Tomorrowland Reveals Its Own Liquor for 15th Anniversary

Tomorrowland is celebrating its 15th anniversary right… Havana Club has unveiled a rare and exclusive, limited edition rum to celebrate this Tomorrowland milestone. The complex, dark rum includes notes  sweet tobacco, vanilla, butter tfee, caramelized tropical fruits, cinnamon and other dark spices. Created by the acclaimed Master Cuban Rum, Asbel …

Skrillex, Calvin Harris, Garrix, Zedd & Disclosure All Headlining This Fest Straight from 2014

Not EDC, not Ultra, but Djakarta Warehouse in Indonesia has presented one the strongest lineups 2019. There’s a lot to be said about the undercard and support in curating a festival lineup, but when you have headlining sets from Calvin Harris and Skrillex and Zedd and Martin Garrix… not much …

Insomniac Drops Insanely Stacked Lineup for Countdown NYE 2019

If you’ve been following Insomniac’s socials lately, you’ve probably been warned that there’s an impending alien invasion. It’s all going down on New Year’s Eve at the NOS Events Center in Southern California as Insomniac rings in 2020 with Countdown. Picking up from last year’s alien invasion theme, this year’s …

Illenium’s “Good Things Fall Apart” Is Officially His Second Gold Song Ever

The moment I first heard “Good Things Fall Apart” from Illenium and Jon Bellion, I knew it was destined for greatness. At the time, I thought about its perfect parallels with teenage coming–age films, but I suppose a gold record is pretty good, too. “Good Things Fall Apart” is now the …

Freaky Deaky Festival Promoter Arrested for Disorderly Conduct In Final Two Hours of Festival

A lot goes into making a music festival successful, including the cooperation and a good relationship with local law enforcement. This past weekend at Freaky Deaky outside Houston, TX, promoter Disco Donnie worked with Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne to allete issues with sound level and traffic on Saturday night. Important …

Griztronics Just Reached Peak Dubstep With This Epic Edit From Bassnectar

“Griztronics” has already lived its life five times over for any dubstep track, enjoying intensely viral success not just within our own community, but even on social media platforms like TikTok. Now, however, it has finally reached its peak since Bassnectar got his hands on it and made this absolutely …

Armin van Buren’s New Album Is Finally Here & It’s 28 Stellar Songs Long

Armin van Buuren‘s seventh studio album has arrived, Balance. Sprawling two discs and 28 tracks long, Armin provides nonstop energy in a variety forms. Diversity is key — from st, ballad-like productions to pop-driven dance music, Balance has it all. Boasting massive festival tracks like “Blah Blah Blah” and “Stickup,” the …

Artists Declare Victory After 40+ Events Ban Facial Recognition Technology

Since September, there has been a large coalition artists and fans who have rallied against the use facial recognition at festivals and music events. Yesterday, activists declared victory as 40+ major events state they have no plans to use the technology. The movement was spearheaded by Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom …

Hundreds of Musicians Sign On To Boycott Amazon Over Their Support of ICE

Amazon, through its subsidiary Amazon Web Services (AWS), provides server space and infrastructure to thousands upon thousands organizations and corporations across the world. It’s an open platform, meaning anyone can use it, and Amazon can’t necessarily dictate who can and who can’t. One its users is Palantir, a data analytics company which …

Insomniac Donates Big To Vegas-Area Schools

This week, Rich Thomas, Insomniac’s Vice President Culture and Content, visited Chaparral High School to celebrate the $70,000 donation to Communities In Schools Southern Nevada, fundraised during the 2019 EDC Las Vegas Charity Initiative. Thomas shared an inspiring speech to the CIS Academy Class, touching on his career and personal …

Win A Pair Of Tickets To HARD Day Of The Dead + Merch Pack From Brownies & Lemonade

HARD Day the Dead returns to LA State Historic Park next weekend, Saturday, November 2. Headliners include the Skrillex and Boys Noize duo project Dog Blood, Zhu’s Blacklizt, TOKiMONSTA, Elohim, 1788-L, and more. Enter below for your chance to win a pair tickets to the festival, plus a merch pack …

REPORT: Electric Forest Extending To 6 Days For 10-Year Anniversary & More

Electric Forest may be extended for next year and moving forward. Rothbury’s Village Council met yesterday to discuss the future the music festival, coming up on its 10th anniversary. The special meeting’s purpose was to “review and act on the application for a mass gathering permit by Electric Forest, LLC.” …

Area 51 Festival Founder Sues Alienstock for Branding Rip-off & Pornhub Sponsorship

Even though the Area 51 festival in Rachel, NV happened a month ago, we’re still learning more about the unintentional fallout from this real-life meme event. According to an exclusive report from 13 Investigates, Connie West, owner the Little A’Le’Inn in Rachel, filed a lawsuit with Alienstock owner Matty Roberts and …

REPORT: 130 People Pepper Sprayed During Martin Garrix Show In Amsterdam

A Martin Garrix show during Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) was plagued once again by pepper spray. Last night, the superstar DJ/producer was performing at RAI Amsterdam when, about 20 minutes into his set, the lachrymatory spray filled the air. According to a report, 130 people were treated at the event after being …

The Black Madonna Outraged Over Amazon Festival Booking & Demanded To Be Removed from Lineup

The Black Madonna has been removed from Amazon’s newly announced Intersect Music Festival after expressing extreme outrage over the booking. The event sponsored by Amazon Web Services aka AWS has a strong lineup, featuring Foo Fighters, Kacey Musgraves, Beck, Anderson.Paak and more — but The Black Madonna wants absolutely no part …

Tomorrowland Celebrates 15 Years with Stacked ADE Takeover Live Stream Tonight

Tomorrowland is celebrating 15 years in the best possible way — with a live stream featuring some the most iconic names to ever grace the signature music festival’s lineup. The Our Story takeover coincides with Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE). The roster includes an insane amount talented headliners — Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, …

Amazon Is Launching Its Own Music Festival & The Lineup Is Honestly Stacked

While Amazon’s corporate events usually include a big star or two, they’re hardly considered “music events.” Now, the online retailer is getting into the music festival world as it launches Intersect in Las Vegas this December. It’s quite the abrupt announcement for a full, 2-day festival, but the lineup is …

The Story of Your Paradise As Told By Festival Founders Ignacio Garcia and Hadi Joweihan

Over the past six years, Your Paradise Fiji has earned a reputation for being one the most intimate destination festivals in the world. Known for giving fans dance music an unrivaled intimate festival experience with their favorite artists on a remote island in Fiji, the festival returns this year with …

ADE’s Attendance Numbers for 2019 Are Truly Unbelievable

Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is absolutely massive this year, as 400,000 people are expected to attend the music festival and conference. Furthermore, it’s quite obvious the city’s dance music scene is absolutely thriving in 2019 — and here’s the pro. This news comes as Dutch DJs are expected to generate €150 million in exports …

Crazy’s Debut EP Is Finally Out Now [MUST LISTEN]

After years playing shows and putting out music, CRAY today has finally released her debut EP, seasons change and so do i. It’s been a long year for the Vancouver-born/LA-based artist already, both personally and pressionally. Through all the trials and tribulations, she’s come out with this 7-track, deeply personal expression herself …

Rolling Loud Co-Founder Gets Sh*t On By EDM Twitter for Condemning Ultra, Tomorrowland & EDC

Rolling Loud co-founder and owner Tariq Cherif took aim at the EDM community and DJs that “just push play” last night in response to a Twitter user who tried to throw shade at “basic” festival goers. “Regular People: Rolling Loud and Coachella are the best festivals in the world,” the tweet …

Okeechobee Music Festival Releases 2020 Edition Lineup

Today, Insomniac Events announced the ficial lineup for this upcoming Okeechobee Music Festival. The lineup features a } }, // Articles – recommendations in emotes and comments widget recommendationsWides: false, recommendationsProtocol: “”, globalRecommendations: false, // Colors darkMode: false, color: “108ee9″, // By Widget comments: { vuukleAuth: true, hideRecommendedArticles: false, hideCommentInputBox: …

Ultra Achieves World Record for Biggest Festival Brand with Addition of New Location

Ultra Music Festival is now ficially the world’s largest festival brand with the addition its newest destination, Abu Dhabi, and return to India. Before returning to Miami next year, Ultra will circle the Indian Ocean, with stops in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Abu Dhabi, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Melbourne and Sydney. In …

EDM Fans Are Pissed Okeechobee Booked Hippie Sabotage & They're Blocking Everyone On Twitter

Over three years ago, Hippie Sabotage created chaos on stage at What The Festival when their actions forced security to come on stage and shut them down. Instead complying, they retaliated against security and created a huge fight on stage which then rippled throughout the EDM community and garnered them …

Martin Garrix Gets Real About DJ Mag Top 100 Rankings Ahead Of This Year's Ceremonies

This year’s DJ Mag Top 100 ceremony is quickly approaching as next week’s Amsterdam Music Festival draws closer. But does the current #1 DJ in the world care about it? Martin Garrix gets real in a new interview with Dutch publication Het Parool ahead the ceremonies. The “interview” was more along …

Coachella Receives Massive Grant To Support New Cannabis Businesses

A new $500,000 grant from California’s Bureau Cannabis Control will have Coachella swimming in green next year… and we don’t mean money. According to London Free Press, the grant will be used “for commercial cannabis equity programs that focus on inclusion and support persons and communities that were negatively or disproportionately …

Halloween Comes Early With 10th Installment Of Figure's Epic "Monsters" Series [MUST LISTEN]

Plenty artists try to take advantage the Halloween hype with mixes, music, tours, festivals, costumes, and myriad other things. One the most well known in EDM is RL Grime’s annual Halloween mixes, in rotation since 2012. But another t looked over artist who’s been doing the Halloween thing even longer, …

NEW STUDY: People Reveal Their Biggest Party Regrets, Ranked

Ever go out and then wake up thinking, I can’t believe I did that!? Well, you’re certainly not alone. A new study by TickPick investigates exactly how people feel about their debaucherous activities the morning after. All the reckless behavior, the scandalous acts — and, oh yes, the regrets. Full results here cover …

BREAKING: Ultra Makes Major Change In Its Layout for Return To Bayfront

While last year’s Ultra Music Festival went through its share growing pains, even for the first (and only) year at the venue, one the most spectacular and commonly lauded aspects was the instantly popular Resistance Island. Now, as Ultra returns to its longtime home Bayfront Park, it’s bringing Resistance Island …

FINALLY: You Can Hear Swedish House Mafia's First New Song In Full Quality

Sebastian Ingrosso took the stage at Medusa Festival earlier this summer — and the live set has finally made its way online. The performance below is full Swedish House Mafia specialties, including the group’s highly anticipated single “It Gets Better.” The set is also packed with mashups and classics like …

Steve Aoki & Will Sparks Unite on Festival-Ready Single "Send It"

Dim Mak boss joins Will Sparks on an all new festival-ready single “Send It.” By incorporating Aoki’s vocals over a tech-leaning production, the duo brings a much-welcomed update to the Melbourne sound that Sparks helped establish. “Send It” marks the first time the world-renowned DJs have released a joint single. It …

This Halloween Festival Will Feature Skrillex, Steve Aoki, & Armin van Buuren Parodies

A new festival in China during Halloween week called Be Somebody Festival is taking its name literally as it aims to feature lookalikes popular DJs Skrillex, Steve Aoki, and Armin van Buuren. The festival first popped up in the EDM Madness private Facebook group yesterday. It would have been easy to …

Multiple People Hospitalized In Critical Condition at Festival with Flume, Diplo & More

Four people were hospitalized on Friday night at Listen In festival in Auckland due to drug-related conditions. Three people were initially said to be in critical condition, and the fourth in serious condition. By Saturday morning, however, they had all recovered to a stable condition. A spokesperson said the four people …

ARTY Chats Exclusively About His New Uplifting Progressive Anthem, "Daydreams"

Always one to illustrate the struggles life with a silver lining, electronic music phenomenon ARTY is back with another masterpiece featuring singer-songwriter Cimo Fränkel, ‘Daydreams’. An escape from reality for dance music fans worldwide that erupts into a blaze progressive house, ‘Daydreams’ is like a ray sunlight driving the darkness …

Mike Tyson Wants To Throw A Permanent Festival with Insomniac and Pasquale Rotella

Insomniac founder Pasquale Rotella and boxing champion Mike Tyson hardly seem like a pair to sit down together over a podcast and discuss life and business, but that’s exactly what happened last week on Hotboxin with Mike Tyson, his podcast on iHeartRadio. The two spoke, along with co-host, former American footballer …

Remembering The Lives Lost At America's Deadliest Shooting: A Las Vegas Music Festival

It’s been two years since tragedy and devastation struck Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas. This day will never be the same for the victims, families, or the artists it affected. Today, some the country artists that played the festival — Jason Aldean, Jake Owen, and Chris Young …

MDMA Hangovers Shouldn’t Happen, According To This Doctor – Here’s How To Prevent Them

Dr Ben Sessa, MD’s bio on Twitter describes him as an addictions psychiatrist, MDMA psychotherapist, psychedelic researcher and writer; his website goes into even greater detail the work he’s done in all these fields and the expertise he’s developed. What I’m getting at is this guy is the real deal. …

BREAKING: Imagine Festival Attendee Dead After Being Tasered By Multiple Officers

The death a 24-year-old man who attended Imagine Music Festival is currently under investigation. According to reports, Fernando Rodriguez was confronted by police after leaving the event and was tased by multiple ficers leading up to his death. The Georgia Bureau Investigation (GBI) is heading up the case to determine whether force was …

Excision and Illenium Debut Unreleased Collaboration during B2B at Lost Lands

Just a few minutes ago, Excision and debuted a new unreleased collaboration during the last few moments their B2B at Lost Lands. Popular dubstep DJ, Excision, stated that the two them created the new track when their set at Bass Canyon was canceled due to unforeseen weather conditions. Attendees at …

WATCH LIVE: Excision b2b Illenium, Slander b2b Spag Heddy & Many More Live At The Final Day of Lost Lands 2019

The Superbowl bass music has reached its final day for 2019, but there’s still much more to experience. Lost Lands has a totally stacked Sunday lineup and Couchlands is just as lit — so what are you waiting for? Tonight, Space Jesus, Herobust, Slander b2b Spag Heddy, Funtcase, Peekaboo, Blunts & Blondes …

Lost Lands Live Stream – WATCH HERE + SCHEDULE [Day 2]

Lost Lands Live Stream – WATCH HERE + SCHEDULE The bass music Super Bowl has ficially arrived and Lost Lands stream is happening now! Here’s what’s in store for Couchlands today… Lucii, G-Rex and Yookie already wrecked it, so hopefully you’ve been locked in all day. On deck we have ATLiens, Wooli, and …

EDC Las Vegas Tents Sent To Bahamas for Hurricane Victims

Tents from Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas have been repurposed and sent to the Bahamas to shelter storm victims. Back in May, these tents described as “advanced shelter systems” housed thousands festival goers attending EDC Las Vegas. Now, these same tents are providing protection for families who lost their homes …

Creamfields Announces Over $2 Million Investment Ahead of Festival Next Year

Creamfields music festival is gearing up for its 15th edition in 2020 and some major improvements along with it. Organizers just announced a £2 million investment program going directly back into the event. This initiative described as a “new era for Creamfields” seeks a number improvements. Additional security and staffing, increased camping …

The 2019 Ultra After Movie Is Finally Here & It’s Spectacular

The potential for failure at this year’s Ultra Music Festival 2019 in Miami was high. With only months to coordinate a full festival at a new venue, vendors, production, artists, transportation and everything had to be decided at a moment’s notice. And apart from some unfortunate travel issues after the …

REPORT: Griztronics Live (Griz b2b Subtronics) Might Be Going Down On NYE

Electric Forest weekend blessed us with the track the summer — GRiZ and Subtronics‘ heater cleverly titled “Griztronics.” Now, fans are calling for a B2B. Since its inception, the collaborative track has been played out endlessly by DJs all genres, making its way to music festival stages and shows all summer …

Excision Welcomes Local Families To Meet Lost Lands' Dinosaurs Ahead of 2019 Festival

Never, ever doubt the impact that Excision has on communities. Not just the bass and dubstep communities, but real-life communities around Thornville, Ohio where Lost Lands is held every year. Last year, Excision opened up the festival to a group elementary schools ahead the opening weekend to let teachers and students …

The Area 51 Basecamp Party Got Cancelled Cause Nobody Showed Up

A spinf festival near Area 51 was canceled over the weekend after drawing only 500 attendees. Given all the hype surrounding the viral Storm the Gate Facebook event and ficial/unficial Alienstock parties, organizers Area 51 Basecamp expected more like 5,000 attendees. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out like that. Planner Keith Wright pulled the plug on Basecamp …

Insomniac Founder Pasquale Rotella Talks Future of EDC Vegas & Orlando In Reddit AMA

EDC Las Vegas is gearing up for its 2020 installment — and there’s nobody better to talk on the experience than Insomniac‘s fearless leader Pasquale Rotella. In a recent AMA, the entertainment guru dished on all things EDC Las Vegas. The music festival is always striving for improvement and makes …

Die Antwoord’s Ninja Officially Accused of Sexual Assault In New Police Report

The controversy between Australian musician Zheani Sparkes and Die Antwoord singer Ninja go back years and years, further than we can effectively expound upon within this article. (Read here if you’re interested in examining the full timeline.) But now, after years, Sparkes has ficially filed a police report in Queensland alleging …

One of Dance Music's Foremost Legends Is Playing An Area 51 Raid Party Tomorrow

While everyone is going on about Alienstock in Las Vegas and whatever the festival that was Alienstock will now be in Rachel, NV, there’s an entirely separate event going down at the Alien Research Center on the Extraterrestrial Highway called ‘Storm’ Area 51 Basecamp tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 20. And it’s just been announced that …