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Peking Duk to perform at Livescape It's The Ship

The Livescape Group to Host David Hasselhoff on It’s The Ship

Set to depart from the Marina Bay Cruise Centre in Singapore on November 4, this four-day and three-night floating music festival will be crossing international waters on the straits of Malacca to Penang, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site – an island located on the northern west coast of Malaysia known to be a food heaven and its growing art scene of Malaysia. Interestingly, to top it off on a rather epic scale – wait for it – the festival will see David Hasselhoff as host to this mega event.…

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nternational Music Summit [IMS] Shanghai 2016 reveals its first batch of speakers, including Skrillex, Alesso, pop star – Jolin Tsai, Pete Tong and many more.

Budweiser Sponsor STORM Festival, IMS Announce Alesso as Speaker

International Music Summit [IMS] is expanding its Asia-Pacific arm, collectively, unifying IMS Singapore and IMS China in a two-day conference in Shanghai. Its Shanghai organiser A2LiVE, has recently revealed its first batch of speakers for the electronic music conference set to take place September 29-30, 2016. After two successful years leading the electronic music industry conference with IMS Singapore and IMS…

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Yescom Entertainment Release Pentaport Rock Festival Lineup

Pentaport Rock Festival seem to be doing something right. They have been rocking away since 2006 and have yet to take a back seat in the festival scene in South Korea. Join the festival taking place from August 12-14. Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival is about to celebrate its 11th year, making it Korea’s oldest and best-known summer rock festival. Held…

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Split Works organises Shanghai's Concrete & Grass Festival featuring eclectic music from Chinese artists.

Split Works to present Concrete and Grass Music Festival

Set to take place on 16 & 17 September at Shanghai Rugby Football near Wuzhou Avenue, the organiser has already released the line-up of more than 60 artists set to perform across 4 stages. According to the organiser, the lineup has everything from flamboyant J-rock and Cantonese hip-hop to big-bass Bollywood and American slacker rock. Some of the top lineups include…

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Euphorics Events Books Steve Angello to perform at Invasion Jakarta

Euphorics Events Confirm Steve Angello, Markus Schulz for Invasion Jakarta

Jakarta’s growing population and its electronic music fans are in for an electrifying treat – a full LIVE festival show to watch some of the world’s most prominent and rising stars from the DJ scene deck out tunes that brought them international recognition. Electronic music festival organiser and promoter Euphorics Events sets a tougher bar this year challenging the norm…

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Vevo and Warner Music Group (WMG) announce partnership

Streaming News: Vevo Partners With Major Label Warner

Vevo and Warner Music Group recently announced a licensing agreement that will see premium videos from Warner Music Group artists distributed on Vevo owned and controlled properties, including Vevo.com and the Vevo mobile app. The partnership follows Vevo’s announcement of an ambitious company-wide reboot designed to lay the foundation for long-term growth. The plan consists of major initiatives across three…

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House of Vans Asia Tour is looking to fill its programme slots with a performance from its search

VANS Launches Music Campaign

VANS in its quest to look for musicians in Malaysia has an overwhelming response of over 100 entries. The immense response mean they have also increased the number of finalists from four to seven musicians and have revealed the Top 7 Finalist Musicians for the ‘House of Vans Malaysia Musicians Wanted’ Competition after rounds of public voting and panel screening.…

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Techventure partners with Slush Singapore as part of its SWITCH event

Techventure Partners with Slush Singapore

Techventure will expand its reach by partnering with Slush Singapore under the inaugural Singapore Week of Innovation & TeCHnology (SWITCH), a new “Tech Week” concept that brings together partners in the technology, innovation and enterprise ecosystem. The event will gather startups, tech talent, investors, and media from around the world, focusing on technology and future creation, the changing economy and reinventing education. It will…

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WMG Announces Andy Ma as Chief Commercial Office for Greater China

WMG Appoints First New Chief Commercial Office for China

In both roles, he will report into Simon Robson, WMG’s Asia President. He will be responsible for spearheading the music company’s commercial expansion and working in the China senior leadership team alongside Sam Chen, CEO, Warner Music Greater China, who oversees A&R activity in the market. In addition, he will work alongside Calvin Wong, Warner Music Group’s President for South…

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Sandpiper Digital Payments Acquires RFID Tech Solution to Tap Asia’s Live Industry

GoGORILLA, a Singapore-based company specialising in RFID tech solution was recently acquired by Sandpiper Digital Payments AG, a market leader in Europe for cashless payment systems and services. GoGORILLA has been expanding its portfolio working with some of the top end music events in Singapore and the region surrounding it. So far, they have worked with Road to ULTRA Singapore &…

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