Herd them Up! Plain and Simple head to BeatHerder.

We started previewing BeatHerder way back at the start of the year, and from the off it really stood out from the sea of press releases we have to wade through here at P&S HQ. The pre-festival PR oozed personality. This seemed to be a music festival for music lovers who don’t take themselves too […]

Talking Badgers, Ridiculousness And Rolicking Good Times, It’s Almost Time For Beat Herder Festival!

Beat Herder is a festival like no other. Described as ‘the birthday party your parents wouldn’t let you have,’ and designed to step away from the corporate grind; this fantastical festival experience is a journey down the rabbit hole and out into another dimension. What awaits you is ridiculousness, reckless abandon and a shit load […]

Insomniac And Cream Present – Electric Daisy Carnival – London

Electric Daisy Carnival London. Weird name, but titty fucking Christ, it looks freakin’ crawesome! (that’s crazy awesome BTW.) This event is a culmination of all things epic. It’s a festival extravaganza so god damn glorious that it’s powers could alter the very fabric of time. It’s like Burning Man Festival just teleported from the Nevada […]

BeatHearder Festival Returns!

  The Beat-Herder Festival returns to the secluded Ribble Valley in the heart of rural Lancashire this July for another three-day instalment of sheer escapism, created by an entirely handcrafted site full of surreal surprises, a refreshingly unpretentious Northern ethos and an eclectic program bursting with DJs, live acts, comedians, drag queens and much, much […]

An Interview with Fat Boy Slim

Last weekend saw the return to what has come to be known as the most spectacular event in Brighton’s Dance Music calendar. After a break of a few years the legendary Big Beach Bootique returned to Brighton last weekend, and one thing is certain, they did it in style! This year saw the event move […]

Global Gathering unveil more additions to line up.

GlobalGathering, have unveiled further details of the 2012 event. The line-up for each of the two explosive days can now be revealed alongside details of the best VIP offering the festival has ever seen. GlobalGathering Saturday tickets will also go on sale this Friday 8th June at 09:00AM from globalgathering.com/tickets available from just £65. With […]

Reading and Leeds Festival

Richfield Avenue, Reading 24th/25th/26th August 2012 Sometimes Reading & Leeds surprise us with a lineup that has headline acts that no other festival can get, and other years it just doesn’t. This year unfortunately Reading & Leeds has no standout wow-headliners, instead opting for “safe acts” like The Cure (who are great but headlined Bestival […]

Big Beach Bootique 5 w/ Fatboy Slim, Carl Cox, Nero, Annie Mac, Maya Jane-Coles ++

We’re pretty excited about the killer line-up that’s set to taking over the Brighton AMEX Stadium alongside the legend that is Fatboy Slim on 1&2 June this year at Big Beach Bootique 5. Joining the original superstar DJ at the American Express Community Stadium’s first ever live music event will be some of the biggest […]

New Years Eve at WHP.

We know, its a bit early for NYE listings, but the warehouse project always gets a special mention, mainly because the events sell out so far in advance we thought it only fair we give you some warning. WHP’s favourite First Lady of dance Annie Mac has been confirmed to bring in the New Year […]

House of Fun Weekender

Now we know your thinking, Madness, that’s not in keeping with the usual daily dose of electronic music happenings we normally get from Plain and Simple, but bear with us, as this event managed to grab our attention. Camden’s own Nutty Boys, the legendary Madness, are taking over Butlins Minehead this November, curating a sensational […]