Canada’s Shambhala Music Festival Releases Teaser Video for 18th Annual Event

Canada’s Shambhala Music Festival Releases Teaser Video for 18th Annual Event

Anticipation is building for the 18th Annual Shambhala Music Festival to be held in Salmo River Ranch, August 7-10th, 2015. With an unparallelled line-up and a breathtaking venue, Shambhala’s ‘Are We There Yet’ video invites electronic music lovers to come Home to enjoy warm sunshine, cool waters, eclectic rhythms, and the unmistakeable magic of being surrounded by thousands of friends, new and old. 

Scenes of enchanted wilderness are interweaved with blissful dancing and glimpses of stunning, cutting-edge stage production, as well as music by festival performers, Camo & Krooked. Love the video? Check out Shambhala’s full 2014 Official Afterstory video and get amped up with Shambhala’s mix series featuring festival talent such as jackLNDN, jOBOT, and M!NT. The next mix will feature UK jack house and bass experts, Cause and Affect. 

A series of pre-parties will also take place across Canada with the ‘A Journey HOME’ tour, June 4-7, 2015 in Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary and Nelson. Get more info on the website or on Facebook.

Shambhala Music Festival is just around the corner and interested attendees are encouraged to purchase tickets soon as cut off dates for shipping are fast approaching (June 1 for the U.S. and July 1st for Canada) and tickets are expected to sell out quickly.  Tickets sold after the shipping date cutoff will be available for pick up at will call.

Purchase tickets:  https://tickets.shambhalamusicfestival.com/

Music courtesy of: Hospital Records / Songs In The Key Of Knife:

Camo and Krooked – Move Around (feat. Ian Shaw) (Hospital Records UK) (Buy)

‘Are We There Yet?’ was produced by Sweetgrass Productions

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Ibiza rocks 2014 line up announced

Guaranteed sun, sea, sunsets and sounds - its time to talk Rocks. Having already confirmed two of the biggest breakthrough bands of the year - HAIM and The 1975 - more in-demand festival favourites including Ed Sheeran, Bastille, Tinie Tempah, Skrillex and Bombay Bicycle Club (Ibiza Closing Party) plus critically acclaimed champions of the live scene Rudimental, John Newman and Clean Bandit have been added to the 16 week-long line up, kicking off on 03/06. Support slots come courtesy of exciting new talents Wolf Alice, Breton and Chloe Howl, with more to be announced.

The summer long season will open in style with a headline performance from HAIM, supported by hotly tipped band for 2014, Breton. The 1975 take on week 2 with support from NME’s Best New Band nominee Wolf Alice.

Newly confirmed to keep the party vibes in full flow in June is Yorkshire lad John Newman. The 3 x BRITs nominee shot into the spotlight after writing and singing on two of the biggest dance tracks to smash into the UK charts in years: Rudimental’s Feel The Love and Not Giving In. Debut #1 solo single Love Me Again is a taste of the huge, melodic hits fans can expect from John Newman’s highly anticipated debut set, supported by BBC Sound of 2014 nominee Chloe Howl.

July will see the welcome return of Tinie Tempah, back by popular demand.  With his high-octane, high energy, explosive live sets packed with huge hits Tinie Tempah knows exactly how to work the crowd. Embarking on a UK tour in March including a show at London’s O2, Tinie Tempah will have one seriously slick set to showcase back in the Balearics.  Speaking of the shows, he said: “I am happy to be back doing Rocks for the 4th time! This is always a great show, can't wait!”

From releasing quintuple platinum debut album + in 2012, Ed Sheeran has been recognised as one of the most genuinely talented and successful singer/songwriters of recent times. Grammy Awards, Q Awards, Brits and Ivor Novellos, Ed Sheeran has clocked up them all with his all-encompassing appeal.  Huge hits fill emotionally charged sets fused with unexpected risks and surprises. From being championed by Jamie Foxx to opening Rocks in 2012, to selling out Madison Square Gardens and being hugely in demand on a global scale, Ed Sheeran knows what he loves, everyone loves what he does and he’s coming back to Mallorca and Ibiza Rocks in July to do just that.

Brits British Single winners Rudimental and British Breakthrough winners Bastille pulled off an epic mash up of their huge hits Waiting All Night and Pompeii at this year’s Brit Awards and both acts are Balearic bound.   Rocks championed Rudimental long before they hit the big time and booked their debut Ibiza show in 2012 at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel where they stayed, partied and played, big time! It will be a proud moment to have these boys back, bigger than ever, for what will undoubtedly be one of the seminal moments of the summer, from one of the best live acts on the planet right now.

Since debuting at Rocks last year, Bastille went on to be the biggest selling new British act of 2013, with platinum-selling debut album Bad Blood topping the charts and infectious single Pompeii becoming the second most streamed song of the year (just behind Daft Punk’s Get Lucky). After smashing it stateside then being nominated for 4 x Brit Awards back on home turf, Bastille have officially been crowned British Breakthrough of the year.

It will be from stateside to poolside when 6 x Grammy award winner Skrillex takes to the open-air stage at the Mallorca Rocks Hotel for an exclusive headline set in August. This electronic imagineer comes with way more than an killer set - there’s shimmering LED walls, 3D lights shows, pyrotechnics and a relentless thirst to create a live experience of ever-increasing drama and spectacle.  This show takes the music landscape in Mallorca to a whole new level - a first for Mallorca, a  ‘must see’ ONLY at Mallorca Rocks and a massive statement to what Rocks brings to the resort.

Clean Bandit made their Rocks debut supporting Ellie Goulding last year and then kicked off the very first Ibiza Rocks the Snow event in Meribel In December.  They’ve since scored a UK #1 single with Rather Be, selling over half a million copies in the UK alone and staying at the #1 spot for 4 weeks running. Now one of the UK’s finest new bands move from the piste to the poolside to make their headline debut at the Rocks Hotels in August.

The Ibiza Rocks closing party will be headlined by a classic Rocks band, Bombay Bicycle Club.  The London four piece supported Biffy Clyro at Ibiza Rocks in 2010 and returned as worthy headliners in their own right the following year. Back with UK #1 album So Long See You Tomorrow, Bombay Bicycle Club will create the climax to what will be a phenomenal summer of live gigs under the Balearic stars.

Shane Murray, Promoter said: “It’s a really strong line up this year so far, we’re genuinely excited. Bands like Haim, The 1975 and Bombay Bicycle Club represent the heart of what we do so opening and closing weeks will as ever be special. Since last headlining, Ed Sheeran has emerged as an international superstar so it’s a real coup that he’s chosen Rocks as one of only a handful of shows this summer. We’ve been trying to get Skrillex for a long time so that’s going to be a huge Mallorca show, as will the Bastille gigs after last year’s debut sell outs. We always work hard to recognise genuine talent early on and we’re proud to be bringing back Rudimental, John Newman and Clean Bandit as headliners and bringing new acts like Wolf Alice and Chloe Howl for debut slots.  With loads more still to be announced, it’s safe to say we’re in for another amazing summer under the Balearic stars. ”

Ibiza Rocks is also pleased to announce that MTV will be the exclusive broadcast partner for the second year running. The network will broadcast a number of live performances, exclusive artist interviews and all the highlights from the 16 weeklong series from the Ibiza Rocks and Mallorca Rocks Hotels this summer. Seven shows will be broadcast in total on MTV Live HD and the network’s flagship channel MTV Music including 5 x 30’ shows from Ibiza Rocks and a 1 x 30’ show from Mallorca Rocks as well as a 1 x 60’ (multi-artist) compilation show incorporating live track selection and exclusive interviews. As with last year, London based production company, JJ Stereo, will produce all content.

The Ibiza Rocks brand consistently boasts a bill crammed with the biggest international artists, best breakthrough talent and cutting edge DJ’s.  Summer 2014 will see the celebration of Ibiza Rocks 9th Birthday and Mallorca Rocks 4th Birthday during the 16 weeklong season of spectacular outdoor gigs under the stars.  More Rocks headline acts and W.A.R! line up announcements will follow soon.

MALLORCA ROCKS
03/06 OPENING PARTY WITH HAIM | BRETON
10/06 THE 1975 | WOLF ALICE
17/06 JOHN NEWMAN | CHLOE HOWL
01/07 TINIE TEMPAH
15/07 4TH BIRTHDAY WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
22/07 ED SHEERAN
29/07 RUDIMENTAL (LIVE)
05/08 BASTILLE
19/08 SKRILLEX
26/08 CLEAN BANDIT

IBIZA ROCKS
04/06 OPENING PARTY WITH HAIM | BRETON
11/06 THE 1975 | WOLF ALICE
18/06 JOHN NEWMAN | CHLOE HOWL
02/07 TINIE TEMPAH
16/07 9TH BIRTHDAY WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
23/07 ED SHEERAN
30/07 RUDIMENTAL (LIVE)
06/08 BASTILLE
27/08 CLEAN BANDIT
17/09 CLOSING PARTY - BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB

Offering a choice of quality accommodation options at exceptional value, Mallorca Rocks every Tuesday from 03 June – 16 September and Ibiza Rocks every Wednesday from 04 June to 17 September.
Tickets and hotel packages available now at www.ibizarocks.com and www.mallorcarocks.com. Limited advance gig tickets available from £22/€25 (plus booking fee).
Ibiza packages including 4 nights’ accommodation + Ibiza Rocks tickets + W.A.R! tickets from just £66 per person. Mallorca packages including 4 nights’ accommodation + Mallorca Rocks tickets + W.A.R! tickets from just £84 per person
For Rocks news, check out www.facebook.com/ibizarocks www.facebook.com/mallorcarocks, Follow us on Twitter @ibizarocks, @mallorcarocks, tag tweets #Rocks2014

Reading Festival 2013 review - Day One

It's been a while since I was at Reading Festival. 8 years in fact, and much has changed since then. The site has grown in size. Which is good in the fact you can now sit in one tent/stage without the overlap of another stage coming through but bad in the fact that its much more difficult to navigate.

But aside from that, we aren't here to talk about the best way to get to places, we are here to talk about the music. 

Friday's starting act was Frank Turner, who in a weird set up, had his mother introduce him on stage and asking the crowd to be "nice to him". This was quickly followed by a wheelchair bound Frank Turner coming on to sing "If I ever stray", waving his arms around before suddenly leaping up to his feet. TA DAH! Magic! Frank can walk. With the aid of a "corset" I may add. What followed though was a rip roaring set with help of his stand in guitarist (this was only his 2nd gig). Although this probably wont go down in Reading history as the Kurt Cobain stunt in 1992, it was a nice touch.

A wander over to the BBC introducing stage and the and The lock up stage saw Amber and RX Bandits respectively. Amber seem to have grown quite a following and although we only caught the last 2 tunes I was suitably impressed by there Bastille-like music and energy. RX Bandits all suited and booted were busy creating a semi mosh pit in a tent with lead singer, Matt Embree, in the midst of it. All that I could see of him was his microphone wire being held over the crowd. 

System of a Down made a welcome return to Reading. Piling through a back catalogue of songs the band wasted no time in kicking it of with "Aerials". There wasn't much crowd interaction throughout the set but with song after song being pumped out at full intensity, who cares! One of the highlights of the set though didn't come from the band it came from the crowd. The sight of a middle aged man, in a camping chair, reading a paper being carried over the crowd was something both bizarre and wonderful!

Thinking that System had done a high energy I realised this was nothing to Green Day. Doing a 2.5 hour set which included playing the whole of Dookie in full, whilst manically running around the stage at full pelt would be enough to make someone half Billy Joe's age call for an ambulance and need a heart massage.

Genuinely excited to be there, they went through hit after hit culminating in "Time of your life"

I did pop over to see Skrillex midway through Green Day's set but I may as well have just put his CD on and watched some psychedelic cgi for all the good it was. He may have not even been there! There was no crowd interaction and for all anyone knows it could have been a cardboard cut out and a copy of his CD played in a random order.

Eminem headlines the second day of Reading Festival 2013 tomorrow, along with sets from Alt-J, Jake Bugg, Foals, Chase and Status and many more.

Creamfields cancelled due to weather conditions

Creamfields ticketholders for today's performers have been told not to turn up at the site.

Organisers tweeted fans to say the site was closed due to adverse weather conditions following continuous heavy rain throughout the night.

Cheshire Police say those already there should make suitable arrangements to leave the site and extra public transport will be laid on.

There have been no serious casualties but police say they are in the process of setting up alternative exits.

People have already been leaving the festival due to the poor weather conditions.

Anyone attempting to leave the site is being told that they should follow the directions of event staff to ensure the best exit route.

More updates will be made available throughout the day, with travel information for those leaving the site and for anyone collecting friends and family.

Creamfields has already played host to acts including Avicii, Flux Pavilion and Skrillex.

Deadmau5, Calvin Harris and Sub Focus are all due to appear on Sunday.

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http://www.creamfields.com/

O2 Academy Liverpool announce New Year, New Gigs

11-13 Hotham Street, Liverpool, L3 5UF

0844 477 2000

o2academyliverpool.co.uk

Wednesday 4^th January 2012; This new year, O₂ Academy Liverpool will host gigs almost every night of the week from an incredibly diverse range of artists.

Legendary member of Wu-Tang Clan, GZA, takes to the stage on Sunday 29^th January ahead of the release of a brand new album this year.  Emerging talent and BBC Sound of 2012 nominee Skrillex will also join O₂ Academy Liverpool fora night of dubstep (Tuesday 14^th February), as will urban superstar Labrinth on Friday 24^th February.

In February, ska legends Reel Big Fish perform their hits followed by an after-party at which they will be treating fans to a DJ set (Friday 3^rd February), one not to be missed! Dropkick Murphys bring their equally energetic live show to Liverpoolon Wednesday 8^th February.

O₂ Academy Liverpool will also host a string of indie gigs from artists such as The Drums (Sunday 26^th February) and The Big Pink (Sunday 12^th February) who both return with material from their second albums.  Clap Your Hands Say Yeah will also be making an appearance on Friday 3^rd February.

‘90’s favourite Babybird, aka Stephen Jones, returns with a brand new album this year and will be bringing it to O₂ Academy Liverpool on Thursday 2^nd February. Indie legends Lightning Seeds will also take to the stage to perform in their hometown (Saturday 11^th February).

Other highlights this new year include emerging indie talents Mallory Knox (Friday 13^th January) and Page 44 (Wednesday 7^th March) while Big Country celebrate their 30^th anniversary on Saturday 4^th February. 

For full listings visit o2academyliverpool.co.uk

Skrillex Announces Mothership Tour

Tickets on Sale 9am Friday 29^th July  

 

Emerging electronic visionary and one of Americas biggest breakthrough artistes is Skrillex, following his meteoric rise to DJ superstardom we are pleased to announce details of the UK leg of his first ever world Tour which hits our shores in November.

Sonny Moore aka Skrillex is at the forefront of a new generation of artistes that refuse to be restricted by genre.   The unique sound which is currently dominating dancefloors and airwaves across the globe mixes dubstep, electro, glitch and beyond.   As well as smashing clubs and festivals around the world including London’s Victoria Park last month which saw him supporting deadmau5 and performing to a crowd of nearly 25,000 people, Skrillex has also made a name for himself as a highly sought after remixer and producer, having worked with the likes of Lady Gaga and Black Eyed Peas, Benny Benassi and La Roux.

His first independent 9 song EP release ‘Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites’ was released on Big Beat Records in conjunction with fellow electronic revolutionary deadmau5’ Mau5trap label, and dominated the charts last year on beatport, with the title track claiming the sites No.1 slot, the first time a dubstep track has ever done so, 8 of the songs also broke into the Top 10 and multiple tracks claimed the No.1 slots on several of the sites subgenre charts. Following its huge success, Skrillex is now back in the studio putting together his next album which is due for release towards the end of the year.   

Having garnered a huge fanbase around the world, Skrillex will be performing at some of this year’s biggest festivals including Creamfields UK on August Bank Holiday Weekend and Global Gathering on Saturday 30^th July.   The UK tour kicks off on 16^th November and includes London, Manchester, Glasgow, Sheffield, Bristol and Nottingham. 

Joining Skrillex as support on the UK leg of his world tour includes Flux Pavilion, KOAN Sound and Feed Me DJ set (special guest support Glasgow).

Skrillex comments:  "This is going to be an incredible tour, I wanted a diverse line-up and I wanted to showcase great music, great people, and great times!" 

Tickets go on general sale 9am Friday 29^th July 2011.

SKRILLEX ‘MOTHERSHIP UK TOUR’ DETAILS

London – Koko

Wednesday 16^th November

Skrillex

Flux Pavilion

Doors: 7pm /  Age: 16+  / Price: £13.50

Box Office:  0844 847 2258

Glasgow – O2 ABC

Saturday 26^th November

Skrillex

Feed Me (DJ Set)

Doors:  7pm / Age: 14+  / Price: £12.50

Box Office:   08444 999 990 & www.gigsinscotland.com

Sheffield – Leadmill

Monday 28^th November

Skrillex

Flux Pavilion

Doors: 7pm / Age: 14+ / Price: £12.50

Box Office: 0844 477 1000

Bristol – O₂ Academy

Tuesday 29^th November

Skrillex

Flux Pavilion

Doors: 7pm / Age: Under 14’s accompanied by an adult / Price: £12.50

Box Office:  0844 477 2000

Nottingham – Rock City

Wednesday 30^th November

Skrillex

KOAN Sound

Doors: 7pm / Age: 14+ / Price: £13.50

Box Office:  0845 413 4444

Manchester – Warehouse Project

Thursday 1^st December

Skrillex

KOAN Sound

Doors: 9pm / Age:  18+  / Price: £13.50

Box Office:  0161 832 1111

TICKETS

Tickets go on general sale 9am Friday 29^th July 2011.

www.gigsandtours.com/?a=skrillex&site=skrillex  / 0844 811 0051

www.seetickets.com

www.ticketmaster.co.uk / 0844 844 0444

www.ticketweb.co.uk (Bristol / Sheffield / London)

www.datatransmission.co.uk

www.ticketline.co.uk / Tel: 0844 888 9991 (Sheffield Only)

www.thisisbedlam.co.uk (Bristol date only)

www.stargreen.com

EVENT INFO

For further information go to www.cream.co.uk / Tel:  0151 707 1309 / www.skrillex.com / www.facebook.com/skrillex  / http://twitter.com/#!/skrillex