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Air + Style Fest 2018 To Host Zedd, Gucci Mane, Phantogram And More

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The annual L.A.-based music and extreme sports festival has announced its 2018 lineup
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Jan 9, 2018 - 5:15 pm

Olympic Gold Medalist and international extreme snowboarding ambassador Shaun White's annual two-day Air + Style festival is returning to L.A. in 2018, and today White announced a killer lineup of bands, DJs, and rappers slated to make appearances at the festival's fourth iteration.

Topping the lineup for the 2018 edition of Air + Style is current GRAMMY nominee Zedd, along with Phoenix, Gucci Mane, Cashmere Cat, Cut Copy, DRAM, GRiZ, Mura Masa, Phantogram, Tinashe, Washed Out, and Badbadnotgood, with more artists still to be announced.

As always, central to the Air + Style festival will be a display of extreme talent from some of the world's most exciting talents in snowboarding, though last year's massive multi-story big air ramp will be replaced with an urban street-style snow park for the 'boarders to shred. Also, alongside the usual display of winter sports prowess,  the festival will be adding a skateboarding competition for the first time this year, which will see some of the world's best skaters  go toe to toe on a fast, transition-based concrete skatepark based on iconic skate installations from around the world.

"The festival is a combination of all my passions: sport, music and culture," says White of the festival. "The fact it happens in my home state of California and in Downtown LA, makes it even more special."

Tickets for Air + Style 2018 are available now.

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M.I.A., 2018

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MIA, Gucci Mane, Jhené Aiko: AMF Fest Announces Inaugural Headliners

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The first edition of Gary Richards' new Los Angeles festival boasts a strong bill of headliners
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Apr 19, 2018 - 11:55 am

Former HARD Events founder and new LiveStyle majordomo of North American activities Gary Richards has announced the slate of headliners for his new downtown Los Angeles-based multigenre music festival All My Friends L.A.

Set in downtown L.A.'s ROW outdoor venue near the former American Apparel warehouse, the two-day, three-stage event will feature landmark headlining sets from RL Grime, Gucci Mane, and Jhené Aiko on its opening day, and M.I.A., Jamie XX, and Armand Van Helden to close out the weekend.

The full lineup of supporting acts for the weekend remains forthcoming, but this initial headliner tease promise big things to come.

Prior to launching his new flagship festival, Richards has been slowly teasing the rollout for the AMF brand with a series of activations and smaller events, first teeing up the inaugural voyage of Friend Ship cruise festival – which has already sold out almost a year before the event dates – then hosting a marathon day party during Miami Music Week under the "All My Friends" banner that kicked off at 5 a.m. and ran until midafternoon.

All My Friends L.A. is set to rip up downtown Los Angeles Aug. 18 – 19. The first tier of Early Bird tickets have already sold out, but tier 2 tickets are still available. Tickets and more information are all available from AMF's official website.

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Pitchfork Music Festival Announces 2018 Lineup: Tame Impala Is 1st Headliner

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The eclectic three-day summer festival has begun rolling out its 2018 lineup
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Feb 27, 2018 - 5:30 pm

The 13th annual Pitchfork Music Festival has begun rolling out its lineup of acts for 2018 – a process that will reportedly take several weeks, as each artist's name is being revealed by being painted onto a living mural in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood, which will be livestreamed on Pitchfork's homepage.

Among the first batch of names announced, Tame Impala has been revealed as the Friday headliner for the eclectic three-day summer festival.

Other exciting reveals include Kelela, Raphael Saadiq, D.R.A.M., and Japandroids.

The 2018 edition of Pitchfork Music Festival will take place in Chaicago's Union Park on July 20 – July 22. Both single-day and three-day passes are currently available directly from the festival's website.

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SXSW 2018: Fader Fort Will Host Soccer Mommy, SOB X RBE, Debut New Location

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One of the premiere events at South By Southwest has announced its official lineup for 2018
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Mar 6, 2018 - 12:22 pm

South By Southwest is so close we can taste it, and that means it's time for the event lineups to start rolling in. Who will make a splash this year? Which acts will take that crucial step from hanging on the verge of fame and walk out into the spotlight?

Long known as one of the premiere events to see new acts break at SXSW, FADER magazine's three-day "Fader Fort" concert series has now revealed its 2018 lineup. It's packed with some names we've had our eyes and ears tuned towards lately, namely Soccer Mommy, SOB x RBE, Mozzy, Now Now, YBN Nahmir, and BbyMutha, with more acts still to be announced.

Soccer Mommy is the band project of 20 year-old Nashville songwriter Sophie Allison – a tight-knit four-piece whose sound belies their young age. Allison began playing music at the age of six, but largely kept her songwriting and recording a secret from her local friend group, choosing instead to release her songs online without publicizing them. As she got older, however, the recordings on her Bandcamp page caught an organic buzz that led to bookings for live gigs, eventually landing Allison a record deal the summer after she graduated from high school.

SOB x RBE meanwhile, have been riding a rocket all through the first quarter of 2018, thanks largely to their fantastic contribution to the No. 1 charting Kendrick Lamar-curated and produced Black Panther: The Album. Their track "Paramedic!" has managed to become one of the standout tracks on a soundtrack album packed wall-to-wall with hits. As a follow-up to their success as part of Black Panther: The Album, SOB x RBE were next tapped to join the lineup for Post Malone's huge 45-date summer world tour alongside 21 Savage, which kicks off next month on with a two-weekend stint at Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival. Tickets for the tour are still available; purchase links and additional show date details can be found on Post Malone's website.

Playing the Fader Fort at SXSW has proven to be a crucial step in the careers of some of today's biggest acts. Over the past 16 years has played host to the breakthrough moments for acts such as Odd Future (introducing the world to Tyler, The Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, and Frank Ocean, et al.), Kid Cudi and Amy Winehouse, meaning that its annual presence at SXSW is always a hotspot of activity for brand ambassadors, artist managers and industry reps of all kinds who are in Austin looking for the Next Big Thing.  The first 15 years of the Fader Fort will soon be documented in a new book called FADER FORT: Setting The Stage, which FADER will premiere at this year's event.

Goldlink at the Fader Fort, 2017

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For its 17th annual installment, the Fader Fort has once again changed venues, moving up the street to 1501 East 7th St. in Austin, a joint indoor-outdoor space just three blocks from last year's venue.

"We wanted a little more space to be able to accommodate more fans at [the] Fort," explained FADER president and publisher Andy Cohn about the decision to change venues for the third time in three years. "We also wanted to enhance the experiences for artists with a larger stage, but still maintain the special, intimate experience with great sound quality that Fort is known to provide."

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Fischerspooner, Cedric Gervais & More: ULTRA 2018 Announces Phase 2 Lineup

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Even more electrifying headliners and legacy acts have been added to an already stunning bill of performers as ULTRA 2018 unveils its Phase 2 lineup announcement
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Feb 26, 2018 - 6:00 pm

Go time for ULTRA 2018 is fast approaching, and if there was already more than enough to get excited over from the long-running electronic/dance festival's previous announced Phase 1 and RESISTANCE Miami lineups, the event's promoters have now unveiled the Phase 2 lineup for the festival's 20th anniversary installment.

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Rounding out the list of live headliners for ULTRA 2018 are electroclash performance art supergroup Fischerspooner and hard-hitting electronic rock/dubstep fusion act Modestep. Additional support acts announced as part of the Phase 2 lineup are GRAMMY-winning DJ/producers Benny Benassi and Cedric Gervais, GRAMMY-nominated tech/tribal house wizard Danny Tenaglia, big room electro house heroes Laidback Luke and Oliver Heldens, future house chart-topper Jauz, and many, many more.

With the festival's 20th anniversary now less than a month away, ULTRA have also released the first two episodes of their five-part 20 Years Of Ultra documentary detailing the early development of the festival, role of Miami in the American dance scene, and Ultra’s unique incorporation of both DJs and live bands in their yearly lineups.

General admission tickets for ULTRA 2018 are now sold out, but a very limited number of VIP tickets are still available. VIP tickets and more information are available from ULTRA's official website.

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