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One of the country’s busiest nightclub markets is getting an addition, with a new club called Substance set to open in Las Vegas on July 12.
The venue will be booked by Las Vegas-based entertainment promotion/production company Rvltn Events, which is partnering with dance behemoth Insomniac Events and the Latin-focused Altura for artist bookings.
The space opens July 12 with a set from house duo Walker & Royce. The summer calendar also includes dance producers Kshmr, Boombox Cartel and Crankdat, with additional artist announcements forthcoming. Saturday nights at the club will focus on Latin music, with the venue also set to feature genres including regional Mexican, rock, R&B, reggae and more.
A single-story, 18,000-square foot venue on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas, Substance is located inside the Neonopolis entertainment complex. The space will have an industrial aesthetic, a large-scale LED installation and graffiti and other art by visual artist Gear Duran.
Rvltn is operated by partners Marcel Correa and Joe Borusiewicz, who are also the owners of Substance. The Rvltn Events family also includes Altura Presents, the house and techno-focused Elation and the New Year’s Eve event Jackpot.
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“Growing up in Las Vegas, we’ve always loved our great city and its incredible potential to become a thriving local music scene,” Correa and Borusiewicz said in a joint statement. “We’ve attended countless shows, festivals and events here, and our passion has always been about serving our fellow locals.
“As promoters, working with various venues throughout the city has given us deep insight into what works and what doesn’t — from guest experience and operations to overall strategy. No one enjoys paying $30 for parking or navigating a casino just to attend an event. People dislike strict dress codes, long lines for drinks and bathrooms, poor sound quality and gouging fees. At Substance, our goal is to create an entertainment destination that addresses these issues, incorporating everything we’d want as event producers and local music fans. We can’t wait to unveil our most exciting venture to date.”
When she took to the stage during OUTLOUD at WeHo Pride on Saturday (June 1), Sophie Ellis-Bextor certainly did not kill the groove.
In an interview with Billboard News before her set, the “Murder on the Dancefloor” singer spoke about her love for Pride events, saying that she was honored to be included among artists such as Kylie Minogue, Janelle Monáe and plenty of others.
“It’s a very inclusive, supportive, warm audience,” she says. “I know we talk a lot about being your authentic self to the point where we kind of don’t think about what that means. But actually, being able to feel comfortable in your own skin is one of the biggest things you can do for someone … I think the fact you get that in a very pure form at events like Pride is just a really joyous thing.”
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The singer added that after the shutdowns caused by COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021, Pride events have felt “particularly moving” for the last few years. “I know how significant that made family is for the community. So, the fact that people might have been at home and unable to see their friends was a really significant loss,” she says.” When we were all back together, and looking at this sea of very young faces, it made me feel quite emotional.”
Ellis-Bextor said that she can trace her journey as an artist through the various Pride events she’s played through her career. “I can kind of credit pretty much everything about how I perform to my relationship with my LGBTQ+ audience,” she says. “Because it’s been those shows that I’ve done that have really kind of crystallized and helped me feel safe on stage, excited and relaxed. My lack of inhibition is completely down to them.”
The singer has already had a massive 2024, thanks to the resurgence of “Murder on the Dancefloor” after the song was featured in Emerald Fennell’s 2023 thriller Saltburn. Climbing to No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 more than 20 years after it was originally released, Ellis-Bextor says she’s grateful to be seen by a whole new audience as a result.
“The whole reason I’m here in L.A. today is because of what happened with ‘Murder’ and Saltburn, because that’s what gave me the opportunity to tour here. It’s been amazing,” she says. “There will be some young people who only remember me as the ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ lady — but to be honest, that’s absolutely fine with me.”
Watch Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s full interview with Billboard News above.
Dance headliner Illenium has taken to X to respond to fans roasting him online for using artificial intelligence to design a flier for his upcoming four-night run at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news On Monday, Illenium announced four […]
Earlier this week a video featuring a terminally ill dog named Kygo went viral. The handsome pup is a seven-year old husky, malamute, poodle and collie mix who’s been diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer. While Kygo the dog is currently receiving radiation treatments, in the video, his owner advises that “he doesn’t have much longer.”
The pup is of course named after the Norwegian electronic music producer, with the dog’s owner also declaring in the video, “I wish Kygo would run into him one day … The only thing I have left is for him to meet Kygo the DJ.”
“Does anyone know Kygo the DJ?” the video’s host, Elias Weiss Friedman, founder of the dog-focused social channel The Dogist, says to the camera.
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Apparently someone did, as a day after the video was posted, the producer wrote, “See you at Palm Tree Fest Hamptons… Can’t wait to meet you” on the post. The comment has gotten nearly 24,000 likes as of press time.
Representatives for Kygo the DJ and Kygo the dog did not immediately respond to Billboard’s request for comment.
This meeting of the Kygos will happen at the Palm Tree Music Festival happening in The Hamptons on June 22. Kygo will headline the event alongside Swedish House Mafia, with Purple Disco Machine, Sofi Tukker and Xandra rounding out the bill.
The next iteration of Palm Tree Festival happens in Lake Tahoe in July, with Kygo’s manager, Myles Shear, telling Billboard in 2022 that the traveling festival is a core element of the Kygo brand intended not simply to gather Kygo fans in luxe travel destinations, but to “create an ecosystem” in which they can live the boats and beaches-centric Kygo lifestyle.
This time, at least, that audience will include both human and canine music lovers.
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The long-awaited followup to Jamie xx‘s debut album is now a reality. On Tuesday (June 4), the British producer announced that his sophomore studio LP, In Waves, will be released via his own Young label on Sept. 20. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The 12-track album […]
Cercle, the Paris-based production company known for putting on livestream DJ sets in far-flung locations, will take a touring show on the road in 2025.
Called Cercle Odyssey, the show will be built as a 360-degree panorama projection designed to create an immersive experience. The set-up will features a number of massive screens meant to envelope the audience, with these screens measuring roughly 40-feet high and 180-feet long, with high definition footage synchronized with the music.
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Hitting the road in 2015, the show will feature music and artists of all genres, with artists, dates and cities to be announced in the coming months. Cercle Odyssey videos will be overseen by Paris-based director Neels Castillon, the co-founder of Motion Palace, a creative studio that produces original content for brands, culture, and the arts. Focused on humanity, nature and beauty, the videos will be based on the story of Homer’s Odyssey and focus on the theme of returning home.
Cercle Odyssey is also designed to be a sustainable operation, with all of the sound, light and projection equipment used in each performance rented locally in each respective performance city. The company notes that by using 29 state-of-the-art projectors instead of traditional LED screens to illuminate the scenography, the show doesn’t necessitate the transport of a huge number of LED screens, thereby reducing the carbon emissions of transporting the show.
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Phones will be banned inside the performances, and guests will instead be given filmed content from the performance they attend.
“Cercle’s mission is and will always be to create unique stages for unique artists,” Cercle’s creative director Derek Barbolla tells Billboard. “We have just reached one billion views on our videos, we realized that many people want to experience Cercle, but traveling to Egypt or to the top of a mountain isn’t easy or feasible for everyone. With Cercle Odyssey, we’re bringing the experience closer to people’s homes, whilst continuing with our heritage site events”
Since launching in 2016, Cercle has produced 240 events in locations around the world including a Bolivian salt flat, the Eiffel Tower, a peak in the Alps and other locales including roughly 30 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Participating artists have included Disclosure, Peggy Gou, Above & Beyond, Carlita, Amelie Lens, Hot Since 82 and many more.
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This past Sunday (May 26), a severe thunderstorm moved through the Detroit area, forcing the city’s Movement festival to temporarily shut down during its second day. The festival issued an evacuation notice to attendees at approximately 6:45 p.m. on Sunday evening, then reopened later that night at 10:00p.m. after the storm had passed.
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The temporary closure forced organizers to move a few of the Sunday night sets, including a scheduled 7:00p.m. performance by techno mainstay Nicole Moudaber, who ultimately did not end up playing.
After the festival, Moudaber explained the situation, writing on X this past Monday (May 27) that “After the rain stopped they called me up to come play at 10pm, I rushed over there, my table was ready to be plugged in but the dj that was supposed to play after me didn’t want to move his set up to accommodate me. As a result, I didn’t play, there was complete silence for a whole hour while people were waiting for the music to start again.
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“I have dismantled set ups in the past because of rude behaviour [sic],” Moudaber continued. “I did not do it this time because I love Movement and the people behind it Absolutely shocking to say the least. I know a lot of people came to see me and I’m sorry this has happened.”
Richie Hawtin played this 10:00 p.m. Sunday night slot, debuting his new stage show DEX EFX XOX.
Now, following her initial comments, Moudaber has today (May 29) issued a statement acknowledging that “Having talked with everyone involved, I can now see that no one is to blame for what happened — if anything, we can blame it on the weather!
“Severe storms meant that the festival was evacuated for 3.5 hours before I returned to play my 10pm set,” her statement continues. “Naturally, this threw everything into chaos. The set up for the person playing after me was complicated, and I can appreciate why they needed to keep it intact for their own set.
“Additionally, while the team at Movement did everything possible to accommodate me, they were under a lot of stress following the storm and it wasn’t easy to source the additional monitors required. I have nothing but love for this festival and for the city of Detroit, where I have made so many wonderful memories over the years, and I look forward to returning to play ASAP (ideally the sun will be shining next time)! Love, Nicole”
Movement Festival continued without issue for the rest of the weekend, closing out its third day on Monday, May 27 with performances from Fatboy Slim, Honey Dijon, Indira Paganotto, Seth Troxler and a host of other electronic artists. Festival producer Paxahau also offered free Monday festival entrance for Sunday ticket holders.
One of the busiest producers in dance music just added another big moment to his calendar, with John Summit today (May 29) announcing that he’ll release his debut album on July 12. The project is titled Comfort In Chaos and will be released via Darkroom and Summit’s own Experts Only label. The album announcement follows […]
Skrillex and Fred again.. both just expanded their U.S. summer tour schedule, announcing Friday (May 24) that they’re playing a show together at San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza on June 1. “Fred and I have way too much new music we need to test out so we’re going to throw a rave in San Francisco […]
After being announced as a headliner for Portola 2024 in San Francisco this September, Justice on Tuesday (May 28) announced a second leg of its upcoming U.S. tour. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news This run will include the French duo’s first ever headlining show at the […]
