Events | Pretty Lights Announces 2 NYE shows in NYC at Roseland Ballroom
Posted by Middy on October 16, 2012
As hinted at the end of his Electric Zoo set, when he said barely audibly over the pleas for one more song “See you on New Years”, Pretty Lights has delivered on his closing set promise and comes back to the big apple in style playing not one, but two New Years shows on the 30th and 31st, making this a must attend event. You could go see Tiesto down in Atlantic City for $125 and be possibly wowed or let down by the performance, you could see Afrojack at his yet to be determined location in the tristate area or you could see the funky, soulful beats of Pretty Lights. The choice is yours, but Pretty Lights when it is all said and done may be the best option of the three, especially with his setup blending very well with the space of Roseland Ballroom. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10am EST.
Update: Tickets sold out in 10 minutes for NYE, but there are still tickets for 12/30
Contests, Events | Win A Pair of Tickets + Meet Dirty South at Roseland Ballroom 10/20
Posted by Middy on October 10, 2012
Want to win a pair of tickets to see Dirty South, Gregori Klosman, & Mord Fustang on Saturday, October 20th at Roseland Ballroom in New York City? Want to win a signed shirt from Dirty South? Want to have that shirt handed to you by the man himself backstage? Since I know you said yes to all of the above, this is the contest for you. You will meet Dirty South at 9pm to receive the signed shirt. If you want to be sure about going, grab tickets below and click the jump for more tour dates. To win this contest there are three simple steps:
1. Like Dirty South on Facebook.
2. Like FreshNewTracks on Facebook
3. Describe what your “City Of Dreams” would be (have fun with it) in a Facebook status tagging @FreshNewTracks so we know you entered.
Since you guys didn’t seem to like the above option at all, I added the way below to enter that is much easier.
Events, Review, Trance | Ferry Corsten Brings Full On To The US
Posted by Middy on September 8, 2012
The inaugural Full On on this side of the Atlantic capped the first night of the 4th edition of Electric Zoo with a resounding bang. Full On was first started in 2007 back in Ferry Corsten’s home country of the Netherlands and has turned into one of the biggest trance events in the world. The night was full of back-to-back sets and great individual performances.
Roseland Ballroom set the perfect scene for the night, as tired festival goers began streaming in between 11:30 and midnight to catch the tail-end of rising American trance asset Audien, who has been tagged by super trio Above & Beyond as a name to watch. Full On started at 11pm with Audien, which was definitely a small thing I would have changed since Electric Zoo did not end until 11 pm and the inevitable backup of getting tens of thousands of people off of an island caused many people to be very late for Audien’s set. Next year I would advise Made Event to start the afterparties at 11:30, with doors at 11, to give people at Electric Zoo enough time to get down to the afterparty they paid a decent amount of money for.
Once Audien was done getting the crowd going, British DJ/trance-turned-progressive-house producer Michael Woods hit the decks. His style was not totally out of place in the night, though it was different from the overall tenor of the trance theme. His high energy progressive tracks excited the crowd, and he launched salvo after salvo of hard hitting songs from his expansive discography that has seen many stellar additions recently. Michael Woods was joined by Polina who sang the track “Goodbye,” which became a theme of the evening — live vocalists. He was then joined by Ferry Corsten, the man of the evening, for some intriguing back-to-back that combined some of the more progressive tracks in Ferry’s arsenal. With this as a starting point, there was a clear progression in Ferry Corsten’s sound during the night. Continue on to see how the rest of the night went.
Events | Electric Zoo 2012 Afterparties
Posted by Middy on August 13, 2012
News of the Electric Zoo afterparties has slowly been coming out in the past few weeks either in whole announcements such as Marcus Schulz’s show at the Best Buy Theater Saturday September 1st on his Scream Album Tour (album coming August 31st, get excited), or through other means like Adrian Lux announcing a tour date September 1st at Roseland Ballroom, one of the designated afterparty sites. Now we have the full announcement and these shows are mouthwateringly good for all fans if you are still able to move your body after an entire day of E Zoo. All the parties are at either Best Buy Theater or Roseland Ballroom, which maximizes the amount of attendees for the events and use some of the better venues in New York City. They are all from 11pm until 4am, so the party does not have to stop of Randall’s Island and can go on at venue of your choice, going on well into the night.
There is something for everyone with Dubstep and DNB provided by the likes of 12th Planet & Netsky on Friday at Best Buy Theater, with Full On Ferry (Ferry Corsten’s big production single artist show) bringing Gabriel & Dresden, Michael Woods and Audien along at the opposing venue, Roseland Ballroom. Saturday has Markus Schulz and an excellent lineup of House at Roseland Ballroom, with Sunday finishing it off with some Trance stars like Aly & Fila and Jochen Miller at Best Buy Theater with Zedd and Hardwell highlighting the end of these glorious labor day weekend festivities at Roseland Ballroom. More details and ticket info can be found on the link below.