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Ultra Wastes No Time, Confirms Swedish House Mafia to Headline 2023 Music Festival
If you thought Ultra Music Festival was going to fade into the rearview for another year, having just completed a massively successful 2022 edition, you’d be sorely mistaken. This year’s festival season has only just begun, but Ultra already has fans pondering tough but necessary decisions for their 2023 calendars. In a stunt executed immediately prior to Hardwell’s electrifying comeback set on the Main Stage Sunday night, Swedish House Mafia were revealed to be the first headliners confirmed for Ultra 2023. During the one-minute reveal, Swedish House Mafia’s name and iconic triple-circle logo were emblazoned across the stage’s video boards. Additionally, the stage’s massive LED Ultra logo morphed in realtime to reveal a hidden message: “See You Ne...
Tao Group Brings Debut ACRAZE Residency to Las Vegas
Having recently kicked off a new residency with the famed TAO Hospitality Group, ACRAZE is making himself at home in Las Vegas. With his first couple shows in the books, ACRAZE is proving that the fascination around the Class of 2022 star as well as his meteoric hit “Do It To It” are showing no signs of relenting. Tao Group remains one of Sin City’s most prominent venue operators with a wide-ranging portfolio of properties, including OMNIA Nightclub at Caesars Palace, Marquee Dayclub and Nightclub at The Cosmopolitan, Hakkasan Nightclub and Wet Republic at MGM Grand Hotel, and TAO Nightclub and TAO Beach Dayclub at The Venetian Resort. It’s certainly a rarity that a single track projects an artist to the upper echelons of dance music stardom, but it’s importan...
Sunset Music Festival Announces Massive Lineup for 2022 With Alesso, ILLENIUM, More
Following an incredibly successful 2021 event in which Sunset Music Festival reignited the live event flame as one of the first festivals to return, it is returning in 2022 with another massive lineup. Organizers have now announced the second phase of artists for the 2022 festival, which is scheduled for May 27-29 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. Sunset has always been known for putting together huge lineups, with surprise headliners, fan-favorites, and more. The 2022 lineup is no exception, with its first phase featuring Dillon Francis, Duke Dumont, Jason Ross, Liquid Stranger, Gorgon City, MiTiS and Blanke, among others. Organizers then announced a second phase on March 28th, with Alesso, ILLENIUM, Oliver Heldens, John Summit, Dom Dolla, Zeds Dead and more. Disco Donnie Prese...
deadmau5, Richie Hawtin, More Raise $3 Million for Innovative Streaming Company, Volta
As the metaverse continues to expand, more and more electronic artists are investing their assets. Volta is the latest music tech and XR company to receive a cosign from some of the biggest players in the game. Richie Hawtin and deadmau5’s Pixelynx, Jillionaire, Post Malone, and Beatport CEO Robb McDaniels are just a few of the names that have contributed to the company’s latest funding round, which Music Business Worldwide estimates to be valued at $3 million. A handful of venture capital firms also took part. Volta is self-described as a “free, self-service XR creation platform” that will ultimately allow creators to build and broadcast their own experiences within the metaverse. Artists will be able to use their DAW of choice, midi controllers, or metadata to sync visual eff...
Los Dells 2022 Rescheduled Due to ‘Circumstances Beyond Our Control’
Update: Los Dells 2022 is officially postponed, according to an update that was posted on the festival’s social media account. The announcement comes a month after its lineup was unveiled with headliners Christian Nodal and Anuel AA, who were then abruptly replaced by Becky G, Ozuna and CNCO. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Due to circumstances beyond our control, we unfortunately must postpone,” the post explained just days after the new headliners was announced. “We know you are excited to join us and we are looking forward to bringing you the same upscale multi-genre Latin music festival that we have built our name upon.” The post further explains that purchased tickets will be honored for the new date, which has yet to be set, and that fes...
Miley Cyrus Calls Her Marriage to Liam Hemsworth a ‘F–king Disaster’
Miley Cyrus headlined Lollapalooza Brazil over the weekend and dropped some cold, hard truths about her marriage to Liam Hemsworth in the process. The unfiltered moment came when the pop star helped a fan propose to his boyfriend onstage during her set. After the Brazilian Smiler popped the question in Portuguese, Cyrus offered her own words of celebratory, jaded wisdom to the happy couple. “Yasss!” she shrieked when the fan’s boyfriend accepted the proposal. “Forever b—h, yasss! Congratulations! Honey, I hope your marriage goes better than mine. Mine was a f–king disaster.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In case you need a refresher, the one-time Hannah Montana star was briefly married to Liam Hemsworth — whom she met on the set of 2010’s The...
Madonna Teases Upcoming Hypnotic ‘Frozen’ Remix With 070 Shake
Madonna is going back to the future, again, for her upcoming remix. After dropping a slowed-down, gauzy remix of her Ray of Light single by masked DJ Sickick in December — and then another hypnotic take on the 1998 fan-favorite earlier this month with Sick and Nigerian singer Fireboy DML — Madge is going back to the well one more time time this week with a third version of the lead single from the song she originally co-produced with Patrick Leonard and William Orbit. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news This time, she teased in a tweet, she’ll be joined by New Jersey rapper/singer 070 Shake. “New song And video drops in 2 days with @070Shake,” Madonna wrote along with snow flake, blue heart and nazar emoji. A 17-second teaser features a moody snaps...
FAIR Act Bill to Repeal Amendment to ‘Seven-Year Statute’ Up for Vote in California Assembly
Artists and labels are headed for a face off Wednesday (March 30) in Sacramento as the California State Assembly holds the first hearing and vote on repealing an amendment to the state’s “Seven-Year Statute” following February’s re-introduction of the Free Artists From Industry Restrictions (FAIR) Act. Held by the Assembly’s Committee on Labor and Employment, sources from both sides expect the vote to pass. If it does, the bill would then move to the Assembly’s Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media for an April 19 hearing and vote. Assembly Bill 2926 builds on California Labor Code Section 2855. Enacted in 1944 after the judgment in actress Olivia de Havilland’s lawsuit against Warner Bros. Pictures, 2855 limits personal services contracts for state residents...
Freddie Gibbs Reacts To Benny The Butcher’s Claim They No Longer Can Work Together
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Peacock / Getty It appears that the reported beef between Freddie Gibbs and Benny The Butcher is heating up after Gibbs took to social media to call out rappers for using his name during interviews. During a recent interview on Spotify’s Greenroom, Benny the Butcher spoke about his previous collaborator after he was asked whether or not he and Gibbs would be appearing on any further tracks in the future after the pair previously joined forces on Freddie’s 2020 album Alfredo for the track “Frank Lucas,” as well as on Benny’s 2020 LP Burden of Proof with “One Way Flight.” In response to the questions, Benny was quoted as saying that “the moment of working together came and went, to be honest with you,” before adding, “It’s all love.” Of course, Freddie Gibb...
Will Smith Apologizes For Slapping Chris Rock: “I Was Out Of Line”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ROBYN BECK / Getty Will Smith has formally apologized to Chris Rock for slapping him during the telecast of the 94th Academy Awards. The now Oscar-winning actor took to social media to offer his mea culpa. A day later (March 28), and after apologizing during his acceptance speech after winning an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Smith apologized to everybody. Related Stories “Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive,” said Smith in a statement surely cooked up by a smooth publicist and posted on his Instagram. “My behavior at last night’s Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about Jada’s medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally. I would...
10 Ways Ultra Miami 2022 Returned the Festival to Its Rightful Status as a Global Dance Destination
Did you miss it? The pounding bass? The bright blue sky? The smiles of friends and strangers from across the globe gathering for three days of music and merriment in beautiful downtown Miami? We sure as heck did, and we’re happy to report that Ultra Music Festival is back, baby — exactly where it belongs. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 precautions and a really weird and uncomfortable stint on Virginia Key Beach, UMF returned to its home at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami and reminded us all why it’s one of the premier destinations for dance music — not just in the United States, but the whole world. With daytime highs of 79 degrees, nary a cloud in the sky and soft bay breezes blowing, the weather couldn...
TikTok Makes Oscars Debut During ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ Performance
As the cast of Encanto surprised audiences with a Megan Thee Stallion–featuring performance of the mega-hit song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” another first was underway at the Academy Awards: TikTok made it to the Oscars. As cast members like Stephanie Beatriz, Diane Guerrero, Adassa and Mauro Castillo were joined by Becky G and Luis Fonsi for a new rendition of the song, a swirling projected globe in the background of the performance featured a total of 88 TikTok videos, according to a TikTok spokesperson, about Encanto and its ear worm song. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The projected videos marked the first time TikTok videos have ever appeared at the Oscars during a night when two Twitter-voted...
