We started the year with an overview of the next twelve months, two months in here's an updated version.
In order for you to keep track of your festival movements over the year, here's R13's round up of what's happening when and where in 2006.
Festival Schedule:
Prog Power UK – 26th Mar, Centaur, Cheltenham Race Course.
Give It A Name – 29-30th April, MEN Arena, Manchester and Earls Court London.
All Tomorrows Parties Weekend 1 – 12-14th May, Camber Sands, nr Rye, East Sussex.
All Tomorrows Parties Weekend 2 – 19-21st May, same venue as weekend1.
Hi:Fi North - 27th May, Matfen Estate nr Newcastle.
Hi:Fi South – 27-28th May, Matterley Bowl nr Winchester, Hants
Wychwood Music Festival - 2-4th June, Cheltenham Racecourse.
Monsters of Rock – 3rd June, Milton Keynes Bowl, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
Download - 9-11th June, Donington.
Isle of Wight - 9-11th June, Seaclose Park Newport.
Wireless London – 21-25th June, Hyde Park.
Wireless Leeds – 24-25th June, Harewood House, nr Leeds.
Roskilde - 29 June-2nd July, Roskilde, Denmark.
Waldrock Festival – 1st July, Burgum, Netherlands.
Hyde Park Calling - 1-2nd July, Hyde Park.
Collision Course Festival - 8-9th July, Yeovil and Bridgend.
Oxegen – 8-9th July, Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, Co Kildare, Eir.
T in the Park – 8-9th July, nr Kinross. Scotland.
Bloodstock Open Air – 14-15th July, Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent, South Derbyshire.
Wakestock – 14-15th July, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, North Wales.
Guilfest - 14-16th July, Guildford, Surrey.
Benicassim - 20-23rd July, Valencia, Spain.
Godskitchen Global Gathering – 28-29th July, nr. Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire.
Summer Sundae Weekender – 11-13th August, Leicester
Beautiful Days – 18-20th August, Escot Park, near Fairmile, Devon.
V Festival - 19-20th August, Chelmsford and Staffordshire.
Carling Weekend - 25-27th August, Reading and Leeds.
Creamfields - 26th August, Liverpool.
Bestival – 8-10th September, Robin Hill Countryside Adventure Park, Isle of Wight.
Bloodstock – 29-30th September, Assembly Rooms, Derby.
Keep checking the news section of R13 as line-up news is breaking almost on a daily basis at the moment.
As well as the festivals there's a number of large outdoor tours and shows taking place across the summer. Richard Ashcroft, Bon Jovi, Embrace, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rolling Stones and The Who will all be playing a field, forest or football ground near you.
If you're planning your summer movements and are either an England football fan or just a football fan in general, here's the key dates from the World Cup so you can attempt to keep in touch from the comfort of your field.
The tournament will begin on Friday 9th with Germany Vs Costa Rica. England's group matches are on Saturday 10th (Download and Isle of Wight weekend) at 2 PM. The other group matches are on Thursday 15th and Tuesday 20th and so don't clash with festivals.
The knock out stages begin on the weekend of 24-25th, and England will be playing on either of those days assuming they get that far, any matches will clash with Wireless in both London and Leeds. The quarterfinals are on June 30th and July 1st which is Roskilde weekend. The semi finals are during the middle of the following week.
The world cup final will be on Sunday 9th July at 7 PM, so if you plan to go to either Oxegen or T in the Park then that's when any potential split loyalty between football and music will have to be worked out.
We now have a clearer idea of when some of the major album releases of 2006 are due, for the next big thing March is the month when they travel to the USA to impress.
The great and good of the music industry head for either the South by South West festival if they're interest is bands and those looking to find the massive summer club smash, head in the direction of the Miami Winter Music Conference.
At SxSW, Brits such as Arctic Monkeys, Go! Team and Duke Spirit will hope to catch the eyes of the world's, and especially the American Music Industry, as the talent spotters enjoy the Austin Texas sunshine between 15th-19th March. This event has become one of the most significant in the musical calendar for spotting the next big thing.
For those of us stuck at home in the tale end of winter, there's many a new album to look forward to. Delays, Morning Runner, Fightstar, Placebo, Mogwai and Massive Attack all have releases scheduled for March.
April will see new albums from V headliner Morrissey, plus Zutons, Charlatans, Streets, Lacuna Coil and Snow Patrol.
May is when two of the heavyweights of 2006 should be with us. Red Hot Chili Peppers new double album arrives ahead of their stadium tour in June, and the new Muse record is scheduled for a mid May release. As well as this, Tool, Keane and Dirty Pretty Things have new records out just in time for the summer.
Looking further ahead to when the tents are being put away for another year and the live music scene revolves around the return of thousands of students to universities around the UK, we already know that Maximo Park will be promoting their new record in September and October. Follow-up records from Killers and Bloc Party should be with us by then and before Christmas Iron Maiden are rumoured to be playing in the UK.
A Maiden tour schedule for Scandinavia in November has been circulating online. Some UK pre-Christmas Maiden fun would be very welcome and isn't out of the question.
Keep checking Room Thirteen for daily updates on festival line-ups, as well as weekly festival round ups and release guides.