• Ultimate Music Experience (UME) 2015 Full Lineup Announced; Hardwell, David Guetta, Tiësto Included

    Electronic music festival, Ultimate Music Experience, known to fans as UME, has announced the full three-day lineup that will feature previously announced headliners David Guetta, Hardwell and Tiësto. The lineup has filled out over the three days with David Guetta collaborators, Showtek and Robin Schulz, plus Hard Events founder, Gary Richards, known by his DJ name, Destructo on the first day, Thursday, March 19th. Friday, March 20 will see Hardwell joined by his Revealed Recordings label mates, W&W, Dannic and Thomas Newson for a special Dutch party. The final night, Saturday, March 21st will feature artists who have released music on Tiësto's imprint Musical Freedom, DVBBS, Oliver Heldens and MOTI.
  • Rich Homie Quan Has Drake on His Album, Is Featured On Lil Wayne "Grindin" Remix

    Dequantes Lamar, better known as, Rich Homie Quan, recently sat down with VladTV to discuss his upcoming music and the Lil Wayne, Birdman, YMCMB beef and divulged some pretty tasty morsels of information. When asked about what music he has coming up, he divulged that he will be on Lil Wayne's upcoming "Grindin' Remix", though does not indicate when it might be released. He is asked about his work with Drake and offers a run down of collaborative interests with the whole YMCMB crew. He notes, "Drake will be on my album. He invited me out to his house, we did 2-3 songs."
  • 40 Years of 'The Wiz': Music Times Chooses Five Classic Scenes from The Film Adaptation, Starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson

    We're not Broadway people but we know a classic when we see it, and The Wiz is classic. The idea of adapting a cinematic masterpiece such as The Wizard of Oz into a new musical—set far from the rural lands of the original in the urban streets of New York City—could have fallen flat but William F. Brown's play was anything but. We hope that the musical gets a Broadway revival (the last attempt, during 2004, was abandoned) but until then the best way to check out The Wiz is via the 1978 film version starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor and more. We've whittled down a short list of our favorite scenes from that film to celebrate the play's 40th anniversary.
  • Gent Treadly Announce 20th Anniversary Tour, Party [SCHEDULE]

    There are plenty of bands celebrating their 20th anniversaries this year, and you can count Gent Treadly among them. The 1990s jam band featuring founder Greg Koerner is set to play a slew of 2015 gigs.The biggest bash will take place Jan. 11 at the Brooklyn Bowl, where the group will host its official birthday party. Check out the description from GT's Facebook page:"Gent Treadly: Celebrating 20 years (w/ THEN OMAHA & Special Guests) 
Yes Sunday! Dance to winter with GT's incredible lineup: Greg Koerner(GT Founder), Kevin Griffin(GT/U-Melt), Zak Lasher(GT/U-Melt), Abou Lion Diarra(GT/Wailer's), Gregg Sulzer, & guests inc. Kenny Brooks(Ratdog) , David Berg, Tom Kaelin, Marc Loponte(Stella Blue's), Sean Pace, & Anastasia René. 
Gent Treadly will also be celebrating the Birthday & hosting the party of our friend Peter Crabtree"Some fans have noticed that the sure-to-be-bonkers birthday jam takes place on the Sabbath."Sunday,you ask?" the event page reads. "Yes Sunday!! Dance your way into the depths of winter with positive vibes from the incredible Jams & a night of surprises! What better way to recover from returning to work, the exhaustion of the holidays than celebrating with friends & arguably Gent Treadly's most impressive lineup to date."Of course, if you miss out on the Brooklyn show, there will be plenty more to hit up. Check out the official gig schedule below, via Jam Bands:
  • Electric Zoo Announces Japanese Expansion, Festival Dates

    New York's largest dance music festival Electric Zoo is heading overseas. Today, Dec. 5, the festival organizers have announced that the Made Event festival would set up shop for the first time in Japan, Tokyo Beach to be exact. The festival will take place over Goldenweek Holiday, which takes place on April 29 and between May 3-5, though the date on the website says May 6. Electric Zoo made the announcement with a simple post on Twitter - "Hello Tokyo."
  • Jay Z Says Hip-Hop Played Important Role In Race Relations in America [WATCH]

    Leading up to the 50th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery marches, Oprah's OWN network will be airing a series of civil rights-related programming. Yesterday the network aired a special "Master Class" episode that featured a variety of firsthand accounts from "iconic masters," including rapper and business mogul Jay Z (born Shawn Carter).