State of Play: the rise of in-game concerts
Virtual dance music festival to take place in Minecraft next month
A virtual festival, Electric Blockaloo, is set to take place in the online game world of Minecraft next month.
Presented by promoters Rave Family, and taking place from 25th - 28th June, the online festival will feature over 300 DJs and live artists across more than 40 “stages”. In order to attend, fans will need to pay a cover fee to access to the artist-curated Minecraft servers and exclusive streams, as well as some releases exclusive to the event.
There’s a music festival happening in Minecraft this month
An online music festival will take place inside Minecraft later this month.
Inspired by Porter Robinson's Second Sky festival, which took place in June last year, Second Aether will be held inside Minecraft across two-days, with a full line-up of DJs and producers involved.
Step inside Berghain in this virtual recreation
A new virtual tour of Berghain has been created via video game Minecraft.
The notoriously clandestine Berlin club, which prohibits photography and filming, can now be experienced via the remarkably accurate five-minute digital tour on YouTube. Watch it below.
