• Hard Summer 2015 Lineup Revealed In Trailer: Jack Ü, The Weeknd, Porter Robinson, Ratatat Included

    Live Nation's Hard Events has announced the lineup for its major summer festival Hard Summer. Headlining the 2015 lineup will be Skrillex and Diplo's duo Jack Ü, who will be taking a break from the Mad Decent Block Party tour, The Weeknd, who returns to Southern California after two stellar performances at Coachella, Porter Robinson with his live show, Ratatat as they continue on the comeback trail in 2015 and many more.

  • Coachella Tweets Drop 83 Percent During Weekend Two (Because of Nicki Minaj and DMX?)

    Coachella's second weekend featured a massive drop off in social media mentions, despite being an easy sell-out, like the first weekend. Billboard reports that while 3.5 million tweets mentioned Coachella directly during the event's first rendition the previous weekend (with Nicki Minaj and AC/DC driving traffic), only 600,000 mentions went out over the past weekend. What's the story?

  • Coachella 2015: The Weeknd Brings Out Kanye West As Surprise Guest During Set

    As Coachella has become bigger and bigger as a festival, it is has become more about the spectacle and which artist can pull off the bigger stunt with some sort of marketing gimmick or special guest that will have more people write and talk about it over the next few days. The Weeknd understood the magnitude of his role as the final performer on the main stage at Coachella Saturday night and brought out a very special guest for the occasion. The "Earned It" crooner invited Kanye West to perform four tracks alongside him.

  • Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars' 'Uptown Funk' Sets Hot 100 Record as Natalie La Rose 'Somebody' Breaks Into Top 10

    "Uptown Funk" is gonna give it to ya, all you other songs from the 2010s. For the 13th week in a row, the Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson Uptown Special single tops the Billboard Hot 100, setting the record for the longest-reigning No. 1 song of the decade. And while there seems to be no end in sight for the dominance of the funky throwback anthem, a newcomer, pop singer Natalie La Rose emerges in the top 10 with her single "Somebody" featuring Jeremih.

  • Coachella 2015: The Weeknd Announces He Is Closing Out Festival Saturday Night

    The Coachella 2015 countdown clock has hit two weeks until Weekend 1 and the anticipation is at a fever pitch. The lineup has been announced in full and all of the surrounding pre-parties and events during the week, dubbed by those around as "localchella," have been revealed. But the day-to-day schedules and set times have not been unveiled, but one of Saturday's March 28 headliners just gave away when he will be playing. The Weeknd took to Twitter today, March 26, via 'Hot New Hip Hop,' in excitement to share that he is closing out the festival Saturday night. The "Earned It" crooner does not say which stage he is performing on, but he will be the last performer on one of them both Saturday nights.
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