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    What is Yungblud's Bludfest and why are people getting angry about it?

    by Emma Loffhagen Mar 26, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: Ian West / PA

    British singer-songwriter Yungblud has defended his new affordable festival Bludfest, after online critics questioned the authenticity of the event. 

    The genre-bending Doncaster artist announced he would be headlining the one-day festival at Milton Keynes Bowl, and that the event would “cut the corporate bo****ks”.

    Yungblud, whose real name is Dom Harrison, said that festivals are “unrepresentative of people”, so is fixing the price point of Bludfest at £49.50.

    "I believe that gigs are too expensive, festivals are too expensive, and I just wanted to work to create something that has been completely done by me and my team to show that, you know what? It can be done better. It can be more representative,” the musician told Sky News. 

    (Yungblud Bludfest)

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