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Prima Queen and Shanghai Baby showcase at the latest Estrella Galicia brand building show.
Prima Queen headline the September Estrella Galicia show. In partnership with DIY magazine, for those in the know, these events are fast becoming some of the most anticipated gigs in London. Bridging the gap between this capital and Madrid, the current series of gigs hosted …
Reeperbahn Festival 2023 – intimacy at scale
2023 was the eighth year of DIY’s partnership with the globally renowned, German, Reeperbahn festival. Despite the number of delegate attendees, speakers and performing artists from around the world, centred around the infamous, and ever packed, Reeperbahn strip in Hamburg, there was a special atmosphere …
From Billy’s Cafe in Bethnall Green, East London to the TOWN festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, it’s all in a week’s work for DIY.
In a single week, DIY has been supporting artists, labels and management, promoters and festivals and supportive music brands to help the careers of artists through its media and marketing skills to reach new audiences around the world. DIY was invited to discover the inaugural …
DIY partners Parallel Lines for Neu band music discovery gigs
Parallel Lines are launching a new series of music discovery nights in conjunction with DIY to promote young artists that fit into DIY's new band category "Neu", effectively DIY's new band media incubator. The series called One Way Or Another – following the promoter's Blondie …
Focusrite chooses DIY partnership for Scarlett 4th generation global launch
The Scarlett audio interfaces are the start point for millions of young artists recording their music, often from their bedroom right the way through to professional studio quality sound. The new 4th Gen range features the Solo, 2i2, 4i4, Solo Studio, and 2i2 Studio, offering …
Behind the scenes with CMAT the cover star of DIY’s August 2023 issue
CMAT DIY Magazine cover star Whether it’s Dolly Parton, RuPaul or fried chicken legend Colonel Sanders, CMAT has spent the better part of the past three years building her camp musical world magpie-style; just one of the reasons we here at DIY are such big fans. So, …
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE ARE THE COVER STARS OF DIY’S JULY 2023 ISSUE!
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE ARE THE COVER STARS OF DIY’S JULY 2023 ISSUE! Exclusive interview with Queens of the Stone Age For as long as most of us can remember, Queens of the Stone Age have been worldwide festival mainstays, their swaggering riffs and doom-laced brand …
Glastonbury Festival 2023 – up close and personal with DIY Magazine
Photos of Glastonbury 2023 from DIY music magazine Check out DIY music magazine's photos from across three days of the Glastonbury festival including Nova Twins, Queens of the Stone Age, CMAT, Måneskin, RAYE, Rina Sawayama and Shame, Arctic Monkeys, Carly Rae Jepsen, CHVRCHES, Fred Again.. and more. All in …
DIY supports independent venues as part of its FREENOW:MVT partnership
Our new video series – in association with FREE NOW and Music Venue Trust – invites artists to chat with venue owners and managers about their experiences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7L8W9lbomo&t=1s DIY are launching new short video series where we invite a handful of artists to sit down …
DIY joins the “Meet the tastemakers” at AIM and Downtown Music New York Music Month on line conferences.
DIY will be taking part in Meet the Tastemakers sessions As part of our continued commitment to music education and artist career development, DIY is looking forward to taking part in AIM's initiative Future Independents. It's Association of Independent Music (AIM) all-day online conference for emerging artists, labels …
DIY builds relationship further with Super Bock European festival strategy
DIY pan European festival partnership with Super Bock Super Bock, the best-selling Portuguese beer in the world, has already reached more than 50 countries, mainly through its premium lager Super Bock brand. It has a long history of supporting emerging artists and promoting live music …
DIY Festival partnerships hits a record high in 2023
And DIY Festival Guide sells out in record time, expanding to 72 pages Rina Sawayama is the 2023 DIY Festival Guide cover star 2023 saw an encouraging uplift in DIY's festival client base, both amongst advertisers looking to increase ticket sales to our 1m+ following …
DIY partners Spotify in Our Generation playlist IRL event.
Meet Holly Humberstone, LoveJoy and Thomas Headon – the New Wave of Artists Headlining Spotify’s ‘Our Generation’ Pop-Up Spotify are set to bring their Our Generation playlist to life later this month. with a series of workshops, performances, and opportunities for fans to get closer …
DIY Now&Next Tour connects with core fans across the UK
Tour Headliner Lynks stuns with outrageous costume and dance show Pictures by Bridie Florence From Glasgow to Brighton, via Newcastle, Leeds Birmingham and Bristol, the inaugural DIY Now&Next tour demonstrated the strength of the DIY (media/marketing) and Kilimanjaro (promoter/ticketing/local representatives) partnership which received overwhelming response …
DIY magazine kicks off 2022 with blockbuster Paramore cover issue
Paramore are on the cover of DIY Magazine What better way to kick off the year than by inviting one of the biggest artists on the planet back to our cover? We are supremely excited to have the mighty Paramore return to the cover this …
Sobering numbers…government, brands and industry need to do more.
The Music Venue Trust annual report released today is a further wakeup call for the government, industry and its supporters to increase efforts to help young artists and independent venues to be viable. Below is the announcement which speaks for itself: ANNOUNCED TUESDAY 31ST JANUARY 2023 …
DIY Hello 2023 partnership with FairSound gives vinyl opportunity to artists
DIY’s annual Hello gigs run for four days in January every year Hopefully by now, you’ll be aware of DIY’s annual Hello… series at London’s Old Blue Last: four gigs dotted throughout January, that aim to navigate industry and music fans through the maelstrom of …
DIY kicks of 2023 with a Focus on Spain
Literally……over the course of a week DIY is supporting Spain as lead country at ESNS 2023, and Spanish Wave artists as part of the Spanish music export initiative, and are speakers at Berklee Valencia's Global Career Summit 2023. This strengthens our involvement with Spanish music's …
DIY ends off an exciting year with the support of Focusrite, BIMM, Marshall and Super Bock for its DIY class of 2023 campaign
Dream Wife to headline DIY Class of 2023 launch event We’ve had a week’s worth of advent calendar chocolates, the fairy lights are up and it feels like we’re all finally getting into the festive spirit! And so what better way to round off the …
Lynks to headline the new DIY Now & Next Tour, DIY visits M For Montreal, plus new music partnerships with Focusrite & The Great Escape
All the latest brand and music partnership with DIY music magazine this week. DIY launches the new DIY Now & Next Tour with Kilimanjaro DIY is taking Lynks and Vlure on tour in 2023 Ever since Lynks saw off our Hello 2020 live series with a bang …