Music Towers has had about four Serious Industry People independently mention stuff about or ask us about Vince Powers' new festival now. We had no idea he had one in the works to be honest - but in the the spirit of investigative journalism, Music Towers is now on the case.

Vince Power was the mogul who turned a furniture shop into the Mean Fiddler live music empire, including Reading & Leeds Festival, Jazz Cafe, and The Astoria, before being unceremoniously chopped up and sold off.

In the meantime, Power has not been holidaying on some desert island, instead choosing to craft out a new, slightly smaller empire, including a hefty stake in Benicassim. So news from the last week indicates there could possibly be a significant new UK festival on the horizon. Watch this space....