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Them Crooked Vultures has been announced at the event, scheduled to take place between June 11 and 13.

The rock collective – featuring Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones and Queens Of The Stone Age’s Josh Homme will be joining recently announced Australian act AC/DC as well as Stone Temple Pilots, Wolfmother, Deftones, Bullet For My Valentine, Motorhead, Volbeat and Megadeth.

Further acts should be announced very soon. One act strongly speculated for this year’s event is US band Van Halen.

This year’s Download festival will be the eight and will also mark the 30 years of rock festivals at Donington Park. The venue was introduced to rack festival tradition with the Monsters Of Rock bash in 1980.

Tickets for the Download festival will go on sale this Friday, January 29.

Meanwhile, Them Crooked Vultures have revealed details for an upcoming American mini tour.

Starting next month, the band will play only three shows.

Them Crooked Vultures will kick-off the tour with at night at New York’s Roseland Ballroom on February 8.

The band will then play North Carolina on the tenth and Georgia on the eleventh.

Besides the Download festival, the band will also take part to the Coachella festival in April.

This year’s ATP festival is being curated by none other than Matt Groening, the creator The Simpsons.

He also recently added to the line-up Juana Molina and Thee Oh Sees which join other confirmed musical acts including The Raincoats, Deerhunter and Panda Bear.

The line up for the 2009 edition of the ATP so for includes:

Iggy And The Stooges
Coco Rosie
Daniel Johnston
The Residents
Boredoms Performing Boadrum
The Raincoats
Broadcast
Ruins (Solo)
Viv Albertine’s Limerence
Anni Rossi
Built To Spill
James Chance And Les Contortions
Panda Bear
Deerhunter
Thee Oh Sees
Toumani Diabate
Danielson
James Blackshaw
Amadou And Mariam
Juana Molina
Lightning Dust
Konono N °1
Shonen Knife

On December 15 of last year, it was revealed that The Stooges will be inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 15, 2010.

Soundwave, Croatia

Staged in a small village on the coast of Dalmatia, Soundwave features an inland amphitheatre for the performers, the circular Barbarella club of disco lovers and a terrace for the DJs right on the beach. and Europe’s best party boat make this one for sun-lovers. And for the real disco fans some events take place in the unreconstructed 70s glam of the circular Barbarella club. www.soundwavecroatia.com July 23, 24 and 25, 2010.

Netmage, Italy

Netmage, both a film and music event, promises to offer all the multimedia, post-cinema mix of bands and film-authors presented in the beautiful setting of a Bolognese decaying Renaissance building. www.netmage.it. January 21, 22 and 23, 2010.

Hellfest, France

Set in the kind of scary European forest, like all proper metal festivals, Hellfest offers a broad selection of artists, Performing at the 2010 edition will be Seven Seconds and Agnostic Front. www.hellfest.fr. June 18, 19 and 20, 2010.

Springfestival, Austria

Mostly featuring electronic and dance acts, Springfestival turns indoor inch in the lovely town of Graz into a huge dancefloor and is set only 30 minutes away from pristine Alpine lakes. www.springfestival.at. May 12, 13, 14, and 15, 2010.

Airwaves, Iceland

Reykjavik completely stops for Airwaves as festival-goers fill-up the streets of Iceland’s capital. Out of the Arctic night comes bizarre impromptu performances staged in small backroom cafes and clubs. www.icelandairwaves.is. October 2010.

Carmarthenshire Council is carrying out negotiations with the people behind Beach Break Live concerning the use of Pembrey Country Park.

Carmarthenshire Council admitted that no decision had been made about the three-day festival which was previously held in Cornwall and Kent. The town council does want to consider the event seriously has it could bring huge benefits to the region.

But local residents opposing the event have initiated petitions which are being circulated in Burry Port and Pembrey.

The Beach Break Live festival was first staged in Cornwall in 2007 although event organisers were forced to move it to a safari park in Kent last year after councillors had denied them planning permission.

Dizzee Rascal and The Zutons had headlined the 2009 edition of the festival which also featured other activities such as sports, dance, arts, games and theatre alongside the concerts as well as the bars and food.

Carmarthenshire Council claimed that a move to Pembrey could be worth £330,000 in local spending by the crowd of 20,000 for things like taxis, site hire, hotels, food suppliers and other event-related services.

But councillor Joanne Davies said putting the event at Pembrey would be crazy, adding that the area is a family orientated park as well as a public beauty spot.

She also said that concerns had been raise about congestion, noise and littering, adding that  Festival Fields close to Llanelli which staged the 2000 National Eisteddfod would represent a better option for the festival.

A county council representative said discussions were being held with the event organisers and communication had been initiated with authorities in both Cornwall and Kent.

The protesters gathered outside the Tron Theatre, where the play ‘Jesus, Queen of Heaven’, is being staged.

The play is in one of the events of a festival celebrating Scotland’s gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transsexual communities. Glasgay! According to festival organisers, doesn’t aim at inciting or offending anyone.

The publicity for the play introduces the transgender ‘Jesus’ with “her sayings, her miracles and her testimony”.

Ahead of the play’s debut on Tuesday night, Christian protesters had gathered outside the venue, singing religious hymns and brandishing large signs on which the phrases “Jesus, King of Kings, Not Queen of Heaven” and “God: My Son Is Not A Pervert” were written.

Scheduled to run until this Saturday, the play was authored and will be performed by the transsexual playwright Jo Clifford.

Festival promoters said the banners were quite provocative, adding that they could be viewed as homophobic.

Glasgay! producer Steven Thomson explained that the play ‘Jesus, Queen of Heaven’ is a literary fiction piece which aims to explore the author’s own personal spiritual journey as a transgender person.

Thomson said that Glasgay! respects the people’s right to freedom of expression and provides festival goers with a diverse view of the LGBT lifestyle. He added that the play hasn’t been created and presented to offend anyone of any belief system. But he said that the festival organisers do respect the right to disagree with the philosophy behind Glasgay!

Glasgay! has benefited from funding by the Event Scotland, Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, Scottish Arts Council and Glasgow City Council.

The 15 day big screen extravaganza is scheduled to take place in several locations across the capital, featuring talent from the UK as well as internationally recognised film talent.

The London Film Festival this year showcases 191 features and 113 short films at 17 different venues.

Thanks to a nearly £2m of Lottery funding, this year’s edition is financially supported by its long-time contributor the UK Film Council.

Festival programmer Michael Hayden said the injection of funds has given organisers the chance to grow the festival.

He added that the extra money gives the Festival the opportunity to host awards and gala screenings plus it boosts the efforts of the event to make it the festival of festivals.

During past editions, small imaginative and innovative prizes had been awarded to film makers, but the funds from the Lottery will ensure for the first time that the festival will close in grand style with a proper award ceremony.

The festival opens with the world premiere of ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ , the Wes Anderson’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s.

Other notable film not to miss this year is ‘The Men Who Stare at Goats’, a comedy about the American military, starring George Clooney, Kevin Spacey and Ewan McGregor.

Nick Park’s Wallace and Gromit is celbrated this year to mark the animation series’ 20th anniversary. Also, Trafalgar Square is set to present a string of free screenings of short films.

London film buffs will have the opportunity to rub shoulders with some Hollywood royalty, as Julianne Moore and Clive Owen are scheduled to hold public question and answer sessions at the BFI on the Southbank.

Previous editions of the festival had struggled to sell all the tickets to screenings but organisers are hoping with the increase in theatres and extra money support, its interesting mix of world cinema will pull in record audiences.

The Simpsons author has once curated for ATP during the 2003 festival which was located at in California at The Queen Mary in Long Beach. For the 2010 event, he will provide curatorial duties for the first time in Britain.

Tickets for All Tomorrows Parties featuring the participation of Matt Groening as guest curator will be available starting Friday 16th October.

Organisers have decided to offer for one week only specially reduced prices on a limited number of tickets. Any festivalgoer buying tickets has until 9:00am on Friday the 23 of October, or until the number of discounted tickets runs out, to receive a £10 reduction of the price.

This year, ATP will once more run a deposit plan for tickets. This scheme will provide a limited number of 4 berth flats, both room-only and self-catering to be purchased for starting with a small deposit, the remaining amount being disbursed by the end of July. These chalets are available at full price – £160 per person room only or £170 per person self catered.

There more lodging options available; please the festival website at www.atpfestival.com

All ATP tickets include a 3-day festival pass plus 3 nights of lodging. The programme is start from mid-afternoon, with about 40 acts scheduled to play live during the weekend.

The year’s festival location in Butlins Minehead, features a sandy beach. Nearby, festival goers will find a newsagent, cash points, a supermarket, and restaurants. Onsite festival facilities will include an ATP cinema, a sub-tropical environment complete with a wave pool, a swimming pool, an amusement arcade, 3 flumes and ten-pin bowling.

It is expected that, because of financing problems and uncertainty about the city centre capacity over the New Year period, the festival will have 25,000 tickets less than usual from the city’s celebrations.

This could have huge repercussions for the city’s economy as the festivities, which had enjoyed a 100,000 capacity since the beginning of the Millennium, normally generate about £40 million for the local Edinburg economy.

It is still not known if the ticket prices, which cost as much as £17 in 2008, will be increased to help compensate for the shortfall. For last year’s edition of Hogmanay, an excess of 10,000 tickets were left unsold.

The high-profile event for the Scottish capital’s Christmas celebrations, which includes the festival’s famous “winter wonderland” and giant Ferris wheel, for the first time is being scheduled for a weekend to permit roadwork to be completed.

Buses will be gone from Princes Street until 5am on Sunday 29 November, which is later than most local shops had been calling for.

However the Edinburg council, marketing agencies and business organisations have in the works the city’s largest ever Hogmanay promotional campaign as a boost to help them recover from the results of the tram construction work.

A promotional drive titled The “Edinburgh Sparkles” will promote the Hogmanay festivities as one of the country’s top party destinations following a final decision to permit buses back on to Princess Street during Christmas.

One source at the Edinburg city council meeting said that there was almost unanimous backing for resuming the normal traffic of buses on Princes Street as soon as possible.

Festival-goers who have already registered with concert promoters by Friday can now purchase their tickets.

Next year’s event will mark the 40th anniversary of the festival, which is scheduled held at Somerset’s Worth Farm.

The 2009 version of the Glastonbury festival attracted 137,000 music enthusiasts and presented world class acts like Blur, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young. This year’s festival was hailed as one of the top by both organisers and organisers alike.

Michael Eavis, co-promoter Michael Eavis of the Glastonbury festival said of nest year’s event that the expectations were really high and that they were trying to get the best talent the world’s got to offer.

The 2010 edition to the Glastonbury music festival will take place between June 23 and June 27. The full weekend festival tickets are £185, an increase of £10 over last year and a £5 booking fee is added to the total.

In order to combat touting, the festival organiser introduced a registration system, which does not ensure a ticket, in 2007.

In 2009, festival-goers were able to prolong their registration for three extra years.

People who previously had a registration can check online to verify if It’s still active.

Please visit www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk for more details.