From high atop the Sydney Harbour Bridge, we had the unique opportunity last night to join some 120 climbers as they helped (literally) light up celebrations for launch of Sydney's fourth annual VIVID Festival. Battling cold and blustery conditions, the climbers, covered in lights, were just one of the many ways the city was celebrating the launch of the festival. Of course the main attraction was the ‘Lighting the Sails’ at the Sydney Opera House, unveiling a stunning visual feast of colour, movement, and world-class digital artistry to the delight of tens of thousands of enthralled viewers lining the ...

Vivid Sydney gets underway tonight, and we’ll be covering every day of it. Over the course of the next two weeks, the festival will see performances by the likes of Amon Tobin, Sufjan Stevens, The Temper Trap, Janelle Monae, Karen O (The Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Seekae, Geoffrey O’Connor, Donny Benet and Straight Arrows at the Opera House, in addition to seminars, the APRA song summit and the illumination of Circular Quay. For the first time, M+N will embedded at the Opera House every day of Vivid’s run, reporting on all the action daily – even weekends. We ...

With Gotye and Kimbra 's "Somebody That I Used To Know" now tying fun. and Janelle Monae 's run at #1 with "We Are Young" — six weeks, the longest of any single in 2012 so far — the rest of the Top 10 is pretty much locked in place. I say pretty much because one of the only movers is Carly Rae Jepsen , and she has now crept up to #2 with "Call Me Maybe". The song is quite literally a phenomenon (I won't take all the credit ), and its track to the top of the Hot 100 is no ...

WHAT:  Movement Electronic Music Festival WHEN: May 26-28 WHERE: Detroit, MI WHO: Public Enemy, Major Lazer, AraabMuzik, Actress, SBTRKT, Lindstrøm, Tiger & Woods, Todd Terje, Photek, Radioslave, more WHAT: Vivid LIVE WHEN: May 25 - June 3 WHERE: Sydney, Australia WHO:  Karen O's "Stop the Virgens", Sufjan Stevens with Bryce Dessner & Nico Muhly, Janelle Monae, Zola Jesus, Danny Brown, Florence + the Machine, Shut Up & Play the Hits (LCD Soundsystem documentary), My Brightest Diamond, Amon Tobin, Efterklang, MED, more WHAT: I Love This City WHEN: May 25-26 WHERE: San Francisco, CA WHO: James Murphy, AraabMuzik, Holy Fuck, Holy Ghost!, Duck Sauce, Cut ...

*Jay-Z *has announced more bands for his festival. *Pearl Jam, Passion Pit, Skrillex, Santigold, Janelle Monae* and more make an appearance at the *Made In America* festival. *Made In America *will take place in Philadelphia on September 1st and 2nd 2012. Joining *Jay-Z *on stage so far: Pearl...

Jay-Z has always been one to appreciate all different styles and genres of music, so when it was announced that he would curate the "Budweiser Made In America Festival" (eep) in Philadelphia, we could expect a wide selection of bands. From the looks of the lineup so far, That's exactly what we'll be getting. Here's a list of performers so far: Jay-Z Pearl Jam D'Angelo Dirty Projectors Skrillex Passion Pit Maybach Music (featuring Rick Ross, Wale, Meek Mill) Santigold X Janelle Monae

Odd Future, Rita Ora, Passion Pit, Janelle Monae, Santigold, Skrillex will also play the Philadelphia weekender

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The leaked lineup list of Jay-Z's Made In America festival hit the 'net yesterday, and our initial suspicions were definitely accurate! LIST: 10 Artists We Want To Perform At Jay-Z's Made In America Festival Yesterday, GlobalGrind reported that Jay-Z enlisted the talents of artists like  Santigold ,  Odd Future ,  Drake ,  Miike Snow ,  Pearl Jam ,  D'Angelo ,  Skrillex   and Afrojack. All of these names will in fact appear, but Jay-Z finally officially announced "Phase 1" of artists scheduled to perform at his Made In America Festival.  Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group, which includes Philly native Meek Mill  and Wale, will ...

Category:  News Summary:  Jay Z's Made in America festival leans heavily on dance music Jay Z wasn't joking when he said he wants "to be a part of the dance music revolution" . As the curator for the Made in America festival this September, he has just revealed a line up that leans heavily on dance music. Joining Jay at the event will be dance music juggernauts, Afrojack, Calvin Harris and Skrillex who will join the likes of Odd Future, Janelle Monae, D'Angelo, Pearl Jam and Passion Pit. Gallery Options Face book Logo on Gallery On:  "" Enter the ...

Jay-Z's Made in America music festival has announced a slew of performers including Pearl Jam, Skrillex, Passion Pit, Odd Future, Santigold, Miike Snow, Afrojack, Calvin Harris, D’Angelo, Maybach Music (featuring Rick Ross, Wale, Meek Mill), Dirty Projectors, X, Janelle Monae, Prince Royce, Rita Ora, Savoy and The Knocks. http://www.hitfix.com

Pearl Jam, Skrillex, Passion Pit, Janelle Monae, Santigold, Dirty Projectors and Miike Snow are among the acts will join Jay-Z at his first annual Budweiser Made in America festival. As previously reported, the Jay-Z curated event will take place at Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park on Saturday, Septemb...

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Skrillex, Pearl Jam, Passion Pit, Odd Future, and of course the jigga himself, have been confirmed to play Jay-Z's Made In America Festival on September 1st-2nd at Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. Other acts set to play include Dirty Projectors, Calvin Harris, Rick Ross, Wale, Meek Mill, Miike Snow, Afrojack, X, Janelle Monae, Prince Royce, Rita Ora, Savoy (DJ set), The Knocks and Santigold.

Pearl Jam will perform at the Jay-Z-curated Budweiser Made in America festival this Labor Day weekend at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia the band announced today The bill will also feature sets by Skrillex D'Angelo Odd Future Calvin Harris Dirty Projectors Janelle Monae Rita Ora Santigold Afrojack Passion Pit X and...