EVENTS
Excision Announces New Evolution Tour Dates: See the Full Schedule
Fans of Excision can now see the light at the end of the tunnel after the dubstep maven and Subsidia Records label head shared the rescheduled dates for his Evolution Tour. Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Excision was embarking on the barnstorming tour, which kicked off in late January at The Thunderdome in Tacoma with the premiere of his mind-boggling audiovisual experience. After a few North American stops, he then swiftly and shrewdly postponed the tour due to the impact of the virus. To the delight of his devoted fanbase, Excision took to Twitter today to share the new dates for his 2021 Evolution Tour. The tour will relaunch in Salt Lake City on June 4th and take a mini tour around the West Coast with multiple stops in San Bernardino and San ...
Marc Rebillet Announces Halloween Weekend Drive-In Shows and Landmark Rose Bowl Performance
Marc Rebillet has been one of the most talked-about artists in all of 2020. From popular livestreams to viral recording sessions, fans of nearly every genre on the musical spectrum can find something of his to enjoy. Back in May, before it became the new normal, he toured the US on his very-first drive-in tour. He’s now once again preparing to take his show on the road with a new mini drive-in tour in California at the end of the month. He’s set to deliver one of his iconic improvisational sets at the Rose Bowl and a pair of performances at the Bayshore Drive-In for Halloween weekend. In addition to sharing the dates of the show, he asked fans if they’d be willing to pay to see a recording of the performance. It’s not yet known if he will be going thr...
HARD Summer Announces 2021 Return and Dates
COVID-19 was the Grim Reaper of the live music scene in 2020, but Insomniac is stomping forward with its plans for festival domination in 2021. In a matter of two weeks, Insomniac has announced the 2021 return of EDC Europe and two Beyond Wonderland events. The latest announcement from dance music’s de facto festival leader, which arrived today, was about its famed HARD Summer event, one of the company’s most popular. HARD Summer will officially be returning to the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California on July 31st and August 1st, 2021. Pre-sale tickets for the sun-kissed California fest will go on sale Thursday, October 15th at 12PM PT (3PM ET). You can check out the announcement below. At the time of this article’s publishing, Ins...
Marshmello, Dillon Francis, Major Lazer to Play Save Our Stages Livestream Festival
Live music and the world’s most historic venues continue to fall under economic pressure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As stimulus talks have stalled in the United States, a significant amount of venues, including most recently Washington’s U Street Music Hall, have announced permanent closure. Thus, a rescue mission is underway with the Save Our Stages music festival, a project constructed by the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) in partnership with YouTube. The upcoming livestream event will see some of the biggest names in music, including a few of dance music’s biggest producers, taking to a combined total of over 25 unique venues. The lineup includes a wide-ranging group of performers, such as Dave Matthews, who will be performing at ...
Kaskade Announces 7-Date California Drive-In Concert Tour
Kaskade is officially swerving into the drive-in concert lane after announcing a huge 7-date tour circuit in California. The Grammy Award-nominated electronic music vet’s new “Road Trip” tour kicks off with twin Anaheim shows on October 30th and 31st before heading to Pleasanton for three back-to-back mid-November dates. Kaskade will then make a stop in Ventura on November 20th before tying a bow on the tour the following day in Del Mar. You can sign up for pre-sale tickets now via Kaskade’s website. Anyone who signs up will have access to tickets two hours before they go on sale to the public. Tickets will then officially go on sale on Thursday, October 15th at 10AM PT, when you can use your pre-sale access code to purchase passes. After that, genera...
Watch ZHU Perform Live on a Moving Train in Montana
In a sentence we never thought we’d actually publish, ZHU is performing live from a train in Montana right now. The enigmatic, Grammy Award-nominated music producer’s set is being streamed as part of the fourth and final leg of the “Tito’s Made to Order” festival livestream series. His closing headline performance follows DJ sets from Claude VonStroke and Louis The Child. Tune in below. FOLLOW ZHU: Facebook: facebook.com/zhuTwitter: twitter.com/ZHUmusicInstagram: instagram.com/zhuSpotify: spoti.fi/391vjDR
Seven Lions, Kaskade, Zeds Dead, More Announced on Electric Zoo 2021 Lineup
The organizers of Electric Zoo have dropped the first phase of the 2021 edition of the famed New York City music festival, and it’s a beast. After announcing that they were planning “the biggest line-up in the history of Electric Zoo” back in July, they are staying true to their word. Set to take the stage in the grand return of Electric Zoo’s “Supernaturals” event are Kaskade, Deorro, Seven Lions, Zomboy, Zeds Dead, deadmau5‘s TESTPILOT, Subtronics, Ekali, and Tiësto, among many others, with the latter performing a special sunrise set. The fest will go down on Randall’s Island in New York City over Labor Day Weekend, September 3rd, 4th and 5th. Check out the full lineup drop below. Electric Zoo Earlier this ...
Gud Vibrations is Hosting a Virtual Music Festival With NGHTMRE, SLANDER, SVDDEN DEATH, More
As we forge on through the muddy waters of the post-COVID live music scene, Gud Vibrations is here to bring, well, good vibrations. The trap and bass music tastemaker has announced an upcoming virtual fest called Virtual Vibes Music Festival. As Halloween approaches, fans can expect to hear some bone-rattling bass music at this stream. Considering the event’s status as the imprint’s inaugural virtual festival, label heads NGHTMRE and SLANDER are primed to perform massive original sets. Joining them are fellow bass music heavyweights SVDDEN DEATH, Wavedash, and Kraysh. For what it’s worth, SLANDER also recently announced their plans to develop their own “Melodic Bass Festival” after the COVID-19 pandemic—whenever that may be. Virtu...
Beyond Wonderland Announces 2021 Return to The Gorge Amphitheatre
There is perhaps no live music destination as idyllic and beautiful as The Gorge Amphitheatre. The Washington venue, which is largely considered one of the most scenic in the nation, has stood the test of time as one of the most popular among EDM fans. Now, Insomniac has announced the in-person 2021 return of its famed Beyond Wonderland festival at The Gorge. Insomniac hosted the “Beyond Wonderland at The Gorge Virtual Rave-A-Thon” back in June 2020 in the thick of the pandemic, and while it was an incredible virtual experience, it obviously didn’t come close to the physical version. The in-person fest is now set to return on June 18th and 19th, 2021 for “2 nights of Music, Art & Exploration + 3 magical nights of Camping,” accordin...
The Gorilla Collective Announces Virtual EDM Festival in Memory of Slain Gorilla, Rafiki
The Gorilla Collective, a nonprofit environmental conservation initiative, has announced they will be hosting a virtual music festival fundraiser in memory of Rafiki, a silverback gorilla who was tragically killed in June 2020 by a hunter. A collection of electronic music artists and DJs from all around the world will come together October 15th through 17th in support of cultural and wildlife conservation in Bwindi, Uganda. The virtual festival will feature a variety of genres from Afrobeats to Drum & Bass, with hopes of raising money to protect Uganda’s mountain gorillas for generations to come. Due to COVID-19, there has been an increase in desperation due to lack of food for the people of this region, causing them to hunt in the national parks. This w...
The 2021 Coachella Dates Have Been Rescheduled—For the Third Time
Thanks to the unrelenting wrath of COVID-19, the 2021 edition of Coachella has been postponed yet again. The 2020 iteration of the fabled Indio, California music and arts fest had been scheduled to go down back in April before being rescheduled for this month. However, organizers then pulled the plug on those dates due to the impact of the virus and announced that Coachella would return over the course of two weekends in April 2021. According to a new report by Rolling Stone, Coachella will be postponed a third time. Sources who have spoken directly with the festival’s promoters—AEG and Goldenvoice—told Rolling Stone that they were told to abandon the April dates and prepare for October 2021. One of those sources claimed that the fest is “100% moving.” R...
Ultra Returns to Taiwan Next Month with Alesso, Kayzo, SLANDER, More
Ultra is officially returning to Taiwan. The venerated dance music event brand has announced a Taiwanese “Road to Ultra” event on November 14th, 2020. True to Ultra fashion, organizers have tapped a stable of major electronic music artists to join them for the ride. Scheduled to perform at the momentous show in Taipei are Alesso, Kazyo, SLANDER, and Vini Vici, among others. According to a recent report by CNN, there has been only one suspected COVID-19 case linked to local transmission of the virus in Taipei since mid-April. And, despite Taiwan’s location just 130 kilometers (81 miles) from China, the country where the virus was first detected, the city has reported only 518 confirmed cases and just 7 deaths since the onset of the pandemic. You can purchase tick...
