Summer of music special

The days are getting warmer and our thoughts turn to all the live gigs and outdoor events coming up over the next few months. Big Issue’s annual music festival guide is here to highlight all the best. This year will be supersonic as Oasis reunite for their first gigs in 16 years, friend of Big Issue Sam Fender will get you down in Dublin, and Rod the Mod takes the Glastonbury Legends slot alongside Neil Young.

Also inside

• End of the Road Festival founder Simon Taffe tells us his campfire stories
• Jess Lardner, co-director of Homestead just wants a Bloody Mary in the morning
• The Bradford brass band trumpeting the causes they care about
• Billy Nomates on overcoming online hate and performing with her Stranglers idol
• After the backlash, have Kneecap shot themselves in the foot?
• How Johnny Vaughan went from prison cell to highest-paid man on the telly
• Niall Harbison began rescuing street dogs in Thailand – and the dogs ended up rescuing him
• And Budgee, who sells the magazine in Brighton, tells us about the three-piece band he’s starting

Plus much more!

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