The UK's kick-off to the festival season, provided by the biggest radio station in Britain, featuring sets from everyone from Madonna, Usher, The Zutons and The Wombats. Oh, did we mention it's free?

The Mecca of American music festivals returns with flagship acts Roger Waters, Portishead and Jack Johnson leading an army of '07's biggest rock, indie and electro-dance acts

Musicians, salivating agents, hyperbolic journalists, music lovers, bloggers, people with ears, prepare to dream (and hear) the impossible dream: South by Southwest is upon us, once again.

This annual celebration of jazz's provenance returns with a two-weekend lineup of jazz maestros alongside an impressive amalgamation of major acts from other genres, including The Raconteurs, The Roots and Tim McGraw

Ready to get nasty into the new year? Let's do it the Hard way! Peaches, 2 Live Crew, Justice and celeb-DJ Steve Aoki are ready to crank out the jams for you and a couple thousand of your best friends in downtown LA to ring in the new year... or just drink a lot of champagne.

Legendary band Portishead returns to the stage—performing for the first time in 10 years—and to curate the cred-packing festival, featuring hand-picked acts like Aphex Twin, Boris, and Ladytron.