The nominations have been announced for DJ Mag's annual Best Of British poll, educated by Point Blank.
The poll – a celebration of the UK underground – is now in its ninth year. Positioned as a counter-balance to the global Top 100 DJs poll, Best Of British is our chance to shine the spotlight on the homegrown stars who fill the pages of our UK magazine each month.
Voting launches today at midday and closes on 1st December 2017.
Good news The Streets fans, Mike Skinner has confirmed a six-date UK reunion tour for next year.
Skinner has confirmed The Streets will be performing at Birmingham's O2 Academy on 19th April, Glasgow's O2 Academy on 20th April, Manchester's O2 Apollo on 21st Apollo and Leeds' O2 Academy on 23rd April.
To round-off the tour, The Streets will perform two dates at London's O2 Academy on 25th and 26th April.
It will be the first time The Streets have performed for seven years after Skinner said goodbye to the project with a farewell tour in 2010.
Now that Gorillaz collaboration-heavy album 'Humanz' is finally out, the world's most successful virtual band fronted by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett have announced an extensive European and UK tour to support the album's release.
Following the launch of their live show back in April, Dusky have revealed they will tour the show around the UK in early 2017.
Running from 9th to 24th February, the eight-date series will see the duo hit venues in London, Leeds, Cardiff, Glasgow, Brighton, Bournemouth, Oxford and Exeter.
They'll perform tracks from their recent 'Outer' album and extensive discography, alongside lighting from Will Potts (Disclosure/Hudson Mohawke) and visuals from Flat-E (Jon Hopkins).
Having wowed crowds at both SW4 and Creamfields this past weekend, The Chemical Brothers have announced three more UK dates as a finale for their award-winning world tour.
The duo have been at the top of the live game for almost 20 years, and with each new album the duo has constantly reinvented their stadium rousing live show with the latest edition, centred around their latest album ‘Born in The Echoes’, widely regarded as their best yet.
This time last year DJ Mag was wondering how Jaymo & Andy George’s fantastical festival Lost Village could avoid the sophomore slump. After its 2015 debut, the enchanting surroundings, immersive production and unrivalled line-up had left us and 5,000 other dance music fans waiting impatiently for the second instalment to roll around.
Red Bull Music Academy has today announced its plans for a month-long 2016 UK tour which will touch down in Liverpool, Glasgow, London and Leeds.
Held over four consecutive weekends, musical icons and rising stars from each city will be given a platform to throw down and celebrate their contribution to UK’s vibrant electronic music scene. They’ll be joined by international names that'll connect the dots between the UK and a global exchange of musical ideas.
It’s glorious midday Sunday sunshine when your DJ Mag hack arrives at the festie. The site — which attendees have been informed about by email a little while before the event — is easy to find, thanks to the wonders of Google Maps, and we immediately run into Barry Ashworth from the Dub Pistols. A tireless supporter of independent festivals and the like, Barry’s a part of the furniture at Shindig Weekender already — so much so that they’ve named a stage after him (and he’s co-curated the stage).
Pill testing is likely to begin in Australia this summer according to drug safety expert Dr David Caldicott.
“We’ve got the funding. Meetings with law enforcement have been face to face and in more than one jurisdiction outside of NSW,” Caldicott said.
“There are very senior police supporting us currently. There are very senior politicians supporting us currently. We are now working out how we can have a system in place for the forthcoming festival season.”
“I’ve never seen an atmosphere like it, never seen such madness in a crowd. Any time I dropped a new record it felt like a riot. The ceiling was pretty low, people were hitting it and broke it in the end,” says Jeremy Underground’s take on his experiences at Shine, Belfast’s longest running club night that has spanned over two decades; a legacy that's indicative of a town that takes debauchery seriously, where the resident population holds partying close to its heart.
