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  • Disclosure and Rudimental Announces 2-Day Wildlife Festival Featuring Sam Smith, Wu-Tang Clan, George Ezra and more

    Disclosure (real names Guy and Howard Lawrence) has been quiet of late, but their meteoric rise over the past two years has been remarkable, coinciding with pop's convergence with deep house in the UK and to a degree in the United States. With the added spotlight, fame and resources, the "You & Me" producers have the ability expand their live event brand WILD LIFE to something greater then what it has been in the past — a one off show that features either just Disclosure or Guy and Howard and a few friends. They have announced a brand new WILD LIFE Festival this summer with the help of their friends UK soulful drum n bass group Rudimental. "Latch" singer Sam Smith, Wu-Tang Clan and George Ezra, will headline the festival.

  • Kid Ink, Jeremih and Dej Loaf Headlining the Scream Nation Tour

    Prestigious and popular R&B/hip-hop tour franchise, the Scream Nation tour, is making its return in 2015. It has been announced that the first three headliners who will be heading out on the 24-date tour across the United States this spring are Kid Ink, Jeremih and Dej Loaf.

  • Griz Announces Album 'Stay It Loud,' Shares Single "Stop Trippin," World Tour Dates [LISTEN]

    Saxophone-wielding, electronic-soul producer and performer GRiZ, real name Grant Gwiencinski, has unveiled a ton of information about his plans for the beginning of 2015 and it is everything fans could have hoped for and more. The "A Fine Way To Die" producer announced that his new album, 'Say It Loud,' will be released this March and he has unveiled a brand new single from it.

  • Ultra Music Festival 2015 Goes Underground With 'Resistance' Stage

    Ultra Music Festival is taking a deep dive underground in 2015. Traditionally it has reserved a stage for the old-school house and techno styles of electronic music for Carl Cox and his curated stage, with a smattering of other names across other stages away from the main stage. In 2015, Ultra is making a serious commitment to the underground, giving it two stages, Resistance and Carl Cox and Friends, which has not announced its lineup yet, but he will have to find some names outside those on the Resistance lineup.

  • Coachella 2015 Announces Sideshows Featuring Interpol, Belle and Sebastien, Madeon, Acton Bronson and more

    Just as most people go to a festival for the headliners and true fans stay for the rest of the lineup, most people just go to a festival and call it a day, while the party animals head out to the afters well into the morning. As a two-weekend festival, Coachella is known for the week of parties that take place around the two weekends, before it, during both weekends and in between them. The shows take place all across Los Angeles at venues like El Rey, The Glass House, The Roxy, Fonda, The Echo, Club Nokia and elsewhere. What has been dubbed by some as "Localchella," artists like FKA Twigs, Action Bronson, Madeon, Interpol, Belle & Sebastien and many others will be appearing at this year's sideshows.

  • Forecastle 2015 Lineup: Sam Smith, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket, Widespread Jacket Headlining

    With the Snowmageddon 2015 all bluster and hype (unless you live in Boston), summer feels like it's practically around the corner. If you haven't spent all of your festival money so far, another outdoor massive is looking for your time and cash this summer. Louisville, Kentucky based festival, Forecastle, has released the first wave of artists who will be performing this summer. Louisville's own My Morning Jacket, in addition to Modest Mouse, Sam Smith and Widespread Panic, will headline the Kentucky festival.

  • Travi$ Scott Announces 'Rodeo Tour' With Young Thug and Metro Boomin [FULL SCHEDULE]

    Houston rapper, Travi$ Scott, real name Jacques Webster, recently announced that his long-anticipated album Rodeo would be arriving in March. To support the album, he's gearing up for a month-long, whirlwind tour across Noth America alongside frequent collaborator Young Thug and Metro Boomin. The trio will be headed out across the North America starting at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California, before hitting cities like Chicago, Toronto, New York City, Atlanta, Houston and Los Angeles. The tour will be anchored by three days at SXSW for three days at venues still to be determined.

  • Deadmau5 Receives Calvin Harris's "Sweet Nothing" Double Platinum Award in the Mail

    Calvin Harris has become a successful artist not just in the EDM space, where he has dominated in his own right, but also on the radio, where label executives and A&Rs have clamored for Calvin-Harris-type, dance-pop, crossover hits. That success has led Harris to lofty sales, notably for singles, and a new achievement has just been given to the "Blame" artist -- or at least was supposed to be given to him. Calvin Harris went double platinum for his hit single "Sweet Nothing, featuring the ethereal vocals of Florence Welch of Florence & The Machine, but the plaque was delivered to the wrong address. Deadmau5 took to his favorite medium of communication, social media, to let Calvin know that he had some hardware waiting for him, via "Mixmag."

  • Lil Wayne Reportedly Wants To Take Drake and Nicki Minaj Off Cash Money With Him

    It is not secret that Lil Wayne wants off Cash Money Records, the joint partner with his label Young Money for the YMCMB, but according to reports he does not want to make the move alone. According to a TMZ report, as Lil Wayne wants to keep his whole roster of artists together on Young Money, which includes Drake, Nicki Minaj, Christina Milian, Tyga, Lil Twist and Mack Maine, the president of Young Money. The "Start A Fire" rapper is prepared to sue Birdman to do so after already, reportedly filing a lawsuit to get the $8 million advance on Tha Carter V back as the album has not been released as of yet.

  • Riot Police Called on YG and Ty Dolla $ign Concert in Sydney

    Australia Day got a little out of hand for a few people in Sydney Monday night, Jan. 26. Ty Dolla $ign and YG were performing the fourth show in Sydney on their joint Australia-New Zealand, five-date concert tour when an incident allegedly occurred that led to an ugly brawl outside the venue. Taking place on Australia Day, the show at the Enmore Theatre should have been filled with patriotic cheer and good times, but instead the riot police had to be called into to break up a fight.

  • SFX Announces Shake Up of Executive Staff

    Dance music conglomerate SFX Entertainment, which owns or have majority stake in companies globally like ID&T, Beatport and Made Event has announced a shake up at the top of the executive food chain. This was expected after a November 2014 investors call revealed that the company was going to do an internal evaluation to see where changes needed to be made and where any overlap lied. The major shakeup lays in the marketing and rewards platform Viggle and a move to consolidate positions with executives at both firms.

  • See deadmau5's 20-Minute Live Edit of 'Strobe' Played at Guvernment Finale [WATCH]

    Legendary Toronto music venue Guvernment opened its doors to customers and performers for the last time on Sunday night, Jan. 25 and the man to say farewell to the venue was fittingly Toronto native, deadmau5. Deadmau5 had been hyping up his set in the several weeks leading up to the occasion, noting the historic night and hinting at a few of the tricks he had up his sleeve for the night. One of the most talked about ideas from Joel Zimmerman was a 20-minute live edit of his beloved song "Strobe," which he would premiere at the venue.

  • Big Sean Unveils 'Dark Sky Paradise' Release Date, Trailer: 'IDFWU' Rapper Says New Music Coming This Week

    Big Sean took over social media and the internet as a whole outside of the panicked Northeastern United States when he started cryptically posting on twitter and Instagram about a project Dark Sky Paradise, noting it was "done." He also managed to get a slew of other artists like Drake, Kanye West, Travi$ Scott, Jhené Aiko, DJ Mustard and others to post the same picture on their Instagrams as well. The "IDFWU" rapper continues the steady stream of information and has posted a link to his website that includes a trailer and release date. He also revealed on Twitter that new music was coming this week.

  • The Prodigy Share 'The Day Is My Enemy' Title Track, 2015 European Tour Dates [LISTEN]

    The Prodigy continue their uncompromising pursuit to release their sixth artist album The Day Is My Enemy and have released the audio for the title track from the album and the LP opener. "The Day Is My Enemy" has been generally better received then The UK electronic music pioneer's first single "Nasty," taking a harder, more innovative approach to what The Prodigy put forth with their music.

  • Tomorrowland 2015 Announces First Artist, Dates, Ticketing Information

    It may be hard to think about summer with the snow from snowmageddon 2015 falling with a vengeance outside the office, but news of festivals seemingly just over the snow bank makes things just a little bit warmer. The most buzzed about festival in the world of 2015, according to one source, Tomorrowland has just unveiled the first artist who will be performing at the Belgian electronic music festival this year and it is not someone you would expect. The ID&T produced festival has also revealed the dates for its 11th edition on the grassy fields of Boom, Belgium and ticketing information.

  • Watch Skrillex's 90-Minute Set For X Games In Aspen [WATCH]

    The Winter X Games have been ramping their effort to court 18-25 year olds and in the past few years the winter sporting event has tapped into the growing popularity of electronic music to try and reach the youth of America. In 2014 ESPN, the host of the X Games, tabbed international star DJs, Tiësto and Axwell to perform alongside traditional draws Phoenix and Matt & Kim. In 2015, the X Games kept with the EDM theme, switching out the rockers for rappers with Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa taking the stage with Chromeo and Skrillex filling out the lineup.

  • Big Sean Announces New Album 'Dark Sky Paradise': Drake, Travi$ Scott, Jhené Aiko and Others Post Clues

    There has been a lot of attention given to Kendrick Lamar's upcoming sophomore effort and the battle that Lil Wayne faces trying to free his album Tha Carter V from the clutches of Cash Money Records. Lost in the hip-hop album shuffle has been Big Sean and an impending album that may be getting a release a lot sooner then anyone imagined. In a series of cryptic Instagram posts and tweets yesterday (Jan 25) Big Sean, Roc Nation, Drake, Jhené Aiko and others revealed that a project "Dark Sky Paradise" is in the works and could potentially be the title of his album.

  • Wynn Las Vegas Announces 2015 Artist Roster Featuring Avicii, Diplo, Skrillex, Kaskade, Zedd and Others

    The Las Vegas arms race is heating up with strip veteran Wynn Las Vegas announcing its complete artist roster for 2015. A few names have already trickled out so far this year, with Kaskade making a big announcement of his homecoming to Wynn for a multi-year residency, and a report on Calvin Harris's new residency at Hakkasan by "Askmen" revealed Avicii's intentions to return to Wynn and at a higher price tag then Harris's reported $400,000 per gig. The Vegas nightlife brand, which owns XS Nightclub, Surrender, Tryst and Encore Beach Club, has brought in top-flight acts like Diplo, Skrillex, Laidback Luke, David Guetta, Zedd and others.

  • Kanye West, Paul McCartney & Rihanna "FourFiveSecond" Gets Funky, Horn-Filled Remix From Lido [REVIEW]

    Kanye West pulled another shocker when he released his latest collaboration alongside Paul McCartney titled "FourFiveSeconds," calling upon the vocal talents of Rihanna to assist with the chorus. The acoustic, relaxed original was a eye-brow raiser to Rihanna fans who have been waiting for their queen to deliver more dance-pop hits, but it made perfect sense coming from the minds of Kanye West and Paul McCartney. A track as open and inviting as "FourFiveSeconds" was begging for a remix and it gone one from Norwegian producer Lido, who has become famous online for his work with Cashmere Cat and sensual soulful r&b influenced electronic remixes of songs.

  • Kanye West Reveals Why He Doesn't Smile

    Kanye West has always been one of this generation's most enigmatic musicians. Whether it is his godlike ego, ear for future trends and mastering them or interesting public outbursts, West has always been one to entertain. Now we have a new piece of news from West about a curious habit he and his wife have picked up on, but for different reasons. Kim says she does not want to get wrinkles because her looks are a large majority of the sell, but West takes a totally different approach to why he does not smile. While at The Daily Front Row's Fashion Los Angeles Awards, Kanye revealed why he doesn't show his pearly whites to the world and the reason is a bit different - as one might expect.

  • Tyga Being Sued By Former Manager

    Young Money rapper, Tyga, is being sued by his former manager. According to a TMZ report, his former management company, C&J Management, is suing Tyga to the tune of $4 million. The claim is that he illegally fired them in 2013 and hired new management. C&J Management claims they were instrumental in creating the star that Tyga has become today saying they "turned him form a relative nobody to a world known superstar." They introduced him to Cash Money, so there may be some weight behind the accusations, but these lawsuits are always incredibly difficult to prove.

  • Kid Cudi Talks Deleted Man-On-Man Make Out Scenes in 'James White' Film

    Kid Cudi made another big step in his acting career with the new role he played in the film "James White," which was premiered during the second day of the Sundance Festival. His role during the film was different from what Scott Mescudi has done in the past, starring as the gay best friend of the protagonist, James White, who is played by Christopher Abbot ("Girls"). Playing that role, Kid Cudi had some scenes which forced him to broaden his horizons, including kissing a male friend played by David Call. The scenes were cut from the film and Cudi only found that out when he saw the premiere.

  • Lil Wayne and Migos Unveil "Amazing Amy" After 'SFTW2' Release Ahead of 'Tha Carter V'

    The Lil Wayne and Migos collaboration that fans have been waiting for some time now has found its way onto the internet. Titled "Amazing Amy," seemingly after the book series "Amazing Amy," which was adapted into the film Gone Girl, Migos and Lil Wayne have unveiled the track they recorded during the studio time they spent together. What appears to be a leftover track from "Sorry for the Wait 2," "Amazing Amy" sees all four rappers take their turn at a verse, riffing hard on the theme of Amazing Amy and supposed crazy women. As a potential candidate for "SFTW2," Weezy references the mixtape in the chorus, but does not make any mention of "Tha Carter V" and manages to hold back any disses that might be directed at Birdman.

  • Simon Cowell's DJ Competition Show Will Premiere on Yahoo

    Simon Cowell's DJ competition reality show appears to have a home. It will premiere on Yahoo's online streaming platform Yahoo Screen, which made a large jump into the music sphere with an announced partnership with Live Nation to stream a concert a day live via the platform. Yahoo plans to premiere the weekly show, tentatively titled "Ultimate DJ," from the "American Idol" and "X-Factor" producer that will pit electronic dance music DJs against each other in a reality show where they will compete to be voted the best one.

  • Hardwell Releases Debut Album 'United We Are' Featuring Jason Derulo, Mr Probz, Tiësto & Others [LISTEN]

    Dutch superstar DJ Hardwell has released his debut album United We Are. Known for his anthemic singles and explosive live sets, Robbert van de Corput, has taken the risk of releasing a full-length LP. The album has features and collaborations alongside the likes of Mr. Probz, Tiësto, Jason Derulo, W&W and others. The variation in artists lends itself to the assortment of different genres contained within the 14-track LP.

  • Calvin Harris Reportedly Will Earn $400,000 Per Gig in New Hakkasan Deal

    According to reports, EDM megastar Calvin Harris & Las Vegas nightlife brand Hakkasan Group are expected to announce a deal very soon that will lock the "Blame" producer in for reportedly three years and will net Harris $400,000 a gig. Calvin Harris is currently a resident at Hakkasan and was the DJ there on New Year's Eve, where you could have gotten a table for $500,000. Harris will also be reportedly playing shows at Hakkasan and Omnia Nightclub, the newly opened club in the Caesars Palace, which boasts a DJ roster of Afrojack, Armin van Buuren and Martin Garrix.

  • Daft Punk Semi-Biographical Movie Eden Releases Second Trailer [WATCH]

    The semi-biographical film about Daft Punk, Eden has released its second trailer. The film, directed by Mia Hansen-Løve (Father Of My Children, First Love, Goodbye) follows two characters, Paul, an aspiring French DJ and his best friend Stan as they form their own electronic music producer, DJ duo in Paris. The second trailer dives a bit further into the complexities of the characters including love interests, drug use and their rise within the French electronic music scene.

  • Joey Bada$$ Thinks The Government Is Tapping His Phone [WATCH]

    Joey Bada$$ thinks the government is out to get him and he believes he has proof. Ever since a photo of Malia Obama surfaced on the internet wearing a Pro Era shirt, Joey Bada$$'s clothing brand, the government has been investigating a potential security breach into Malia's online activities and devices. In a recent interview with Sway in the Morning on Sirius XM, Bada$$ discussed in large part the new album B4.DA.$$ and the reception to it, but also revealed that he may be being watched by the federal government.
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