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Gottwood locks DVS1, Shanti Celeste, Aurora Halal, more in second wave announcement

Batu and Seth Troxler are also newly confirmed to play...

Gottwood has added more than 50 acts to its 2019 lineup, including the likes of Shanti Celeste, DVS1 and Seth Troxler.

Aurora Halal and The...

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Conducta announces end of Kiwi Rekords with closing party this week

A closing party will take place at London's Night Tales Loft later this week

Conducta has announced the closure of his Kiwi Rekords label after five years. In a statement shared to social media, the UKG star said that...

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Dance music industry value reaches $11.8 billion, IMS Business Report shows

Strong growth across live and recorded reflects rocketing demand, but artists are finding bookings harder to get, and gender inequality remains widespread

The 2024 IMS Business Report was published yesterday, Wednesday 24th April, and shows the dance music industry is now valued at $11.8 billion, up 17%...

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NIkki Nair, AK Sports, Sha Ru, more contribute to Gimme A Break Records' Ukraine fundraiser compilation: Listen

The release is raising money for Kyiv-based club ∄'s K41 Community Fund

Leeds-based Gimme A Break Records has released a new fundraising compilation for Ukraine's cultural community. 'Solidarity With Ukraine' takes in 17 tracks in total from...

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Electronic music industry value rose to $6 billion in 2021, IMS report reveals

Other key findings from the report include a "permanent" shift in expectation around diversity within the industry

The value of the electronic music industry grew to $6 billion in 2021, according to the International Music Summit's annual Business Report. That's up from...

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Porter Robinson locks full line-up for his own festival, Second Sky

He’s also added a second date due to high demand...

The final round of artists have been added to the line-up of Porter Robinson’s Second Sky festival.

Along with Madeon - ‘one of my best...

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Illegal raves are on the rise in the UK, says new report

There were over 680 reports of raves of unlicensed and music events in 2017...

Illegal raves are on the rise in the UK, according to a new report.

According to Sky News, there were 682 reports of illegal...

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Half of women in music have experienced discrimination, new report reveals

The report comprised over 2526 UK musicians who identified as women

A new report has revealed that half of the women in the music industry have experienced some form of discrimination. Conducted by the UK Musicians’...

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Junction 2 locks Maceo Plex, Octo Octa, Joy Orbison, more in second phase

The South London festival takes place next June

Junction 2 has revealed more names joining the festival's 2020 line-up.

Last year saw the South London festival expand into two days, with the addition...

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Boomtown bar staff report poor treatment, discrimination and neglect at 2022 festival

Workers subcontracted through Freemans Event Partners say the were threatened, neglected, overworked and suffered invasions of privacy at the Winchester festival earlier this month

This story was updated on 25th August 2022 to include statements from Boomtown concerning Freemans Event Partners and its share sales to Live Nation, SJM...

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Over one third of UK music industry workers lost jobs in 2020, new report finds

UK Music's annual report says around 69,000 people lost work amid the COVID-19 pandemic

More than a third of UK music industry workers lost their jobs last year, amid the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the shutdown of clubs and music...

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New vinyl-CD hybrid format is "the pinnacle of recorded sound", says founder T Bone Burnett

Burnett has described it as the "first breakthrough in analog sound reproduction in more than 70 years"

US music producer and guitarist T Bone Burnett is developing a new physical audio format, which he's calling 'Iconic Originals'. The ultra high-fidelity format, said...