Well, what can I say about V-festival, in a word, it rocked!! There was a great line up of artists this year including; Feeder, The Coral, Paloma Faith, Newton Faulkner, Tinie Tempha, The Temper Trap, Ellie Goulding, Stereophonics, Florence and the Machine, Groove Armada, David Guetta, Chase & Status and of course, Kings of Leon. [...]
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Saturday night TV has once again been taken over by the new X Factor series. We’ve already seen a mental patient have a song a dance on national TV. What next will they’ll throw next our way and call it entertainment… Simon Cowell has briefed all his judges, gone will be the ‘butter won’t melt’ approach exhausted by Cheryl [...]
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How’s the Summer going for you? Are the kids driving you crazy yet if so, this post may be the one for you! It’s my niece’s Birthday next weekend and so thoughts turn to all things child like; bouncy castles, face paints, party games and best of all party food! Let’s be honest, most of [...]
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The inaugural Red Bull X-Fighters event held in Valencia in 2001 was the first example of an all-new and innovative event concept mixing the extreme sport of freestyle motocross with the region’s local bullfighting tradition. One year later, in 2002, the event was taken to Madrid and later to Mexico City, where it has remained [...]
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X Factor winner Joe McElderry has come out as gay to his fans. The 19 year old singer made the revelation on his website today, warning followers that some revealing newspaper articles would be published in tomorrow’s newspapers. He wrote: ”Tomorrow there will be some articles about me in the newspapers because I have been [...]
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Welcome to Essential Summer, where you can find all the information you need for things to do in summer – whether it’s days in, days out or getting away for a holiday, you can find great suggestions, deals, discounts right here.
At EssentialSummer.co.uk we are dedicated to making sure that every summer is one to remember, searching out the best and most unique ideas of things to entertain you over the summer months. It is so often the case that we find out about events, gigs or activities too late to be able to participate so we are here to make sure that you are armed with all the knowledge key dates and information that you need to maximise your summer fun.
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