PlanetLove was an annual

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festival which was held since 1998Welcome to Planetlovemusic.com
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near

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, it was previously held at

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(also in Antrim), Kings Hall and Boucher Road Playing Fields in

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and near

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History

The festival was pioneered by BBMagazine's Judith Farell-Rowan and Eddie Wray. BBM Closed in 2004 to concentrate on the music festival and parent company, PLM Promotions. Notably, the festival has been headlined or co-headlined by

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in every year except 2005, 2008 and 2021. The festival has been at least partially broadcast on

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between 2006 and 2008. It held its 10th-anniversary festival on the weekend of 5–6 September 2008, with headliners including

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, Rank 1,

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, and many more with nine stages, the biggest yet. Camping was also available, along with the 2010 festival have been the only two to span across two days. An

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version of the festival, "PlanetLove Summer Session", was held on the same day as the 2007 Northern festival, this was in association with

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and broadcast on this and the digital-only

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; and was held again on a separate date in 2008, again broadcast on 2fm and the newly launched

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. The branding has also extended to winter-time arena events and club nights on the island of Ireland. Following the recession of 2010/11 and a decline in the popularity of dance music, Planet Love promoter and owner Eddie Wray ceased to trade in 2011. Notorious Brands returned with the Planetlove festival in 2021, being held at Boucher Road Playing Fields, Belfast. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the festival had to be fully open-air with four stages facing away from each other. In 2022 the festival will again take place at Boucher Road Playing Fields in Belfast with the following stages: LOVE, GoodGreef Xtra Hard, Subculture, YOYO, Met Arena, and VIP. This will be the first festival under Big-Top tents since 2011 (11 years).

Festival List

* Planetlove 98 (Banks of Lough Neagh) * Planetlove 99 (Nutt's Corner) * Planetlove 2000 (Nutt's Corner) * Planetlove 2001 (Nutt's Corner) * Planetlove 2002 (Shane's Castle) * Planetlove 2003 (Shane's Castle) * Planetlove 2005 (Shane's Castle) * Planetlove 2006 (Shane's Castle) * Planetlove 2007 (Shane's Castle) * Planetlove 2008 (10 Year Celebrations and 2 Day Event) (Shane's Castle) * Planetlove 2009 (Shane's Castle) * Planetlove 2010 (2 Day Event) (King's Hall) * Planetlove 2011 (Shane's Castle) * Planetlove 2021 (Boucher Road Playing Fields) * Planetlove 2022 (Sept 10, 2022) (Boucher Road Playing Fields)

References

External links

PlanetLovePlanetLove on Radio 1
{{Electronic music festival Music festivals established in 1998 Electronic music festivals in the United Kingdom Music festivals in Northern Ireland Electronic music festivals in Ireland

History

Festival List

See also

References

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