Planet Pop festival sits nicely alongside its bigger cousin, T on the Fringe.
He played at Woodstock and the 1967 Monterey Pop festival, and also collaborated with violinist Yehudi Menuhin and jazz saxophonist John Coltrane.
He first established himself in Europe, then won more fans after his famous performances at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and Woodstock in 1969.
The Monterey International Pop Festival, which preceded Woodstock by two years, brought together a diverse group of big-name acts including the Mamas and the Papas and Jefferson Airplane as well as some then-unknown performers, notably Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix.
But the most important task for Marshall during his career, whether it was the Beatles' final concert in 1966 or Jimi Hendrix's performance during the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, was to capture the feeling of music, a task that could seem quite impossible.
This comes after a summer which included appearances at the Edinburgh International Festival and Scotland's largest pop music festival, T in the Park, which she described as "absolutely extraordinary".
The duo won the vote for best festival pop act, best live newcomer and anthem of the summer for That's Not My Name.
Housed as a collection of transmedia installations at collaborative sponsor Bombay Sapphire's festival pop-up House of Imagination (at 177 Varick St.), the program will feature interactive digital-media projects based on participatory narratives.
The Mathew Street Festival is an annual pop and rock music event in Liverpool City Centre.
Chaired by author and broadcaster David McWilliams (who allegedly coined the phrase "Celtic Tiger"), the monthly Leviathan nights now pop up as much in muddy festival fields as proper theatres.
Along with perusing some visually stimulating art, drop by some of the pop-up bars and galleries tied to the festival before kicking back for the rest of the evening at Island Bar.
"You've got to be ... kidding me, " said Armstrong, noting his longevity on the music scene and disparaging teen pop sensation Justin Bieber, who was not among the festival performers.
Last year's festival saw Tinie Tempah, Plan B and Iggy Pop take to the stage.
The lead singer of the London pop band Ou Est Le Swimming Pool has died during a music festival in Belgium, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
The pop superstar will be among the headline acts at this year's V music festival in Chelmsford.
But 1988's festival saw the likes of Bonnie Tyler and Meatloaf running for cover as drunken crowds started throwing bottles of urine at them, and the festival was relaunched with lighter acts such as New Order, The Sugarcubes and Pop Will Eat Itself.
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