EVENTS
Watch Alison Wonderland Throw Down at First Festival Performance in 10 Months
Alison Wonderland is back. The electronic music superstar descended on New Zealand’s Matakana Country Park—located just one hour north of Auckland—to drop a massive set at Hidden Valley Festival over the weekend. Wonderland, who quarantined for two weeks ahead of the performance, was joined by fellow dance music heavyweights Dimension, Sub Focus, The Upbeats featuring MC Tali, Montell2099, Sachi, and Lee Mvtthews. If the video she shared on Twitter is any indication, after 10 months devoid of festival performances, she came out guns blazing. Watch the clip below, where she drops Kaivon‘s remix of her fan-favorite track “Peace” to a roaring crowd. It’s important to note the country of New Zealand’s success in the battle against COVID-19. Accordi...
Steve Aoki, Halsey, and Lauv to Join BTS for New Year’s Eve Streaming Event
South Korean entertainment juggernaut Big Hit Entertainment is gearing up for a New Year’s Eve livestream celebration. Powered by their Weverse platform, the ticketed event will feature performances and virtual meet-and-greets from some of the biggest stars in the world. BTS, Lee Hyun, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, and more are slated to send off 2020 with the app’s multi-camera technology, which will allow fans to watch each set from a variety of immersive angles. Over the weekend, it was announced that a trio of American performers would be taking the digital stage for the end-of-the-year party. Joining the Big Hit Entertainment mainstays are Steve Aoki, Halsey, and Lauv. As you may know, each of the three artists have collaborated with BTS in the past. In the...
Watch an Exclusive Preview of Martin Garrix’s Set at Upcoming Tomorrowland Virtual NYE Festival
Fans of Martin Garrix have been counting down the seconds until his set at Tomorrowland‘s first-ever virtual New Year’s Eve festival, one of his most anticipated performances in recent memory. Those fans can now get a taste of what to expect after organizers dropped an exclusive preview of Garrix throwing down on one of the fest’s beautiful digital stages. If the five-plus minute clip below is any indication, the performance is going to be special. You can already tell that Garrix’s set is going to be an all-out showcase of his anthemic sound. To boot, Tomorrowland’s staff did an incredible job of simulating a real music festival by seamlessly interpolating all the peripherals you’d typically hear at an event, like crowd noise and Co2 cannons. Garrix wil...
Dance Your Way Into 2021 With Insomniac’s Four-Day “Virtual Flashback” Streaming Event
Despite vaccines slowly being rolled out across the world, it’s sadly still not safe to have a big, in-person New Year’s Eve celebration. In light of this disappointing reality, Insomniac has whipped up a collection of replay sets—packaged into a New Year’s Eve countdown livestream—perfect for socially distanced partying at home. The iconic promoter recently unveiled a lineup for the online event, which they dubbed “Virtual Flashback.” Set to be featured on the stream this week are archival performances from Dillon Francis, Kaskade, Kill The Noise, Moore Kismet, Subtronics, deadmau5‘s TESTPILOT alias, and the late i_o, among others. Each of the sets took place at one of Insomniac’s “Virtual Rave-A-Thon” events this y...
Close Out 2020 With Special ‘goodbye 2020 set’ from San Holo
This year, livestreams have been the backbone of the music industry, and multi-instrumentalist and producer San Holo is following suit with the announcement of a special “goodbye 2020 set” streaming on YouTube this Monday, December 28th. Certain to make the day just a little bit brighter, the hourlong broadcast will begin on his channel at 1:30PM PT (22:30PM CET), with the artist promising to interact with fans in the stream’s chat section. “Let’s hope for a brighter 2021 but let’s also appreciate what we have now,” San Holo wrote on social media. “[It will be] an hour of music that makes me feel lots of things (hopefully you will to!).” Most recently, San Holo celebrated the holidays with a new remix of Wham!...
Lagos governor recovers from coronavirus, urges precautions
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday announced his recovery from COVID-19 infection, having tested negative, following 14 days of treatment. Addressing State House correspondents at ‘Lagos House’, Marina, Sanwo-Olu said that he experienced moderate symptoms like headache, cough, among other COVID-19 symptoms. He thanked the people of Lagos and the medical team for their care, prayers, and concern throughout his isolation. “I was fortunate to have had a relatively moderate COVID-19 experience. About one in every 10 persons who contracted the disease in Lagos State were not so lucky; they have to go into intensive care, and some of them did not make it out alive. “For this reason, my gratitude is deep and profuse. And it is also for this reason, that I am here to app...
Spend Your New Year’s Eve in a Trippy Virtual Mushroom with Beats Antique
If you’re still looking for ways to spend your New Year’s Eve in a safe yet fun way, look no further. Oakland-based experimental electronic music group Beats Antique are hosting their very own New Year’s Eve extravaganza at The Virtual Mushroom so you can ring in 2021 in a mystical land from the comfort of your own home. The December 31st event will consist of five shows across each timezone, with dance performances, live music, and midnight countdowns. The Virtual Mushroom is a recently launched online venue designed by te legendary digital artist Android Jones and powered by Infinite Reality. You may know Jones from his jaw-dropping, immersive animations for the Infinite Playa from the Burning Man Multiverse. The price is listed as &#...
Kaskade, Major Lazer, More to Headline ABRACADABRA NYE Virtual Festival and #SaveOurStages Fundraiser
ABRACADABRA has announced its third and final digital festival of the year and it’s shaping up to be the biggest yet. Get ready to ring in 2021 with the 24-hour event, broadcasted live on AbracadabraTV from December 30th through January 1st. All proceeds—raised via voluntary viewer donations, brand partner donations and merch sales—will benefit #SaveOurStages. The festival will host over 50 hours of nonstop music and self-love experiences. The lineup is stacked with some of the biggest names in the industry, including John Legend, Kaskade, Major Lazer, Aloe Blacc, and ABRACADABRA co-founders BLOND:ISH. It will be hosted live from Miami by Hannah Rad, but can be accessed worldwide. Four hours each day will be dedicated to mental health workshops and welln...
Rave Responsibly: EDM.com’s 2020 New Year’s Streaming Guide
We’ve finally reached the time of the year when we can say—with a sigh of relief—these four words: “2020 is almost over.” New Year’s 2020 will look and feel much different thanks to COVID-19 lockdowns that seem to become more strict by the minute. Staying at home on New Year’s Eve isn’t the worst thing, though. You can spend quality time with family, party in your sweatpants, save hundreds of dollars on a one-time outfit, and avoid the inevitable vomit-inducing jäger bombs. Here is a list of virtual dance music events to stream on New Year’s Eve and Day—because being stuck at home doesn’t mean you can’t rave. Beatport x Absolut NYE 2020 Beatport x Absolut NYE 2020 will begin before midnight local time in Melbourne, Australia w...
Rave Responsibly: EDM.com’s 2020 New Year’s Streaming Guide
We’ve finally reached the time of the year when we can say—with a sigh of relief—these four words: “2020 is almost over.” New Year’s 2020 will look and feel much different thanks to COVID-19 lockdowns that seem to become more strict by the minute. Staying at home on New Year’s Eve isn’t the worst thing, though. You can spend quality time with family, party in your sweatpants, save hundreds of dollars on a one-time outfit, and avoid the inevitable vomit-inducing jäger bombs. Here is a list of virtual dance music events to stream on New Year’s Eve and Day—because being stuck at home doesn’t mean you can’t rave. Beatport x Absolut NYE 2020 Beatport x Absolut NYE 2020 will begin before midnight local time in Melbourne, Australia w...
Tulum’s 17-Day Zamna Festival Postponed Following Spike in COVID-19 Cases
Tulum’s marathon 17-day festival event Zamna, which was scheduled to kick off on December 31st, has been postponed following public concerns over the spread of COVID-19. Zamna Festival was feared to be a superspreader event in the making. Tulum has recently become a hub for music festivals playing it fast and loose amid ongoing pandemic restrictions, and has drawn visitors from the United States and throughout Latin America. Art With Me, a recent festival in Tulum, saw attendees dancing in crowds, and virtually no mask-wearing. The event was tied to a spike in cases, leading many to fear that Zamna would precipitate the same. Following backlash, Zamna’s organizers have postponed their next event until April, 2021. In a statement shared via the fest’s website and Fac...
Techno Bingo is a One-of-a-Kind Game Night Taking Over Melbourne Music Week
You wouldn’t usually expect to see techno and bingo in the same sentence—much less the same room—but these days the music scene is anything but conventional. As part of the extended Melbourne Music Week, the “Techno Bingo” event promises to deliver exactly that unlikely combination, marrying rave music with one of the world’s most timeless and wholesome games. Hosts Katie Pearson, DJ Tanzer, Gabriella Bartonova, The Huxleys, and Jandruze will be working double-duty, dropping beats as well as drawing numbers. Beat Magazine The seated event features intermittent dancing, club lights, pizza for purchase, and the stylings of dirty disco and techno to soundtrack this one-of-a-kind game night. Attendees will have the opportunity to win prizes should ...
