This week's festival news

Echo & The Bunnymen and Lightning Seeds headline Headstock (9-11 Sep, Newstead & Annesley Country Park, nr Nottingham) … The Royal Philharmonic celebrate Abbey Road Studios' 80th Anniversary at Symphony At The Park (20-21 Aug, Chiswick House & Gardens, W4) with Beatles and Hollies favourites plus Star Wars and 2001 film scores … Coming soon Spiritualized have pulled out of Standon Calling (Thu to 14 Aug, Standon, Hertfordshire) due to ill health, but you can also catch Chrome Hoof and Lamb (bands, not diseases) … Bold singers can take part in a choir performance at Summer Sundae Weekender (12-14 Aug, De Montfort Hall, Leicester) – bearing in mind it is held in the comedy tent … Now booking ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas (9-11 Dec) curators have lined up Pharoah Sander, Hot Snakes, Cults and Sun Ra Arkestra, who also appear at ATP curated by Jeff Mangum (2-4 Dec) along with Joanna Newsom, Sebadoh and Fleet Foxes (Butlins, Minehead).