festivals
Splendour in the Grass 2021 Sets Virtual Event Featuring Khalid, CHVRCHES, The Killers & More
Australia’s popular mid-winter festival Splendour in the Grass will go digital next month, with a two-day virtual event featuring performances from Khalid, CHVRCHES, The Killers, Charlie XCX and many more. Also confirmed to the Splendour XR lineup are Denzel Curry, Phoebe Bridgers, Vance Joy, Little Simz, The Avalanches, Duke Dumont, Of Monsters and Men, Masked Wolf, Tash Sultana and Russ Millions, while Grimes will unleash her new project, Meteverse (Super Beta). “We could not be more excited about Splendour XR and the opportunity to take the Splendour goodness online to our existing community and also to new audiences around the globe,” comments SITG co-producers Jessica Ducrou and Paul Piticco. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined ...
Danny Wimmer Presents Files Counterclaim Against AEG in Festival Dispute
AEG’s attorneys claim that Wimmer and company chief executive Danny Hares “relied upon deceit and fraud to achieve its goal” to create duplicate events, saying the 2019 Epicenter festival at Rockingham Festival Grounds was a carbon copy of the Carolina Rebellion festival, while Sonic Temple at MAPRE stadium in Columbus was an alleged knock off of Rock on the Range which had taken place at the same facility. Both Epicenter and Sonic Temple lost money in their launch, and if AEG really believes they have ownership in the events, they should help cover the losses, DWP Attorney Johnny White beginning in 2015 that AEG refused to commit to the event more than a year in advance. But LA-based DWP says they launched the competing events after reaching an impasse with AEG...
After Two COVID-19 Cancelations, Bluesfest Plots October Return
It was the second successive year COVID-19 had sunk Bluesfest’s best-laid plans. The most recent was a gut punch for the wider music industry, and the local businesses that rely on footfall that’s triggered by the five days of festivities. That cancelation “really affected the industry and pulled the last strands of confidence out of everything,” notes veteran concert promoter Michael Chugg. Rather than dwell on the negatives, Noble and his team have locked-in a lineup and new dates, Oct. 1-4, for what will be the first major festival to return since the pandemic struck. “We’re rising,” Bluesfest director Peter Noble told Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Breakfast program Wednesday (May 19), immediately after the announcement of Bluesfest’s return. “We have to do that because the Aust...
‘Coronavirus restriction’: Nigerian government quoted out of context – minister
The federal government on Tuesday denied media reports that it has “introduced or re-introduced’’ new restrictions on COVID-19. Information minister Lai Mohammed made the rebuttal at a meeting with online publishers in Lagos. Mohammed said there were no new restrictions, adding that the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 only reiterated existing regulations to control spread of the disease. The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 had on Monday announced the enforcement of a curfew across the country in a move it said was to forestall a possible new wave of the pandemic. “The nationwide curfew will be imposed tonight at midnight and it will run through till 4:00 a.m.,” the committee stated. But the minister, a member of the steering committee, said the committee’s national ...
The Misfits Join Sold-Out Aftershock Festival 2021 Lineup As Headliners
Producers also announced a handful of newly booked acts for the festival that will take place from Oct. 7 to 10 at Discovery Park. Dropkick Murphys, In This Moment, Anti-Flag, August Burns Red, Black Map, Blame My Youth, All Good Things, Tempt, and OXYMORRONS will all join the lineup. They will be in addition to previously announced acts such as Limp Bizkit, Rancid, The Offspring, Machine Gun Kelly, Social Distortion, Rise Against, Pennywise and more. The news of the Misfits comes after the festival sold out its 2021 edition (passes are still available on resale site, Vivid Seats here). Fans who purchased singe day tickets for Saturday should expect an email for their pass options. Check out the full lineup below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. S...
Billie Eilish, A$AP Rocky, & Post Malone to Headline Governors Ball 2021
DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, 21 Savage and more slated for Sept. 24-26 event at Citi Field in New York. The 2021 Governors Ball festival will take place at New York’s Citi Field from Sept. 24-26, and will feature headlining sets from Billie Eilish, A$AP Rocky and Post Malone. The 10th anniversary edition of the festival — which took a break in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic — will follow all mandated state and federal guidelines at the time of the event, according to a release. More than 60 acts will take the stage over the weekend, including J Balvin, DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Ellie Goulding, Leon Bridges, 21 Savage, Young Thug, Portugal. The Man, Burna Boy, Future Islands, Phoebe Bridgers, Jamie XX, Carly Rae Jepsen, Big Thief, Bleachers and many mor...
EDC Las Vegas 2021 Is Pushed Back to October: ‘We Can’t Take That Risk’
“We just had a meeting in Las Vegas this past Friday with police, fire, medical, and other agencies involved with EDC to plan out details surrounding the event,” the statement continues. “However, today, Clark County (home of EDC & the Las Vegas Motor Speedway) passed a reopening plan that requires 60% of their residents to be vaccinated before restrictions over large scale gatherings such as EDC can be lifted. It might happen in time, it might not. Either way, we can’t take that risk.” Read the complete statement below. Rotella goes on to note that the event, which typically draws 125,000 people per day and features a lineup of hundreds of artists, was in the midst of being built, with “over 40 trucks en route to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway from all over...
ADE Announces Livestream Conference Highlighting the Future of Events and Emerging Technology
While the in-person Amsterdam Dance Event festivities are still a full six months away, ADE is launching an upcoming livestream event to tide the music industry over in the meantime. This week, ADE In Conversation will feature a discussion around hosting events in a post-pandemic world as well as the opportunities for artists within the rapidly flourishing NFT space. Who better to explain the value of backing NFT technology than 3LAU, a crypto-power player who recently landed on Coin Telegraph’s Top 100 Notable People In Blockchain. He is joined by famed techno producer Richie Hawtin, who recently celebrated 303 Day with a series of NFTs honoring his Plastikman alias, and digital artist Mat Dryhurst. The second panel consists of several high-profile event organizers sharin...
Garth Brooks to Kick Off 125th Annual Cheyenne Frontier Days: See Full Lineup
Other acts slated to perform as part of the 2021 Frontier Nights lineup — which runs through Aug. 1 at Frontier park in Cheyenne, Wyoming — include: Ned Ledoux, Kaen Brown, Cody Johnson, Rhett Atkins, Ashley McBryde and Restless Road. “We are so glad to be sharing this lineup for 2021 tonight,” Contract Acts chairman Randy Krafft said in a statement about the event, which is returning after its 2020 cancelation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “It has been a long year for all of us and we can’t wait to welcome our fans back to Frontier Park.” According to an announcement on Wednesday, the 19,000-capacity event is a, “go at full capacity, with no mask requirement”; there will, however, be stepped-up cleaning and sanitizing, touchless digital ticketing, cashle...
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...
Bill Harkin, Designer of Glastonbury Festival’s Pyramid Stage, Dies at 83
Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis pays tribute to Harkin, whose ideas were so unusual they took some time to sink in. “I liked the idea but was slightly wary of the reality, although was captivated by their childlike excitement,” recounts Eavis, the dairy farmer who turned a small concert on his property into the world-famous event, with the help of Harkin. A top-flight architect working for British Leyland car launches, Harkin first came to Glastonbury toward the end of 1970, following the first iteration of the event. The original stage was erected out of scaffolding and plastic sheeting and made its debut for the second edition of Glastonbury Festival, in 1971. Several versions of the Pyramid Stage have popped up over the years, one of which burned down shortly before the 1994 ...
Billie Eilish, Green Day and Tame Impala to Headline Life Is Beautiful Festival
Well, if you were worried that music may not return in 2021, here’s a sign that things may be looking up. Las Vegas fest Life Is Beautiful revealed that Billie Eilish, Green Day and Tame Impala will headline this year’s event, which is slated to take place Sept. 17-19 in downtown Las Vegas. Other performers include HAIM, A$AP Rocky, Illenium, St. Vincent, 6LACK, Modest Mouse and many, many more. <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,”width”:”480″,”height”:”270″,”playlist”:”10315″,”inviewBottomOffset”:”105px”} }); –> “When curating the lineup for Life...
