Congratulations to Stereosonic artists for winning at the recent ‘Ibiza DJ Awards’:
Armin van Buuren – #1 Trance DJ & #1 International DJ Carl Cox – #1 Techno DJ & Best Ibiza night ‘Carl Cox 10 Years of Revolution at Space’ Afrojack – Best Remixer & Runner Up Best Electro House DJ Congratulations also to: Ferry Corsten, Annie Mac, Avicii, Benny Benassi, Claude VonStroke & Kaskade who also polled well http://stereosonic.com.au/ibiza-dj-award-winners-announced/
Who wants to be the face of Stereosonic? Stereosonic is looking for one girl & one guy to front their event campaign. What will they win?
– 12 month contract with London Model Management – Shoot the Stereosonic 2011 merchandise range – Tickets for them and a friend to any Stereosonic in Australia Head to: http://www.stereosonic.com.au for more information
dmg Radio Australia and Stereosonic announced the launch of StereoStar, a new initiative to give individuals an opportunity to become Nova’s official festival photographers at Stereosonic events around the country. StereoStar, an evolution of Nova and Stereosonic’s existing partnership, supported by Stereosonic sponsor Strongbow Cider, offers a unique opportunity which is aspirational yet achievable by anyone attending festivals with most people taking their own photos and uploading to popular social networking sites. For more info check out: http://stereosonic.com.au/stereostar-entries-are-now-open-just-upload-your-best-pics/
For all Stereosonic artist updates, exclusive interviews, ticketing info & more, check out the above website. Here’s what’s making headlines:
Please note that the following Stereosonic artists will be playing at Foreshore in Canberra, 26th November: Armin van Buuren, LMFAO, Afrojack, Avicii, PNAU, Annie Mac, Datsik, Shockone. For more info:http://www.foreshorefestival.com.au/foreshore-2011 Breakout Under 18s Festival 25th Nov – Melb & 2 Dec – Syd: LMFAO, The Bloody Beetroots, Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten. For more info: http://www.letmebreakout.com
STEREOSONIC 2011 NATIONAL TOUR DATES Saturday Nov 26 – SYDNEY – Sydney Showgrounds, Homebush 12pm-11pm Sunday Nov 27 – PERTH - Claremont Showground (subject to council approval) 12pm-10pm Saturday Dec 3 – ADELAIDE - Bonython Park 12pm-10pm Saturday Dec 3 – MELBOURNE - Melbourne Showgrounds 12pm-10pm Sunday 4th Dec– BRISBANE - RNA Showgrounds 12pm -10pm
Check website closer to event for early gate opening times and public transport information
After scooping many ‘InTheMix’ ‘Best Festival’ awards in 2010 (with an amazing 5 shows across the country), Stereosonic returns for 2011! With an amazing lineup of current stars and future legends, combined with the best venues and crowds in Australia, Stereosonic welcomes the start of summer to exciting crowds, over 2 blistering weekends.
Welcome to Summer: Stereosonic 2011
Overview Now in its 5th year, Stereosonic is the brainchild of two Australian boutique event companies with the vision to bring the best in ever-popular and new talent to a discerning music crowd. Our ethos is simple: Try to provide the best lineup, the best venues, the best experience whilst improving each year at the best possible price. Stereosonic is Australia’s largest electronic music festival, now let’s get to it…
What a year for our Artists! Whether it be Afrojack winning a grammy and reaching #1 in US and Australian charts, LMFAO owning the Australian Pop Charts for 11 weeks, Benny Benassi and his big tunes/collaborations and massive new album ‘Electroman’, Aviici bursting onto every major festival and club chart or Empire of the Sun’s epic show at ‘Ultra Music’ in Miami and ‘Coachella’, it has been a huge year for this year’s artists. Armin van Buuren sold out his ‘A State Of Trance 500’ show in Sydney earlier in the year, Carl Cox is currently rocking it in Ibiza with his ‘Carl Cox and Friends’ night, Dash Berlin has been storming up the DJ Mag Top 100 in super fashion, Pretty Lights has been rocking the planet being dubbed as the new Girltalk, Dirty South flying the Australian flag worldwide, whilst Ferry Corsten is getting ready to drop his new, tasty, massive album! Speaking of new albums, Kaskade has a killer new album to come, BT is back with a new live show and more. There is so much to go on about, its ridiculous!
Ticket prices in comparison to other festivals In staying true to our core ethos, Stereosonic will continue to aim to deliver the best lineups possible, at the best possible ticket price. We have raised the prices slightly this year to help improve our services to you on the day and to enable us to deliver the biggest acts in electronic music!
iPhone Application and mobile site We will be launching an iPhone application and for other mobile users we will be launching a mobile friendly site, very soon!
Stereosonic 2011 boasts its biggest line-up ever featuring: Armin Van Buuren Carl Cox * LMFAO Empire of the Sun (Melb/Syd only) Afrojack The Bloody Beetroots (Global DJ Exclusive) Avicii Benny Benassi Ferry Corsten Dirty South Kaskade Dash Berlin Sub Focus live * Andy C Mr Oizo PNAU * Pretty Lights Annie Mac Crookers BT Live * Caspa + MC Rod Azlan Claude VonStroke Datsik Lucy Love* Bag Raiders Zombie Nation LED Show Drop the Lime Band * The Two Bears (Joe Hot Chip and Raf Daddy)* Guy Gerber ** The Gaslamp Killer Deetron EDX * Jochen Miller Arty Yousef*** Peter Van Hoesen *** Myon & Shane-54 Destructo ** Acid Jack Live * Jon Rundell*** Shockone Beni Stereosonic Main Stage hosted by MC Stretch*
* Not appearing Adelaide ** Not appearing Adelaide and Brisbane *** Not appearing Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth
Ticketing Ultra-limited First Release from $127.95* – $129.95* from August 4th 9am in your local city *plus card surcharges
Gold Class tickets will be available in all states from moshtix only, which includes $20 drink-card, $10 merchandise voucher for you to use on-day only, main stage views, VIP toilets and catered finger food.
OUTLETS All Moshtix national outlets Ticketek (Melbourne and Sydney only) Oz Tix (Brisbane Only) Venue Tix (Adelaide only)
*Line-up is subject to change without notice. All events are over 18s, photo ID is required. Line-ups slightly vary in each state. View state information at the http://www.stereosonic.com.au website for more details.
Friday 30th July 2010 saw Tiësto return to Victoria Park in London for his second live show. With a supporting lineup that included The Japanese Popstars, Avicii, and Pendulum on the main stage the afternoon was set to be full of musical madness.
We arrived to catch the last part of The Japanese Popstars, the trio from Northern Ireland lived up to their expectations playing what they call "big room, cool as f**k electronic music built for festivals and staduims", See our interview with the lads here.
Next to take the helm was Avicii, Tiësto's hand picked supporting artist for his current tour. For those that dont know much about Avicii he is a Swedish DJ and producer who has come up through the ranks of Laidback Luke's online forum. Winner of Pete Tongs Fast Trax, Avicii has taken the industry by storm, DJing all over the world and working with some of the best producers in the game. As the crowds slowly started to gather in the main stage area, Avicii kept their feet moving with a mix of house, electro, and trance infused beats. Dropping the massive Swedish House Mafia single One brought huge applause from the crowd.
Pendulum were set to take to the main stage next and as the stage was setup for their arrival you could feel the excitement in the atmosphere. The Australian rock / drum and bass band have recently released their new album "Immersion" and with two other albums behind them the live set was never going be a let down. By far one of the best live drum and bass acts at the moment their stage presence is immediately felt with MC Ben Mount taking centre stage. Ben's energy levels alone are enough to get any crowd going crazy and as soon as the bass kicks in the crowd are jumping and moshing in all directions. Ben creates a riot as he jumps off stage and mounts security fence and gets in amongst the punters. As a first time witness of seeing Pendulum live, I was very impressed with the amount of energy they put into the live set. If you havent yet seen them live I would highly recommend that you catch them on their Arena Tour of the UK in December 2010. A brilliant production setup completes the live experience.
Dutch DJ legend Tiësto's arrival is highly anticipated and as his intro kicks off, the crowd begin chanting "Tiësto, Tiësto". With thousands of punters piling into the main area to see what they came here for, Tiësto walks out to massive applause. On tour with his 4th studio album Kaleidoscope, which features an array of musicians inculding Nelly Furtado, Kele Okereke (from the Bloc Party), and Calvin Harris to name a few, Tiësto was here to showcase his new tracks.
As always Tiësto is in the party mood, complete with a huge grin on his face and his arms in the air. The crowd seem to take his lead and as we walk through the masses of fans dancing to one of the worlds most in demand DJ's, we see all types of party people, some with light-sabers, a mexican hat crew and a huge number fans in the traditional dutch orange coloured t-shirts. One thing is consistent though, the smiles on everyone's faces as they jump up and down to Tiësto's beats.
Tiësto never fails in the production department, his show is kitted out with a large backdrop LED Screen and awesome pyrotechnics. As the night begins to fall the lighting really comes into its own. The sound system is loud enough to ensure that you can feel it anywhere from the park! Halfway through his set, Tiësto gets onto the mic and yells out to the crowd that he is about to take us back through his back catalogue and treats us to the likes of "Lethal Industry", "Silence", "Flight 643", "Love Comes Again", "Traffic", "Adagio for Strings" and more. His new tracks also get a great response, especially the Sneaky Sound System collaboration "I Will Be Here". Tiësto shows once again why he is the only DJ ever to host his own show in Victoria Park and we look forward to seeing him agin next year!
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