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A strobe blast of orange light beams from Portola Festival’s main stage, where Australian trio RÜFÜS DU SOL stand in front of a roaring crowd. They’re about to close out the first day of the ...
In a new interview with Channel 4, bandmates Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett teased the release of new music ahead of their 25th anniversary celebrations.
The Blessed Madonna pulled out from the line-up of Boardmasters over the weekend, claiming that the festival set “restrictions” on political messaging during performances.
More than 20 artists including Jamie xx, PinkPantheress, and Damon Albarn are billed to play the UK’s “largest ever fundraising concert for Gaza” next month. Together For Palestine is set to go ahead ...
After a successful first event hosted at an intimate studio space in Bow, east London, Art Beyond The Shell grew into a regular club night with a unique concept fusing music with activities, art, and ...
Fat Tony was one of the UK's first house DJs and has had a rollercoaster career through dance music “Freddy Mercury was the first person ever to give me a line of cocaine,” confides Fat Tony. Then he ...
Eight people have been killed and three injured in a shooting at a nightclub in Santa Lucía, Ecuador, local police have confirmed. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday, August 10, when a ...
I’m fascinated by the genesis of music genres and the accidental ways that they sometimes come about. This is a 30 minute live synth jam recorded in 1981 that somehow sounded like house music before ...
Dance music continued to blur the lines between the underground and mainstream this year with the embracing of pop edits and outlandish new stars who look tailor-made to achieve viral fame. Perhaps ...
In a growing number of nightclubs, the choice simply isn't there - with tough no photos/videos policies meaning punters must keep their phones pocketed or risk ejection. The concept of photo bans on ...
Daft Punk have announced plans to open a new ABBA Voyage-style hologram arena show in Paris, featuring digital avatars of members Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and a newly recorded ...
A recent study in the IMS Business Report found electronic music to be the third most popular music genre, with an estimated 1.5 billion listeners. A third of the 19,000 people asked said they ...