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Nicky Romero to Ring In 2022 With 3-Hour Streaming Event
Fresh off this week’s 10-year anniversary of his generational dance anthem, “I Could Be The One” with Avicii, Nicky Romero has announced a New Year’s Eve livestream to ring in 2022. The three-hour show will be available exclusively on Romero’s website, where he will play a DJ set from 11:55-1AM CET. Marc Benjamin will open the show at 11PM and Wildstylez, who is also known as one-half of prolific hardstyle duo Project One, is scheduled to close out the stream with an hourlong performance from 1-2 AM. You can tune in here. Romero’s party comes just in time close out a monster year for the Dutch producer, whose label, Protocol Recordings, finally scored its own spot on the Amsterdam Dance Event party lineup this November. He also released a...
CRSSD Festival 2022 to Feature Gorgon City, Adam Beyer, SOFI TUKKER, More
San Diego’s biannual CRSSD music festival has revealed the first phase of its lineup for its upcoming spring 2022 event. Once more, the house and techno affair will take over the city’s picturesque downtown Waterfront Park on March 5th and 6th. Administered by FNGRS CRSSD, the two-day fest will be home to a bevy of big names in the genres spread across three distinct stages. Keiki-Lani Knudsen Headlining the Southern California soiree, and riding on the success of their latest album, Olympia, will be Gorgon City alongside Claude VonStroke and Green Velvet‘s collaborative project, Get Real. English Indie band Glass Animals, who were recently nominated in the Best New Artist category for the 2022 Grammys, will share the same stage as SOFI TUKKER, and Nina Kraviz is slated t...
Hundreds of Ravers Threw an Illegal Party Inside a 12th Century-Era Irish Castle
A centuries-old castle outside Dublin was overrun by teenagers on Sunday night, thanks to an illegal rave featuring a so-called “famous DJ,” Sunday World reported. “In fact, he was that famous he had the audacity to ask me to book him a taxi to take him home!,” said Skyrne Castle owner Derek Iceton, who arrived on the scene after neighbors alerted him to a stream of taxis driving onto the grounds. According to Iceton, crowds were spread out over the building’s three stories until he was able to cut the property’s power, when began dispersing the crowd. “I fully expect to have Covid after this,” he told the Meath Chronicle. “The walls were dripping with condensation when we finally got the place cleared.” Skyrne Castle w...
Here’s a List of 2021 EDM New Year’s Eve Parties Happening In Las Vegas
Las Vegas is known as the home of some of the world’s best nightclubs. And with such a stellar reputation, you know Sin City is bringing the heat this New Year’s Eve. Yes, you can find an NYE event to attend in almost any major city, but no place does it quite like Vegas. Whether you’re looking to get down to some big beats or for some good ol’ fashioned Vegas hedonisim, there’s something for everyone to partake in before the ball drops. We’ve compiled a list of every EDM show taking place in Las Vegas this New Year’s Eve, which you can check out below along with ticket links. Playa Playground Festival at AREA15 Find tickets here. c/o Press Steve Aoki at Omnia Nightclub Find tickets here. c/o Press Recommended Articles FISHER at Marquee Nightc...
Spring Awakening Cancún Cancelled Due to Omicron Concerns, Major Loss From Chicago Festival: Report
While live music made a triumphant return in 2021, the weather and a sudden surge in COVID-19 cases haven’t been kind to LiveOne. The promoter and digital media company have announced that they are canceling the Cancún edition of Spring Awakening just weeks before the event was scheduled to take place. The Cancún music festival was set to take place from January 13th through 17th. According to Billboard, LiveOne cited the Omicron variant of the coronavirus as a primary contributor to the cancellation as well as a $3 million dollar loss they suffered after Spring Awakening’s flagship festival in Chicago was ultimately canceled due to lightning, which caused an evacuation of the festival grounds. Spring Awakening According to a statement from L...
Decentral Games Is Hosting a Massive NYE Metaverse Party With Rich DietZ, Fluencee, More
As the Omicron variant of the coronavirus causes unrest across the globe, Decentral Games is throwing a huge New Years Eve party in the metaverse with performances from Rich DietZ, Cristy Lawrence, Fluencee, and Medii. The virtual party will take place within a prominent landmark in Decentraland’s Vegas City district, Tominoya. Players will be able to listen to exclusive DJ sets while partaking in games of poker, blackjack, slots, and roulette. The marathon event will be sponsored by OKEx, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, spot & derivatives and bitcoin exchange. Decentral Games, who will be giving away $10,000 of its native $DG token at the NYE event, has been redefining what entertainment looks like in the metaverse. Recent partnerships include one with legend...
Lights All Night Organizers Cancel Minneapolis NYE Festival
The Minneapolis edition of the popular electronic music festival Lights All Night has been canceled just two days before the event was scheduled to begin. Prior to its cancellation, the two-day fest was planning to host performances from ZHU, Jauz, ATLiens, Doctor P, FuntCase, Vampa, Feed Me, Wreckno, and more. Organizers to took to social media to share a statement informing fans of the news. “Out of concern for our fans, artists, employees, and local communities, we are sad to announce Lights All Night Minneapolis will not be held this year,” the statement reads. While the pandemic was not overtly mentioned in the statement, prospective attendees can read between the lines as cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus rise rapidly around the world. However, the Dall...
Lights All Night 2021: Set Times, COVID-19 Guidelines, and Everything Else You Need to Know
Texas’ largest and longest-running electronic dance music festival, Lights All Night, is getting ready for its 11th edition this weekend. The New Year’s Eve celebration will return to the Dallas Market Hall, a spacious and innovative warehouse-style space situated just minutes outside of downtown Dallas, on December 30th and 31st. We’re here to help you learn everything you need to know to navigate the festival throughout the weekend, including its COVID-19 protocols, daily schedules, travel and more. Lights All Night. Alive Coverage COVID-19 PROTOCOLS Organizers have asked that those who attend get vaccinated. Legally they cannot ask for proof of vaccination to enter the venue, but they’ve strongly encouraged the jab in order to follow health guidelines....
MDLBEAST SOUNDSTORM Attracts Global Audience of Over 700,000 In Blockbuster Second Year
In only its second year of action, MDLBEAST SOUNDSTORM became one of the largest music festivals in the world. With performances from over 150 of electronic dance music’s most recognizable artists, including Armin van Buuren, Charlotte de Witte, Martin Garrix, and Steve Aoki, it was obvious the team behind SOUNDSTORM was leaving no stone unturned for the festival’s 2021 return. Steve Aoki performs at MDLBEAST SOUNDSTORM 2021. MDLBEAST (via Facebook) Now, with its 2021 edition freshly in the rearview, it’s clear dance music fans were favorable to the organizers’ ambitious vision as over 700,000 attendees reportedly showed up across four days. Recommended Articles That tops the attendance numbers for many of the world’s large...
Arizona to Host Carl Cox, Kaskade, Adam Beyer, More for Inaugural “Body Language” Festival
In Arizona, there’s one event promoter that has the Phoenix EDM scene on lock: Relentless Beats. These top-notch organizers already power landmark festivals like Decadence NYE, Crush Arizona and Goldrush. Now, their sub-brand RBDeep is adding yet another event to the company’s docket: Body Language. The three-day festival will be dedicated to house, techno and underground music. Slated for March 4-6 at Rawhide Event Center, the fest will welcome Adam Beyer, Boris Brejcha, Carl Cox and Wax Motif to its three stages, as well as a Kaskade “Redux” set and a special B2B performance from longtime friends Dombresky and Noizu (read our interview with the pair here). According to organizers, a second wave of artists will be announced in early 2022. You can bu...
Interstellar Music Festival Announces Move to Kentucky Speedway In 2022
Following a memorable debut in Cincinnati in 2021, the organizers of Interstellar Music Festival have announced a move to the Kentucky Speedway in 2022. Hosted by Uncut Republic, an electronic music-focused promoter based in Cincinnati, Interstellar will comprise three immersive stages, each of which feature state-of-the-art festival production. It’s here where the fest’s 115-plus artists will throw down until 5AM—yes, 5AM—for an expansive dance music spectacular. A lineup has not yet been announced, but prospective attendees can subscribe for updates to be among the first to find out. Fans are safe to expect a massive lineup, considering last year’s fest featured performances from Boombox Cartel, Adventure Club, Liquid Stranger, Herobust, and many more. Recommended Artic...
Steve Aoki Will Take to the Metaverse Jungle to Headline Monkey Kingdom NFT Event
Only Steve Aoki has the energy to stir a band of raving apes into a frenzy, and with his new partnership alongside the Monkey Kingdom NFT collection, that’s precisely what he’s going to do. Aoki has been slated to headline the Monkey Kingdom Christmas Party, which will take place in the Cryptovoxels digital metaverse. Aoki has become one of the foremost purveyors of NFTs in the electronic dance music landscape. He’s also a known fan of ape-themed projects specifically, given that he possesses an astounding seven collectibles from the famed Bored Ape Yacht Club. For obvious reasons, Monkey Kingdom has been compared to the iconic BAYC series, and just last month the collection went live with the launch of 2,222 monkey avatars. According to a press release, the artwork ...
