donington Park, 8-10 Jun: Slash, Rise Against, Megadeth, Steel Panther, Billy Talent and Terrorvision are amongst the new additions joining a titanic raft of prior bookings as helmed by The Prodigy, Metallica, Soundgarden, Black Sabbath, Chase & Status and Biffy Clyro. www.downloadfestival.co.uk
WIRELESS FESTIVAL, Hyde Park, London, 6-8 Jul: Drake leads a list of several MCs now set to perform at this year’s Wireless Festival, with Wiz Khalifa, Professor Green and Example also booked. They join Rihanna, Calvin Harris, J Cole, Rizzle Kicks, Kaskade and Flux Pavilion on the wider Wireless bill. www.wirelessfestival.co.uk
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