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The show was, unequivocally, going off. In time with the beat, columns of fire blasted from a complicated and expensive-looking stage setup as a litany of dance hits blasted through the speakers of Los Angeles’ Kia Forum, where more than 15,000 people and their approximately 30,000 ears were gathered to hear the music. Drunk girls […]
Billboard cover star John Summit takes you through a day in his life in Miami where he shares what he’s working on for his next album, who he would love to collaborate with, performing at the Sphere, how EDM music from the US has gone international and more! John Summit: I remember like I was […]
Diplo is taking off on foot across the country, with the announcement that Diplo’s Run Club will happen in six U.S. cities in 2025 and 2026. Featuring a 5k run and what’s being categorized as a “mini music festival” headlined by the namesake producer, Diplo’s Run Club will take place in Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, […]
Calvin Harris is getting ready to release a country-oriented song, featuring himself on vocals. Today (March 5), the Scottish superstar producer posted a 30-second clip of himself singing a new song called “Smoke the Pain Away.” In the video, occasionally filmed in soft focus, Harris sits on a chair and plays an acoustic guitar to […]
Boys Noize will open for Nine Inch Nails for the entirety of the band’s upcoming Peel It Back Tour. Nine Inch Nails’ first live run since 2022 is scheduled to start at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, on June 15, and move around Europe through mid-July before jumping to the U.S. beginning Aug. 3 for a […]
Create Music Group has acquired the deadmau5 catalog in addition to the catalog of the electronic producer’s longstanding label, mau5trap.
The deal is valued at $55 million and includes the master recordings and publishing of more than 4,000 songs. The partnership also includes the formation of a joint venture to release future recordings from deadmau5 and mau5trap.
“I have worked closely with Jonathan, Alex and Create for nearly two decades now, building my own career as well as the artists on mau5trap,” said Deadmau5 (born Joel Zimmerman) in a statement. “We didn’t need to look far when we were considering a partner to help get it all to the next level. With Create, I feel the music is going to reach more.”
As part of the partnership, Create Music Group will remaster and re-release key catalog pieces, launch exclusive new content and work to introduce “the mau5trap legacy” to new generations of fans, according to a press release. The collaboration will also explore licensing opportunities and brand partnerships and continue to focus on media such as gaming, virtual reality and live-streaming to drive additional revenue streams.
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Founded in 2015, Create Music Group functions as a record label, distribution company and entertainment network. Eric Nguyen, senior vp of global corporate development and M&A at Create Music Group, played a key role in the deal. Paul Hastings LLP served as legal advisors to Create Music Group while LaPolt Law P.C. served as legal advisors to deadmau5 and mau5trap.
“From the earliest days of Create Music Group, [co-founder and COO] Alexandre Williams and I had the privilege of working alongside Joel and his business partner Dean Wilson, witnessing firsthand the evolution of an icon,” added Jonathan Strauss, co-founder/CEO of Create Music Group. “Now, as the stewards of deadmau5 and mau5trap’s legendary catalog, we inherit a legacy that changed music forever. Joel’s influence reaches far beyond sound — his mastery bridges music, gaming, and technology, inspiring a new generation to think bigger. This is more than an acquisition; it’s a responsibility.”
“Over the last 20 years, fueled by Joel’s creative and entrepreneurial ambitions, we have built one of the strongest brand names in electronic music,” adds Wilson, deadmau5’s longtime manager. “To have partnered with Create, who have worked so closely with us over the years on our journey, ensures that the next two decades will be every bit as exciting for Joel and everyone on the mau5trap team as we work to expand our legacy even further.”
HARD Summer is coming back this August with a whopping lineup. Announced today (March 4), the two-day dance fest will be headlined by Colombian star Feid, Australian house force Dom Dolla, Canadian star Kaytranada, hard-driving French producer Gesaffelstein and hard techno titan Sara Landry.
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Additionally, the fest features a load of dance stars including Marlon Hoffstadt, Crankdat, The Blessed Madonna, Loco Dice, James Hype, Deorro, I Hate Models, Gordo, Nico Moreno, Tape B playing b2b with Mersiv, Jamaican legend Sean Paul and rap icon Juvenile. See the complete lineup below.
Produced by Insomniac Events, HARD Summer will take place at Hollywood Park, the 300-acre entertainment complex adjacent to SoFi Stadium. 2025 will mark HARD Summer’s second year at the site. Tickets go on sale March 7.
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The festival’s debut at Hollywood Park last summer resulted in a rash of noise complaints in the area, with the Following the noise complaints, Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. wrote that “city authorities engaged the event promoter and the venue and implemented several critical adjustments to each stage and established enhanced monitoring plans for overall sound and bass levels. Additional sound engineers were strategically positioned in areas of concern…and were promptly dispatched to make necessary adjustments in real time.”
This year, HARD Summer will again put on its “Pre-Game” initiative, for which HARD partners with local establishments to bring them into the festival. In years past, this has meant on-site activations with L.A. institutions including Randy’s Donuts, Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles, Sweet Red Peach, Sunday Gravy and Carnitas El Artista.
Local businesses can apply here to inquire about partnering on this year’s edition of the project.
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Femme House, the nonprofit focused on creating equity in the music industry by amplifying voices of women, femme, gender-expansive LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC creators, will host the first ever Femmy Awards during Miami Music Week 2025.
Happening at Palm Tree Club — the waterfront hotel opened by Kygo’s Palm Tree Crew this past December — the March 27 event will honor artists, agents, managers, engineers, allies event brands and other figures across the industry who’ve worked to make the dance scene a more inclusive and representative space.
The Femmys will honor a flurry of groundbreaking artists, including Detroit legend DJ Minx and Chicago dance music royalty DJ Lady D, who will both receive the Pioneer Award for lifetime achievement. This award honors trailblazers who’ve broken barriers, reshaped the dance and electronic music industries and paved the way for femme, non-binary, and LGBTQ+ artists, leaving a lasting impact on music, culture and inclusivity.
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Barbara Tucker and Crystal Waters will be honored with the Voice of House award, which honors the vocalists who have soundtracked the dance music we know and love through generations. Meanwhile Sara Landry will be honored as Producer of the Year, an award that celebrates her singular contributions to electronic music.
Cross-category nominees will be announced in the coming weeks. Billboard is the official media sponsor of the Femmy Awards, which is taking place on March 27 from 1 to 3 p.m. Tickets and tables for the event are available now, with all proceeds from the event benefitting Femme House.
“The Femmy Awards were created to celebrate the artists, executives, and industry leaders who are actively shaping a more inclusive future for dance music,” Femme House Executive Director Emily Bass tells Billboard. “This year felt like the right time to launch because representation in electronic music is at a pivotal moment — there is progress, but there’s still work to do. Honoring legends like DJ Lady D and DJ Minx, who have spent decades breaking down barriers, alongside trailblazers like Sara Landry, who is redefining what it means to be a powerhouse producer today, reflects the impact that diverse voices have across generations. The Femmys are about more than recognition — they’re about cementing the legacy of those pushing this industry forward.”
“As an artist, I know firsthand how important it is to see yourself reflected in the industry — to have role models, mentors and a community that lifts you up,” adds Femme House co-founder LP Giobbi. “The Femmy Awards are our way of shining a light on those who are not only making incredible music but also creating opportunities for others to rise. DJ Lady D and DJ Minx have paved the way for so many of us, and Sara Landry is leading the charge for the next generation of producers. We hope The Femmys inspire more people to challenge the status quo and build a more equitable future in dance music.”
“The Femmy Awards aren’t just about celebrating talent, they’re about acknowledging the people who have fought to create space for underrepresented voices in dance music,” continues co-founder & Head of Culture, I know how powerful it is to see pioneers like DJ Lady D, DJ Minx, Barbara Tucker and Crystal Waters honored for their legacy, and to celebrate someone like Sara Landry, who is showing the next generation what’s possible. This moment is about more than awards — it’s about visibility, representation, and giving credit to those who are shifting the culture.”
Femme House will also host additional events during Miami Music Week, with the third annual Femme Friday happening March 28 at W South Beach. The daylong program will provide emerging artists with direct access to top industry professionals in an effort to foster education and community building.
Starting Tuesday (March 4), SiriusXM will deliver the sounds of Tomorrowland and the global dance scene with a new channel curated by the team at the Belgian mega-festival festival.
One World Radio will be featured within the SiriusXM app and feature music programmed by the team that curates Tomorrowland’s One World Radio internet radio station, with the SiriusXM channel to offer new music and live DJ sets from Tomorrowland festivals including the flagship event in Boom, Belgium, along with Tomorrowland Winter, Tomorrowland Brasil and more.
SiriusXM’s One World Radio channel will be an extension of Tomorrowland’s pre-existing One World Radio feed, but will be curated a bit differently and customized to the SiriusXM audience.
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“We are really excited about hearing the nearly unlimited Tomorrowland archives, giving SiriusXM listeners a peak into past vibes of the legendary two-weekend festival in Belgium,” Geronimo, SiriusXM’s Vice President of Music Programing, tells Billboard.
Aside from regularly scheduled and rotated music, the channel will also feature exclusive song cuts from previous festivals. “You’ll be able to hear the crowd reaction which really put you in the moment,” Geronimo continues. “It’s truly a place where the global dance community comes together and enjoys each other. Dance music is really about fun, love, positivity and enjoying life and each other and One World Radio captures this essence perfectly.”
The channel will feature music spanning the two decades of Tomorrowland history and span the spectrum of electronic music sounds. The “main thing is to give people a good time and spread positive vibes, without necessarily being bound to a genre,” says Bram Franssen, station lead at the pre-existing One World Radio and curator for the new SiriusXM channel.
With the launch, One World Radio joins SiriusXM’s suite of dance channels that include BPM, Diplo’s Revolution, SiriusXM Chill, Studio 54 Radio, Utopia and more.
“We’re excited to not only hear classic archived Tomorrowland sets but also what One World Radio has for the future,” says Geronimo. “The world outside of North America has historically been a step ahead when it comes to dance music and emerging genres, and One World Radio on SiriusXM will help bridge that gap.”
2025 BRIT Awards winner Charli XCX was gorgeously draped in a Dilara Findikoglu dress, a garment of sheer layers that mostly concealed the singer’s bust, at Saturday night’s show — but the look must’ve nearly been deemed risqué by British network ITV.
“I heard that ITV were complaining about my nipples,” Charli commented at the podium on March 1 at London’s O2 Arena, while accepting the artist of the year award. “I feel like we’re in the era of free the nipple though, right?”
“Thanks for being on my side,” she added after the crowd cheered.
Styled by Chris Shoran, Charli wore look nine from Dilara Findikoglu‘s autumn/winter 2025 collection. The black dress, with a calf-skimming, pencil skirt silhouette layered over a minimalist, bikini-shaped bottom, was paired with classic pumps by Christian Louboutin.
Charli XCX attends the BRIT Awards at The O2 on March 1, 2025 in London.
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“I’ve gotta say, I feel like I’ve always been an artist but it really takes a whole team, and they’re all like sat at that table. I just want to say thank you so much to the people who helped me make this record,” said the Brat singer as she accepted her third of four award wins at the 2025 BRITs. She’d already collected the awards for song of the year and dance act.
Charli gave a special shout out her fiancé in her artist of the year speech: “George Daniel, love you, baby.” (Daniel is a notable musician and producer, and a founding member of the band The 1975. For Charli he produced “Apple” and “Club Classics” on Brat, and also worked on “I Might Say Something Stupid,” which also features Jon Hopkins and Daniel’s 1975 bandmate Matty Healy, for the companion release Brat and It’s Completely Different but Also Still Brat).
George Daniel and Charli XCX post during the BRIT Awards at The O2 Arena on March 1, 2025 in London, England.
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“Thank you to all the artists out there who feel like they don’t fit in but are brave enough to try and be rejected a million times. I share this with you,” Charli said, candidly.
“Keep partying,” she told the audience. It was a pastime she was likely talking part in; host Jack Whitehall joked at the start of the ceremony that Charli had asked to not perform so she could get drunk Saturday night.
The mind behind Brat won the awards for artist of the year, album of the year, song of the year (for “Guess,” featuring Billie Eilish) and dance act at the 2025 BRITs, and the night’s honorary songwriter of the year prize also went to her. Brat executive producer A.G. Cook won producer of the year.
What should fans expect from Charli’s next album? “I’ll probably do something completely different,” she said at the BRIT Awards.
“I used to tell myself that things like this weren’t important,” Charli admitted when returning to the stage to accept the album of the year award. “This kind of recognition, awards in general, weren’t important. That was really easy for me to do because until last year I was literally never nominated for anything … Now it’s cool to not be in that position.”
“I guess this time around the culture caught up with us and wanted to be on the journey with us,” she said.