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Insomniac's Beyond Wonderland has announced its 2015 lineup. The southern California electronic music festival is bringing together a wide variety of different sub-genres, with an emphasis on the underground. The two-day festival will be headlined by your big names like Tiësto, Hardwell, Knife Party, Carl Cox and Dillon Francis. Insomniac will feature their two signature stages -- the Discovery project for new and upcoming acts and the Bassrush Experience for all things low-end. Carl Cox will also be curating his own Carl Cox & Friends stage that has become a mainstay at festivals around the world, including Ultra Music Festival, Electric Daisy Carnival and Tomorrowland. -
VH1 Classic 'Rock Icons' Documentary Series Will Feature Slash, Billy Corgan, Ted Nugent, Others
VH1 Classic will be airing a new rock mini documentary series "Rock Icons," featuring several A- and B-list musicians including Slash, Billy Corgan and Ted Nugent. The company that put it together, Banger Films, has a long track record of similar programming, including the channel's 2011 series "Metal Evolution" as well as docs "Super Duper Alice Cooper" and "Iron Maiden: Flight 666." -
Rihanna, Kanye West Perform Epic 22-Song Set at a Super Bowl Pre-Party in Phoenix [WATCH]
Rihanna and Kanye West teamed up to perform a Super Bowl pre-party last night, Jan. 31, in Phoenix, Arizona, for an epic, 22-song set. While West performed his new Paul McCartney collaboration "Only One," the most recent track, "FourFive Seconds," which also features Rihanna, has yet to get its live debut. Celebrities like John Legend and 2 Chainz were in the audience for the show as well, "Billboard" noted. -
UK Assigns Tax Relief Options for British Orchestras, Similar to Those Used for Film Industry
One of the constant struggles facing fans and producers of classical music is how to keep orchestras on their feet. No form of music is more expensive to carry out than orchestral-between the cost of paying for so many musicians and the time needed to train such a large "staff" accordingly-and those costs become more and more worrisome as younger generations have largely lost interest in the form. Ticket prices are rarely enough to keep orchestras afloat so very often they rely on hefty charitable donations. Politicians in the UK may have the right idea however, having introduced legislation to grant orchestras tax reliefs. -
Bruce Jenner Will Reportedly Continue to Date Women Once Sex Change Is Complete
Learning that Bruce Jenner is in the process of a particular kind of transformation has taken a bit of time to really settle in with fans. For the last year there have been so many rumors and jokes made at his expense, but for some reason learning that he really is in the process of a sex change still feels pretty shocking. Apparently, Jenner has given every aspect of his life a great deal of thought, including his dating life after his gender reassignment process is complete. He will also reportedly continue to date women once his sex change is complete. -
D'Angelo 'Saturday Night Live' Performance: R&B Legend Honors Mike Brown, Eric Garner [WATCH]
Fans have waited on a new D'Angelo album for more than a decade, and he finally returned to the mainstream with "Black Messiah" at the end of 2014. Despite the lengthy wait, several reports indicated that he rushed the album out in order to provide as swift a response as possible in the aftermath of the "Black Lives Matter" protests spurred by the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. During the second song of his Saturday Night Live performance this weekend, the R&B legend rocked a hoodie in memory of Trayvon Martin while his band The Vanguard sported shirts reading "I CAN'T BREATHE" and "BLACK LIVES MATTER." -
Seattle vs. New England: Spotify Compares and Contrasts Music Listening in Super Bowl Competitiors' Hometowns
Music Times made an attempt several weeks ago to predict the winner of the Super Bowl based on quality of albums coming out of the regions represented in the AFC and NFC Championship Games. So far so good: Seattle is facing New England, as we predicted, but will the Seahawks triumph? Who knows? Not Spotify. The music streaming service did use its numbers-tracking technology to create two playlists of songs representing the performers that listeners in the respective regions listen in far greater numbers than their foes on the opposite coast. -
Bobbi Kristina Brown Placed on Ventilator: Drug Overdose Is Suspected
Yesterday, Jan. 31, we told you that Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of the late Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, was found face down in a bathtub full of water, unresponsive. Now, just 24 hours later, Brown is on a ventilator and in a drug-induced coma with family and friends by her side. Investigators are trying to piece together what exactly happened to Brown before she lost consciousness and, while her family denies it, a drug overdose is reportedly suspected. -
Max Graef Making U.S. Debut with 10 North American Shows, Including Mexico and Canada Dates [SCHEDULE]
Berlin underground house music performer Max Graef will be coming to North America for his first appearances in the United States and elsewhere, and fortunately he's doing more than just the handful of gigs in New York and Los Angeles, as many are wont to do in his line of work. He'll kick off the tour during March in Chicago and then play another nine gigs across the continent, including one in Mexico and two in Canada -
London Metropolitan Police Testing Interesting New Security Policy at Nightclubs; Can It Be Implemented at Concerts?
The notoriety of the EDM scene when it comes to substance abuse, whether deserved or not, has led to a new legal standard in London: Club-goers at certain venues in the British metropolis will be forced to take breathalyzer tests before entering. The goal is to prevent any issues before they start by denying access to party animals who show up sloshed. -
'Madden NFL,' 'FIFA Soccer' and Other EA Sports May Soon Offer Music Streaming Option; Will It Replace Soundtracks?
The capabilities of your Xbox360/Playstation 4 might jump to a whole new level if Electronic Arts manages to pull off its next goal, which is to add a streaming music feature to the next chapters of its Madden football series or its FIFA futball series. Representatives for EA Sports discussed the future music plans of the company in an interview with ESPN. -
Idina Menzel Tapped for Ellen DeGeneres-Produced TV Series 'Happy Time,' Aiming for 2015-'16 Season
Idina Menzel found more fame from Frozen and its hit song 'Let It Go' than she ever did onstage (with apologies to Broadway fans) so the musical star is going to keep the on-camera mojo going by starring in Happy Time, a forthcoming TV series being produced by Ellen DeGeneres.
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