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Tulum’s Upcoming Zamna Festival is Feared to Be a Superspreader Event in the Making
Tulum is seemingly becoming a hub for in-person festivals amid the pandemic, and a reported lack of precautions is causing concern over repeated COVID-19 superspreader events. Even worse, the upcoming Zamna Festival is not your ordinary dance music event. The festival spans an astounding 17 days, according to The Daily Beast, and promises to be an “immersive electronic experience.” If recent past events are any indication, the adherence to social distancing and mask-wearing ordinances are unlikely. Zamna Festival, which is scheduled for December 31st through January 16th, has Tulum’s locals on alert, many of whom would bear the brunt of the effects of such events with superspreader potential. Art With Me, a recent five-day festival in the area that was like...
Visual Artist for Skrillex, Zedd Sells Digital Art Collection for $777,777
Beeple, one of the most prolific visual graphics artists in dance music, has sold a collection of digital artworks for an astounding $777,777 via auction. If you don’t know Beeple by name, there’s still a good chance you’ve seen his work at a dance music show. The designer has worked with the upper echelon of music producers including Skrillex, Zedd, deadmau5, and many more to develop mind-bending visuals and artwork. Over the weekend, numerous artwork auctions from the designer were hosted via Nifty Gateway, a budding marketplace for digital assets. With the advent of blockchain technology, true ownership of digital assets (referred to as “nifties” on the platform) is now a possibility. Participants bid on a variety of singular prints from Beeple, many ...
Kaskade Announces California Drive-In NYE Event
Kaskade is looking forward to bidding 2020 goodbye with one last hurrah. The producer added a NYE drive-in concert to his schedule, set to take place in Norco, California just outside of Los Angeles. Despite a year of limited show opportunities, Kaskade has managed to connect with his fans in a live setting more frequently than most. The producer landed on a number of virtual festivals, including the inaugural Digital Mirage Music Festival lineup, and he even played a breathtaking show at the Grand Canyon Skywalk. Over Halloween weekend, he took to the road in person to perform across California for his “Road Trip” tour. Now it appears he’s ready to hit the trail again. At the time of writing, due to COVID-19-related restrictions, doors will open to the Silverlakes Sports...
GRiZ Assembles Massive GRiZMAS Stream Lineup Featuring Zeds Dead, Claude VonStroke, More
Christmas came early, thanks to GRiZ and his stacked 12 Days of GRiZMAS series, which is returning bigger and better than ever this holiday season. Taking place virtually on Twitch this year, the charity festival event series is already underway. With a packed schedule ahead through December 23rd, the series is bringing together the biggest names in dance music. On December 16th, the producer will host the first-ever edition of GRiZMAS Global Mic Night. Fans can apply to get in on the action and have their voices heard by fans from around the world. The following week of events, which include a community service-focused day, yoga day, and family game night, conclude with a spectacular virtual festival featuring eight hours of music. With Claude VonStroke, Dest...
Watch SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE Perform ‘Santa’s Going South’ As Part Of ‘Lockdown Sessions’
Sammy Hagar and his CIRCLE bandmates have once again teamed up via the Internet, this time to record a version of the Red Rocker’s Christmas song “Santa’s Going South”. The original track was released in 2011 and was a duet between Hagar and country singer Toby Keith. In a statement accompanying the YouTube release of the CIRCLE version of “Santa’s Going South”, Sammy wrote: “This song has been waiting many years for a video. Here it is, courtesy of Lockdown 2020. Merry Christmas Redheads!” As previously reported, SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE will release “Lockdown Sessions” as an album collection titled “Lockdown 2020” on January 8, 2021. Fans who pre-order the album now will also receive a new instant-grat trac...
DEATH ANGEL Releases ‘Aggressor’ Animated Video, Prepares For Christmas Shows
San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans DEATH ANGEL have released a new animated video for the song “Aggressor”, from their critically lauded album “Humanicide”. The clip arrives just ahead of the band’s seventh annual “Another Death Angel XMas Show”, which takes place over two days on December 19 (8 p.m. PT/11 p.m. ET) and December 20 (12 p.m. PT/3 p.m. ET). Commenting on the video, guitarist Rob Cavestany says: “The idea started as a visualizer for the song, but when we saw the footage, we were hooked and knew it had to turn into a complete video. “Ben did an incredible job of depicting the ‘Aggressor’ concept and his artistic style is unique for DEATH ANGEL. The timing of this release couldn’t be better given the circ...
JOURNEY’s ARNEL PINEDA Says EDDIE VAN HALEN Was A Guitar ‘God’
In Episode 451 of the “Iron City Rocks” podcast, JOURNEY singer Arnel Pineda reflected on Eddie Van Halen‘s passing, saying: “May he rest in peace. I’m not even a guitar player — I’m just an acoustic guitar player… Oh my God. When it comes to him as a guitarist, I think he’s one of the best. And he’s a God. He’s a God when it comes to playing. I feel so bad. He’s gone too soon, really. Gone too soon.” Eddie died on October 6 at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California. His wife, Janie, was by his side, along with his son Wolfgang and Alex, Eddie‘s brother and VAN HALEN drummer. After undergoing hip replacement surgery in 1999 due to a chronic joint problem, Eddie was diagnosed with mouth ...
ORIANTHI Talks CBD, Lifestyle Changes And Working With ALICE COOPER
Australian guitarist Orianthi recently appeared on “Side Jams With Bryan Reesman” to discuss her love for cooking and traveling, which also led to discussions about lifestyle changes after living on fast food and bourbon, and focusing on real friendships after becoming famous. She also offered praise for her former boss Alice Cooper. Discussing family dining rituals while growing up in Australia: “My grandma would always cook a lot. My parents were working a lot, so my mom would be cooking on the weekends and cook as much as she could during the week because she came home earlier. But it was off and on, and so I’d get home from school and I would be hanging out with my grandma. She’d be teaching me how to cook Greek meals and different things, and then my mom ...
‘Bandcamp Fridays’ Raised $40 Million for Artists, Will Continue in 2021
In response to the pandemic earlier this year, Bandcamp waived its own revenue share on the first Friday of every month since March giving artists all proceeds from their sales. Today, the site revealed that artists earned $40 million from those dates and pledged to continue Bandcamp Fridays in 2021. The dates will be Feb. 5, March 5, April 2, and May 7, according to the site. While artists including Bjork and Peter Gabriel have music on Bandcamp, thousands of new and small bands across all genres use the platform to share music, and the Bandcamp website offered thanks to the nearly 800,000 fans who helped creators whose livelihoods were disrupted by the pandemic. In a letter, CEO Ethan Diamond explained that on Bandcamp Fridays, an average of 93 percent of money paid r...
St. Vincent Promises a ‘Tectonic Shift’ on Her Sixth Album, Due in Early 2021
St. Vincent’s new album, the follow-up to 2017’s MASSEDUCATION, is “locked and loaded,” ready for an early 2021 release, she revealed in a MOJO interview shared on Reddit. St. Vincent, born Annie Clark, joked to the British mag that, “I’m American so I will only use gun metaphors.” She told the publication to expect a “tectonic shift” on the yet-to-be-titled LP. “I felt I had gone as far as I could possibly go with angularity. I was interested in going back to the music I’ve listened to more than any other — Stevie Wonder records from the early ’70s, Sly and the Family Stone. I studied at the feet of those masters.” Additionally, Clark said future tours would be more scaled-down affairs. “My last tour was a whole bunch of production and high-concept video and razzle-dazzle and I ...
Billie Eilish Unveils Trailer for Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry
The first trailer for the upcoming Billie Eilish documentary, Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry, is out now. It opens with her hanging out in a bedroom with her brother FINNEAS before giving a glimpse into her life. The footage includes scenes of Eilish passing her driving test, a shot of her “dream car” (a Dodge Challenger), her relationship with her family and of course, performing early in her career. The documentary will chronicle her rise from playing for her family to selling out arenas all over the world and winning Grammys. Watch it below. [embedded content] The film will be released in theaters by Neon and premiere globally on Apple TV+ on Feb. 26, 2021. It is directed by R.J. Cutler, whose recent work includes Belushi, The Sep...
SPIN First Look: LP Delivers An Explosive Drive-In Performance
LP’s recent drive-in performances in Southern California were a much-needed reprieve from the lack of live music in 2020. If you missed the opportunity to see the singer-songwriter do what she does best on stage, we’ve got good news for you. Check out SPIN’s exclusive live performance video of LP’s single “How Low Can You Go” below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
