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The Tomorrowland Radio Tribute to Avicii Is Happening Now: Here’s How to Tune In
In honor of Tim Bergling and his legacy, Tomorrowland is hosting a daylong stream featuring many of Avicii’s classic hits along with clips from his myriad performances at the fabled Belgian dance mega-festival. The tribute will also feature artists including Kygo, Alesso, Dimitri Vegas, Aloe Blacc and Nicky Romero sharing their memories of the Swedish producer. Tune into the Tomorrowland One World Radio tribute below. Additionally, Blacc — a frequent Avicii collaborator and vocalist on tracks including the iconic “Wake Me Up” — will host his annual Avicii tribute Tuesday via Instagram live, starting at 3 p.m. ET. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you b...
Porter Robinson Is Hosting Another Virtual Festival With a Massive Lineup: See Who’s Playing
The event will likely be a highly jubilant affair, given that it follows the release of Robinson’s long-awaited, hyper-anticipated sophomore album. Nurture is the follow-up to 2014’s Worlds, which established Robinson as a pioneer of a fresh, smart and innovative style of electronic music, and earned him a hardcore global fanbase. Equally innovative will be the way attendees can experience Secret Sky, with Robinson himself designing and building a custom, digital, VR-optimized festival grounds “inspired,” according to a press release, “by massive online multiplayer experiences and Porter’s favorite indie art games.” If you’re not into VR, the free show will also stream on YouTube, Twitch, Oculus VR, Android TV, PlayStation and via D...
First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From Griz & Elohim, Pleasure State, Rain Man & More
Pleasure State — the trio of Lee Foss, MK and Anabel Englund — wasn’t just a supergroup: it was a mindset, a portal to blurry summer nights spent swaying beneath the palm trees. But like many things, this state of pleasure was fleeting. After delivering suave hits like “Electricity”and “Ghost in the System,” the group went dormant in 2014 as its members continued their solo careers, sometimes with one another (in fact Englund and MK’s single “Underwater” is currently No. 1 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay) but not altogether — until now. For the 100th release on Lee Foss’s Repopulate Mars label, Pleasure State has reunited on their Break Away EP, which takes us right back to the early 2010s’ golden days. On the title track, the production is deep but bumpin’ wi...
Rüfüs Du Sol Announce Fall Stadium Show
In terms of protocols, the venue’s website states, “We will be in regular communication with local health and public safety officials and will continue to abide by all guidelines as they are put forth. As each event approaches, ticket holders will receive regular updates with the important information needed to plan their visit to Banc of California Stadium, including any changes to policies and procedures they’ll need to know before entering the venue for their event.” While it’s unclear if the trio is gearing up for a new album, they have teased new music created during quarantine. Their 2018 LP, Solace, earned a 2020 Grammy nomination for best dance/electronic album. The November show will also feature fellow Australian live electronic act Flight Facilities as op...
Bassnectar Accused of Sexual Abuse & Human Trafficking in Lawsuit; DJ Denies Claims
Neither Red Light Management nor C3 Presents — a management and production company behind events including Austin City Limits and Lollapalooza — responded to Billboard‘s requests for comment. The suit also alleges that Ashton used his Interactive Giving Fund charitable organization “to target, recruit and ultimately victimize young girls, like Plaintiffs, for sexual exploitation.” The complaint alleges that Ashton met both defendants via Twitter when they were underage high school students. “After performances, Bassnectar would invite these underage girls to his hotel room and demand that the girls shower so that they were ‘clean,'” the complaint says. “He would then have sex with them, requiring the sex to be unprotected, without ...
Lindsay Lohan Launches Her New Single ‘Lullaby’ as NFT Auction
Lohan has “fully invested herself in dropping this song as a NFT with a sole objective of delivering a message of empowerment,” the description continues. The catchy three-minute dance song is currently available for download on the site. As of press time on Sunday afternoon, the bid for “Lullaby” had reached 400,710 TRX (about $25,400). Tech entrepreneur Justin Sun, founder of the Tron blockchain, tweeted Saturday that he had bid 300,000 TRX for the song. The auction ends in four days. Lohan has been a strong proponent of cryptocurrency as of late. The former Disney actress recently sold a Daft Punk NFT on the digital marketplace Rarible, and has signed a partnership with Sun’s Tron. “It’s only a matter of time till everyone in Hollywood and beyond gets invol...
First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From Jungle, Zhu, Elkka, Floating Points & More
Welcome (back) to the Jungle. The British duo returned earlier this week with the announcement of their third album, Loving in Stereo, heading our way this summer. In the meantime, they’ve shared its lead single, “Keep Moving.” Taking cues from second-LP songs like “Heavy California” and “Beat 54 (It’s All Good Now),” “Keep Moving” is a funky, feel-good disco-soul sermon with its almost gospel-choir-like chorus and stirring strings. While a year of lockdown has left many of us feeling down, the song serves as a divine source of encouragement to power through the sludge. One lyric in particular — “I could live with it, I could live with it, oh!” — repeats near the end, creating a glorious burst of catharsis and the record’s rawest moment, as if giving oneself permission to ackno...
Attorney Plans to File Dozens of Refund Lawsuits Against Ultra Miami
“We are seeking a global settlement with [Event Entertainment Group] that will address our clients’ request for refunds” plus attorneys fees, Corwin tells Billboard. “Settlement is a better path than continued litigation for both the consumer and the defendant and I am hopeful that by filing these actions we can come to a mutually agreeable resolution. While Corwin insists his strategy isn’t to inundate Ultra with dozens of small claims, the tactic has definitely gotten their attention. “I’m trying to stop the flow of people being screwed,” says Corwin, who previously worked as a concert promoter before becoming an attorney in the 1980s. “Many consumers don’t read all the terms and conditions before filing a claim” and don’t realize they’ll get a VIP ticket for next year’s festival i...
Women Making Music Study: Sexual Harassment Is ‘By Far The Most Widely Cited Problem’
The first is that “gendered expectations have skewed recognition and reward in the music industry,” with 81% of women surveyed reporting that they think it’s harder for female artists to get recognition than male artists. Additionally, almost two-thirds of female creators identified sexual harassment or objectification as a major issue. The study labeled it “by far the most widely-cited problem.” The study notes that this sexualization and objectification “are a consequence (or symptom) of unbalanced power dynamics” as they relate to as ageism (reported by 38% of the women polled), lack of access to male-dominated industry resources (36%) and lower pay (27%). Challenges related to tokenism, the fabrication of competition between female artists and ...
First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From Baauer, Boys Noize, Sidepiece & More
Boys Noize & Kelsey Lu, “Ride or Die” feat. Chilly Gonzales When you think of Boys Noize, you probably think about pounding techno, acid disco, electro-hop and mind-melting modular synths. With “Ride or Die,” the German DJ and producer proves his prowess with emotional melodies. The Kelsey Lu collab builds off a melancholy harpsichord melody, originally recorded by pianist Chilly Gonzales on a spinet. The producer wanted to build a “big music contrast” around the recording, and the juxtaposition of the classical with the mechanical made him think of Lu, who he once saw shred on a cello patched through guitar pedals. Lu accepted the invitation, and when they got in the studio, Boys Noize says he felt “a rare, special energy.” “Like joining contrasting sounds to make something totally ne...
First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From Carl Cox, Nala, Deorro, Wuki & More
If all you know about Ibiza is that a bunch of DJs play and basically live there every summer (except last summer…and this summer) then you might be surprised to know that the world-famous Balearic party island is also home to a football club, UD Ibiza. The team was recently the subject of a five-part documentary, Club Ibiza: The Sessions, for which electronic titan Carl Cox — one of Ibiza’s much-beloved former DJ residents — created the title track, “Sand, Moon & Stars.” It doesn’t take long for this track to transport you beachside at sunset with its shakers and glittering arpeggios, while expansive synth strings in the background create a visceral, almost panoramic effect — you see and feel the sand encrusting your feet, the ocean spray on your face, th...
Kygo Teams Up With Puma Golf for a Tropical New Collection
“I’ve known Kygo and Myles and have been part of the Palm Tree Crew for a while now. Puma Golf and I have been together since the beginning,” Fowler mirrored. “I worked with both teams to help create a cool collection that will make golfers feel like they’re a part of the Crew. This collab brings two of my worlds together. I couldn’t be happier – we nailed it.” The collection features everything from shorts, crewnecks and polos to snapback hats, belts and more, plus a one-of-a-kind Cobra Radspeed Palm Tree Crew Driver, a limited edition driver in the collection’s navy and gold color way. The driver also includes a custom Cobra x PTC headcover, a Fujikura Speeder 474 Evolution VII shaft and a custom black and gold Cobra Lamkin Crossline Connect grip. Fowler is s...
