Coachella Officially Cancelled for 2020
While the writing had been on the wall for a while and industry scuttlebutt had already confirmed as much, however tonight official word has come down from the Riverside County public health officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser that the event (along with Stagecoach) will not be taking place in 2020 as a precaution due to the …
Ibiza Plans Starting to Take Shape for Summer 2020
In the past week, several venues in Ibiza have announced their plans to open their doors in July. Beach club O Beach and Ibiza Rocks have announced they will open their doors on July 1st. View this post on Instagram An …
EDC Las Vegas Virtual Rave-a-Thon Streams this Weekend
This weekend which originally would have seen 160,000 EDM fans descend on Las Vegas for Electric Daisy Carnival instead will see Insomniac host another edition of their ‘Rave-a-Thon’ stream of dj sets. This weekend starting Friday May 15th at 5pm thorough 1:50am Saturday morning then repeating Saturday and Sunday nights at the same time will …
South Korea’s Nightclubs Close Again
Due to their low number of people infected with the Coronavirus, South Korea has been one of the few locations in the world to allow their nightclubs to reopen. Unfortunately due to one individual who was positive with the virus visiting several nightclubs on May 1st. Unaware of their positive status, the individual may be …
Current List of Postponed and Cancelled Events & Festivals & News [Updated Regularly]
August 2, 2020 Electric Daisy Carnival (Las Vegas) 2020: cancelled/postponed to May 21-23, 2021 Dancefestopia: 2020 version cancelled, new dates September 9 – 12, 2021 BPM Festival Malta: Cancelled (September 2020) July 18, 2020 Bottlerock (Napa, CA) – postponed to May 28 to 30, 2021 Coachella: Currently planned for April 9 to 11 and April …
Live Nation to Offer Drive-In Shows and Streaming Shows
In their earnings call last week, Live Nation gave some insight as to how they plan to begin the slow march back towards having live events. President and CEO Michael Rapino stated they plan to test reduced capacity festivals, drive-in shows and fan-free streaming shows: Whether it’s in Arkansas or a state that is safe, …
Techno DJs Tour Managers Fundraiser Goes Viral for All the Wrong Reasons
Several tour managers for top techno DJs including Carl Cox, Joseph Capriati, Nicole Moudaber and more are part of a project whereby they have posted mixes to Bandcamp as a fundraiser since they have been out of work due to the Covid-19 crisis. The press release and video put out by the people behind the …
Spotify to End Compatibility with 3rd Party DJ Applications
Spotify has decided to end its compatibility with all 3rd-party DJ applications from July 1, 2020. This news was revealed by Algoriddim, a developer that owns Djay, a highly popular iOS DJ software application. The Verge reached out to Spotify who confirmed this news to be true. Algoriddim stated that beginning from July 1st, 2020, …
New House Track from Idris Elba and Jay Robinson
Actor and DJ/Producer Idris Elba is back with a new track with his collab with Jay Robinson. Released on Mau5trap (Deadmau5’s record label), the track “Know Yourself” is a house banger Robinson said of the track: “’Know Yourself’ is one of those records I never thought would make it past being a VIP in my …
Daft Punk to Score Movie Soundtrack
In unexpected good news today, it has been revealed that Daft Punk will be scoring the soundtrack to Dario Argento’s new film “Black Glasses.” The Director told Italian magazine Repubblica: “It will be my return to crime films. It’s the adventure, in the nocturnal Rome, of a Chinese girl and child. In the second part, …