JEANIE & GRL GANG’s Live Stream Is Going Down This Weekend

GRL GANG, a community and label dedicated to expanding the presence of women in dance music, has been consistently growing their Twitch channel with a regular livestream schedule. Now, they turn things up a notch with the second edition of their virtual festival, GRLFEST, curated by the group’s founder JEANIE. GRLFEST, a two-day event, will …

SpeedStr Hits The Gas In New Single, “Live In The Moment” with King Salomon

With a name like SpeedStr, you have to expect some hard and fast tunes. His newest drop, “Live In The Moment” featuring King Salomon, is no disappointment. The intro features some smooth vocals from King atop a suspenseful trap build as it leads into a heavy bass drop. Blending squeaks from jersey club, a quasi-trap …

Efficacy report on COVID-19 vaccine candidate catalyzes stock jumps for Live Nation, other live music companies – Dancing Astronaut

by: Sami Weisband Nov 11, 2020 Stocks for live music companies such as Live Nation immediately increased following Pfizer and BioNTech’s November 9 announcement that their co-developed COVID-19 vaccine was more than 90 percent effective in preventing COVID-19 in patients without prior SARS-CoV-2 infection. Specifically, Live Nation’s stock rose by 20.8% ($67.73); Madison Square Garden …

Ableton Announces Live 11 With Plenty Of Brand New Features

Ableton has finally announced the newest version of Live, disclosed today to be hitting the “shelves” in early 2021. I wanted to take a moment to recognize some of the bigger updates like a new comping feature and big changes to enhancing your live show. Comping is something that other DAWs have given producers for years …

Live Nation Expects “Shows At Scale” to Return Next Summer

Live Nation is optimistic that live music will return next summer in full force. Despite the mass cancellation of shows, tours and festivals due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino expects a “robust outdoor summer season.” He says fans can look forward to “shows at scale next summer.” Rapino continues, “From venue sanitation …

David Guetta graces 2020 MTV EMAs with live rendition of ‘Let’s Love’ [Watch]

by: Rachel Narozniak Nov 10, 2020 David Guetta left the 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards with one more honor than he came with: victor of the “Best Electronic” category. The action, however, wouldn’t end there for Guetta, who outpaced five other esteemed dance entities (Calvin Harris, Kygo, Marshmello, Martin Garrix, and The Chainsmokers), to take …

Live Nation revenue plummets 95 percent in third quarter of 2020

by: Jessica Mao Nov 6, 2020 With the events scene approaching eight full months of limited activity, the absence of live music has been felt pervasively. Released November 5, Live Nation‘s latest earning report reflects the landscape accordingly, with the major player reporting a 95 percent drop in the third quarter of 2020 compared with …

Live Nation Sees Path to Resuming Live Shows at Scale By Summer 2021

With persisting restrictions on large gatherings and events worldwide, concert giant  Live Nation reported another quarter of earnings that didn’t exactly excite investors. The top line number included a 95% drop in year-over-year revenue compared to Q3 2019, leading to an operating loss of $504 million for the quarter. Despite the unsightly financial results, Live Nation’s …

DJ Mag Top 100 Being Revealed Live Right Now [LIVE UPDATES]

It’s that time of year again, when DJ Mag reveals their annual Top 100 DJs list and everyone gets up in arms about it. Though the name of the list might not be accurate, and there’s surely no objective way to measure the top 100 DJs, hundreds of thousands of people from around the world …

Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes on lockdown life and “removing the ego” from live shows

Bring Me The Horizon‘s Oli Sykes has opened up about his experience of life in lockdown, and how he and the band are reconsidering their approach to touring. Watch our Off-Script video interview with Sykes above. After speaking to NME for last week’s Big Read cover story about life and BMTH’s EP ‘Post Human: Survival …