Your EDM Premiere: Dutch Event Heavyweight NOX to Release Intro EP, ‘Genesis’

In a year where events are fairly null and void due to shutdowns,, it makes sense that event companies are turning to releasing music more than ever before. Artists are looking to release more, after all, and promoters know a lot of artists. Quite a few companies like Bassrush, Liquicity and Korsakov already had offshoot …

Glastonbury Still Can’t Confirm 2021 Event As It Appeals To Gov’t For Direct Assistance

Certain cultural institutions, for example Glastonbury, which would have celebrated its 50th year in 2020, are worth preserving. The global pandemic COVID-19 has hit every industry different albeit overall badly, though some have been hit harder than others. Glastonbury founders Emily and Michael Eavis want to be able to throw their annual event this coming …

Nyege Nyege Festival shares compilation album following 2020 event – Dancing Astronaut

by: Mitchell Rose Dec 16, 2020 Usually hosted on the banks of the Nile River near Kampala, Uganda, Nyege Nyege Festival was forced to move digital for their 2020 event. Now, after a successful livestreamed event featuring over 300 artists, label Nyege Nyege Tapes have shared a new compilation album starring talent from their sixth …

Tulum’s Upcoming Zamna Festival is Feared to Be a Superspreader Event in the Making

Tulum is seemingly becoming a hub for in-person festivals amid the pandemic, and a reported lack of precautions is causing concern over repeated COVID-19 superspreader events. Even worse, the upcoming Zamna Festival is not your ordinary dance music event. The festival spans an astounding 17 days, according to The Daily Beast, and promises to be an “immersive …

Kaskade Announces California Drive-In NYE Event

Kaskade is looking forward to bidding 2020 goodbye with one last hurrah. The producer added a NYE drive-in concert to his schedule, set to take place in Norco, California just outside of Los Angeles. Despite a year of limited show opportunities, Kaskade has managed to connect with his fans in a live setting more frequently …

Tulum’s Unofficial Burning Man-Style Event Became A COVID Super Spreader

Event promoters around the world have been discouraged from throwing shows without proper precautions as they could become COVID super spreaders. However, organizers of Art With Me, a four-day festival in Tulum, Mexico, went ahead anyway and has become a super spreader just as health experts warned. The event was held November 11-15 in Tulum, …

Tomorrowland releases set times ahead of virtual New Year’s Eve event – Dancing Astronaut

by: Rachel Narozniak Dec 9, 2020 After unveiling a star power-laden lineup for its 2020 New Year’s Eve affair and presenting a preview of the four stages across which the digital event will unfold, Tomorrowland now lifts the curtain on the livestream’s schedule. The virtual celebration’s timetable sees CamelPhat, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Diplo, …

The BUKU Project announces 2021 virtual event, postpones to 2022 – Dancing Astronaut

by: Mitchell Rose Dec 5, 2020 The BUKU Project, the annual music and arts festival hosted in New Orleans, has announced they will delay their in-person festival until 2022. The festival was scheduled for March 2021, but festival organizers have cancelled early “in the spirit of transparency and certainty.” “Our two main priorities – fan …

Travis Scott reportedly earned $20million from ‘Fortnite’ event

Travis Scott’s record-breaking virtual concert in Fortnite reportedly earned significantly more than his average in-person show. The nine-minute digital concert, which was held in April, grossed the rapper roughly $20million including merchandise sales, according to a new Forbes report. In comparison, Scott’s four-month-long, 56-stop Astroworld tour from 2018 to 2019 garnered approximately $53.5million, or roughly …

Wellness 4 Humanity Spearheads Cutting Edge “Spread Love Not COVID” Tour

While the live entertainment and music industries continue to suffer the ostensibly ceaseless global shutdown contrived by the spread of COVID-19, things have been looking fairly bleak for anyone hopeful for a speedy return to the normalcy of attending concerts. The team at Wellness 4 Humanity has been hard at work trying to bring that feeling …