Forwards Bristol Festival is returning for its 2025 edition, on Saturday 23rd August and Sunday 24th August, and this time around, it’s set to be bigger and bolder than ever. The festival, held at Bristol Downs, aims to present “high quality, diverse and heritage music acts alongside emerging artists from Bristol & beyond”, and serves as a love letter to the city, heralded as one of the most prolific music capitals in the UK.

Do you ever hear a song and feel yourself transported? The type of music that pulls you into a different place, or feels like a backtrack to the film of your life? I do. All the time. And, because I can’t help but romanticise everything around me, I’ve spent a significant amount of time listening to every song possible and daydreaming about how I’d fit them into the soundtrack of a film.

Almost overnight in 2010, five kids discovered on the X-Factor took the world completely by storm, evolving into arguably one of the most successful and most revered boy bands of all time. In five years, the band put out five albums, embarked on four major world tours, and sold over 70 million records globally, with six songs surpassing one billion streams on Spotify. The world fell in love with Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, and Liam Payne, all of wh

At its core, horror is all about suspense: our deepest psychological fears subverting expectations, leaving you wondering what’s lurking behind the next corner. Those are just some of the aspects we love about them, but have you ever thought about the very sounds that create those unnerving feelings? The inner workings behind every tick and light tread? And, can you think of your favourite scary movie and the role of its music score in your choice?  

With the words “I’m a real bad girl but a real good kisser,” Reneé Rapp ushered in her new era with breathy talk-singing, classically trashy-pop lyrics, and a catchy beat, supported by intense electric guitar. 

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