TAG: David Guetta

Feb08

Deadmau5 To Rock With Foo Fighters At The Grammys

David Guetta Also To Perform With Lil Wayne and Chris Brown 

Dance music’s cognoscenti (ie—those who pay work in that neck of the music business) are stoked at the announcement that EDM will get it’s share of the spotlight at this year’s Grammy Awards. Nominee Deadmau5 will perform live with The Foo Fighters, while dance-pop crossover sensation David Guetta will raise his hands behind the decks along with Chris Brown and Lil Wayne.

This has already been a red-letter year for dance music makes and fans as far as the traditionally conservative Grammys are concerned. Dubstep sensation Skrillex leads the nominee pack with five to his name, including Best New Artists (the first EDM performer to be nominated.) Deadmau5, Guetta, Swedish House Mafia and Duck Sauce also racked up nods in 2012. But even though Dance Music has had its own categories since 2003, the award show has struggled to find a place onstage for performances by acts whose stage activity involves little more than pushing buttons. …MORE

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Jan05

Tiesto, Kraftwerk, Justice, David Guetta To Headline Ultra Music Festival

92 Acts Announced, Including Skrillex, New Order, Armin Van Buuren, Duck Sauce and Carl Cox 

Miami’s Ultra Music Festival has announced the first wave of performers for this year’s dance music bachanal taking place March 23-25 at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami. Along with UMF regulars Tiësto, David Guetta, Avicii, Armin Van Buuren and Carl Cox, electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk will make a highly rare concert appearance, along with electro superstars Justice, ’80s techno-pop heroes New Order, Grammy-nominee Skrillex and hit makers Duck Sauce. Tickets are onsale here (the full 150,000 sold out in advance last year), and you can check the complete list of 92 acts announced so far after the jump.



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Oct27

Peaches Tells DJ Mag To “Eat A Dick”

Singer Outraged Over Lack Of Females On Top DJs List 

More specifically, the Berlin-based electro-rocker says the magazine’s annual Top 100 DJs List can snack on some male genitals in response to the lack of female jocks who made the reader-voted list. How many ladies did make the cut? Zero.

Peaches posted on her Facebook, “DJ MAG! Your Top 100 DJ boy club list can eat a dick! Where the ladies at???” …MORE

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Sep07

Electric Zoo 2011: Hits & Misses

A quickfire retrospective of a long weekend at Randall's Island. 

Made Event’s seminal Randall’s Island event Electric Zoo 2011, sure had lofty expectations; not only did they add an extra day to their festivities, but the lineup, the stages and all things on-site were on a grander scale. Everything from stage design, booth coordination, food trucks and even security was maintained on a next-level tip. But was the lineup up to par with its surroundings for all three days? Also, how would the organizers respond to the vast dust problem of last year? Would there be surprises, duds and everything in between? Check out the hits and misses of Electric Zoo 2011 after the jump.


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Sep03

North Coast Music Festival Recap, Day One (2011)

A recap of day one of North Coast Music Festival (2011).

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