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Ultra Music Festival Lineup: David Guetta, Tiesto, Avicii to Rock Miami
January 04, 2013 6:05 PM EST As previously announced, Swedish House Mafia will end their "One Last Tour" at Ultra The first round of artists for this year's supersized Ultra Music Festival has been announced, with titans of electronic dance music including deadma ...
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New Year's Eve Concert Guide: From Jay-Z/Coldplay to Skrillex; Nicki Minaj to Willie Nelson, and More
December 28, 2012 3:00 PM EST Jay-Z (left) with Coldplay's Chris Martin play Brooklyn's Barclays Center on New Year's Eve. (Getty) Across the country -- from Coldplay and Jay-Z in Brooklyn and Nicki MInaj in Vegas to Skrillex in Detroit and Willie Nelson in Aust ...
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Business Matters: How Soundrop Is Helping Build the Spotify Economy
June 12, 2012 6:58 PM EDT Soundrop Benefits From The Spotify Economy -- In a sign that at least one investor thinks Spotify is a valuable platform with longevity, Soundrop raised $3 million in funding from Northzone for its social listening app built specifically for the S ...
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Diplo, Nile Rodgers, Twitter's Tatiana Simonian to Keynote Biggest-Ever Ibiza International Music Summit
March 02, 2012 2:33 PM EST Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites: Dance music fans at 2011's Ibiza International Music Summitt (Photo: IMS) In line with the ever-expanding global popularity of electronic dance music, this year's Ibiza International Music Summit (IMS) ...
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Ultra Music Fest Expanding To Six International Sites
February 17, 2012 6:02 PM EST The Ultra Music Festival, which has long been a staple of Miami, is branching out in a big way. It was announced via a video uploaded on YouTube yesterday that the electronic dance music festival would be expanding beyond its Miami home base (Marc ...
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Backbeat: Skrillex's Secret 'Blindfolded' Show, Where Even Lyor Cohen Got Skrillified
February 03, 2012 6:30 PM EST Skrillex at the WeSC Concept Store was happy to meet and greet his many fans before they were blindfoled, loaded onto a bus and driven to an unknown location. (Photo: Andy Gensler) NEW YORK -- Being blindfolded and thrown onto a bus to catch the l ...
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Exclusive: Paul van Dyk Sets New Album, Video Series for 2012
December 14, 2011 1:50 PM EST DJ Talks Ambitious Return, Changes in Dance Music and Whether Dubstep Is a Fad "I look like I've been in New York for three weeks," joked Paul van Dyk as he stood in slightly tattered military garb on the set of his new video. The wor ...
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Electric Zoo Fest: 16 Things Seen & Heard
September 08, 2011 2:50 PM EDT Capping off a summer that saw the biggest electronic music events in U.S. history, Electric Zoo marked its third and biggest year yet this weekend, Sept 2-4. Comparatively smaller than the country's other three-day dance fests - Ultra Music Fes ...
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Ultra Music Festival 2011: Top 10 Performances
March 29, 2011 1:00 PM EDT The days were hot and long; the crowds were big and young. But the 13th annual Ultra Music Festival filled its purpose: Stating in no uncertain terms that electronic dance music has found its biggest audience since its inception in the youth of Amer ...
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Ultra Music Festival 2011: Top 10 Performances
March 29, 2011 1:00 PM EDT Events Peas Black Ultra Duran Duran Simon Sofia Moby Carl Cox Armin Van Buuren Audience Crowd Benny Benassi Midnight Conspiracy Tommy Lee Andy Bell Kaskade bbcom Media: 1051149-will.i.am-black-eyed-peas-ultra-617-409.jpg 1051149-will.i.am-black-eye ...
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Ultra Music Fest 2011: 10 Things Seen and Overheard Sunday
March 28, 2011 5:55 PM EDT Attendees at the Ultra Music Festival seemed a bit less sure of their movements on Sunday: That's what happens after three days of non-stop dancing in the punishing sun. But day 3 of Miami Music Week was the best of the lot, allowing some big n ...
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Ultra Music Fest 2011: 10 Things Seen and Overheard Saturday
March 27, 2011 5:34 PM EDT Miami Music Week's peak day continued its streak of perfect weather and astoundingly big crowds, all swept up in electronic music fever. In fact, as the sun set, it seemed that you could hear an insistent kickdrum from any point in the city. Ul ...
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Billboard Bits: Eminem & Dr. Dre to Open the Grammys?
February 02, 2011 5:35 PM EST Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip. Eminem & Dr. Dre to Open the Grammys? Eminem will reportedly kick off the Grammys this year, performing one of his "Recovery" singles -- but more importantl ...
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Will.i.Am, Tiesto, Diplo, Passion Pit To Headline Ultra Music Festival
January 08, 2010 6:03 PM EST B lack Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am , Tiësto , Passion Pit , Groove Armada and Major Lazer are among the first acts confirmed to headline the 2010 Ultra Music Festival, the top outdoor festival for electronic music fans. This year's fest will c ...
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Detroit's Movement 2009 Festival Lineup Expands
March 25, 2009 8:28 AM EDT Glitch Mob, Anthony Rother, Benga and Marc "MK" Kinchen are among the more than two dozen more performers named for Movement 2009, the annual electronic music festival that takes place each Memorial Day weekend in Detroit. The four acts jo ...
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DJ Tiesto, Carl Cox Set For Ultra Festival
December 05, 2008 10:27 AM EST DJ Tiesto, Carl Cox, Bloc Party, Deadmau5, the Ting Tings, Cut Copy and Crystal Castles lead the bill for the 2009 Ultra Music Festival, to be held March 27-29 at Bicentennial Park in downtown Miami. Other artists scheduled to perform at this year&# ...
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Ultra Music Festival Unveils 2009 Lineup
December 05, 2008 12:00 AM EST Tiësto, Carl Cox, Bloc Party, Deadmau5, the Ting Tings, Cut Copy and Crystal Castles, among others, will perform as part of the 2009 Ultra Music Festival, to be held March 27-29 at Bicentennial Park in downtown Miami. Other artists scheduled to pe ...
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Billboard Bits: Ultra Festival, Blue Man Group, Tim McGraw
February 13, 2008 12:00 AM EST Junkie XL, the Bravery, Union Jack (in its first show in seven years), Eric Prydz and the Veez have been added to the lineup for the Ultra Music Festival, to be held March 28-29 at Miami's Bicentennia Junkie XL, the Bravery, Union Jack (in its ...
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The Cure, Tiesto Set For Miami's Ultra Festival
December 21, 2006 12:00 AM EST The Cure, Tiesto, Deep Dish, Shiny Toy Guns and Miss Kittin will perform during the first night of the Ultra Music Festival on March 23 at Miami's Bicentennial Park. The Cure, Tiesto, Deep Dish, Shiny Toy Guns and Miss Kittin will perform durin ...
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Lily Allen Plots U.S. Invasion With EP, Shows
September 08, 2006 12:00 AM EDT 21-year-old U.K. rapper Lily Allen will release her debut album, "Alright, Still," Jan. 30 in the United States via Capitol. It will be preceded on Sept. 26 by the four-song digital EP "Smile." 21-year-old U.K. rapper Lily Allen ...
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Chili Peppers, The Who Lead Baltimore V Fest Bill
July 17, 2006 12:00 AM EDT The Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Who will headline the U.S. version of the Virgin Festival, presented by Virgin Mobile and set for Sept. 23 at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. The Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Who will headline the U.S. versio ...
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Killers, Van Dyk Heat Up Ultra Fest Lineup
January 31, 2006 12:00 AM EST The Killers, Paul Van Dyk, BT, Hot Hot Heat, Hard-Fi and Carl Cox have joined the lineup for the eighth Ultra Music Festival. The Killers, Paul Van Dyk, BT, Hot Hot Heat, Hard-Fi and Carl Cox have joined the lineup for the eighth Ultra Music Festiva ...
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Update: Tool Joins Depeche Mode As Coachella Headliner
January 31, 2006 12:00 AM EST Tool will join Depeche Mode as the headliners for the 2006 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, which will be held April 29-30 at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif. Tool performed at the first Tool will join Depeche Mode as the headliners for ...
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NIN To Play Both Voodoo Shows
October 17, 2005 12:00 AM EDT Nine Inch Nails will play both nights of the Voodoo Music Experience, which will be held Oct. 29 in New Orleans and the following night in Memphis. Nine Inch Nails will play both nights of the Voodoo Music Experience, which will be held Oct. 29 in N ...
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Voodoo Music Experience Unveils Lineup
June 24, 2005 12:00 AM EDT In addition to previously announced headliner Nine Inch Nails, the seventh Voodoo Music Experience will feature performances by Queens Of The Stone Age, My Chemical Romance, the Flaming Lips, Billy Id In addition to previously announced headliner Ni ...
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Carl Cox, RealNetworks Team On 'Global' Radio
April 29, 2005 12:00 AM EDT RadioPass to deliver dance content online. RealNetworks has struck a partnership with Carl Cox to present the pioneering British club DJ's radio show as part of an exclusive online offering. Through the pact, Cox's weekly "Global&qu ...
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Hives, Slipknot, Spree Join Big Day Out
November 10, 2004 12:00 AM EST The Hives, Slipknot, the Polyphonic Spree and Le Tigre have been added to the lineup for the annual Big Day Out festival tour of Australia and New Zealand. Other acts new to the bill are Atmosphere, C The Hives, Slipknot, the Polyphonic Spree and Le ...
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Touring Jogs Tiesto's 'Memory'
July 26, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Excerpted from the magazine for Billboard.com. It stands to reason that touring extensively behind a new album is crucial to its commercial fortunes. But at a time when the heavy hitters of trance are not as visible on world stages as they once were ...
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Billboard Bits: Area: Two, Ozzy, Williams/Kid Rock
May 06, 2002 12:00 AM EDT News on Area: Two, Ozzy Osbourne, Williams/Kid Rock Performance art troupe Blue Man Group and drum-and-bass titan Dieselboy have been added to the lineup for Moby's Area: Two tour, which, as previously reported , kicks off July 28 in Bristow, V ...
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Area: Two Festival Kicks Off In Late July
April 30, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Moby's Area: Two Festival will kick off July 28 in Bristow, Va., and will, as previously reported, feature the electronic music maven, along with David Bowie, Busta Rhymes, and newly announced artists Moby's Area: Two Festival will kick of ...
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Grandmaster Flash Picks His 'Essentials'
April 09, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Warner Strategic Marketing will turn back the musical clock on May 7 with the release of "Essential Mix: Classic Edition," mixed by famed DJ Grandmaster Flash. The set is the latest in the ongoing "Es Warner Strategic Marketing will t ...
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Global
March 16, 2002 12:00 AM EST On his first U.S. major-label release, internationally revered DJ Carl Cox serves up one helluva beat-mixed set. On his first U.S. major-label release, internationally revered DJ Carl Cox serves up one helluva beat-mixed set. A true master of funky ...
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Oakenfold, Deep Dish Sign On For Ultra Festival
January 29, 2002 12:00 AM EST Paul Oakenfold, Deep Dish, and Roni Size are confirmed to appear March 23 at the fourth Ultra festival, which will kick off the annual Winter Music Conference in Miami Beach. The event, which will be Paul Oakenfold, Deep Dish, and Roni Size are conf ...
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The Anglo Files
August 16, 2001 12:00 AM EDT New music from Los Chicharrons, K-Boy, X-Press 2, and Zohar; DMC/Technics Mixing Championships. Tummy Touch's Odd Couple This month (Aug 27 in U.K.) will see the release of "Blow for You/Blow for Me," the second album from Tummy Touch ...
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Inverse Catch-22
July 21, 2001 12:00 AM EDT With a name like Cynical Blend, many might come to the conclusion that Inverse Catch-22 is the product of an act that owes much to the dark-edged sounds of such pre-electronica electronic groups as Jo With a name like Cynical Blend, many might come ...
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Kelis To Join Roots On Area: One Tour
June 26, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Up-and-coming vocalist Kelis will join the Roots on stage for seven dates on Moby's inaugural Area: One tour, set to kick off July 11 in Atlanta. Other artists newly confirmed to appear at various sto Up-and-coming vocalist Kelis will join the ...
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Anglo Files
June 26, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Gearing Up For Island Clubbing Island Clubbers Pack Their Cases With much of the U.K. and Europe now basking in a wave of summer sun, the island clubbing season is well underway. And with many British promoters expanding their horizons further afiel ...
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Spiller Nabs 3 DanceStar Honors
June 07, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Italian producer Cristiano Spiller walked away with three of the four awards for which he was nominated at the DanceStar 2001 World Dance Music Awards last night (June 6) in London. Italian producer Cristiano Spiller walked away with three of the fo ...
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The Anglo Files
May 30, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Lyon's Finest Make U.K. Live Debut, Oakenfold Heads To Ibiza Lyon's Finest Make U.K. Live Debut May saw the live debut of French four-piece Le Peuple de L'Herbe at North London's famous Jazz Cafe. During the group's two-hour ...
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Ray's House
May 19, 2001 12:00 AM EDT With the beat-mixed Ray's House, MTV VJ Ray Munns makes his debut as a DJ—and make no mistake, this guy is not fooling around. With the beat-mixed Ray's House, MTV VJ Ray Munns makes his debut as a DJ—and make no mistake, this guy is not f ...
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Moby Unveils Plans For Area: One Festival
April 23, 2001 12:00 AM EDT As first tipped here earlier this month, Moby has recruited a host of major acts from a wide variety of music genres for the inaugural Area: One festival tour, which will hit 16 North American markets As first tipped here earlier this month, Moby ha ...
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Nelly Furtado Added To Area One Festival
April 20, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Up-and-coming Canadian vocalist Nelly Furtado has been added to the Area One festival, Billboard.com has learned. As first reported here, the event is the brainchild of Moby and his management team, a Up-and-coming Canadian vocalist Nelly Furtado ha ...
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Moby Drafts Outkast, New Order For Area: One
April 05, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Moby has recruited hip-hop heavyweights Outkast and the Roots, the newly reactivated New Order, modern rock act Incubus, and internationally renowned DJs Paul Oakenfold and Carl Cox for the inaugural Moby has recruited hip-hop heavyweights Outkast a ...
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The Anglo Files
April 03, 2001 12:00 AM EDT News on Homelands, Kosheen, Schiller, Mr. Bongo. Homelands To Go Ahead As Planned Reports that U.K. dance music festival Homelands is the latest event to be canceled due to the current outbreak of foot and mouth disease sweeping the U.K. countryside ...
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U2, Coldplay Honored At NME Carling AwardsT
February 06, 2001 12:00 AM EST All four members of U2 were present at the 2001 NME Carling Awards (formerly known as the Brats) today (Feb. 6) in East London to accept two of the most prominent accolades in the weekly music paper's All four members of U2 were present at the ...
