Staff Writer – SKG Times

Emerging DJs Offered O2 Academy Sets Through Love To Be… Competition

Love to be… takes its house music legacy across Britain with a major O2 Academy tour featuring Sam Divine, Todd Terry and more through 2027.

TESTBED will relaunch in Leeds this September with an expanded footprint and major upgrades to its sound, lighting and facilities.

Love to Be returns to Sheffield for a two room warehouse experience at Hangr, pairing house music with immersive sound and visuals.

Sam Divine headlines Love to Be’s only Liverpool date of 2026, taking over Arts Club for two rooms of house music this October.

DMC launches the road to its 41st World DJ Championships with a free Camden Market party featuring Cutmaster Swift and DJ Pogo this August.

WVLK blends emotive vocals, cinematic melodies and liquid Drum & Bass on ‘Do You Hear Me’, his latest release for Make Your Era on 24th July.

Berko Fields will bring Fish56Octagon, Danny Howard, Ibiza Classics and the UK’s garage greats to Berkhamsted for three days this September.

BAGO lands on Make Your Era with ‘Composure’, a vocal led Drum & Bass single blending rolling grooves, jungle influences and emotion.

Love to be… returns to Harrogate with a reworked festival site, bigger main stage, new VIP experience, Glam Van and more.

Inspired by a rediscovered sample, David Penn’s ‘Satisfy My Soul’ has already become a standout moment in his DJ sets.