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The DJ Revolution Got Even Better – Virtual DJ announces extra updates.

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VirtualDJ significantly improves the sound quality of the separated stems. It also gives additional control to the DJs to adjust in real-time a bleeding parameter, and to fine-tune even more the quality of each track

www.virtualdj.com

Videos:

http://www.virtualdj.com/press/videos.html

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MevH1SB3434CBA4LiSe84snToXLsDask/view

Just one month after releasing its game changing new technology, VirtualDJ announces today a new version that significantly improves upon the quality of its real-time track separation technology.

In today’s update, VirtualDJ significantly improves the sound quality of the separated stems. It also gives additional control to the DJs to adjust in real-time a bleeding parameter, and to fine-tune even more the quality of each track.

VirtualDJ is the only pro DJ software that allows DJs to access in real-time, on any computer, separated acapella, instruments or beats of any track. This new technology has been described as a game changer, and has long been the holy grail for professional DJs.

Stephane Clavel, CEO of VirtualDJ, said:

“The release of this new technology last month has really put us in the spotlight, and we saw an incredible number of customers switching over from competitors. That gave all the team a boost of energy and pride, and got us to work double-time to improve on this already amazing feature. And we’re not going to stop there. We all see that what we’re doing here is really impacting the DJing world, and it’s an immensely satisfying feeling. “

VirtualDJ is the most popular DJ software, with over 150 million downloads, and is sold in more than 180 countries. It is used from superstar DJs to curious music enthusiasts all around the world, and has been helping to make DJing better and more accessible for over 20 years.

It is free for non-commercial use, and can be downloaded on www.virtualdj.com

UK Festivals STILL happening in 2020

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Secret Garden Party 2014 Paul Taylor

Usually by this time of year, some of us have already had the pleasure to hit one of the many festivals on offer in the United Kingdom, however COVID-19 changed that completely as the music festival industry was forced to shut down in order to comply with government restrictions and keep people healthy and safe.

As restrictions have slowed started to lift, there is some light at the end of the tunnel however as some music festivals have announced they will be going ahead in 2020.

Check out the list here of music festivals in the UK that will be going ahead!

Red Rooster Festival

Red Rooster Festival

Where: Euston Hall estate in Suffolk
When: Friday 3rd – Sunday 5th September 2020
What: Red Rooster will be one of only a handful festivals to take place in 2020. Set amongst 10,000 acres of stunning parklands & pleasure grounds at Euston Hall estate in Suffolk the 7th edition of the 5,000-capacity festival will proceed with appropriate social distancing. The UK’s premier roots festival will now have three outdoor stages celebrating the best in Cajun, Soul, Rock n Roll, Blues and Country.
More Info: Red Rooster

We will continue to update this page as we learn of which festivals will go ahead.

Summer Encore Festival featuring Queen, Pink Floyd, Amy Winehouse and more!

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Summer Encore Festival

Across the three-week online festival, viewers will be able to soak up the sun at Rock in Rio, experience the breath-taking energy of Wembley Stadium, transport themselves back in time to the iconic and electrifying mother of all festivals, Woodstock, travel across the channel to join the crowds at France’s biggest festival Eurockéennes, plus many more, all from their living room. 
 
Each week, the Summer Encore Festival programme will give free access to some of the most memorable concerts and festival performances of all time, from Amy Winehouse’s stunning set at Eurockéennes de Belfort in 2007 to Coldplay’s eye-popping and confetti-filled show at La Cigale in 2012, as well as spectacular shows from The Cure, Ellie Goulding, The Lumineers, Royal Blood,  Michael Kiwanuka, Beck and many more.
 
Festival goers and music lovers will be able to access even more jaw-dropping concerts with the Summer Encore Festival ALL ACCESS pass. Experience the pure magic of Queen’s legendary Wembley Stadium show, Pink Floyd and Paul McCartney’s iconic sets at Live at Knebworth in 1990, Janis Joplin’s renowned Woodstock performance, plus concerts by Wu-Tang Clan, The Killers, Sam Smith, Green Day, Bob Marley, The Who and many more.

Get access here: www.rsvp.stingray.com/encore

QELLO CONCERTS SUMMER ENCORE FESTIVAL – FULL LINE UP:

WEEK 1: 29 JULY – 4 AUGUST
QUEEN                                    LIVE AT WEMBLEY STADIUM
PINK FLOYD                            LIVE AT KNEBWORTH 1990 – VOLUME III
SHAKIRA                                 LIVE FROM PARIS
WU-TANG CLAN                     LIVE IN MONTREUX
MUMFORD & SONS               THE ROAD TO RED ROCKS
ELLIE GOULDING                   LIVE AT MAIN SQUARE 2016*
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS                VINA DEL MAR 2000*
THE LUMINEERS                     LIVE AT MUSILAC 2017*
ROYAL BLOOD                        EUROCKEENNESS 2017*
GREGORY PORTER                NICE JAZZ FESTIVAL 2012*

WEEK 2: 5 AUGUST – 11 AUGUST
THE ROLLING STONES          SWEET SUMMER SUN: HYDE PARK LIVE
PAUL McCARTNEY                 LIVE AT KNEBWORTH 1990 – VOLUME 1
JANIS JOPLIN                          50th ANNIVERSARY OF WOODSTOCK MUSIC FESTIVAL: THE WOODSTOCK DIARIES
SHERYL CROW                      MILES FROM MEMPHIS LIVE AT THE PANTAGES THEATRE
THE KILLERS                           LIVE AT V FESTIVAL 2014
COLDPLAY                              LIVE AT CIGALE 2012*
TOTO                                       VINA DEL MAR 2004*
BECK                                       LIVE AT LES EUROCKEENNES FESTIVAL 2016*
JACK JOHNSON                    MAIN SQUARE 2014*
INXS                                          VINA DEL MAR 2003*

WEEK 3: 12 AUGUST – 18 AUGUST
CARLOS SANTANA                GREATEST HITS: LIVE AT MONTREUX 2011
KATY PERRY                            LIVE AT ROCK IN RIO BRAZIL 2015
THE WHO                                LIVE AT HYDE PARK
BOB MARLEY AND THE      LIVE IN CONCERT
WAILERS
SAM SMITH                             LIVE AT V FESTIVAL 2014
GREEN DAY                            BULLET IN A BIBLE
AMY WINEHOUSE                LIVE AT EUROCKEENNES DE BELFORT 2007*
THE CURE                               TOURNEE 2012 AUX EUROCKEENNES DE BELFORT*
MICHAEL KIWANUKA          LIVE: GAROROCK FESTIVAL 2017*
DAMIAN MARLEY                  EUROCK 15*
OF MONSTERS AND MEN   MAIN SQUARE FESTIVAL 2013*

Latitude announce Bastille, Lewis Capaldi & Snow Patrol for 2021

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Today marks what should have been the start of a glorious Latitude 2020.This summer may not be as expected, but festival fans can rejoice as the multi-award-winning festival will return to the picturesque grounds of Henham Park, Suffolk, on 22nd-25th July 2021 with headliners Lewis Capaldi, Bastille and special guests Snow Patrol topping a diverse bill where music meets the arts in a full on cultural explosion.Weekend and day tickets are on sale on Monday 20th July at 9am here.  Things have been a little quiet this year. It’s been tough without the music, without the laughs, without the wonder. So Latitude is getting ready to make 2021 the best year yet!  Festival organisers are thrilled to announce a refreshed programme and emboldened vision retaining everything you loved about Latitude and much more.   

Double BRIT Award winner Lewis Capaldi makes his Latitude debut as one of the UK’s biggest music success stories. In just one year after its release in May of 2019,  Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent was certified triple platinum in the UK and has spent a whopping 60 weeks in the Top Ten. The album spawned such singles as Grace, Hold Me While You Wait, and Someone You Loved, which topped the charts in the US and the UK. It also earned Capaldi accolades on both sides of the Atlantic, including two BRIT awards and a Grammy nomination. A festival superstar, his live performances are legendary and, with the possible premiere of brand new material from his highly anticipated second album, this is going to be unmissable!!  

Brit Award winners Bastille also make their Latitude debut as headliners. The cinematic performance will see the band perform a selection of songs from their three UK Top 10 studio albums Bad Blood, Wild World and Doom Days and material from their eagerly anticipated fourth album. Pioneers of hook-heavy hits such as Pompeii, Marshmello collaboration Happier, and Quarter Past Midnight, the four-piece continue to cement their reputation as one of the world’s most captivating live bands renowned for their cutting edge multi-sensory shows. 

Snow Patrol  make a momentous return to the Latitude in the coveted Sunday afternoon slot. The band who headlined the inaugural Latitude back in 2006,  were forced to cancel their slot at Latitude in 2019 due to illness.  2021 will see the band perform back on The Obelisk Stage. This momentous performance will celebrate 25 years in the business. Expect festival-sized anthems with hits such as Crack The Shutters, Run, and Chasing Cars.

London music brand ‘Free From Sleep’ announce We Move Together concept raising money to help combat racism within the music industry.

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We Move Together Limited Edition T-Shirt

“We Move Together” is a concept t-shirt put together as a community effort from the DnB scene to raise money to help combat and dismantle systemic racism within the industry and society as a whole.

We are asking for your logo and your support, this can happen in one of three ways:

1. Give us permission to use your logo on the T-Shirt, share and promote the product on your social channels.

2. Use of logo, social channel posting and sale on your individual web shop.

3. All of the above as well as becoming part of the board to decide where the funds will be spent. Be available to take part in panels and give time to educate and tutor young BAME promoters, producers, djs and other industry students.


 There will be a run of t-shirts and hoodies printed on sustainable and recycled material which is guaranteed not to be a product of slave labour or exploitation. 100% of all profits raised will go to charity; including key organisations like The Stephen Lawrence Foundation, Black Minds Matter UK, black music charities (TBC) and American bail support charities like The Bail Project. We are open to further suggestions on recipients and will split the funding as the board sees fit by manner of voting.


 The exact numbers of t-shirts, stats and sales will be available to all labels that contribute. Any future plans will be agreed and actioned by anyone involved in the board.

What next?


 Send us your highest quality logo and what level of involvement you’re interested in.


 *Logos on the t-shirts are for example bands have been contacted but not fully confirmed

VER:WEST Debut at Tomorrowland Around the World + Katy Perry joins lineup

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Tomorrowland

Tijs Verwest, better known as Tiësto, will perform for the first time ever as VER:WEST at Tomorrowland Around the World. Unveiling his new melodic house music project to the world at the iconic Freedom Stage during Tomorrowland’s digital festival.

“I would describe VER:WEST as melodic house music. It’s a lot deeper and more chill and a very different energy than Tiësto. I got this opportunity from Tomorrowland to express a different side of me which I’ve never done before. I know they are going to put amazing visuals around it and make it look really different and cool. Expect the unexpected, it’s going to look amazing!” 

VER:WEST
VER:WEST

Katy’s set will be a breath-taking visual spectacle featuring some of her greatest hits, as well as brand-new music from her upcoming album, “Smile”

Global pop superstar Katy Perry will perform a spectacular and unprecedented show at Tomorrowland Around the World, the digital festival. One of the best-selling musical artists of all time, Katy will dazzle the People of Tomorrow across the globe in an eye-popping visual spectacle full of special effects, delivering a breath-taking show of her greatest hits which shaped 21st century pop music as well as brand new music from her fifth album, “Smile,” which is set to be released on August 14.

Tomorrowland now teams up with Katy Perry, the worlds of electronic dance music and pop will collide in one of the most spectacular ways possible. The global chart-dominating American singer has previously worked together on songs with world class DJs and producers Zedd and Calvin Harris, while her iconic tracks (“I Kissed A Girl,” “Teenage Dream,” “Firework,” “Roar,” “Dark Horse”, and more) have been remixed by some of dance music’s top producers, including Tiësto, Oliver Heldens, R3HAB, Kaskade, Tommie Sunshine, Benny Bennassi, and many more.

In her 12 years with Capitol, Katy has racked up a cumulative 40 billion streams alongside worldwide sales of over 45 million adjusted albums and 135 million tracks. She was the first to reach 100 million followers on Twitter. Katy’s 2015 Super Bowl performance is the highest-rated in the event’s history. Katy was the first female artist to have four videos surpass a billion views each. Her videos for “Firework” and “Last Friday Night” have over one billion views, while “Dark Horse” has surpassed the two billion mark. “Roar” now has over three billion views.

Katy Perry: “I’ve always wanted to be a part of the fun of Tomorrowland, and have been following the amazing innovation, technology, and invention that this festival has always been about for a long time. I’m so glad to be a part of this version, and I hope my set makes you smile.”

Tomorrowland Around the World, the digital festival

  • Saturday July 25 and Sunday July 26, 2020.
  • Between 16h00–01h00 CEST.
  • Festival visitors will be able to navigate easily through Pāpiliōnem with a PC, laptop, smartphone or tablet – you don’t need special VR goggles – and explore the entire festival site with all the different stages and points of interest in an interactive way together with friends.
  • ‘Time-zone-friendly’ for visitors from Asia and North and South America.
  • Open for people of all ages and places.
  • Accessible exclusively on tomorrowland.com.
  • Day ticket costs €12.50.
  • Weekend ticket costs €20.00 and includes a week of video-on-demand content to relive the entire experience.
  • Special People of Tomorrow packages and Home Party packages are available.
  • Info and updates: tomorrowland.com

Factory People Announce ‘Away To’ a new social distancing party series and live stream across epic locations in the Middle East

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A global pandemic and strict lockdown regulations. The first few months of 2020 left clubs and artists alike facing an unprecedented challenge. One initiative, titled “Away To”, has challenged the status quo by hosting a new series of socially distant parties. “Away To” makes it a point to adhere to safety measures while giving party goers and … Read more

Groove Cruise welcomes 30+ DJ’s and artists for next Virtual Sail Aways livestream (17-19th July)

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Groove Cruise returns for yet another Virtual Sail Aways Live to benefit those facing hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Miami, FL (July 9, 2020) – Whet Travel, the leader in independent music cruise experiences, announced yet another Groove Cruise Virtual Sail Aways Live weekend filled with electronic dance music to benefit the Whet Foundation’s … Read more

Terminal V welcomes Patrick Topping and his Trick brand as first in series of ALL NIGHTERS

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Originally scheduled for August but delayed because of the Coronavirus pandemic, on December 19th Terminal V finally unveils Patrick Topping and his Trick All Night series with a monstrous event featuring the boss himself as well as Reiner Zonneveld, Floorplan, Mella Dee, Cinthie, Elliot Adamson and Ewen McVicar at the regular home of The Royal … Read more