• Shipsomnia EDM Cruise Hopes to Evade Singapore's Problematic Government by Escaping to Sea

    Some clever promoters have figured what to do if the authorities in Singapore won't let them hold an EDM festival on land...they'll have it at sea instead. Shipsomnia is the most recent in a slew of electronic music events taking place on cruise ships. The boat will launch from the small Asian nation during January of 2016, assuming the government doesn't reach deep into maritime law to prevent it from doing so.

  • Future Music Festival Has Been Canceled for 2016

    No, this is not some cruel post-April Fool's Day joke -- this is the real thing. Late last night, April 1, or this afternoon, April 2, for our Australian friends, Mushroom Group's largest festival Future Music Festival announced that it was canceling the long-standing dance music event. In a short Facebook post, the festival made the announcement reasoning that continuing the event "simply doesn't make financial sense anymore." The event, headlined by the likes of Drake, Avicii, 2 Chainz and The Prodigy, has called it quits after 10 years.

  • Future Music Festival Reveals Top 10 Strangest Rider Requests

    Musicians are a weird bunch. As the son and nephew of professional musicians, the author can tell you that they can be eccentric individuals. When it comes to world touring musicians, their peculiarities come out even more with their habits on the road. No place better personifies this then an artist's rider request and Future Music Festival, the massive Australian and Asian multi-city festival, shared 10 of the most bizarre rider requests they have ever gotten. They range from the environmentally friendly to new outfits to bisexual goldfish. It is all too strange.

  • Future Music Festival Australia Announces 200+ Additions To 2015 Lineup

    Future Music Festival Australia has announced the local Australian acts who will be joining on the five-city tour around the country. Future Music Festival has already announced headliners like Avicii, Drake, 2 Chainz, The Prodigy, Robin Schulz, Kiesza, Die Antwood and Martin Garrix. Now the festival has announced the more than 200 local acts who will join the festival as well as the stages that will be hosting them. Each city will have two to four local stages designated for the local acts.

  • Avicii Teases New EP 'The Days / Night' On Instagram

    Avicii may not be touring on the road anymore due to persistent health problems, but that does not mean he has stopped working. His manager took to instagram and posted a picture that is presumably the cover art for his next EP, The Days / Night (via "Dancing Astronaut"). Both songs have already been unveiled to the public for some time, with "The Days" getting an official release on October 3 on all portals. "Night" was already previewed as part of the FIFA, the soccer video game '15 soundtrack.

  • Future Music Festival 2015 Tickets Now On Sale

    One of the premiere music festivals in Australia, Future Music Festival has now put the tickets on sale for each date on the 5-day tour. The festival has only announced the first wave of acts on the bill that span several genres, but so far artists like Avicii, 2 Chainz, Drake, The Prodigy, Martin Garrix, Afrojack, Kiesza, Example and others will be performing across Australia.

  • Future Music Asia Festival Cancels Final Day due to Drug Deaths

    Bad choices continue to give the EDM scene, especially in a festival setting, a black eye. The most recent unfortunate event reported at an electronic music festival occurred Friday at the Future Music Asia festival in Malaysia. The police force of Kuala Lumpur claimed that six people had died from drug overdoses during the second day of the event.
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