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A 4,000 Capacity Indoor Concert in Leipzig Will Be A COVID-19 Spread-Prevention Experiment

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To be held at an indoor concert in Leipzig, a COVID-19 spread-prevention experiment will take place next month and will involve thousands of people.

Called Restart-19, the project is scheduled for August and will cost just under €1million. The objective of the project, according to the organizers, is to helping “identifying a framework” for how larger events could be held “without posing a danger for the population” later in the year.

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Rebuke's Music

RebÅ«ke’s Music Is True, For the Fans & Banging

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RebÅ«ke’s music in one word: refreshing. The fresh-faced artist (DJ and producer) Reuben Keeney, who goes by stage-name RebÅ«ke, admits “Whenever I approach anything I always try and think about what are the fans going to want to hear?,” shares  Keeney. “Are they going to like this? I only do stuff for them. I don’t do stuff for labels, agents or managers.” Without fans, there wouldn’t be the community that exists in electronic music. Fans give reason for an artist, and it’s their ears the artist needs to retain if they want to be successful. People make the culture of dance music, and every artist starts at the very exact place. The greatest of greats including Nicole Moudaber, Solomun and Annie Mac all started as avid music lovers letting their passion for the game guide them knowing the rest will follow. RebÅ«ke understands the importance of not only giving fans what they want but also what it takes to keep his feet on the ground. Read more

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Ibiza Initiative Donates 10,000 Free Vacations in 2021 to Italian and European Healthcare Workers

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Free Ibiza vacations for healthcare workers. That is how a not-for-profit initiative set up on the island of Ibiza called Together for Healthcare Heroes plans to give back to those healthcare workers across Europe that have selflessly helped us all, even at risk to themselves and their own immediate loved ones. The COVID-19 crisis continues to impact people globally, with every country reporting major losses of life, whilst medical teams collectively strain to restore and sustain the health and wellbeing of our population.

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300 Swiss Clubbers Ordered To Quarantine Following Positive COVID-19 Superspreader

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The local Swiss government has ordered 300 Zurich clubgoers to quarantine after a “superspreader” tested positive for COVID-19. This particular “superspreader” attended a party at the Flamingo Club in the Swiss city last weekend, and five others in their group also tested positive to the virus following the party.

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Live Nation Artist Pay Cut

Agents Respond Back to Live Nation Booking Policy Changes, Including Artist Pay Reduction

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In a recent company memo, Live Nation announced they’re cutting artist pay as they begin to plan future festivals. The global entertainment company is a major player in the live music industry, especially in the electronic music space. In 2013, Live Nation and Insomniac Events, an electronic music event promoter, formed a partnership where Insomniac would retain creative oversight of their branded events. Insomniac has a strong foothold in live music events as it’s behind one of the biggest electronic music events Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) Las Vegas. The joint venture between two leading giants left little room for competition, but even they have felt COVID-19’s impact.

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90% of Independent Music Venues in the U.S. Could Close Without Federal Aid

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Up to 90% of independent music venues in the United States are at serious risk of not surviving through the year.

This isn’t some far-fetched guesstimate, but the result of data from a study conducted by the National Independent Venue Association. NIVA is an organization whose objective is securing financial support to preserve the national ecosystem of independent venues and promoters. Alongside their published study, they have now warned that permanent closure is on the horizon if these venues do not receive the necessary support via COVID-19 pandemic relief funding.

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Lee Burridge Music and Joy

Lee Burridge: Getting Lost in Music & Finding Joy

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Lee Burridge is not one for the limelight, yet somehow he found his way into a career that puts you front and center of it all. Taking to the DJ booth, he’s been commanding dancefloors all over the world for the past 30 years. However, while he’s become a well-respected electronic music mainstay, for Lee Burridge, music has always been the centerpiece. “I was on the microphone asking people to move their cars, so people could go home,” says Burridge reminiscing on his beginnings as a wedding DJ and playing at local nightclubs.  “I loved music, and actually is the same reason I DJ today is because I love music and love to share it.”

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Serge Devant Balance

In Interview: Serge Devant Keeps A Balance Amidst Turmoil

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“I’m not going to lie, I kind of like this quarantine,” said Russian DJ Serge Devant over the phone. Serge Devant is finding balance amidst the COVID-19 turmoil. The DJ and producer recognizes he’s fortunate to be riding out the lockdown in Miami. Having lived in New York City before, he knows that living in close and small quarters can be rough. However, it was New York City that started it all for him.

Growing up, Serge Devant frequently visited New York City, and it was during those trips that he got his first taste of the club culture. Unable to resist the club bug, he moved to the Big Apple in 1994 and hasn’t looked back since then. He spent much of his adolescence in the concrete jungle, and it wasn’t until his residency at Crobar NYC where he played alongside Carl Cox and Tiesto that his DJ career went into full throttle. He decided to trade the cityscapes and skyscrapers for oceanviews and palm trees and relocated to Miami, one of the U.S. hubs for dance music.

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F.T.G.

F.T.G Shares His Top Quarantine Tracks

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We caught up with fantastic live act F.T.G, real name Alfredo Trastulli, amongst all the madness going on right now with COVID-19 and quarantine, and asked him his favourite lockdown jams.

An incredible talent that continues to push his sound even after many years of experience, developing different genres with his array of projects such as Citylow Human Crew and Analog Inside. F.T.G had frequently playing around his native country until quarantine hit, most recently performing at Dancity Winter 2019.

Enough from us, let’s check out the tracks F.T.G has been playing during quarantine.

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Steve Lawler COVID-19

Steve Lawler Reflects on COVID-19 As An Opportunity to Reset

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There’s no running from Coronavirus (COVID-19) even as much as you try to avoid the media and news outlets. COVID-19 dominates conversations and headlines, but for U.K. electronic artist Steve Lawler COVID-19 hit a little too close to home. While he couldn’t be tested, Steve Lawler exhibited COVID-19 symptoms back in March and went into self-isolation before the U.K. government announced a national lockdown. “I was in lockdown three weeks before everyone else. […] I’m getting to spend more time with my children than I ever did,” says Lawler over the phone.

Now as some parts of the world are entering three months of social distancing, Steve Lawler sees how COVID-19 continues to impact the dance music industry: the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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