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With the festival season’s biggest events just around the corner Firetrap present you with their must have festival fashions.

Ladies why not hide those limp locks with the Rhett at Reading? Or dare to bear your legs at Leeds with the Kraft Shorts?

Gents ensure you stand out from the crowd and team Kore Straigh denim with a graphic print t-shirt at V.

Firetrap are also running a competition for tickets to the Bestival in September.

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Metallica are one of the most influential metal bands of all time. With the thrash titans set to tour the UK for the first time in ten years, Play.com are giving away an experience guaranteed to leave you headbanging with excitement!

Bumping into heavy metal deities doesn’t happen every day, but enter Play.com’s exclusive competition and you stand a chance of meeting with Metallica at one of their live shows in Birmingham, Glasgow or London! Not only will you hang with the guys, but you’ll get to watch them shred the stage as no other band can!

Click here for more information on how to enter

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This is the last in the series of 2008 festivals – if you want to know which festivals are going on in August, then grab your pop-up tent and come with us!

The Big Chill: August 1-3

This chill out festival goes on at Eastnor castle in Herefordshire and headliners this year include Roots Manuva, Bomb the Bass and The Mighty Boosh.

Live at Loch Lomond: August 2-3

Live at Loch Lomond is Scotland’s newest music festival and this year includes acts such as the Sex Pistols, Happy Mondays and Ocean Colour Scene.

V Festival: August 16-17

One of the biggest festivals in the UK, V attracts many pop and rock acts within its two sites. Acts in 2008 include: Ian Brown, Kaiser Chiefs and Muse.

Leeds/Reading Festival: August 22-24

Another festival that is held on two sites simultaneously, Leeds/Reading sees a of music and comedy acts over the space of three days. Headliners this year include: Rage Against the Machine, Metallica and The Killers.

Creamfields 2008: August 23-24

2008 sees the tenth anniversary of this dance festival. Acts this year include Fatboy Slim, Underworld and Soulwax.

To find available tickets visit Seatwave now

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The festival season is now in full swing! We got a lot of feedback about our article on June festivals, so now check out the festivals that are on in July!

Wireless Festival – 3-6 July

This festival is sponsored by 02 and held in Hyde Park. Headliners this year include Mark Ronson, Beck and Fatboy Slim.

Wakestock – 4-6 July

This Welsh festival mixes watersports and cool music! Key acts include Duffy, Hadouken and the Happy Mondays.

T in the Park – 11-13 July

This popular Scottish festival sees a lot of trendy bands storm the stage year in, year out. Headliners this year include the Verve and Amy Winehouse.

Latitude – 17-20 July

This English festival has only been on the go two years but is seeing people attend in their droves! Headliners in 2008 include Franz Ferdinand, Sigur Ros and Interpol.

Lovebox Weekender – 19-20 July

Headliners at this awesome dance-indie festival include Goldfrapp, Groove Armada and the Flaming Lips

Global Gathering – 25-26 July

If you like dance and chill-out music, this is the only festival you need to attend this summer! Acts playing include Moby and 2manydjs.

Click here to get tickets for the July festivals

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Hooray – it’s festival season! It wouldn’t be the Summer without attending at least one festival, so grab your wellies, pack the icebox full of beer and burgers and check out Other Clothing’s recommendations for festivals in June 2008!

7th/8th June – Rockness

A festival right on the banks of Loch Ness, sure you might not see Nessy, but you will see awesome acts such as Fatboy Slim and Razorlight.

12th/15th June – Isle of Wight Festival

This festival sells out quickly almost year so if you’re lucky enough to get tickets you’ll be able to see brilliant bands like the Kaiser Chiefs and The Killers.

13th/15th June – Download

The daddy of the rock festivals, this festival weekend used to be known as the Monsters of Rock in the 1980s. Headliners this year include Kiss and the Offspring.

14th/22nd June – Meltdown

Massive Attack are the artistic directors for this festival, so you know it’s going to be a good ‘un! Elbow and punk rockers Stiff Little Fingers are set to play.

27th/29th June – Wakestock

Bands such as Groove Armada, The Streets and producer-in-extremis Mark Ronson are taking to the stage at the Oxfordshire festival

27th/29th June – Glastonbury

Possibly the most well-known festival in the UK, if not the world, this festival takes place on a farm. Headliners this year include Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse and Kings of Leon. Prepare for mud!

Click here if you want tickets for any of the above festivals

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