Live Nation Middle East Announces Headliner Acts for dXb Music Festival

Posted July 11, 2012 by Oshee in EntertainME

Live Nation Middle East today announced that the 2nd annual dXb Music Festival will be returning to Dubai on October 5th at Festival Park, Al Badia Festival City. The festival, which launched in 2011, was a world class production and the first ever multi stage electronic festival in Dubai, headlined by LMFAO. It was nominated for Best Festival for the 2011 Time Out Nightlife Awards.

Grammy Award winner Afrojack who is currently touring Europe and the US, and has recently headlined at Ultra Music Festival, Wireless Festival, Coachella and Tomorrowland said;

“I’m so excited for dXb Festival, haven’t been to Dubai in about 6 months and it’s my favorite vacation/party place so I can’t wait to rock it with you guys!!!!!” -Afrojack.

Afrojack

Platinum-selling artists Far East Movement who launched into success with “Like a G6” making history as the first #1 hit ever achieved by Asian Americans..

“We are excited to perform for the first time in the Middle East, at the dXb Music Festival! We are going to turn up the love, bringing you that dirty bass so everyone get your hands up and get ready to party with the Far East Movement!”

Far East Movement

Billboard Top 10 frequenter Ryan Reddon, known musically as Kaskade was recently labeled as the “new face of electronic dance music” by The New York Times.

Ian Plumley, General Manager of Major Events for Festival City said earlier of the new partnership with Live Nation; “Festival Park is delighted to host this year’s dXb Music Festival and we are excited to showcase our fantastic venue to the loyal dXb festival fans. We are thrilled to work alongside Live Nation once again and look forward to hosting many events to come.”

Kaskade

“We are thrilled to announce the return of the dXb Music Festival this year, with international chart topping headliners Afrojack, Far East Movement and Kaskade. Stay tuned for more announcements with the most exciting line up of the festival season”, said Tyler Mervyn, MD, Live Nation Middle East.

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Full Festival Lineup and details to be announced shortly. Tickets to go on sale August 15th.

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