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It’s a few weeks in, but Celine Dion made the wait for her 2023 Pride Month playlist well worth it. The singer posted her “Love Is Love” Pride playlist on Wednesday (June 21), a massive 81-track roster that, of course, includes a few of her new songs and some classics, as well as killer selections from Madonna, Tina Turner, Britney Spears, Queen, RuPaul, Lady Gaga and more.
“Only love, only love, only love, only love is the gift! Love is for everyone, no matter who you are, where you’re from and who you want to love! Be yourself and be loud!” read a tweet from the singer about the super-packed list that runs more than five hours.
The party kicks off with a pair of Dion’s tracks from the recent Love Again soundtrack, “The Gift” and “I’ll Be,” followed by a nod to the late rock goddess Turner (“The Best”), Candi Staton’s 1970s disco classic “Young Hearts Run Free,” Madonna’s “Music” and Robyn’s modern dance classic “Dancing on My Own.”
There’s fellow Canadian Shania Twain’s “Man! I Feel Like a Woman,” Britney’s “Stronger,” and Sam Smith’s cover of Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love,” as well as Lizzo’s “Good as Hell” (featuring Ariana Grande), ABBA’s “Dancing Queen,” Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” and Lady Gaga’s ultimate pride paean, “Born This Way.”
The list also includes tracks from Harry Styles (“Late Night Talking”), Sia (“Unstoppable”), Queen (“Don’t Stop Me Now”), Cher (“Believe”), Katy Perry (“I Kissed a Girl”) and a few from RuPaul (“Sissy That Walk,” “Supermodel (You Better Work).”
Dion was recently forced to cancel all of her 2023-2024 European tour dates due to her ongoing battle with a rare neurological disease. The affected dates included 2023 shows in Amsterdam, Paris, Antwerp, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm and Helsinki that were slated to take place from late August to early October, as well as 23 European shows booked for March 6-April 22.
The singer performed the first 52 dates of the Courage tour in North America before the pandemic paused it in March 2020. She was then diagnosed with a rare condition called Stiff Person Syndrome, which her team said causes severe and persistent muscle spasms that have prevented her from performing. In December 2022, Dion pushed all her 2023 dates into 2024, and canceled them entirely before initially vowing to reboot the European portion of the tour this summer.
See Dion’s tweet and the playlist below.
Only love, only love, only love, only love is the gift!Love is for everyone, no matter who you are, where you’re from and who you want to love! Be yourself and be loud!Here it is, as a tradition, Celine’s 2023 Pride playlist! https://t.co/ZECPUKSN6SHappy Pride everyone!🏳️🌈-TC pic.twitter.com/vlLHRMEmzR— Celine Dion (@celinedion) June 21, 2023
This fall, it will be Fred again.. and again and again, with the producer on Tuesday (June 20) announcing a pair of fall residencies in New York and Los Angeles. This includes an eight-night run at Los Angeles’ Shrine Expo Hall Oct. 24-25, 27-29 and 31 and Nov. 1-2. These shows will mark the most consecutive shows a single artist has ever performed at the venue, which can host roughly 5,000 attendees.
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Prior to that, the producer born Fred Gibson will perform a three-night run at New York’s Forest Hills Stadium on Oct. 12-14, with that stint marking the first time an artist has ever played three consecutive nights at the 13,000 capacity venue.
The general ticket sale for all of these shows start next week Tuesday, June 27, at 2 p.m. local time.
“We’ve had some of the most beautiful times ever here,” the producer said of these bicoastal takeovers in a press release. “Btw I do jus [sic] wanna say that I do very much wanna come back to lots of other cities down the line. But right now for the type of things I want to try wit [sic] the show and musically it made most sense to set up in one venue for more shows rather than moving about.”
Beyond these runs, Fred Again..’s current schedule encompasses festivals including Glastonbury (launching later this week in the U.K.), Lollapalooza and Osheaga. Fred will also play four nights at London’s Alexandra Palace Sept. 4-6 and 8, followed by shows in Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris.
Fred Again.. has, with dizzying speed, become one of dance music’s pre-eminent stars, a rise that most recently included a headlining set at Coachella alongside Skrillex and Four Tet. His most recent collaboration with those two artists, “Baby Again,” is currently at No. 37 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.
A big show just got bigger, with Georgia’s Imagine Music Festival on Tuesday (June 20) announcing the phase two lineup for its September show.
Lineup additions include Sofi Tukker, Slander doing a techno oriented Slander Presents: Before Dawn set (in addition to its headlining slot), bass kings Ganja White Night and Subtronics doing their first ever b2b show, along with U.K. producer Elderbrook, progressive house duo Kasablanca, rising house artists Nostalgix, Deeper Purpose and Matt Sassari, bass producers Marauda and Mersiv, electro pop duo Telykast and more.
This collection of artists joins a lineup already including Big Gigantic, Chris Lake, Dab The Sky, Dillon Francis playing b2b with Knock2, Dom Dolla, Jade Cicada, John Summit, NGHTMRE playing b2b with DJ Diesel (Shaquille O’Neal’s bass DJ alter-ego), along with REZZ, Vintage Culture and more. Additionally, the festival will include stage takeovers from brands including Brownies & Lemonade, Monstercat, KidsGoneMad! and Off the Grid.
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Altogether, more than 100 artists will play across four stages. Tickets for the camping festival, which happens on rustic a 5,000-acre property near Rome, Ga., are on sale now.
“Imagine Festival was founded with a simple but powerful belief that through the transformative power of music, art, and community, we can ignite the imagination and inspire positive change in the world where our dreams become a reality,” festival co-founder Madeleine Goodhand said in a statement. “It’s a celebration of creativity, diversity, and possibility, and I am constantly in awe of the incredible energy and passion that our attendees bring to the event. Together, we are building a vibrant community, one beat, one brushstroke and one moment at a time.”
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It will be a hot one in Miami this October with the city’s longstanding III Points festival on Tuesday (June 20) dropping an expansive lineup for its annual fest. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Taking place Oct. 20-21 at Miami’s Mana Wynwood Convention Center, the 2023 […]
Since debuting as DJ Diesel, Shaquille O’Neal has become one of the dance world’s (literally) biggest advocates for bass music. Now, he’s taking this passion to the championship level with the debut of his own bass music festival, Shaq’s Bass All-Stars Festival.
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Happening this Sept. 16 in Fort Worth, Texas, the event will feature 14 artists across two stages. The lineup, curated by O’Neal, features Alison Wonderland, Kai Wachi, Sullivan King, Crankdat, Jantsen, Layz, Emorfik, Hairitage, Leotrix, Charlitz Web, Soltan, Ruvlo b2b Celo and, of course, DJ Diesel himself.
“I am building this festival for all my headbangers out there,” O’Neal tells Billboard. “I’m bringing together my favorite acts and am excited for this to be a home for bass music fans throughout Texas that we can create a community around. I’ve got a big platform, and I love to support up-and-coming acts as well … Some of these little guys on the lineup are just as good as the headliners, and that’s what Shaq’s Bass All-Stars is all about … It doesn’t matter who is performing if we are all together having a great time and headbanging.”
Hosted at Fort Worth’s Panther Island Pavilion, the festival anticipates hosting approximately 10,000 fans and will also feature a food truck village, games, activations and more. Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 23, at 12 p.m. CT. Ticket prices begin at $49, with O’Neal intending to keeps costs low to make the event as inclusive as possible.
“I don’t DJ for the money,” he says. “I DJ to replace the Game 7 energy that I can’t seem to replicate anywhere else besides at music festivals. For me, Shaq’s Bass All-Stars festival is about inviting the whole state of Texas out for a good time, and it’s important to me for this to be a community-driven event that all sorts of people can afford.”
The festival is an evolution of the ongoing Shaq’s Bass All-Stars concerts, which have happened across the U.S since their inception. “I DJ tons of concerts, clubs, and festivals,” O’Neal says, “but taking ownership of my own bass festival is something I am so passionate about. I just bought a house in Texas, the music scene there is awesome and was the perfect place to launch it.”
The festival is produced by Medium Rare and the Texas-based Disco Donnie Presents. O’Neal notes the event is likely to be a traveling one, saying that “we are excited to bring the concept on the road.”
O’Neal has a busy summer leading up the Texas show, with DJ Diesel on the lineups for Chicago’s Lollapalooza, Los Angeles’ HARD Summer, Belgium’s Tomorrowland, this weekend’s Electric Forest in Michigan, along with other festival and club dates.
See the lineup for Shaq’s Bass All-Stars Festival below:
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Electronic artists are responding after a shooting that took place this past Saturday night (June 17) at Beyond Wonderland at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash., leaving two dead and three others injured. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The incident happened on the first day of […]
In the wake of a shooting at Beyond Wonderland 2023 this past Saturday (June 17), Pasquale Rotella — the Founder and CEO of the festival’s producer, Insomniac Events — has released new details on the incident that left two dead and others injured.
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In a statement posted Monday (June 19) on Rotella’s social media, he noted that the shooting took place in the furthest campground from the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash., where day one of the two-day electronic music festival was happening when the shooting occurred.
The event, the second day of which was canceled following the shooting, is a part of Insomniac Events’ Beyond Wonderland festival brand and typically hosts upwards of 20,000 people annually at the Gorge. Many attendees camp at the venue’s onsite campground. The day two lineup was meant to include Marshmello, Afrojack and many others.
Rotella noted that the camping area where the shooting occurred is a half mile outside the perimeter of the main festival grounds, adding that “it is our understanding that the incident stemmed from an isolated situation that escalated, leading the assailant to flee the area. An officer involved-shooting then occurred to neutralize the event.”
Rotella also addressed why the decision was made to keep the festival going during and after the shooting, a call that’s come under fire from many commenters on social media. Rotella writes that this decision was made “at the request of law enforcement once it became evident that there was no ongoing threat to the safety of attendees. This was also done to ensure the majority of attendees stayed away from the campground area where the incident took place. Our staff worked in close coordination with local authorities to secure the area, while also preserving it for investigators to conduct their work in a smaller, isolated section.”
Read Rotella’s complete statement below.
“I would like to address the tragic incident that occurred last night at Beyond Wonderland. On behalf of the entire Insomniac family, we extend our heartfelt thoughts and condolences to the family, friends and loved ones of the victims. The loss of two lives, as well as the injuries sustained by others, is an incredibly heartbreaking tragedy.
Given the various accounts circulating, I would like to provide an update based on the information currently available.
We know that the shooting took place in the furthest campground from The Gorge Amphitheatre, which is designated for overflow camping and located a half a mile outside the perimeter of the main festival grounds. It is our understanding that the incident stemmed from an isolated situation that escalated, leading the assailant to flee the area. An officer involved-shooting then occurred to neutralize the event.
The Gorge has been successfully hosting events for decades. The circumstances of how and why this incident occurred are under investigation.
Many have questioned why the festival continued during and after the incident. We made the decision to keep the festival open at the request of law enforcement once it became evident that there was no ongoing threat to the safety of attendees. This was also done to ensure the majority of attendees stayed away from the campground area where the incident took place. Our staff worked in close coordination with local authorities to secure the area, while also preserving it for investigators to conduct their work in a smaller, isolated section.
I want to express my gratitude to the artists and staff who remained calm and ensured that the show continued. Your collective efforts greatly contributed to maintaining the safety and calmness of the attendees.
To the Insomniac first responders team, I am grateful for your professionalism, passion, care and courage. I cannot imagine being by the side of any other group when it comes to managing a situation as challenging as this one.
This tragedy has affected me deeply. As the organizer of this event, my intention has always been to bring people together and celebrate our shared love of music and community. I am at a loss to understand how individuals can commit such heinous acts. Throughout 30 years of organizing events, we have brought together millions of people without any incidents of this nature. I hold a profound love for our community and deeply value the principles that define our culture. This incident stands in stark contrast to everything we stand for — it goes against the spirit of love, unity and respect we strive to foster within our community.
Please take care of yourselves and continue spreading love and support to one another especially during this difficult time.”
Following a shooting at Beyond Wonderland on Saturday (June 17) that left two dead and others injured, Electric Forest is increasing safety measures ahead of the festival this weekend. In a statement posted to the Electric Forest social media on Monday (June 19), the Michigan electronic music festival assured of “increased safety oversight and protocols. […]
Two people are dead and three others have been injured after a shooting on Saturday (June 17) at dance music festival Beyond Wonderland. The show, produced by Insomniac Events, had been taking place at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash., roughly 150 miles east of Seattle. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See […]
This week in dance music: It was announced that Justice will release a new album and tour in 2024, CRSSD dropped a lineup featuring Underworld, Flume and many more for its fall 2023 edition, Los Angeles dance event promoter Stranger Than announced an event series at the city’s Petersen Auto Museum, the Grammys’ addition of the best pop dance award was heralded was the ‘biggest victory for dance music at the Grammys in 20 years,” John Summit and Hayla made moves on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs and Avicii’s 2013 classic “Wake Me Up” became the RIAA’s highest certified dance song of all time.
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Peggy Gou, “[It Goes Like] Nanana”
The Artist: South Korea-born, Berlin-based and globally beloved Peggy Gou
The Label: XL Recordings
The Spiel: The lead single from Gou’s forthcoming LP (the release date and title of which are yet to be announced) “[It Goes Like] Nanana” gives equal parts big ’90s piano house vibes and sultry Balearic goodness, with a synthline floating through around the midway point and Gou’s husky vocals altogether forging a feeling of giddiness.
The Artist Says: “There’s a feeling we all know but is hard to describe, that feeling of love, warmth and excitement when you’re surrounded by friends and loved ones and the energy speaks for itself,” says Gou. “It’s difficult to put into words but to me it goes ‘nanana!’ I want this song to evoke that nanana feeling!”
The Vibe: That nanana feeling.
BLOND:ISH, “Call My Name”
The Artist: The everywhere all-at-once BLOND:ISH, with her first track following the Madonna collab “Sorry.”
The Label: FFRR
The Spiel: A hot out the gates disco banger with teeth, “Call My Name” is all dancefloor adrenaline, colliding a big string section with a tough beat and percussion that cooks.
The Vibe: Screaming along with the vocals and dripping with sweat.
AC Slater feat. Kaleena Zanders, “Lose My Mind”
The Artists: Night Bass label boss AC Slater, with power-lunged vocalist Kaleena Zanders and London producer Nubass.
The Label: Night Bass Records
The Spiel: Roaring off of AC Slaters third album, Together, out today (June 16), “Lose My Mind” is a call to arms to do just that, with slabs of synth and a fast-moving and pleasantly hectic production creating the foundation for Kaleena Zanders to positively rip through vocals about waking up to lose your mind. The album marks Slater bringing the Night Bass label, credited for forging the bass house genre over the last decade, to Create Music Group.
The Vibe: The titular sentiment tracks.
Camelphat feat. Max Milner, “Hope”
The Artists: U.K. duo Camelphat and London-based singer Max Milner.
The Label: Camelphat’s own When Stars Align
The Spiel: “Hope” gives light RÜFÜS DU SOL “Treat You Better” slow-burn vibes, before exploding into a shimmering thing all its own — with Milner’s rich vocals sitting atop a gently propulsive production that builds into a full-blown anthem that certainly feels like a set-closer to us.
The Vibe: Dripping with emotion.
MAKJ, “Burning Rave”
The Artist: California-based MAKJ.
The Label: Confession
The Spiel: MAKJ makes his debut on Tchami’s Confession label with “Burning Rave,” a not not hyphy bass house/tech house heater that doesn’t relent for its full three-plus minutes. The track marks a shift in sound — from more mainstage fare to clubbier output — for the producer who, incredibly, discovered dance music after moving to China when he was 18 to professionally race go-karts.
The Vibe: Like careening around the track in your go-kart, in the dark.
Dombresky & Discrete, “Bless Me”
The Artist: French house producer Dombresky, in collaboration with Canadian producer Discrete.
The Label: Insomniac Records
The Spiel: A big-ass vocal house track with a effervescent build/release that sounds like sunshine itself.
The Artist Says: “House music keeps you young,” the producer wrote on Twitter in conjunction with the release.
The Vibe: Blessed, blissed, forever young.