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Rolling Loud Hong Kong, which was scheduled to go down October 19-20, has been canceled due to security concerns, Pollstar reports. “After consulting with security experts, it has been determined that it is not possible to organize the upcoming Rolling Loud Hong Kong edition as we had hoped without endangering the safety and well-being of […]
A 10-year-old girl has died after she was flung from a ride during an annual harvest festival in New Jersey, CNN reports. According to a statement from state police, the girl was ejected at 6:18 p.m. on Saturday. They state that the attraction she was on at the time was a Wisdom Super Sizzler ride […]
The NYPD sent out a letter, obtained by The Fader, asking that a number of performers be removed from Rolling Loud NYC’s lineup. They are Pop Smoke, Casanova, 22Gz, Sheff G, and Don Q. The letter, signed by NYPD Assistant Chiegf Martin Morales, cited “public safety concerns” and stated that the aforementioned rappers were involved with “recent acts of […]
Lil Nas X made a huge impact on the music industry this year, but on Twitter, he’s hinted that he’s finally ready to slow down. After claiming the most consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 ever with “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X has announced that he’ll be taking a short […]
The raid of Area 51 that sounded very fake and jokey, but nevertheless elicited an official response from the Air Force, has been called off. So if the implied threat of being gunned down didn’t originally dissuade you from attending, then perhaps this will be enough to get you to finally reconsider. Organizers for the […]
On Sunday evening Post Malone unveiled the lineup for his second annual Posty Fest, doing so via a post on his Instagram. As you can see by either reading until the end of this sentence, or scrolling down and making this text completely obsolete, the lineup will include Meek Mill, Pharrell Williams, Jaden Smith, Rae Sremmurd, […]
All the extracurricular activities that happen at a music festival can lead to the crowd getting a little out of hand. But fans at this year’s Lollapalooza have taken things to an unprecedented level. Unless you’re related to Oscar the Grouch or a nerd in an ’80s sitcom, it makes no sense for a person to be […]
Just over two weeks before it was set to take place, Woodstock 50 has officially been canceled. As Variety reports, the anniversary festival was likely called off due to the high number of performers who announced they would no longer perform. Earlier this week the team behind the ill-fated fest revealed that they would no longer […]
Last year, a video surfaced of XO Records rapper Belly getting punched by security as he attempted to get backstage at Coachella. He later addressed the incident, tweeting, “20 of you pussies couldn’t take me off my feet.” Now TMZ reports that Belly is suing Coachella, blaming the festival for an attack that saw around 25 security […]
Woodstock 50 is without a venue once again as its permit has been denied by Oneida County officials. The county, which includes the proposed festival site Vernon Downs, opted to deny the fest’s permit and officials cited the anniversary shows dysfunction. “It’s been chaotic,” Oneida County Administrator Anthony Picente Jr. told Variety. “Originally it was […]
