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  U2 Eyeing Multiple New Music Releases Starting in September

  January 17, 2013 – U2's long-rumored new album has at least a tentative release date. The rockers hope to release "something" from the follow-up to 2009's No Line on the Horizon by September, drummer Larry Mullen Jr. told Irish broadcaster RTE."I'd say we will be finished by the summer — and hopefully we will have something released by September," Mullen is quoted as saying on RTE's The Dave Fanning Show. …
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  Ultra Music Festival 2013: David Guetta, Swedish House Mafia, Avicii Confirmed

  January 4, 2013 – EDM superstars David Guetta, Avicii, Bassnectar, Calvin Harris, and more have joined the lineup for Miami's newly ultra-sized Ultra Music Festival, according to an official announcement (and the above video) released today (January 4). The six-day showcase, which is spread over the weekends of March 15-17 and March 22-24, has also locked down DJ sets from Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Fatboy Slim, and Swedish House Mafia, whose&nb …
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  Electric Zoo 2012: Skrillex, Guetta, Diplo Fire Bass Cannons At NYC

  September 4, 2012 –  …
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  EDM's Las Vegas Boom Benefits Republican Cause

  August 14, 2012 – As Las Vegas has fallen under the sway of electronic dance music, casino magnate Steve Wynn has emerged as one of the most gung-ho supporters of EDM at its gaudiest. Wynn Resorts' four nightclubs — XS, Surrender, Tryst, and Encore Beach Club — have locked down residencies from some of the most recognizable names in dance music: David Guetta, Skrillex, Afrojack, Deadmau5, Tiësto, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, Diplo, Dad …
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  Lady Gaga, Middle East Victims of Unfortunate Musical Metaphors

  June 22, 2012 – Why did so many musical figures use dubious metaphors this week? We cannot answer that question. But we can compile them into a list for you. Disclaimer: Technically, several of these are not literal metaphors (some are similes! some are straight-up comparisons!), but for the sake of rhetoric, we hope you'll forgive us like the Vatican forgave John Lennon. 5. T.I. …
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  Coachella 2012: St. Vincent, Buzzcocks, and 5 More Acts We Missed Last Saturday

  April 22, 2012 – See our best live photos from Coachella's second weekend here now! St. Vincent In her own way, St. Vincent's Annie Clark matched the ferocity of Death Grips' Friday freak-out. From the jump, her music sounded like fireworks: every drum hit an amplified explosion, every jagged blast of guitar like a vine of cherry bombs blowing. …
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  EDM Made EZ: Really? Not Really.

  April 11, 2012 – Many have wondered why electronic dance music is currently enjoying such unprecedented success in the United States. A while back, a columnist at Forbes magazine, of all places, suggested a rather unrevealing, yet increasingly common, explanation — the music is just so darned easy to make! …
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  David Guetta, Avicii, Tiesto Will Play Electric Daisy Carnival 2012

  April 5, 2012 – The lineup for this year's Electric Daisy Carnival in Vegas is here — well, almost all of it. MTV reports that the first (pretty stacked) batch of performers will include Avicii, Afrojack, Tiësto, Benny Benassi, Knife Party, and everyone's favorite mandroid David Guetta. …
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  Dance Music at the Grammys: What Skrillex, Deadmau5, David Guetta, et al. Mean (or Don't)

  February 15, 2012 – Since last Sunday's Grammys ceremony, featuring Skrillex's hat trick (but, alas, no Best New Artist trophy) and a colossal head-scratcher of a spectacle featuring dance icons David Guetta and Deadmau5, one question has come up repeatedly across Internet message boards: What does it all mean for electronic dance music? I'll tell you: not much. …
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  The 2012 Grammys' Highs and Lows: Didn't We Almost Have It All

  February 13, 2012 –  …
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