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Thousands of music fans are flocking to Indio, Calif., this weekend for Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, where Frank Ocean, Bad Bunny and BLACKPINK will be headlining the three-day event.
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For those unable to make it out to the desert in person, YouTube will be streaming live from all stages of the festival with six separate livestreams over both weekends of the festival, so you can enjoy all the action from the comfort of your own home.
In addition to the performances, the livestream experience will also feature exclusive merch drops on Coachella’s YouTube channel, plus behind-the-scenes content with artists, creators and fans on YouTube Shorts.
The weekend one livestream, sponsored by Fast X, Verizon and NYX Professional Makeup in the U.S., will kick off on Coachella’s YouTube channel at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on Friday, April 14, and run through Sunday night (April 16).
Weekend two, sponsored by Tic Tac and Dove Shower Collection, will begin at the same time on Friday, April 21, before wrapping up on Sunday, April 23.
Additional Coachella performers this year include Rosalía, Gorillaz, Burna Boy, Blondie, Becky G, Pusha T, Metro Boomin, Charlie XCX, Kid Laroi, Flo Mili, Bjork, A Boogie, Uncle Waffles, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Elderbrook, Kenny Beats, Yves Tumor, The Chemical Brothers, Kaytranada and SG Lewis and many more.
At the last minute, the reunited classic line-up of Blink-182 will debut on Friday (April 14) at Coachella. The group comprised of singer/bassist Mark Hoppus, drummer Travis Barker and returning member guitarist/singer Tom DeLonge is slated to take the Sahara stage at 6:45 p.m.
All aboard, baby. Groove Cruise announced the lineup for its January 2024 voyage from Miami to The Bahamas on Wednesday (April 12).
Billboard can exclusively announce that Diplo, Tiësto and John Summit captain the lineup, with a strong crew of artists including Disco Lines, Gabriel & Dresden, Joel Corry, LP Giobbi, So Tuff So Cute, VNSSA rounding out the bill.
Additionally, the party will feature hosted stages by brands including LP Giobbi’s Femme House, Diplo’s Higher Ground and Summit’s Off The Grid. The boat will also host artist hosted games and activities like blackjack, bingo, volunteer opportunities, mentorship sessions and mental health workshops.
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The festival is largely sold out, although a few premium packages remain. The event will take place on the Norwegian Encore. Able to host 4,000 guests, this is the biggest ship Groove Cruise has employed to date.
The festival at sea departs from Miami on January 24, sailing to The Bahamas for a beach part on Great Stirrup Cay and returning to U.S shores on January 28. The event, produced by Whet Travel, marks the Groove Cruise’s 20th anniversary.
“I can’t believe it’s been 20 years,” Groove Cruise founder Jason Beukema tells Billboard. “When I first had the idea of Groove Cruise as a 25-year-old kid from Michigan with no money, not a single DJ contact, and not knowing anyone in the cruise industry, I never thought that two decades later I would be booking international superstars like Tiësto on a near billion dollar cruise ship.”
“Our first sailing,” he continues, “was a 125 person cruise in 2004, and it’s been incredible to witness lifelong friendships flourish out of that initial cruise and to hear how it changed people’s lives. It’s been humbling to watch the community and experience it evolve into the world class event it is today.”
While Groove Cruise helped innovate the festival cruise model two decades ago, they’ve since become a hugely popular format for live music consumption. In the dance world, HARD has hosted Holy Ship since 2021, while earlier this year Insomniac Events announced the maiden voyage of their EDSea cruise happening in November.
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Though Rolling Loud won’t touch down in New York this year, the festival will return to its home turf of Miami in July with a mega lineup starring A$AP Rocky, Travis Scott and Playboi Carti.
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Slated for July 21-23 at the Hard Rock Cafe, Rolling Loud Miami will return to the city for its eighth year, which previously housed household acts including Future, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole and more. This year, the renowned festival tags in Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Yachty, 21 Savage, Kodak Black, City Girls, Offset and Don Toliver. Many prominent rookies will also grace the stage, including Ice Spice, Coi Leray, Central Cee and GloRilla. Rolling Loud also is also bringing in new faces, enlisting Bryson Tiller, Foushee, Turnstile and Billboard Hot 100 entrant Pink Panthress.
Tickets and passes go on sale Friday (April 14) on Rolling Loud’s website.
In March, Rolling Loud headed to California, where Travis Scott, Future and Playboi Carti served as headliners. Lil Wayne was a special guest and delivered a laundry list of hits including “Uproar” and “Lollipop.” Rolling Loud will take their talents internationally as they embark on a Thailand festival this weekend. The headliners include Cardi B, Travis Scott and Chris Brown, with additional performances by Rick Ross, Fat Joe and more.
Rolling Loud canceled its New York festival due to “logistical factors” in mid March. “For the last few years, we’ve made some legendary moments happen in Queens,” the statement read. “Sadly, due to logistical factors beyond our control, Rolling Loud will not return to New York in 2023. But don’t worry, this isn’t ‘goodbye,’ more like ‘see you later.’ We’ll be back in New York when the time is right. In the meantime, we invite all of our New York fans to meet us in Miami July 21-23 for our biggest, best festival of the year. Love you all! Rolling Loud forever!”
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BLACKPINK made music-festival history during their Coachella 2019 performance as the first female K-pop group to play at the iconic festival. Four years later, the quartet set a new standard entirely with a headlining slot at the Indio, Calif., fest.
Alongside Bad Bunny and Frank Ocean, BLACKPINK reign as one of the three main headliners for Coachella 2023 and the main musical affair for day 2 of both festival weekends on Saturday, April 15 and 22. While 2019 saw the act less than three years into their journey together for their Coachella debut with two EPs, Jennie‘s “Solo” debut and a handful of singles, the BLACKPINK ladies now boast two full-length albums, solo music from each member and multiple world tours to draw on for experience.
Ahead of the meaningful moment this weekend, each BLACKPINK member reflected with Billboard about their first performance in 2019, their feelings about playing in the desert this time and more.
While Jennie wowed with her group and “Solo” performances at Coachella in 2019, the singer-rapper says her anticipation of returning to the festival stage surpasses any butterflies.
“We’re so excited and honored to be able to return to Coachella as headliners,” The Idol star says. “We had the best time in 2019 and can’t wait to experience the energy of the audience again. There are some nerves, but more than anything, we’re just ready to have fun.”
Rosé says she’s still coming to terms with the opportunity to come back as headliners but recalls how substantial their first performance was in fueling the quartet’s ambitions.
It feels absolutely unreal,” the “Gone” singer-songwriter says. “I think performing for Coachella in 2019 was a moment that really woke us up as BLACKPINK—to be motivated, to dream on and dream big. But we never expected anything as big as being the headliner of a festival we’ve all grown up admiring and hoping someday we could find ourselves in the crowd of.”
From left, Jennie, Rose, Lisa and Jisoo of BLACKPINK perform onstage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 12, 2019 in Indio, California.
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Fresh off her solo debut with “Flower,” Jisoo says with a laugh how “it’s always so happy to meet BLINKs up close” before adding, “2019 Coachella was full of fascination and excitement, but we have no clue how 2023 Coachella will be. We try all the time to show a new side of ourselves for each stage to repay the love from BLINKs. It is an honor to perform as a headliner for Coachella festival; we want to show our improvement as BLACKPINK on stage — and will — so, stay tuned.”
Despite the hundreds of thousands that attend Coachella, BLACKPINK’s youngest member Lisa says she’s sticking to the group’s mantra when approaching any performance, including anything unique for this weekend.
“Our motto is to enjoy every stage and moment, ‘as if it’s the last,’ [by] interacting with the audience by energy and doing our best while performing,” the “Money” superstar says while referencing a beloved BLACKPINK single from 2017. “We’re working hard on various performances for 2023 Coachella; look forward to it!”
While Rosé also wants to keep the focus on simply returning to the stage, she and her band mates know they must meet the moment. “We’re honestly just excited to be back at Coachella performing, period, but the deal here is—we’re headlining,” she explains. “We feel honored for this opportunity as much as we feel the immense responsibility. We’ll be bringing something fun to the table.”
After photographers snapped Jisoo and Lisa leaving for the U.S. from South Korea’s Incheon International Airport together earlier this week, the members have stayed relatively quiet – both from public view and on their social media – as they put in final preparations for Weekend 1.
Jisoo closes by saying, “Hope you enjoy 2023 Coachella with BLACKPINK,” before Jennie signs off with, “See you in the desert!”
Eddie Vedder is bringing his seventh annual Ohana Festival to Doheny State Beach this fall, and the rocker revealed the star-studded lineup on Tuesday (April 11), with himself, Foo Fighters and The Killers leading the pack as headliners.
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The Chicks, HAIM, The War On Drugs, Father John Misty, Japanese Breakfast, Suki Waterhouse and many more are also set to take the stage at the festival, which will take place on September 29 to October 1.
Ohana will also bring back The Cove, an area within the festival that combines music with activism, featuring a number of panel discussions form leading conservationists, environmentalists, researchers and professional surfers. The Cove also features a Charles R. Adler-curated art gallery that showcases a collection of pieces themed around music, surf, skate and activism.
Tickets for the all-ages 2023 Ohana Festival will go on sale starting with the Ten Club Presale on Tuesday (April 11) at 8 a.m. PT, followed by the SMS Presale on Thursday (April 13) at 10 a.m. PT, which you can sign up for here. All remaining tickets will go on sale later that day at noon PT. Ticket options include three-day or one-day GA tickets, plus VIP, VIP+ and layaway options.
See the full Ohana Festival lineup, as well as more information, here.
Hulaween will once again unite the heady forces of dance music and jam bands with its annual soiree, happening in Live Oak, FL this October 26-29.
Leading the lineup are jam favorites The String Cheese Incident, Trey Anastasio Band, Goose, Dispatch and Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade. From the dance side, headliners include Channel Tres (who indeed recently told Billboard he’s ready for “that big stage type of energy”), along with John Summit, Elderbrook, BLOND:ISH, Manic Focus, Eprom and a headlining set from Pretty Lights, who on Tuesday (April 4) announced this show as part of his 2023 comeback tour. See the complete lineup, featuring more than 90 acts, below.
2023 marks the 10th anniversary of Hulaween, which is independently operated by Collectiv Events, the same company behind Chicago’s North Coast Music Festival and the Sacred Rose fest, which debuted last year in the Chicago suburb of Bridgeview.
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“The festival and concert industry landscape continues to be bought up and homogenized by the majors, so staying the course as true independents and surviving through all of the highs and lows we’ve endured to this milestone 10 year anniversary, is incredible,” says Hulaween co-founder, brand manager and talent buyer Michael Berg.
“We think back fondly of all the people who have been part of the Hula journey with us, and how the team continues to learn and grow to elevate the experience and lineup every year,” Berg continues. “We’ve proudly stayed true to this community and culture we are servicing and hope to keep doing that for at least another 10!”
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With festival season 2023 roaring currently roaring to life, Pennsylvania’s Elements Festival has thrown its hat in the ring with an expanded lineup for its upcoming event.
Elements 2023 — which takes place August 11-14 in Long Pond, Penn. — announced on Tueday (April 4) that it will feature Gorgon City, Lane 8, REZZ, Seven Lions, STS9, Eli & Fur, Giolì & Assia, Lotus, Will Clarke, Moore Kismet, Coco & Breezy, a live show from Manic Focus, Tony y Not and more.
These artists join a pre-existing lineup that feature Skrillex, Porter Robinson, John Summit, LP Giobbi, Chris Lake, Tokimonsta and many more.
The sixth edition of the camping festival is taking place roughly two hours north of Philadelphia. In addition to music, the festival will offer health and wellness activities including yoga, aromatherapy, dance, comedy and sound baths, workshops, art cars and a 24-hour food court featuring local, organic food provided by Pocono Organics, one of North America’s largest regenerative organic certified farms. Tickets for Elements 2023 are on sale now.
Elements made headlines during the pandemic for producing 250-person mini gatherings, using a robust system or protocols that founders say helped establish the show among agents and artists.
“It was a super small-scale event, but doing all of that, seeing how it went and working out all the kinks was a really smart thing, because now agents, artists and management are all really confident that we will pull off the safest festival possible,” Tim Monkiewicz, who founded Elements with Brett Herman, told Billboard in 2021. “There’s been a lot more camaraderie this time around, and it’s been a really nice feeling to feel that we’re on the same team, even though they’re trying to get more money for their client and I’m trying to get them for cheaper.”
See the full lineup for Elements 2023 below.
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Coachella is just around the corner, and for those who won’t be able to make it out to Indio, Calif., to catch the three-day festival in person, YouTube has got you covered.
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The video-sharing platform unveiled its 2023 Coachella livestream experience on Monday (April 3), and for the first time, YouTube will be streaming live from all stages of the festival with six separate livestreams over both weekends of the desert festival.
The livestream experience will feature performances and exclusive merch drops on Coachella’s YouTube channel, plus on-the-ground content with artists, creators and fans on YouTube Shorts.
The weekend one livestream, sponsored by Fast X, Verizon and NYX Professional Makeup in the U.S., will kick off at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on Friday, April 14, and run through Sunday night (April 16). Weekend two, sponsored by Tic Tac and Dove Shower Collection, will begin at the same time on Friday, April 21, before wrapping up on Sunday, April 23.
Frank Ocean, Bad Bunny and BLACKPINK are headlining this year’s festival, with additional performers including Rosalía, Gorillaz, Burna Boy, Blondie, Becky G, Pusha T, Metro Boomin, Charlie XCX, Kid Laroi, Flo Mili, Bjork, A Boogie, Uncle Waffles, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Elderbrook, Kenny Beats, Yves Tumor, The Chemical Brothers, Kaytranada and SG Lewis and many more.
Watch the teaser for YouTube’s Coachella livestream event below, and see more information here.
The Head and the Heart has teamed with Another Planet Entertainment to launch the inaugural Down in the Valley festival, an intimate weekend music event set to be held at Oxbow RiverStage in Napa, Calif., the weekend of September 2-3.
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The Head and the Heart will open the festival with a special acoustic set on Saturday (Sept. 2) and close both Saturday and Sunday evenings with a full band and its original lineup, including Josiah Johnson, who will also kick off Sunday with a special solo set. The festival lineup also includes Waxahatchee, Dawes, Faye Webster, Madison Cunningham, Rayland Baxter, Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners, Miya Folick and Shaina Shepherd.
The city-owned Oxbow RiverStage amphitheater, adjacent to the famed Oxbow Public Market, is managed by both Another Planet and Ken Tesler‘s night club and concert production company Blue Note Napa, which also produces Blue Note Summer Sessions at Napa’s Silverado Resort as well as the Blue Note Jazz Festival. Napa Valley is also home to Latitude 38 Entertainment and Live Nation’s famed BottleRock concert series held at the Napa Fairgrounds, as well as the Sonoma Harvest Festival hosted at the B.R. Cohn Winery in neighboring Sonoma, Calif.
Another Planet produces a number of annual festivals including Outside Lands in San Francisco. The company also serves as the exclusive promoter for the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, Calif.; the Fox Theater in Oakland, Calif.; the Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena in Stateline, Nev.; and three San Franciso venues: the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, The Independent and the Castro Theatre.
The pre-sale for two-day passes at Down in the Valley begins Tuesday (April 4) at 10 a.m. PT using the code “DITV”, while the venue and promoter pre-sale begins Wednesday at 10 a.m. PT. The general sale for two-day passes launches Thursday at 10 a.m. PT. Two-day general admission passes start at $129.50 and two-day GOLD passes start at $199.50; the latter include a GOLD section viewing area and dedicated event entrance, restrooms and cash bar plus a signed Down In The Valley poster. All prices exclude taxes and fees. Passes can be bought here.
SXM Festival thumped back to life on the island of St. Martin on March 8-13. The lineup included Black Coffee, Marco Carola, DJ Tennis and Carlita performing together as Astra Club, Yokoo, Camelphat, Mochaak, Gordo and other house and techno producers from around the world.
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Anyone who’s been will attest that dancing barefoot in the sand while the sun rises over the Caribbean is truly a special experience. But whether or not you were on the island for the fest, we’re bringing those sea breezes and beats to your earholes via three exclusive SXM 2023 sets from Iranian legend Dubfire, Italian star Francesca Lombardo and rising German artist Tony y Not.
Dubfire delivers a pristine and wide-ranging three-hour performance spanning house, deep house, electro, progressive and more. Lombardo’s two-hour set bumps to life from the jump with Mr. Flip’s bouncy 2022 track “Da Boogie,” which she follows with all variations of house music, from deep to tribal to piano. Tony y Not offers two hours of music that digs deep into the experimental, hypnotic realms of electronic music. Listen to the trifecta of sets below.
Together, all three artists capture the festival’s steamy atmosphere complemented by both its tunes and its tropical locations, which this year included a private jungle, the beach, a villa and a beach club. Since launching in 2016 on St. Martin — a territory of both France and The Netherlands — SXM has drawn fans from more than 35 countries.
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