MUST LISTEN: Chet Porter's First Song In 3 Years Absolutely Blew Me Away

The world has been missing Chet Porter, and we’re finally getting him back. After taking much the last 2-3 years to recenter himself and get healthier mentally, Porter is back with his first song in three years, “The Longest Day Ever.” It’s a brilliantly composed piece music, with thundering highs …

Diplo Cancels On Imagine Festival Super Last Minute, But His Replacement Is Even Better

Atlanta’s biggest electronic music festival, Imagine Music Festival, ficially begins tomorrow — unfortunately, it will be short one original headliner. According to the festival’s own Twitter this morning, Diplo has pulled out. No reason was given for his cancellation, as IMF cited “unforeseen circumstances” for his absence. While some will surely …

The Area 51 Raid Turned Music Festival Is Now Just A Party In Vegas

Alienstock is ficially calling f the music festival originally intended near Area 51. Creator Matty Roberts and his team issued a statement on the AlienStock website: Due to the lack infrastructure, poor planning, risk management and blatant disregard for the safety the expected 10,000+ AlienStock attendees, we decided to pull the plug on …

Tomorrowland Winter’s Lineup Is Here & It’s Stacked To The Brim

Yesterday, Tomorrowland Winter revealed the stage hosts for its 2020 installment, including Smash The House and Q-Dance. Now, the lineup for the festival has been revealed. Tomorrowland Winter in 2020 will welcome a host familiar names, including Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Martin Garrix, Armin van Buuren, Afrojack, Steve Aoki, and …

Tomorrowland Winter Reveals Stage Hosts for 2020 Installment

Tomorrowland Winter is gearing up for a another spectacular year! The music festival just announced its 2020 stage hosts including The Book Wisdom at the MainStage and another fan favorite theme, Amicorium. In the post below, Tomorrowland Winter reveals that Q-Dance will host its own takeover, plus the return the Freedom Stage and …

Shambhala Music Festival Drops Official Aftermovie, Early Bird Tickets On Sale NOW

It’s time to plan your next journey to Shambhala Music Festival! Regarded as one the world’s best music festivals (if not the best), Shambhala continues to impress us year after year with cutting-edge production and devastatingly amazing electronic lineups. Not to mention the vibes, the energy, and the people that …

Win an exclusive meet & greet with VNSSA at Dirtybird Campout West

Last year, up and coming house DJ VNSSA opened Dirtybird Campout West Coast with a bang, throwing down one the most talked-about sets the festival before taking campers on a 5k floating race on the Modesto Reservoir. Your EDM has partnered with Dirtybird Campout West Coast and VNSSA to announce the return the 5k …

FIRST LISTEN: G Jones Debuts New Song "Dark Artifact" At Nocturnal Wonderland

Nocturnal Wonderland wrapped up this weekend and what a fantastic time it was for tens thousands ravers in San Bernardino, California. We’ll have our ficial festival review up later this week, but we’re already seeing loads highlights from the festival. Among them is this stellar new unreleased tune from G …

The Woman Who Started The “Glitter Boob” Trend Is Making Like $180,000 A Week

The artist who started the glitter boob trend is making some serious cash — we’re talking $180,000 serious. Not only is her bank account sparkling, but her very own art business is booming. Meet Sophie Tea, the 26-year-old Sydney-based mastermind behind the festival craze. It all started when she uploaded a …

Usher Dives Back Into EDM On New Collab with One of House Music's Foremost Legends

It’s been four years since Usher was last featured on a dance record. After two chart-topping collaborations with David Guetta and Martin Garrix, also four years apart, he just dropped a tune with South African DJ/producer Black Cfee, “LaLaLa.” “LaLaLa” isn’t your typical house song, playing more toward Black Cfee’s …

Major Musicians Are Speaking Out Against Facial Recognition Tech At Festivals & You Should Too

Live Nation’s investment last year in Blink Identity, a tech company specializing in facial recognition, has spawned a new campaign in opposition to the use facial recognition tech at festivals and concerts. It was started by digital rights group Fight For The Future, and already has support from artists such as …

We Finally Know What's Happening To The Guy Who Ran Over His Girlfriend for Going To EDC

Ryan Mansour is expected to plead guilty to a felony battery charge for driving over his girlfriend, who attended Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas this year. According to multiple reports, she went to EDC against his wishes, but he found her photos from the festival on Instagram. He left work to confront …

This DJ Legend Went Undercover As An Old Man At Tomorrowland for A Secret Set

Tomorrowland’s 15th anniversary edition was full surprises in order to amaze the People Tomorrow once again. Dutch DJ and producer Laidback Luke – a Tomorrowland regular and an absolute icon the Dutch dance scene – cooked up something special this year to celebrate 15 years Tomorrowland. After playing the iconic …

Martin Garrix Reveals Brand New Single "Used To Love"

During the fifth anniversary Lollapalooza Berlin this past weekend, Martin Garrix announced that he will release his brand new single “Used To Love” by the end October. The track is made in collaboration with Australian singer-songwriter Dean Lewis, known for his hit single “Waves,” and who was also performing at …

Shooting Scare Turns Lil Wayne Festival Into Chaotic Stampede – Many Injured

A crowd stampede at Lil Wayne‘s music festival in New Orleans has resulted in the injury several people. For unknown reasons, an estimated 15,000 people began running on Saturday night following Meek Mill‘s performance at the Lil WeezyAna Fest. It’s unclear what exactly started the panic, but it’s speculated that …

Skrillex, Calvin Harris, Martin Garrix & Zedd Are All Headlining This Festival Straight Out Of 2014

This year we’ve seen some pretty stacked lineups, but this one is giving them all a run for their money. Djakarta Warehouse Project just announced its first phase and it’s already insane. The headliners are enough to get us there. Calvin Harris is making a rare festival appearance, along with three more top-tier …

Tomorrowland Winter Reveals Theme For 2020 & It's A Fan Favorite [VIDEO]

The inaugural Tomorrowland Winter earlier this year in the Alpe d’Huez in France set a standard for snowy, mountaintop festivals across the world — not that there are that many in the first place. With sets from many Tomorrowland’s mainstays like Armin van Buuren, DJ Snake, Martin Garrix & more, it …

Joe Rogan Brings On One of EDM's Biggest DJs for New Podcast [VIDEO]

Internationally known world-wide touring DJ and Dim Mak record label head, Steve Aoki recently sat down with Joe Rogan for episode #1345 The Joe Rogan Experience. Rogan and Aoki discuss a plethora topics during the nearly 3 hour conversation, everything ranging from Steve explaining to Rogan the caking phenomenon that …

Electric Zoo Responds To Multitude of Reports That Security Sexually Harassed & Assaulted Attendees

Yesterday, Twitter and was flooded with accounts inappropriate searches and sexual assault at Electric Zoo festival in New York this past weekend. According to many users, it was the same man conducting searches that appeared to be the most culpable in these acts, described as a man with a man-bun …

This Superfan Compiled The Ultimate Woodstock ‘69 Playlist In The Order Every Song Was Played [MUST LISTEN]

Woodstock 50 didn’t happen like it was supposed to… But there’s still a way to celebrate the anniversary the iconic 1969 music festival, with this new Woodstock playlist! Below is the almost complete compilation all the songs played at the inaugural Woodstock music festival, in order, from start to finish. …

NSFW: Flume Eats A Girl’s Ass On Stage At Burning Man [VIDEO]

If your Instagram feed is suddenly being flooded by photos and videos dust storms, wooden structures on fire, barely clothed humans engaging in communal behavior, and a myriad other things, congrats! You’ve just learned that Burning Man just ended. While the festival is focused on community and real-life values, it …

Environmental Organization Calls for "Tent Tax" at Music Festivals

Clean Up Britain is calling for a “tent tax” at music festivals. The organization, which consistently campaigns for cleaner, greener communities, is proposing a tax that all campers would potentially pay upon attending a music festival. The tax, amounting £25, would help cover cleanup for tents and other campsite items left behind. …

Alan Walker Cancels Festival At Last Minute & Blames Venue, Festival Issues Epic Response

Alan Walker was scheduled to play the annual Darkwoods Music Festival in Tijuana, Mexico yesterday but cancelled the set at the last minute. In his announcement to fans, he blamed “significant defects at the venue, and severe production issues beyond our control” for his sudden decision. “I’m afraid canceling the …

Jai Wolf Forced To Cut Set Short After Barricade Collapse Injures Over Two Dozen

Last night at Bumbershoot Music Festival in Seattle, just as Jai Wolf began his scheduled set on the Fischer Stage at around 9:45 p.m., a stage barricade collapsed injuring 25 people and sending four to the hospital. It’s unclear exactly what occurred, but a statement from the festival describes a …

Kris Kross Amsterdam & Conor Maynard – ‘Ooh Girl’(feat. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie)

The mighty Kris Kross Amsterdam returns with their much anticipated new single ‘Ooh Girl’. Teaming up again with trusted singer Conor Maynard and joined by burgeoning rapper A Boogie With Da Hoodie to complete this dream team. The record is an impressive blend sultry R&B rhythms, infectious chorus lines and …

REPORT: Kendall Jenner, Blink-182 &More Being Sues for Fyre Festival Involvement

The Fyre Festival scandal just won’t go away. According to newly surfaced reports, a fest trustee is suing Blink-182, Kendall Jenner, and Emily Ratajkowski for their performance fees. As we all know, Fyre Festival was the greatest party that never happened. And, some the talent made out like bandits. However, they might have …

REPORT: Video Game & Music Festival with Ninja and Marshmello Has Already Been Cancelled

Metarama Gaming + Music Festival has reportedly been canceled. The event, set to take place over October 19th and 20th in Las Vegas, has been abruptly canceled, sources close to the project revealed to ESPN. Metarama was to be headed up by gamer/livestreamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins and Marshmello, with other superstars …

Towns Surrounding Area 51 Brace For Alienstock Music Festival

Rural Nevada is bracing itself for impact the Storm Area 51 event set to take place next month… In addition to the original Storm Area 51 Facebook event, which was apparently intended as a joke, there’s now a full-fledged music festival happening in Rachel called Alienstock. Electronic music, country and rock and roll is to …

Jeffrey Sutorius and Snoop Dogg Headline Foodbeast's Nood Beach Food and Music Festival [Event Preview]

Are you ready for Nood Beach? What is Nood Beach you ask? It’s a fabulous concept; it’s a food and music festival held at gorgeous Huntington Beach in Southern California presented by world class food blog Foodbeast. It’s going down this Sunday at Bolsa Chica State Beach with performances from …

REPORT: Swedish House Mafia’s Custom Pyro Allegedly Inflicts $4.4 Million of Damage To Festival

Swedish House Mafia’s stage production at Creamfields was apparently so intricate and large that the entire Arc stage had to be shut down ahead their performance this past Sunday. When the trio finally took to the stage, they came with the lights, sound, and fire that one would expect an …

STUDY: Festival Drug Testing Services Still Don’t Stop People from Using Bad Drugs Even When Tested

The implementation drug testing services at music festivals is something we’ve been witnessing more and more. In the new study outlined here, the drug checking service at Boom Festival 2016 is explored, along with the impact on users’ behavioral intentions. For the study, 753 drug samples were collected for testing. …

Four Dead At Festivals/Shows Over Weekend from Suspected Super Strength Ecstasy

Holidays like Memorial Day or Labor Day in the US are ten big festival weekends considering the 3-day weekend; over in the UK, bank holidays especially bring massive events like Reading & Leeds, as well as Creamfields. Unfortunately, as a result lack drug education and a do-it-all attitude, four people …

One of the World’s Biggest Festivals Is Turning Everyone’s Poop Into Electricity

Going to the bathroom in a porta-potty would never be considered a pleasant experience by any stretch the imagination. Even the VIP bathrooms that some festivals are now adopting could hardly be called “inviting.” But what if by urinating and defecating you were actually working toward a good cause? Reading Festival …

Adventure Club and Said The Sky Team Up For New Single “Already Know” Feat. Caly Bevier

is having a massive 2019 releasing a wealth collaborative singles including “Next Life” with Krewella and Crankdat as well as “Life Long After Death” with Quix and badxchannels. Continuing their set smash releases, the Canadian duo is back for a new track with  “Already Know” feat. Caly Bevier. With a …

17-Year-Old Girl Dies Of Assumed OD At Major Festival, Police Issue Drug Warning

A 17-year-old girl has died a suspected drug overdose at Leeds Festival. The teenager from Oldham reportedly passed away on site the music festival in Bramham Park, West Yorkshire in the UK. Details the young woman’s identity have not been revealed to the public immediately. Exact cause death has yet to be …

Activists To Protest Major Music Festival Over… Free Chicken Nuggets???

As part a promotional campaign at this year’s Reading music festival, going down this weekend, August 23-25, it was reported that McDonald’s would be giving away free chicken Mcnuggets. Awesome, right? Not to everyone. The Humane League, an international nonprit organization that works to end the abuse animals raised for food, …

Major Music Festival Takes A Stand Against Annoying "Fan Clacking" Epidemic

CRSSD Festival is set to go down at Waterfront Park in San Diego next month — and people are already buzzing about the event’s list discouraged and prohibited items. First up, the festival is receiving much praise for heavily discouraging “fan slapping” or “clacking.” This is something the vast majority …

Marshmello Is Bringing One of His Biggest Collaborators with Him for This Huge Festival

The annual iHeartRadio Music Festival is set to take place a month from today, Sept. 20-21, at the Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena. Performances by Alicia Keys, The Backstreet Boys, Camila Cabello, Miley Cyrus, Halsey, Chance The Rapper, Mumford & Sons, French Montana, Def Leppard, Cage The Elephant, Tim McGraw and …

NGHTMRE & ZHU’s Highly Anticipated Collab Out This Week

After teasing their collaboration for months, Zhu and NGHTMRE are finally getting ready to release “Man’s First Inhibition” this week! Both artists have collaborated with others far outside their usual realm. For Zhu’s part, collaborations with Tame Impala, Majid Jordan, Skrillex, and NERO have put him on a whole new …

[Premiere] Lucii Delivers Emotive Acoustic Rendition of Psych-bass Anthem "Neptune"

Skrillex’s seminal song “Rock N Roll (Will Take You To The Mountain)” ends with a sample from a random man saying, “They’re not artists because nobody can play the guitar!” Little did this little minded man know, many electronic musicians can play instruments, some them are even classically trained. But, …

Die Antwoord apparently pulled from multiple festivals for committing violent hate crime

South African group Die Antwoord are allegedly being pulled from festival lineups after a viral video was uploaded showing members Yolandi and Ninja engaging in outright homophobic behavior and more. The video is from 2012, but has been written about in one fashion or another by publications as early as this …

REPORT: Dallas Cowboys’ Star Running Back Won’t Be Charged for Assaulting EDC Security Guard

Dallas Cowboys superstar running back Ezekiel Elliott will not face criminal charges for the altercation that went down at EDC Las Vegas this year, according to a report. Back in May, he was put in handcuffs during the music festival after pushing a security guard into a metal gate and to the …

The Original Woodstock Is Airing All Weekend Long To Celebrate Its 50th Anniversary

Woodstock 50 isn’t happening, but that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate this weekend! Original recordings from the music festival are airing live on Philadelphia’s WXPN 88.5 FM, so music fans can relive the 1969 festival in the exact order it went down. The broadcast is airing as accurately possible, which started …

EDC Orlando 2019 Details and Big Florida News Have Been Revealed

As many you know, Insomniac announced tonight this year’s EDC Orlando lineup by music through music. In other words, Insomniac had its founder, Pasquale Rotella play the music artists that would be performing at this year’s music festival on Night Owl Radio. Besides playing the tracks many beloved artists, Rotella …

EDC Orlando 2019 Lineup Hinted At With Music Through Music Reveal

It’s that time again! The EDC Orlando 2019 Music Through Music lineup announcement is here. Insomniac does things a bit differently when it comes to lineup reveals. While most festivals just post the lineup randomly on social media, Pasquale has always been one to get involved with the community. The …

FULL SETS: Illenium, San Holo & More Live At Moonrise Fest 2019

Mid-Atlantic’s premier music event, Moonrise Festival, took place over the weekend in Baltimore, Maryland. With festival season in full swing, we obviously can’t make them all — but we can relive the live sets online. Some EDM’s finest took the stage at Moonrise 2019, including Illenium, KSHMR, NGHTMRE x Slander, …

Area 51 Raid-Turned-EDM Festival Officially Warned Against Throwing Event

Days after the Area 51 raid event ficially announced Alienstock for this September, the town Rachel, Nevada has responded with a warning to potential attendees: “The residents were not asked and are not on board and will certainly not allow their town to be taken over.” Event organizer Brock Daily with The Hidden Sound told Your …

Tomorrowland Winter Is Back! Announced for 2020 Return

Earlier this year, almost thirty thousand music lovers from all over the world took over the entire Alpe d’Huez Grand Domaine Ski Area for the very first Tomorrowland Winter. With performances from artists such as Martin Garrix, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Lost Frequencies, Armin van Buuren, Steve Aoki, Martin Solveig, …

VIDEO: NGHTMRE Unleashes New Collab with ZHU On Moonrise Festival

This past weekend, Saturday, August 10, NGHTMRE & Slander brought Gud Vibrations to Maryland for Moonrise Festival and, as per usual, rocked their set. During the performance, fans got a taste a long awaited collab between Zhu and NGHTMRE, now known to be called “Man’s First Inhibitions.” Definitely a curious …

Area 51 Raid Founders Are Actually Throwing A Festival – Here’s Everything You Need To Know

After all this time waiting, an ficial festival event near Area 51 in Rachel, Nevada is actually happening. It’s going to be called Alienstock, obviously as an homage to the legendary Woodstock festival. Alienstock will go down September 20-22 and will also feature, various activities as well as camping. The …

Tomorrowland’s Mind-Blowing Official After Movie Is Here In All Its Glory

Tomorrowland closed out two wonderful weekends its enchanted 2019 journey in Boom, Belgium this past July. 400,000 “People Tomorrow” from 200 different countries celebrated 15 Years Tomorrowland. And today, its ficial aftermovie is airing live on the Tomorrowland YouTube channel and ficial website. The nostalgia-inducing movie captures the best the …

Full, Uncut Recording Of Original Woodstock To Air At Exact Time Of Original Festival

The Woodstock 50 anniversary festival that could have been instead ended up completely crashing and burning. After losing its main investor, getting kicked out its original venue, artists dropping out left and right, the decision to nix the festival was finally made less than a month before it was originally …