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Coachella 2019
The 2019 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival took place across two weekends: April 12 to 14 and 19 to 21 at the Empire Polo Club, Indio, California, United States. The three headlining acts were Childish Gambino on Friday, Tame Impala on Saturday, and Ariana Grande on Sunday. The 2019 edition was the twentieth anniversary of the festival. Background The full lineup and date was announced on January 3, 2019, featuring headliners Childish Gambino, Tame Impala, Ariana Grande and second-line performers Janelle Monáe, The 1975, DJ Snake, Diplo, RÜFÜS DU SOL and Blackpink on Friday, Solange, Kid Cudi, Weezer, Aphex Twin, J Balvin, Billie Eilish and Bassnectar on Saturday, and Khalid, Zedd, Gesaffelstein, Bad Bunny, Dillon Francis, CHVRCHES, and YG on Sunday. A week prior to the festival, Solange cancelled her performance due to "major production delays". Rapper Kanye West was due to be announced as a headliner, but was ruled out due to an impractical last minute request for a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Polo Club
The Empire Polo Club is a 1,000-acre event venue in Indio, California, located in the Coachella Valley of Riverside County, California, Riverside County, approximately 22 miles southeast of Palm Springs, California, Palm Springs. It was founded in 1987 for use by polo players, hosting international polo tournaments. Since 1993, the grounds have been leased out for events, including the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and Stagecoach Festival in April. Location The club is located at 81-800 Avenue 51 within the city of Indio, California, Indio, in the Coachella Valley and Colorado Desert of Southern California.Empire Polo Club Announces 2015 Winter Season , ''The Polo Magazine'', 27 September 2014Victoria Pelham [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weezer
Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums, backing vocals), Brian Bell (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), and Scott Shriner (bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals). They have sold 10 million albums in the United States and more than 35 million worldwide. After signing to Geffen Records in 1993, Weezer released their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album, also known as the Blue Album, in May 1994. Backed by music videos for the singles " Undone – The Sweater Song", " Buddy Holly", and " Say It Ain't So", the Blue Album became a multi-platinum success. Weezer's second album, '' Pinkerton'' (1996), featuring a darker, more abrasive sound, was a commercial failure and initially received mixed reviews, but achieved cult status and critical acclaim years later. Both the Blue Album and ''Pinkerton'' are now frequently cited amo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spin (magazine)
''Spin'' (stylized in all caps as ''SPIN'') is an American music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr. Now owned by Next Management Partners, the magazine is an online publication since it stopped issuing a print edition in 2012. It returned as a quarterly publication in September 2024. History Early history ''Spin'' was established in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr. In August 1987, the publisher announced it would stop publishing ''Spin'', but Guccione Jr. retained control of the magazine and partnered with former MTV president David H. Horowitz to quickly revive the magazine. During this time, it was published by Camouflage Publishing with Guccione Jr. serving as president and chief executive and Horowitz as investor and chairman. In its early years, ''Spin'' was known for its narrow music coverage, with an emphasis on college rock, grunge, indie rock, and the ongoing emergence of hip-hop, while virtually ignoring other genres, such as country and metal. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YG (rapper)
Keenon Dequan Ray Jackson (born March 9, 1990), better known by his stage name YG (short for Young Gangsta), is an American rapper. He released his debut mixtape ''4Fingaz'' in 2008, and its follow-up, ''The Real 4Fingaz'', the following year. The latter gained recognition for its local hit song "Toot It and Boot It", which entered the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number 67 and received RIAA certification, platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He signed a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings in October 2009, which entered joint-venture with Atlanta-based rapper Jeezy's record label, CTE World, in 2013. His 2013 single, "My Nigga" (featuring Jeezy and Rich Homie Quan), peaked at number 19 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song and its follow-ups, "Left, Right" (featuring Mustard (record producer), DJ Mustard) and "Who Do You Love? (YG song), Who Do You Love?" (featuring Drake (rapper), Drake), preceded the release of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CHVRCHES
Chvrches (stylised CHVRCHΞS and pronounced "Churches") are a Scottish synth-pop band from Glasgow, formed in September 2011. The band consists of Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook, Martin Doherty and, unofficially since 2018, Jonny Scott. Mostly deriving from the synth-pop genre, CHVRCHES also incorporate indietronica, indie pop, and electronic dance music, electronic dance into their sound. Two years after their formation, CHVRCHES released ''Recover EP'' in March 2013, which included hits "The Mother We Share" and "Recover". Their debut studio album, ''The Bones of What You Believe'', was released on 20 September 2013, while the band was ranked fifth on the Sound of...#Sound of 2013, Sound of 2013 list by the BBC. Two years later, on 25 September 2015, the group released their second album, ''Every Open Eye''. Their third album, ''Love Is Dead (Chvrches album), Love Is Dead'', was released on 25 May 2018. Their fourth album, ''Screen Violence'', was released on 27 August 2021. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dillon Francis
Dillon Hart Francis (born October 5, 1987), also known as DJ Hanzel, is an American electronic music producer and DJ. He played a key role in popularizing moombahton and later developed its heavier variants, moombahcore and EDM trap. Early life and education Dillon Hart Francis was born on October 5, 1987, in Los Angeles, California,Ahmed, Insanul (March 13, 2012Who Is Dillon Francis?Complex. Retrieved on March 31, 2013. to an American father who works in alternative medicine, and a Serbian- Croatian mother. He described his upbringing as sheltered, noting he did not learn swear words until the age of 15 and was only allowed to watch television after viewing two hours of ''Sesame Street''. He attended Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, where he took a course that emphasized creative expression across various art forms. He then briefly enrolled at Santa Monica College before leaving to pursue a music career. With $500, he moved to Atlanta to work with a friend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Bunny
Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (; born March 10, 1994), better known by his stage name Bad Bunny, is a Puerto Rican rapper and singer. Known as the " King of Latin Trap", Bad Bunny is credited with helping Spanish-language rap music achieve mainstream popularity in the worldwide market and is considered one of the best Latin rappers of all time. He became the first non-English language American artist to be Spotify's most streamed artist of the year, doing so three consecutive times in 2020–2022. He also holds the record for the most-streamed album on Spotify, with '' Un Verano Sin Ti'' (2022). Born and raised in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, Bad Bunny rose to prominence in 2016 with his song "Diles", which led to a recording contract with Hear This Music. He continued gaining traction with songs such as his feature on Cardi B's ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one single " I Like It" alongside J Balvin and his top-ten single " Mía" (featuring Drake). Bad Bunny's debut studio albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gesaffelstein
Mike Lévy (; born 24 June 1985), known professionally as Gesaffelstein (), is a French music programmer, DJ, songwriter and producer from Lyon. He has worked alongside artists such as Lady Gaga, The Weeknd, Daft Punk, Kanye West, ASAP Rocky, A$AP Rocky, Electric Youth (band), Electric Youth, Haim (band), Haim, Miss Kittin, The Hacker, Jean-Michel Jarre, Lil Nas X, Charli XCX, Pharrell Williams and Chuck Ellis. Stage name Gesaffelstein is a portmanteau of Gesamtkunstwerk ("total artwork" in German, also the title of an album by the American electro group Dopplereffekt) and Albert Einstein. Career Mike Lévy was born in Lyon, France, into a Jewish family, in June 1985. He started producing music at the age of sixteen when he first played an analog synthesizer.. He released his first EP in 2008 through the label OD Records. In 2009, he founded the independent label Zone with The Hacker, Alex Reynaud and David Rimokh. In July 2012, Gesaffelstein made the cover of ''DJ Magazine, DJ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zedd
Anton Zaslavski (; born 2 September 1989), known professionally as Zedd (), is a German record producer and DJ. His stage name, Zedd, was derived from ''zed'', the Z#Name and pronunciation, English pronunciation, barring American English, for the first letter of his surname. Raised in Kaiserslautern, Zedd rose to mainstream success with his 2012 single "Clarity (Zedd song), Clarity" (featuring Foxes (singer), Foxes), which peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and won Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording, Best Dance Recording at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, 56th Grammy Awards. It served as the third single for his Clarity (Zedd album), debut studio album of the same name (2012), of which its deluxe edition spawned the US top 20 single "Stay the Night (Zedd song), Stay the Night" (featuring Hayley Williams). Zedd's second studio album, ''True Colors (Zedd album), True Colors'' (2015), was supported by his third ''Billboard'' Hot 100-top 20 sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalid (American Singer)
Khalid Donnel Robinson ( ; born February 11, 1998) known mononymously as Khalid, is an American singer and songwriter from El Paso, Texas. He signed with Courtney Stewart's Right Hand Music Group, an imprint of RCA Records to release his 2016 debut single, "Location (Khalid song), Location" and its 2017 follow-up, "Young Dumb & Broke". Both songs peaked within the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, received RIAA certification, diamond certifications by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and preceded the release of his debut studio album, American Teen (album), ''American Teen'' (2017). Met with critical and commercial success, it received RIAA certification, quadruple platinum certification by the RIAA and was nominated for Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. In April 2017, he guest performed alongside Alessia Cara on Logic (rapper), Logic's hit single "1-800-273-8255 (song), 1-800-273-8255", which earned him a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassnectar
Lorin Gabriel Ashton (born February 16, 1978), better known under his stage name Bassnectar, is an American Disc jockey, DJ and electronic music producer. With a career spanning several decades, Bassnectar has gained recognition for his innovative sound design and energetic Concert, live performances. His music and performances typically combine elements of dubstep, drum and bass, and various other List of electronic music genres, electronic subgenres, often characterized by heavy basslines and intricate, layered production, helping contribute to the popularization of bass-heavy dance music in the United States. Career Early years Ashton is a native of San Jose, California, San Jose, California. When Ashton was 16 years old, he played in a death metal band named Pale Existence, which contributed to his heavy style of music. In 1995, he attended his first rave and was drawn to this new type of music, attending as many shows as possible, promoting shows, and eventually learni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
