29-Year-Old Man Dies at New Zealand’s Hidden Valley Music Festival

A person has sadly died at the 2020 edition of New Zealand’s Hidden Valley Festival. Newshub reports that the deceased is Tuitu’u Junior Vaiangina, a 29-year-old man who was a member of the New Zealand Army. Vaiangina suffered a cardiac arrest before collapsing at the Matakana music festival on Sunday, December 27th, 2020. Hidden Valley Festival organizers said …

UK Garage Legend Flava D Teases Collaboration With Skrillex

Fabled UK garage and drum & bass producer Flava D is the latest high-profile collaborator to be linked with Skrillex. After she recently hosted an “ask me anything” Q&A session with fans on her Instagram, one of her responses about the Grammy Award-winning “Bangarang” producer sent ripples through the EDM community. When a fan randomly and overtly asked …

Steve Aoki, Halsey, and Lauv to Join BTS for New Year’s Eve Streaming Event

South Korean entertainment juggernaut Big Hit Entertainment is gearing up for a New Year’s Eve livestream celebration. Powered by their Weverse platform, the ticketed event will feature performances and virtual meet-and-greets from some of the biggest stars in the world. BTS, Lee Hyun, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, and more are slated to send off 2020 with the app’s multi-camera technology, …

Dance Music Artists Soundtrack Stories from Award-Winning Journalist’s Book, “The Outlaw Ocean”

Multi-decade journalist Ian Urbina has launched a music project to soundtrack his investigations throughout international waters, what he calls the world’s “last untamed frontier.” According to Urbina, there are 56 million people who work offshore. However, their work is rooted in a harsh environment that most are unfamiliar with. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who has written …

Dance Your Way Into 2021 With Insomniac’s Four-Day “Virtual Flashback” Streaming Event

Despite vaccines slowly being rolled out across the world, it’s sadly still not safe to have a big, in-person New Year’s Eve celebration. In light of this disappointing reality, Insomniac has whipped up a collection of replay sets—packaged into a New Year’s Eve countdown livestream—perfect for socially distanced partying at home. The iconic promoter recently …

Lights Stars in Netflix Remake of “The Magic School Bus”

In an effort to inspire copious amounts of nostalgia and entertain the younger generation is a new Netflix remake of the popular 90s show, The Magic School Bus.  Released just in time for the holidays, The Magic School Bus Rides Again in the Zone sees the class attend a New Year’s Eve concert and learn about timezones. Providing …

Stephanie LaFera, WME’s Head of Music, on Racial Injustice and Planning Concerts During a Pandemic [Q&A]

2020 will certainly go down in the annals of music history as not only one of the most difficult, but also among the most seminal. The music community—and the entertainment industry at large—have had to completely rethink their strategies in order to stay afloat. AEG, Live Nation, and a number of other music industry giants …

REZZ Teases Remix of i_o and Grimes’ “Violence”

REZZ has found the perfect way to pay tribute to i_o. Space Mom recently took to Twitter to announce that she has remixed the late techno music producer’s single “Violence.” Released back in September 2019 alongside renowned artpop artist Grimes, the track was a breakthrough for i_o, who tragically passed away just over a year later. …

Watch an Exclusive Preview of Martin Garrix’s Set at Upcoming Tomorrowland Virtual NYE Festival

Fans of Martin Garrix have been counting down the seconds until his set at Tomorrowland‘s first-ever virtual New Year’s Eve festival, one of his most anticipated performances in recent memory. Those fans can now get a taste of what to expect after organizers dropped an exclusive preview of Garrix throwing down on one of the …

GRiZ Raises $125,000 for Charity During 7th Annual 12 Days of GRiZMAS

Over the course of the past two weeks, GRiZ and his fans celebrated his annual charity event, 12 Days of GRiZMAS. While virtual this year, he still curated plenty of online activities for fans to enjoy. Like previous years, donations were collected to support a charity in his hometown of Detroit. Despite there being no in-person …