Its that time again people, the Miami Winter Music Conference is upon us. And boy are there some great parties shaping up…
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Here we have ‘man on fire’ Steve Angello heading up the Official Pool Partiesat The Eden Roc Renaissance, with Afrojack AN21, Christian Smith, Funkagenda, Kim Fai and Max Vangeli propping this awesome bill.
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Deep House legends Swedish House Mafia return to Brixton academy with a whole host of amazing DJ’s in tow.
On May 28th and 29th The O2 Brixton Academy will play host to 2 nights of mind blowing dance music, the legendary venue has held some of the most memorable club nights of our generation and this [...]

The official campaign to save BBC 6Music has confirmed details of a one off show at the Roundhouse.
BBC 6Music was founded in 2002, but to many fans listening to the station has become a way of live. Widely credited with helping to push new and left field artists, fans were shocked when the BBC confirmed [...]

Sick of praying for good weather at festivals and getting wet and muddy anyway? Sick of the wind making bands sound awful? All Tomorrow’s Parties is a boutique festival for music lovers at which a famous curator picks a line-up of artists old and new, famous and obscure for a unique festival weekend in which [...]

Giggs’ 10-date UK tour, which had been set to start tonight (February 23), has been cancelled following a consultation between promoters and police.
The Metropolitan police said that they had met with the promoters of the London gig, set to take place at the O2 Islington Academy on March 4, and that potential risks were highlighted. [...]

Welsh rock trio Manic Street Preachers have slated Radiohead during an intimate Glasgow show.
The acidic wit of Manic Street Preachers knows no bounds. Perhaps the bitchiest band in British rock music, the Welsh trio seem to arrive for interviews with a machine gun volley of quotes.
Aiming vitriol at many of their peers, Manic Street Preachers [...]

Courtney Love finally debuted her new Hole line-up last night (February 17) with a comeback Shockwaves NME Awards Show at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire.
The first show under the band name in 11 years saw Love play a series of Hole classics alongside new material from forthcoming album ‘Nobody’s Daughter’.
Hole had been set to play [...]

Magic & Medicine welcomes back The DFA and LCD Soundsystems multifarious skilled producer James Murphy, for an extremely rare DJ set at the intimate ecstatic midweek basement party.
From the early ’00s dance punk of the Rapture to the current disco of Hercules & Love Affair, DFA Records has proven to be NYCs undisputed dance-music trendsetter.
The [...]

Victorious rap metal icons Rage Against The Machine have revealed plans for a huge free party.
It was the closest chart battle in over a decade. In one corner: Simon Cowell, an entertainment colossus worth the annual output of several medium sized African nations.
In the other: two people, a PC and a Facebook log in. Capturing [...]

Hole are set to play a London club show tonight (February 11) in London, it has been revealed.
Courtney Love’s band are set to play a short set at the Proud Galleries venue at the Smash & Grab clubnight.
See Proud.co.uk for venue information. Doors open at 7.30pm (GMT).
Hole are set to play a sold-out Shockwaves NME [...]