Surprise shows, fake names, TBA slots on the clashfinder. Here is how secret sets actually work, and how to be in the right field at the right time.
Voices
By Maxi
Our guest photographer Maxi went to Schloss Kaltenberg's Ritterturnier expecting swords and horses, and found a live music scene hiding in the Middle Ages.
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Photo · @annnlies · @annnlies
Field Notes
By Annelies
Heard
By Coda
This week
The award-winning Royal Albert Hall film and this month's Montreux opening night are both online. Watch them in order. We've been photographing the run-up for years.
Heard · 20 July
Heard
Twelve months ago Clipse ended sixteen years of silence. We watched the anniversary lap from the Roskilde photo pit, nine days ago.
Heard · 13 July · Photo · @annnlies
Heard
Her first release of 2026, On Your Mind, came out of a cancelled Coachella set and US tour. A small case study in turning a bad week into something worth hearing.
Heard · 23 June
News runs as headlines here. The big slots are reserved for what only we can publish.
Ken Carson at Roskilde 2026: hype and chaos
Open the story
“Live music is the only subject that does not pose for the camera. We document it for the people who were there, and for the people who wish they were.”
TREACLE · On the record
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