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Honey Dijon, DJ Nobu, Kerri Chandler to Perform “Discover Tokyo” Virtual Music Experience
Famed Japanese beer company Asahi Super Dry has partnered with Resident Advisor and Club Qu to create “Discover Tokyo,” the world’s first virtual music experience with spatial audio. For those unfamiliar with the technology, spatial audio uses dynamic head tracking to create a theater-like sound that surrounds listeners for an immersive experience. The “Discover Tokyo” event is free to attend and will kick off on March 26th at 12AM PT and will run on a loop for 24 hours. Viewers will be tuning in from around the world to immersive themselves in a 45-minute journey through Tokyo that will be soundtracked by DJ Nobu, Honey Dijon, and Kerri Chandler. The experience will be broken up into three different sections, each repr...
Kaskade, Zeds Dead, REZZ, More Announced on North Coast Music Festival 2021 Lineup
There are few things more exciting than the announcement of a monster music festival lineup. Next to reveal their 2021 plans is the beloved North Coast Music Festival, which is moving to a new location this Labor Day Weekend for its 11th edition, making a new home at the recently renovated SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois. The lineup for this year’s event is better than we could’ve imagined, featuring headline performances by Kaskade, GRiZ, Zeds Dead, Louis The Child, Ganja White Night, and REZZ. The star-power doesn’t stop there. Also taking the stage will be Chris Lake, Claude VonStroke, Green Velvet, Whethan, NGHTMRE, San Holo, Liquid Stranger, and an appearance by deadmau5’s TESTPILOT alias, among many others. The new location brings exciting new op...
Dillon Francis Announces Interactive Virtual Concert with Wave
Dillon Francis is next to join the Wave family. The producer has announced he will be partnering with the virtual experiences platform for “Total Fiasco,” a new digital concert on Thursday, April 1st. The event will be unlike anything we’ve seen from both parties because for the first time ever, fans will be able to virtually gift visual elements and environments during the live show. Think part live performance, part ‘choose your own adventure.’ “Total Fiasco” will see Francis in supernatural avatar form, throwing down an all-original set against a virtual world that matches his unique sound. The show is free to attend and fans will be able to virtually sent Francis a number of gifts or small donations, like virtual accessories, o...
Amsterdam Dance Event Confirms In-Person 2021 Dates, Celebrates 25 Years
Industry insiders and electronic music fans, rejoice: Amsterdam Dance Event will officially take place in person this year as it celebrates its 25th anniversary edition. Organizers cite the ubiquitous vaccination campaign and rapid test capacity of the Netherlands as catalysts for the event, which is currently slated for October 13th to 17th, 2021. Since its inception in 1996, ADE has grown famous for its unique combination of the club and the conference room. Dedicated to electronic music, its 2019 edition featured over 2,500 artists for its festival and 600 speakers for its conference across nearly 200 of the city’s venues. While much of ADE’s plans for 2021 are still under wraps, performances from Dave Clarke, Oliver Heldens, Avalon Emerson and Speedy J are c...
GRiZ, Ganja White Night, More to Perform At Elements Music & Arts Festival 2021
The organizers of Elements Music & Arts Festival have announced the final lineup of artists for its Labor Day Weekend celebration. After postponing its 2020 event to Memorial Day Weekend, the festival ultimately announced a move to its traditional Labor Day Weekend to ensure health and safety protocols are upheld and most of the headliners are able to attend. Slated for September 3rd to 6th in Lakewood, Pennsylvania, the festival features an expansive lineup of artists, including GRiZ, Ganja White Night, Bob Moses, Claude VonStoke, Diplo, CloZee, Yotto, TOKiMONSTA, Rusko, Chris Lake, Bonobo, and Manic Focus. Based on the original four elements of Water, Earth, Fire, and Air with corresponding stages, the festival incorporates the fifth element of “you” to bring the community ...
First-Ever HARD London Festival to Feature Alesso, Malaa, Dillon Francis, More This Summer
As more and more music festivals return with a vengeance after a brutal year, the famed HARD Events brand is expanding its footprint. Organizers have announced HARD London, a one-day electronic music festival in the UK on Saturday, August 21st, 2021. Set to appear at the fest are a slew of dance music’s finest, including Alesso, Tchami, Dillon Francis, Malaa, WHIPPED CREAM, and The Bloody Beetroots, among others. The event will go down at The Drumsheds, a gas manufacturing plant-turned-event space from the creators of iconic concert venue Printworks. Check out the flyer below. Flyer for HARD Events’ inaugural London music festival. HARD Events Pre-sale general admission tickets and VIP passes go on sale Wednesday, March 31st at noon GMT. ...
Miami’s III Points and LA’s Secret Project Join Forces for Two-Day Festival With Black Coffee, Eric Prydz, More
After a year devoid of in-person concerts, Miami’s III Points Music Festival is here to bring balance back to the music festival scene. After announcing a stacked lineup for their main event, which was moved to October 22nd and 23rd, 2021, organizers have unveiled they will be hosting a second two-day festival in partnership with Insomniac‘s beloved Secret Project Festival. The two will be bringing the gritty, industrial Los Angeles brand to Miami from April 30th to May 1st. Both festivals have developed a cult-like following for showcasing the sound of the underground. The lineup for III Points x Secret Project Festival aligns with this ethos, with confirmed sets by Black Coffee, Luciano, Eric Prydz, Green Velvet, Michael Bibi, DJ Tennis, and more. The event will fe...
Carl Cox, Kaytranada, Honey Dijon, More to Perform Manchester’s Parklife Festival 2021
The music festival announcements continue to roll in with Manchester’s beloved Parklife Festival next on the docket. After taking 2020 off in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fest is set to return bigger than ever at Heaton Park on September 11th and 12, 2021. The lineup for this year’s festivities is stacked, featuring the biggest names in hip-hop and electronic music. Carl Cox, Honey Dijon, CamelPhat, Peggy Gou, Adam Beyer, Disclosure, Four Tet, Jamie xx, Kaytranada, Annie Mac, The Blessed Madonna, and more have all been confirmed to perform at the two-day festival. They’ll join Megan Thee Stallion, Skepta, DaBaby, Young Thug, and Earl Sweatshirt, among many others, for a weekend that will be one for the books. After organizers release...
Excision, ILLENIUM, Madeon, More to Perform at Imagine Music Festival 2021: See the Full Lineup
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article reported on the first phase of Imagine Music Festival’s 2021 lineup. The article has been updated to include the full lineup, which was announced nearly seven months later. After abandoning the event’s 2020 iteration due to COVID-19 concerns, organizers of the beloved Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia music fest Imagine Music Festival have announced the fest’s full 2021 lineup. The three-day festival, which will go down September 17th to 19th, 2021, doubles as a “who’s who” of electronic music’s most notable artists. In addition to headliners Excision, ILLENIUM, GRiZ, and Kaskade, the lineup features an awe-inspiring list of collaborative DJ sets. Those include Kayzo B2B Subtronics, Virtu...
Naomi Osaka uncomfortable with tight schedule
Naomi Osaka dislikes long and busy stretches away from the comforts of home and so will plan the European portion of her schedule accordingly in the hope of improving her title hopes at the French Open and Wimbledon. Osaka, competing this week at the Miami Open near where she grew up, said that while she chases success relentlessly she is still trying to shape her playing schedule to give herself the best chance of success. “I’m not really sure what a normal schedule is but I’ve never thought of myself to be the type of player that would play week in and week out,” said Osaka. “I personally get homesick quite often and it makes me kind of sad sometimes.” Japan’s four-time Grand Slam champion collected her second U.S. Open title last September and followed that up with a second triumph at t...
Senate considers bill to unbundle NIPOST
The Senate has commenced moves to unbundle the Nigerian Postal Service with the consideration of a bill to repeal and re-enact the Nigerian Postal Service Act 2004. The bill which scaled second reading on Tuesday was sponsored by Senator Oluremi Tinubu (APC, Lagos Central). Leading the debate on the general principles of the bill, Tinubu said the piece of legislation seeks a reform of the Postal Industry and to make Comprehensive Provisions for the Development and Regulation of Postal Services in Nigeria. According to the lawmaker, the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) which dates as far back as 1852, evolved from an exigency of the colonial administration to a Collection Office of the United Kingdom and eventually, to the NIPOST. She recalled that as at 1st of October, 1960, when Nigeria g...
Lollapalooza Founder Perry Farrell Hints at 2021 Edition
Jane’s Addiction frontman and the face of Lollapalooza, Perry Farrell, has shared an optimistic outlook on the festival’s prospects for a 2021 event. Farrell appears eager to get the show back on the road after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, taking to Instagram to hint at the 2021 edition of the iconic Chicago music fest. “I hold in my hands my license to party,” Farrell stated while holding up his COVID-19 vaccination receipt. “I will see you at Lollapalooza – soon.” Lollapalooza would be celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and currently the four-day event is on the books for July 30th through August 2nd. Last year’s event was held virtually and blended in new live performances alongside “best of” sets pulled from the archi...
