With a new expanded two-weekend format, a massive new main stage structure, and a big 15th anniversary to celebrate, it was obvious Ultra Music Festival would be going big for 2013.
Instead, it went massive. The just-released Phase 2 lineup reveals Ultra will host its most diverse and thorough lineup yet this March in Miami's Bayfront Park: crowd faves like Laidback Luke, Afrojack, Calvin Harris, and Dirty South are back, but the lineup also includes a slew of live acts including Snoop Dogg and Sleigh Bells.
"What we've achieved with this edition's ocean of talent and stage production is we feel unprecedented," said Ultra founder, CEO and president Russell Faibisch. "As the industry we work in continues to explode, with so much talent emerging and the taste of our consumer changing in the process, diversity was key."
Check out the full lineup so far below, and the schedule at ultramusicfestival.com. And...
Instead, it went massive. The just-released Phase 2 lineup reveals Ultra will host its most diverse and thorough lineup yet this March in Miami's Bayfront Park: crowd faves like Laidback Luke, Afrojack, Calvin Harris, and Dirty South are back, but the lineup also includes a slew of live acts including Snoop Dogg and Sleigh Bells.
"What we've achieved with this edition's ocean of talent and stage production is we feel unprecedented," said Ultra founder, CEO and president Russell Faibisch. "As the industry we work in continues to explode, with so much talent emerging and the taste of our consumer changing in the process, diversity was key."
Check out the full lineup so far below, and the schedule at ultramusicfestival.com. And...
- 1/25/2013
- by Janie Campbell
- Huffington Post
We'll admit to still being very curious about Simon Cowell's planned DJ reality show. Does the man behind The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent really have the dance background to pull it off? We can't help but fear that, as in this hilarious cut-and-paste clip from house DJ/producer Steve Lawler and Viva Music, Mr Cowell may have beatmatched more than he can chew with this one. > Simon Cowell's new DJ show: Our dream judges Away from the wonderful comic creation of DJ Facebender (more)...
- 3/6/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Edm artists hope to collaborate with each other on their down time between cities.
By Akshay Bhansali
Kaskade
Photo: David Rojas/ FilmMagic
America's first touring electronic dance music fest, the Identity Festival, officially launched in Noblesville, Indiana, on Thursday, and the crowd was treated to sets from the likes of Kaskade, Steve Lawler, Chuckie, Steve Aoki, La Riots, Manufactured Superstars and many more.
And from the looks of it, the fans that came out to the Verizon Wireless Music Center were giving the artists as much energy as they were receiving.
"Indianapolis ravin it up in the cornfields, awesome...& thank you!" tweeted Kaskade.
"indiana i love u.... thanks for the fun first show for @identityfest my first time with my live show!" Steve Aoki wrote.
Producer Rusko tweeted: "Indiana was crazee fun. Tons of bouncing and singing along as the sun went down. Maximum energy!!"
And Chuckie sent a message to MTV News saying,...
By Akshay Bhansali
Kaskade
Photo: David Rojas/ FilmMagic
America's first touring electronic dance music fest, the Identity Festival, officially launched in Noblesville, Indiana, on Thursday, and the crowd was treated to sets from the likes of Kaskade, Steve Lawler, Chuckie, Steve Aoki, La Riots, Manufactured Superstars and many more.
And from the looks of it, the fans that came out to the Verizon Wireless Music Center were giving the artists as much energy as they were receiving.
"Indianapolis ravin it up in the cornfields, awesome...& thank you!" tweeted Kaskade.
"indiana i love u.... thanks for the fun first show for @identityfest my first time with my live show!" Steve Aoki wrote.
Producer Rusko tweeted: "Indiana was crazee fun. Tons of bouncing and singing along as the sun went down. Maximum energy!!"
And Chuckie sent a message to MTV News saying,...
- 8/12/2011
- MTV Music News
'It's given me a lot of opportunities to try new things and travel the U.S.,' producer tells MTV News of inaugural dance music fest.
By Nick Philippou, with reporting by Akshay Bhansali
Photo: IDentity Tour
With the Identity Festival — America's first touring electronic dance music fest — starting Thursday, producer Steve Aoki has his studio (and nearly all the Dim Mak Records team) packed and ready for a road trip.
Kaskade, Avicii, Nervo, Skrillex, Afrojack, Steve Lawler and Aoki are among the performers who will hit more than 20 cities on the inaugural festival. Aoki will be the featured performer on the Dim Mak Stage, and he's planning to debut a new stage show on the tour.
"I don't want to give away anything that we've been developing the past eight months, but it's pretty epic," Aoki told MTV News recently. "It's the only way I could do it, the...
By Nick Philippou, with reporting by Akshay Bhansali
Photo: IDentity Tour
With the Identity Festival — America's first touring electronic dance music fest — starting Thursday, producer Steve Aoki has his studio (and nearly all the Dim Mak Records team) packed and ready for a road trip.
Kaskade, Avicii, Nervo, Skrillex, Afrojack, Steve Lawler and Aoki are among the performers who will hit more than 20 cities on the inaugural festival. Aoki will be the featured performer on the Dim Mak Stage, and he's planning to debut a new stage show on the tour.
"I don't want to give away anything that we've been developing the past eight months, but it's pretty epic," Aoki told MTV News recently. "It's the only way I could do it, the...
- 8/10/2011
- MTV Music News
Doves are preparing for their last show before going on hiatus. The "Black and White Town" band will be playing a final homecoming show at Manchester's Warehouse Project on October 16, after which they have no plans to work on a new album or tour.
"The Warehouse Project is our last gig for, I don't know," guitarist Jez Williams said. "It could be a long time. We've have no plans to do another album. All I know is this is our last gig."
Doves, which also includes Jez's brother Andy Williams and Jimi Goodwin, have enjoyed a hugely successful career with their 2009 album, "Kingdom of Rust" being critically well acclaimed, and accompanied by a successful tour before they released a "Best Of" earlier this year.
The group have previously denied, however, they are splitting for good, and refuted claims earlier this year that they would fully disband after touring. Andy wrote...
"The Warehouse Project is our last gig for, I don't know," guitarist Jez Williams said. "It could be a long time. We've have no plans to do another album. All I know is this is our last gig."
Doves, which also includes Jez's brother Andy Williams and Jimi Goodwin, have enjoyed a hugely successful career with their 2009 album, "Kingdom of Rust" being critically well acclaimed, and accompanied by a successful tour before they released a "Best Of" earlier this year.
The group have previously denied, however, they are splitting for good, and refuted claims earlier this year that they would fully disband after touring. Andy wrote...
- 9/9/2010
- by celebrity-mania.com
- Celebrity Mania
Pete Tong has announced that Bryan Ferry will play at the launch event for Wonderland Ibiza 2010. The Roxy Music frontman will join Steve Lawler, Jaymo, Andy George, Moda and Tong himself at the White Island opening party at Eden on June 25. Tong said: "For me, Ibiza and specifically Wonderland is all about special moments. "Teaming up Steve Lawler, one of the world's best DJs, with Bryan Ferry, lead singer of Roxy Music and a legend responsible for some of the most important pop music of a generation will definitely be a moment for me! What (more)...
- 3/18/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
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