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The moment is here. After more than seventy events for millions of visitors in over twenty countries Sensation, presented by Bud Light Platinum, will hit the US.

Due to the great demand, the world’s leading dance event will take place two successive nights in a row. Both events will take place at the brand new Barclays Center in Brooklyn New York on Friday the 26th and Saturday the 27th of October.

For those who want to combine an amazing Sensation night with a weekend in NYC, Sensation offers travel packages. The packages include of one or more overnight stays in a hotel, a Regular or Deluxe ticket and a transfer to and from the venue. The packages are now available on sensation.com.

Be part of the night, dress in white!

The third annual North Coast Music Festival has just announced the second wave for Summer’s Last Stand! Joining an already stellar line up are Chicago’s own UMPHREY’S McGEE, rising electro/dubstep production duo KNIFE PARTY, the legendary PAUL OAKENFOLD, Dutch DJ CHUCKIE, southern-fried hip-hop star YELAWOLF, electronic-jam band EOTO, disco rockers BOOMBOX, Laser Extraordinaire’s  SAVOY, West Coast hip-hoppers PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS and more!

See the full lineup and details later today at www.northcoastfestival.com/

Tickets for the festival at Clubtix.com

Here is a snapshot of the lineup thus far.

The long awaited Sensation America will finally come to life in late October at the brand new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.  We are also lead to believe that Sensation will be touching down in other basketball arenas throughout the US, though we don’t have any other specifics at this time.  The official announcement is set for this Thursday, May 31.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the hype, here is the trailer for the madness to be.

http://youtu.be/L4Lk7ymHJiA

Chicago’s very first beachfront music festival has just amped up its credibility even more by announcing a 2nd wave of artists. Electronic duo MSTRKRFT, Chicago’s own dance music pioneer Bad Boy Bill and the legendary swede Eric Prydz (Pryda) will join Erick Morillo, Boys Noize, Duck Sauce and Sasha to round out the headliners for the wild weekend on Montrose Beach. See the full lineup, details and tickets at http://www.wavefrontmusicfestival.com/

Below is a shot of the map. Take a look at how Chicago does Miami.

A-Trak, Mark Foster and Kimbra are three of the hottest acts out there right now. The three of them have teamed to combine the funky disco house sound of A-Trak along with the stellar vocals of Foster The People’s Mark Foster and Kimbra (featured in Gotye’s “Somebody I Used to Know”).

Take a look at the official music video below.

Check out this insanely awesome Dubstep Cereal commercial.

For those of you wondering, the song is Mord Fustang’s “A New World”

In 3 weeks, Chicago’s very first Electronic-Only music festival will take place at Soldier Field.  Names like Skrillex, Benny Bennassi and Afrojack will make EDM history as they share the honor of playing inside soldier field with the likes U2, Bon Jovi and The Rolling Stones.

Below is a snapshot of the map of the festival grounds where everything will take place.  Visit the Spring Awakening Facebook page to see the full schedule.

Feast you’re eyes on the lineup for one of 2012′s biggest moves in EDM history…Holy Ship!

The lineup features a wide array of artists ranging from Parisian D.A.N.C.E. kings Justice to new dubstepping extraordinaires Knife Party.  See the full lineup below:

The already exciting lineup for North Coast Music Festival has just added another member of the Swedish House Mafia to its bill.  Axwell was confirmed at the midnight revealing of wave one of the line-up and now they have added Steve Angello.  Will Sebastian Ingrosso be named next?  Will Swedish House Mafia be headlining the three year old festival this summer in Chicago?  I guess we will have to wait and see.

Dubstep mixed with Reggae?  Check out Skrillex’s latest collaboration with the son of the reggae legend.  Trademarking “BobStep”.