New Year’s celebrations are sometimes an excuse for people to turn up a little too much. That’s what seemed to have happened at Field Day Music Festival in Australia, as 173 arrests were made on Monday alone. The New Year’s Day festivities led to six arrests for allegedly supplying drugs, and another 167 people were charged with possession illegal substances. One 22-year-old man reportedly had 138 MDMA pills on his person, according to . As reports — the 26,000 people that attended Field Day music festival to ring in 2018, six were taken to the hospital, five which were drug-related instances. The...
The rumors were true — Snapchat‘s $4 million dollar NYE party came complete with a special live performance from one the biggest hip hop stars in the world, Drake! Snapchat’s private event, exclusively for employees and their guests, must have been the most lit company party the new year. Not only did CEO Evan Spiegel rent out a section downtown Los Angeles, he reportedly flew in some his employees from across the world to ring in 2018 right. According to a , Drake gave some words wisdom to the Snapchat employees: “356 days is a very long time,” he said. “Anyone who...
Justice has been served after a woman was recently sexually assaulted in a at Falls Festival in Tasmania. Not only was the violator caught, the 19-year-old woman handed over her 32-year-old assailant over to police herself! It takes a special kind badass to be able to detain their own attacker and turn them in. The woman the man groped her breast and he has since been arrested and charged over the alleged assault. “The woman involved… and her friend actually apprehended the male and then handed them to security, who then handed them to police to be investigated,” Tasmania police senior sergeant Darren...
At long last, Coachella has announced its 2018 lineup. This year’s Coachella lineup will be headed by Eminem, Beyoncé and The Weeknd, plus a ton other undercard acts. Kygo received a high prile subheadliner billing on Friday, along with other top billed EDM acts such as Soulwax, Odesza, and Illenium. Rounding out the undercard are artists like Deorro, Rezz, Troyboi, Illenium, Petit Biscuit, San Holo, Party Favor, Ekali and more. We may know the lineup, but a few questions still remain. Will The Weeknd bring out Daft Punk? Who will play on the Do Lab and Heineken House stages?...
Spotify is currently still working out the last legs its ongoing , but now they’re set to juggle another from Wixen Music Publishing. The suit alleges that the streaming giant failed to get the proper mechanical licences to “to reproduce and/or distribute musical compositions on its service.” The publisher further alleges that “as much as 21 percent the 30 million songs on Spotify” are missing proper licenses, and for that, they are seeking $1.6 billion in damages – or approximately $150,000 per composition. In addition, Wixen Music Publishing is also seeking attorneys’ fees and costs and injunctive relief. “The Settlement Agreement is procedurally...
It’s fascinating to see how quickly things have already changed in 2018. Logal Paul was cancelled within 24 hours the new year beginning, and Rich Chigga is now just going by “Brian.” In an announcement made on Brian’s Instagram, he says, “I have been planning to do this forever and I’m so happy to finally do it. I was naive & I made a mistake.” The mistake is likely referring to branding his artist persona as “Rich Chigga.” Brian’s first single “See Me” is out now 88rising:
For better or worse—in our opinion for better—”Sandstorm” by Darude is one EDM’s most iconic anthems. A huge track before EDM got big in America, “Sandstorm” is also Darude’s magnum opus. Because the track’s constant popularity, Darude has experienced a bit a career revival. From playing gigs around the world to as Finland celebrated its 100-year independence, Darude is a rare example a one-hit wonder who continues to remain relevant. Now, it appears that Darude may be on course to play America’s biggest multigenre music festival: Coachella. Darude announced the Surrender Tour, which kicks f in January and ends...
A couple weeks ago, we reported that Dillon Francis was on his forthcoming Spanish-language album for 2018. Now that 2017 has come and gone (good riddance), the DJ/producer has scrubbed his entire Instagram page except for two posts, both with Latin artists. The first from November 2016 is a video with Mexico-born Toy Selectah, American-born Puerto Rico-raised De La Ghetto, and Spain-born El Guincho. The more recent one from this past June is with Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Arcángel. All this is worth assuming that we’re going to be getting some news about Dillon’s Spanish-language album very, very soon, and you...
The topless woman in a now is speaking out after the footage surfaced her punching a guy who groped her from behind at Rhythm & Vines. Madeline Anello-Kitzmiller, 20, was wearing only glitter on her chest during the New Zealand music festival over NYE weekend when she was touched inappropriately by a fellow attendee. She was walking next to her friend Kiri-Ann Hatfield when the incident occurred and two pursued the violator to throw a drink and repeated punches in his face. Here’s what Anello-Kitzmiller has to say about the viral revenge attack, : “I stand by my actions and hope that I’ve inspired...
Per Snapchat may start to integrate more advertisements within their platform. The platform’s ad sales team is currently pressuring top executives to go this route which they hope will convince advertisers to up their ad spends on the platform. The company has been notoriously shy about tapping into the advertising market in the past, but considering the rocky financial year that Snap Inc. just had, it certainly fits the timeline. The new ads will follow a ‘YouTube-style’ format forcing users to watch three seconds before allowing them to hit the skip button. As it stands at the moment, the current...
