Psych legends Hawkwind + complete lineup announced for DESERTFEST LONDON 2018!

DESERTFEST LONDON announce the final acts for its 2018 edition on May 4-6th in Camden, including psych legends HAWKWIND, plus The Quietus, Human Disease Promo & Nightshift Promotions stages all revealed. Yes, you read that title correctly. Desertfest are honoured, thrilled, losing our minds, quivering in our boots to reveal that one of the most influential English bands in heavy musical history …

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DESERTFEST LONDON adds Graveyard and seven more bands to the 2018 lineup; tickets on sale now!

DESERTFEST LONDON are thrilled to reveal the next 8 acts for the 2018 edition of the festival, who will be joining the likes of MONSTER MAGNET, EYEHATEGOD, NEBULA & JEX THOTH to bring a battering ram of riffs down upon Camden next May.  If any band can claim responsibility for the surge of retro-infused, blues-stuffed rock n roll seeping through the …

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DESERTFEST LONDON announce first headliner and bands for their 7th edition; tickets on sale now!

DESERTFEST LONDON is ecstatic to reveal the first batch of bands confirmed for the 7th edition of the UK premiere stoner rock, doom, sludge and psych festival, taking place May 4th-6th, 2018 in Camden Town. After the festival’s most successful edition to date a mere 6 months ago, which saw the prestigious Roundhouse being added to the list of venues, and in turn …

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John Garcia’s cult desert rock unit SLO BURN to reform for an exclusive U.K. performance at DESERTFEST LONDON

What better place for a SLO BURN reunion than DESERTFEST LONDON, folks? The legendary desert rock unit fronted by none other than the master himself – John Garcia – is set to ravish all desert and stoner rock fans from the outset with a one-off U.K. performance in Camden this April. It’s been twenty years since John Garcia’s desert rock supergroup SLO BURN released their …

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Candlemass, Lowrider, Black Spiders and much more confirmed to play DESERTFEST LONDON 2017

DESERTFEST LONDON is pleased to announce the second batch of bands who will be joining the likes of Turbonegro, Samsara Blues Experiment, Yuri Gagarin and Vodun on April 28-29-30th, 2017 in Camden. Ever-growing diversity alongside a solid selection of grass-root acts, has helped cement Desertfest as the go-to festival for doom, stoner rock, psych and all its subsidiaries, with a sixth edition …

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DESERTFEST LONDON: stage times announced! Only four weeks left to the festival!

Only four weeks to go until the 5th edition of DESERTFEST LONDON kicks off, for what promises to be an epic anniversary edition with Corrosion Of Conformity, Russian Circles, Electric Wizard, Crowbar, Trouble and dozens others heavy international bands to tread upon Camden Town. Stage timings have just been announced, so it’s time to start planning! – DESERTFEST LONDON 2016 – 5th …

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Day splits and tickets are now available for DESERTFEST LONDON 2016.

DESERTFEST LONDON is happy to release the day splits for their 2016 edition, as well as a limited batch of day tickets. This is by far the festival’s strongest all-round lineup to date, with the first ever venue of southern heavy kings Corrosion Of Conformity and Crowbar, as well as post-metal masters Russian Circles and Pelican, alongside many other heavy, …

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Justin K. Broadrick to headline The Quietus Stage at DESERTFEST LONDON 2016 this April!

As always, the The Quietus Stage at DESERTFEST LONDON is a highlight in the yearly calendar for anyone who likes their mind-frazzlingly progressive sounds to come with a side order of skull-crushing riffs and tank blast beats. We’re proud to announce that Justin K Broadrick will headline the Black Heart on Friday 29th April.    JK FLESH is the brainchild of Godflesh/Jesu/ex-Napalm Death …

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Pelican, Asteroid, Blood Ceremony and more added to the DESERTFEST LONDON 2016 lineup!

Jingle bells, jingle bells… The DESERTFEST LONDON promoters have one more treat for you before Christmas, with thirteen more bands confirmed to play the festival in Camden this spring, including the Old Empire Stage lineup that will be hosted at the Electric Ballroom on the Sunday.   Like the previous edition, DESERTFEST LONDON 2016 will broaden its horizon by bringing an …

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY to headline the Friday at DESERTFEST LONDON 2016! Crowbar as co-headliner, more bands to be announced soon

It is with great excitement that we’re revealing the second headliner to walk the DESERTFEST LONDON stage next April 29th in Camden, with America’s coolest volume dealers CORROSION OF CONFORMITY and no one but their historical frontman Pepper Keenan at the helm! Icing on this greasy cake: their sludgy brothers in arms CROWBAR will co-headline the night, for a « southern special » …

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