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Brazilian police prevent planned bomb attack on Lady Gaga concert

Around two million people attended the free concert on Copacabana beach

Dialled In release statement in response to Boiler Room's acquisition by Superstruct/KKR

The UK-based South Asian dance music organisation said it will complete its scheduled projects with the streaming platform, but condemned the investments of its new parent company

Charli xcx, Four Tet, Shygirl and more sign open letter of solidarity to UK trans community

The letter shares a “growing chorus of concern” for trans, non-binary, and intersex people in the UK

Paul Kalkbrenner attacked by member of crowd during elrow Town Madrid set

The German artist was performing a live set on the Hallucinarium Stage before a fan launched themselves across the decks

Trailer released for new drama film centred around Berlin techno scene

Described as a "love letter to techno", Rave On features cameos from Hieroglyphic Being and Lucia Lu

Annie Mac, BICEP and Primal Scream sign open letter in support of Kneecap

The letter accuses Westminster and the British media of attempting to "censor and ultimately deplatform" the Irish rap trio

Australian festival season faces "urgent" threat from climate crisis, report finds

In a survey, 33% of Australian festivalgoers said they would avoid attending a festival due to extreme weather

UK government leaders call for Kneecap to be removed from festival line-ups

SNP leader John Swinney and Labour MP David Taylor have demanded the Irish rap trio be removed from TRNSMT and Glastonbury over a resurfaced video where they can allegedly be heard saying: "Kill your local MP"

Carlita: ‘17-year-old us from Casablanca and Istanbul would never imagine this moment’

The artist and Ahmed Spins revisited Boston to inspire Harvard students and energised the Spee Club with their set

Technics DMC World DJ Championship brings 40th anniversary finals to Tokyo

Landing in Asia for the first time, the finals coincide with 60 years of Technics' innovation

The Cure’s ‘Songs of a Lost World’ to be reworked by Orbital, Four Tet, Sally C, and more

The record, titled ‘Mixes of a Lost World’, comes complete with 24 new remixes

Billy McFarland announces Fyre Festival brand is up for sale

“We knew that FYRE was big, but we didn’t realize just how massive the wave would become”

New BBC documentary explores ‘The Rise and Fall’ of P Diddy

The Yinka Bokinni-fronted documentary investigates the culture that helped make Diddy a billionaire while protecting him from serious criminal allegations for many years

61% of emerging DJs feel “social media numbers matter more than musical skill”

The findings of a new survey conducted by the Pete Tong DJ Academy were revealed at IMS

Electronic music industry grew to $12.9 billion last year, according to IMS Business Report 2025

The report found that live music revenues have risen to double their pre-COVID level, despite widespread venue closures

Collabhouse aims to empower artists with new DIY sync licensing tool

Set prices, share licensing links, and automate royalty splits—all from your own platform

Deadmau5 apologises for getting blackout drunk during Coachella set

The Canadian DJ played back-to-back with ZHU under their TESTPILOT alias

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Videos tagged with electronic music on TikTok surge above indie for the first time

Views on TikToks tagged with #ElectronicMusic grew by 45% last year, with a 50% increase in videos using the genre from the UK alone

An artificial ‘brain’ grown from an avant-garde composer’s blood is making posthumous music

Alvin Lucier died in 2021. Now his brain has been "resurrected" and is making music at an art exhibition in Australia

Posthumous 19-track Avicii album set for release next month, ‘AVICII FOREVER’

News of the record follows recent criticism from Avicii collaborator Sandro Cavazza against the release of posthumous music

Fyre Festival 2 postponed just weeks before it was due to go ahead

Didn’t see that one coming