• Holy Ship! Setting Sail Across Mediterranean Soon According To Gary Richards

    Hard Events's Holy Ship! has become one dance music's premiere destinations for fans who want to party out at sea with their favorite DJs. Entering its fourth year, the dance cruise just completed its first journey from Miami with Djs like A-Trak, Pretty Lights, Laidback Luke, Flume, Duke Dumont, Rl Grime, Gorgon City and others were brought along for the four-day voyage. 2015 saw the cruise expand to two seafaring expeditions out of Miami, but according to an interview by Revolt with Gary Richards, the founder of Hard Events, which hosts Holy Ship!, the promoter has their sites on another market, Europe, specifically the Mediterranean.
  • Riff Raff Announces "JODYHIGHROLLER.com" Tour Dates [FULL SCHEDULE]

    Riff Raff is gearing up to have a pretty big 2015 with plans to drop two new albums ('The Peach Panther' and 'The Purple Panther') on June 1, and today, the Texas rapper has taken to his Instagram account to announce his 23-date "JODYHIGHROLLER.com" tour. The tour kicks off on Jan. 21 in Athens, Georgia and finishes up in Seattle on Feb. 18, with stops in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Toronto, Montreal, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Phoenix in between, among other places.
  • Diplo and Skrillex's New Year's Eve Concert at Madison Square Garden Will Be Streamed Live

    Live Nation will stream Diplo and Skrillex's New Year's Eve concert extravaganza at Madison Square Garden this week. Fans who want to see the Jack Ü performance can tune into Yahoo Screens at 10 p.m. Dec. 31 and see all the action. And if that does not suit your plans, the performance will also be available to watch the following day, Your EDM notes.Tickets for the show, which also features A$AP Ferg and Rudimental, are still available. Visit Ticketmaster if you still need some.Jack Ü formed in 2013 after the EDM artists decided they liked to DJ together. Their first single, "Take Ü There," dropped in September and the pair continue to be pretty tight. They recently remixed Beyoncé's "7/11."Skrillex spoke to Howard Stern last month about a variety of topics, including the legitimacy of the EDM genre, which is frequently criticized.
  • Skrillex Previews Beyoncé '7/11' Jack Ü Remix At OWSLA Holiday Party [LISTEN]

    Most run of the mill holiday parties end in everyone going home in a drunken stupor after trying to empty the bar. Only one of these parties were lucky enough to have Skrillex show up and play his brand new remix of Beyoncé "7/11" alongside Diplo as a part of their super-duo Jack Ü. Premiering the remix at the holiday party in Los Angeles for his label, OWLSA, Sonny Moore, also known as Skrillex, performed a frenetic 70 minute set, which included the new Bey remix. Diplo confirmed it was a Jack Ü remix on his Instagram, saying it was a present for Chrimbus.
  • Diplo and Skrillex Talk Jack Ü, MSG on NYE, NYC Club Scene and More

    Skrillex and Diplo are just a week away from the biggest show of their lives. On New Year's Eve, the duo, known as Jack Ü, will be headlining Madison Square Garden with the help of Rudimental, Yellow Claw and A$AP Ferg. The duo spoke with "Time Out" magazine in preparation of the show to speak about Jack Ü, the New York club scene and the aforementioned show at MSG.Even for a massive venue like Madison Square Garden, which can pack close to 20,000 people, Skrillex still holds the belief that it will "feel intimate and personal.""We don't have a real rock-star approach with security all around us. It'll be a party. We'll have lots of special guests come out," he says.Diplo adds, "You'll be hearing some of the Jack Ü songs we've done, live, for the first time. The artists we've cut the records with will be performing with us. Both of us take it very seriously; if you've ever seen us perform live, you'll know the production value is insane."He even invited the entire New York Knicks team to shoot warm-ups during their set. Unfortunately for Diplo, the team will be in Los Angeles for a game against the Los Angeles Clippers, but that is probably for the best since the team probably would miss most of those pre-game shots.Diplo gave an honest opinion on the EDM scene, proclaiming it "dead."
  • Madonna Talks 'Rebel Heart' Leak, Grammy Award Performance, "Living For Love," Working With Diplo, And More

    Following the leak of more than 10 unreleased demo recordings, Madonna and her team have been working day-in and day-out to try to recover the stolen songs. The songs were from sessions for her upcoming 13th studio album, which at the time had yet to be announced and is still unfinished. To combat the damage of the stolen work, Madonna sped up the official release of new music. She announced that her new album, Rebel Heart, would drop March 10 through Interscope Records and made six of its tracks immediately available for purchase. Among them was the Diplo-produced "Living For Love," the album's lead single, which according to Billboard wasn't supposed to premiere until Valentines Day.
  • Riff Raff Shares Punk-Inspired "Kokayne" Music Video [WATCH]

    Texas rapper Riff Raff has shared the music video for his Diplo-produced track, "Kokayne," which you can check out here. The Paul John-directed clip features Riff Raff performing with a rock band in a musky, heavily graffitied punk club, which is the direction he'll apparently be taking on his upcoming 'Purple Panther' album. No cocaine is snorted in the video, though there is an animated Riff Raff made out of coke lines, which is much, much better.
  • Jack Ü (Diplo and Skrillex) Preview 7 'Take Ū There' Remixes — Zeds Dead, Tchami, Tujamo Included [LISTEN]

    Jack Ü, the super duo formed by Skrillex and Diplo, has previewed seven official remixes for their debut single "Take Ü There" featuring Canadian songstress Kiesza. The package includes selections from future house star Tchami, Tujamo, Belgian drum and bass ambassador Netsky and, the most anticipated of the bunch, Zeds Dead. The Felix Cartal, TJR and Vindata remixes were part of a leak that struck the Jack Ü camp about a month ago. The duo have the batch streaming on their wacky website now for your listening pleasure.Jack Ü have been everywhere lately. Skrillex and Diplo have been all over the airwaves in North America and down under in Australia. They have done several mixes on different radio stations, including on Triple J during their time on the Stereosonic tour, going back to back and Skrillex was joined by RL Grime and What So Not for another three hours of music.
  • Lorde, Diplo, Flume, Alt-J, Skrillex, Ben Folds & Others Attempt To Make The 'Hottest Hit 100 Record', Hilarity Ensues [WATCH]

    How many artists does it take to make a hit record? Triple J attempted to find out by getting 40 of the top 100 artists on their top 100 records countdown to come together and make a hit song. Triple J breakfast hosts enlisted 40 of the world's finest musicians to try and make this record from scratch and it didn't go so well. Even after gathering names like Lorde, Diplo, Skrillex, Flight Facilities, Flume, Ben Folds, Reggie Watts, Gotye, Kingswood, Alt-J, Disclosure, The Presets and of course Rick Atsley into one room, the group of artists were unable to get anything going.
  • Skrillex, Diplo, CL & G-Dragon Release Gladiator 'Dirty Vibe' Remix + Music Video via Red Bull '20 Before 15'

    As part of Red Bull's "20 Before 15" series some of the best artists who have worked with the media / soft drink conglomerate have donated a track from their libraries to give away to the fans according to a press release. There are only 1,000 copies available for download, but the option to stream is still there. As the series comes to a close, Red Bull shines its spotlight back on Skrillex, who they have started a strong relationship with in 2014. Sonny Moore, better known as Skrillex, has done a double premiere with Red Bull, releasing the Gladiator remix of "Dirty Vibe" featuring Diplo, CL and G-Dragon for free, while also premiering the video for Dirty Vibe through the platform.
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