Downton Abbey star Elizabeth McGovern will perform at this summer’s Isle of Wight Festival.
According to BBC News,McGovern will sing with Big Country and perform with her own band, Sadie and the Hotheads.
The actress and singer said: “I am thrilled to be playing with such a stellar cast of musicians.”
Big Country’s Tony Butler stated: “We had a tradition of working with great female vocalists such as Kate Bush and Eddi Reader in the past, so having the opportunity to have Elizabeth perform with us at the IOW is going to be really cool.”
Organizers of the U.K’s Download Festival have said Black Sabbath still plan to perform at the festival this year, despite guitarist Tony Iommi recently confirming he had been diagnosed with cancer.
Joe Strummer, the founding member of U.K. punk icons The Clash who passed away in 2002, will be honored with a festival this summer.
“It was la la land to think he could ever do the Big Day Out, even though we offered $6 million," promoter Ken West told the New Zealand Herald (via 
Thin Lizzy are one of the many legendary hard rock and metal bands playing this year’s High Voltage Festival in London’s Victoria Park. Scott Gorham and pals will be joining Judas Priest, Dream Theater and Black Country Communion at the two-day event, taking place July 23-24.
In June 2004, some of the greatest living guitar players and their bands gathered at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, for a three-day festival to benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua. It was the ultimate concert for any music lover, featuring one legend after the other: Eric Clapton, BB King, Buddy Guy, Eric Johnson, James Taylor, Jimmie Vaughan, Joe Walsh, John Mayer, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Santana, ZZ Top, and many more. This 2-DVD set beautifully documents the event and contains over 4 hours of content. Planned extras include in-depth artist interviews, a mini-documentary, photo gallery, alternate angle, and more. Royalties from the DVD sales will benefit the Crossroads Center.
Soundgarden are the first headliners to be revealed for this year’s Voodoo Experience fest. The three-day music and arts event will take place in New Orleans’ City Park on October 28-30. Soundgarden will headline the festival on October 28, according to Blabbermouth.net.
Country superstars Keith Urban, Reba and Taylor Swift will be joined at this year’s CMA Music Festival by a diverse line up of country artists performing on a variety of stages throughout the event. 
Organizer Michael Eavis is marking his music and arts festival’s 40th birthday by setting up a special stage for the acts that played the very first festival in 1971.
Double-DVD captures highlights from festival with performances and collaborations by guitar wizards Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck, John Mayer, Robert Cray, Robbie Robertson, Sheryl Crow, Derek Trucks and more.
Prince will headline on July 3 (his only U.K. appearance this year, according to organizers), the Eagles will top the bill on July 1 and Morrissey will headline on July 2. Other performers include Iggy and the Stooges, Death Cab for Cutie, Lou Reed, Bryan Ferry and many others.
host a one-time festival to celebrate two decades in rock, Pearl Jam have now announced the details.
On a hot, sticky afternoon this June 2004, 46,000 people gathered at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas to witness the once-in-a-lifetime congregation of musical legends at 'ERIC CLAPTON CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL.'
The second Crossroads Guitar Festival - a day-long concert featuring legendary music & collaborations - was held on July 28, 2007 to benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua. Filmed in HD, this two disc DVD features over four hours of historic performances from that day. Since it's inception, Eric Clapton's vision for the festival has been to create an event where his friends & contemporaries can have fun & jam together for the benefit of a good cause.![Eric Clapton - Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 (2BD)[Blu-ray]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sSEH3S7EpztSZlMuwjQJpyUUXGkU4v6-bucA2qkDZXAYQMSYIMsbFxayktRJfit1QefalOUq9onnTxtlDAeGoh4jxUTzA-jbBZF6o7C9p5gelTLhocUsOg=s0-d)
Often credited as being one of the all-time greatest guitarists, and known amongst his peers as one of the all-time greatest collaborators. The ultimate Clapton collaboration took place on June 26, 2010 at Chicago's Toyota Park. For one day only, Clapton gathered the past, present, and future of guitar music onto one stage for an incredible all-day musical event in front of a crowd of over 27,000. The third Crossroads Guitar Festival was a sold out, 11-hour tour de force with all profits benefiting The Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a treatment and education facility founded by Clapton for chemically dependent persons. 
Often credited as being one of the all-time greatest guitarists, and known amongst his peers as one of the all-time greatest collaborators. The ultimate Clapton collaboration took place on June 26, 2010 at Chicago's Toyota Park. For one day only, Clapton gathered the past, present, and future of guitar music onto one stage for an incredible all-day musical event in front of a crowd of over 27,000. The third Crossroads Guitar Festival was a sold out, 11-hour tour de force with all profits benefiting The Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a treatment and education facility founded by Clapton for chemically dependent persons.