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Finland’s Provinssi festival has set an all-time attendance record with its 2024 edition.

Over three days, the festival recorded its largest-ever attendance of 85,000, beating the previous record of 81,000 in 2011.

Måneskin, Turnstile, Bring Me The Horizon and Yungblud were among the international acts that performed at the 27–29 June event, in Seinäjoki, western Finland.

Local talent, meanwhile, included PMMP, Jenni Vartiainen and KUUMAA.

“A stunningly great weekend is behind us!” says festival director Ville Koivisto, who was appointed last year. “With the all-time attendance record, the smoothness of the entire event and the great gigs, this has been the best Provinssi ever!”

“This has been the best Provinssi ever”

Provinssi (Province) is one of the oldest festivals in Finland and one of the largest in Northern Europe. The event has been held on the island of Törnävänsaari in Seinäjoki every June since 1979.

Its previous headliners include Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rammstein, System Of A Down, Rage Against The Machine, Linkin Park, David Bowie, Muse, The Killers, Ellie Goulding, The Ramones, Blur Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Patti Smith, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Massive Attack, The Cure and Queens Of The Stone Age.

Provinssi is organised and promoted by Seinäjoki Festivals Oy, which is owned by Selmu ry and Fullsteam Agency Oy (part of FKP Scorpio group).

Fullsteam Agency recently announced that one of its other Finnish festivals, Sideways, will not take place in its current form after 2024.

In a statement, organisers said that “making a festival that is ambitious in terms of content and service offering and larger in size is rewarding but challenging”.

 

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Blackstrobe Records line up ‘Songs about Life, Death and Truth‘ EP from label boss Arnaud Rebotini. Succeeding a highly-acclaimed scoring for the movie ‘120 Battements Par

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North American dates this September accompany reissues of the EP Not the Way and albums A and PREfection

Palm Tree Crew, the visionary events company co-founded by Kygo and his manager Myles Shear, is aiming to disrupt Miami’s hospitality scene with a trailblazing new venture that redefines the nexus of lifestyle and entertainment.

Harmonizing the essence of music festival allure with the serenity of a beachfront escape, Palm Tree Crew is launching its first-ever waterfront hotel and restaurant, Palm Tree Club, in Miami’s North Bay Village. The ambitious project, a collaboration with Continuum Company, marks a significant foray for Palm Tree Crew, a proven global events organizer.

Transforming the established Shuckers Waterfront Grill & Hotel, Palm Tree Club will infuse the location with a new sense of vibrant tropical charm and exquisite coastal dining, all set to the rhythm of handpicked musical events. 

“We are incredibly excited to launch our first restaurant and hotel in North Bay Village, Miami, a city that embodies the spirit of Palm Tree Crew,” said Shear. “We’ve admired Shuckers for a long time as a staple of the Miami hospitality ecosystem, and we feel privileged to partner with Continuum Company to bring this property into its next chapter.”

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Shuckers boasts a stunning waterfront restaurant, 20-slip marina offering dine-and-dock services, 118 elegantly designed guest suites and a pool that seamlessly bridges the restaurant and hotel, capturing the joyful yet relaxed essence of Palm Tree Crew’s vision.

“When we started building Palm Tree Crew four years ago, our vision was to produce unique experiences around the world centered on music and the highest level of hospitality,” added Michael Diaz, CEO of Palm Tree Crew. “It has been thrilling to curate a lifestyle platform for our customers through live events and festivals, and we’ve found our audience craving more, which is what inspired this expansion into hospitality.”

“It’s a natural evolution of our brand, and we can’t wait to introduce hospitality projects that deliver these same experiences and curated entertainment year-round.”

On Nocturnalist 473, curated by The Nocturnal Times, we present our favorite new track selections of the week (July 1, 2024).

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Nocturnalist 473:

TITLE

ARTIST

2×2

Steve Aoki, Chapter & Verse, Alika

Anamnesis

EDX

Arcane Ooze

SNAILS, Chime

ASPEN (feat. Toro Y Moi)

Channel Tres, Toro y Moi

A Bar Song (Tipsy) [Remix}

Shaboozey, David Guetta

better off

Syence, Jake Neumar

Better Off

Flux Pavilion

Bittersweet

LP Giobbi, Portugal. The Man

Blue Sky Action – Logistics Remix (Mixed)

Above & Beyond, Alex Vargas, Logistics

Bring It Back

Shiba San, CID, ALL U NEED

Britney

Matroda, Dances

Butter

Disco Dom, Dombresky

Chain

Friend Within

CHROMA 004 ROLA

BICEP

Comeback Kid

VAVO

Counting Down The Days – Keeno Remix (Mixed)

Above & Beyond, Gemma Hayes, Keeno

Cruel Heart

Petit Biscuit

The Cure (feat. Chloe Paige)

BLOND:ISH, KeeQ, Chloe Paige

DANCE THROUGH THE NIGHT (with Norma Jean Martine)

Gryffin, Whethan, Norma Jean Martine

Discohall

Shy Baboon, Matisse & Sadko

Don’t Call

Daya

every-little-part

Le Youth, Otherwish, LeyeT

Expansion

Jon Gurd, Reset Robot

Feel The Energy

Eli Brown, HI-LO

Fine Day

Monocule, Marcus Santoro, Nicky Romero

Floodlights

Marsh

For Life (feat. Manno)

Cheyenne Giles, Ookay, Manno

From The Inside

Tritonal, Kuala

Get Lower

Steve Aoki, Lil Jon

Giving It Out – Etherwood Remix (Mixed)

Above & Beyond, Zoë Johnston, Etherwood

Haunt

MIAMIPLAYA, Datsik

Heavenly Hell (ft. Ne-Yo)

Steve Aoki, Ne-Yo

Higher

Ship Wrek

Holy Moly (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)

Channel Tres, Ty Dolla $ign

I Am Not Alone

Sick Individuals

idwtwya

Felix Cartal

I’m The Drama

Bebe Rexha

In And Out Of Love

Rivo, Armin van Buuren, Sharon Den Adel

In The End – Jai Wolf Club Babu Remix

Dabin, Said The Sky, Jai Wolf, Clara Mae

In The End – Jason Ross Remix

Dabin, Said The Sky, Jason Ross, Clara Mae

It Ain’t Safe

DVBBS, Yellow Claw, Tavatli

Just Another Piano Track

Yotto

Kamikaze Cosworth

Mat Zo

Kiss From A Rose

Green Velvet, Marco Lys, Walter Phillips

La Discoteca

Disco Dom, Dombresky

Landadafree

Uncle Pappy

La Verdolaga (feat. Totó La Momposina)

HUGEL, Totó La Momposina

Let It Out

Brooks, Camilia

Lights Go Out

What So Not, Benson, Lucy Lucy

Linger – Iain Cook Remix

The Cranberries, Iain Cook

Lose My Mind

Steve Aoki, k?d

Lost Connections

Yotto

LOVER

The Knocks, Dolores Forever

Love Takeover

LION BABE

Love Takes Over

Maddix, Sarah de Warren

MASK OFF

Bassjackers, Oliver Heldens

Midnight

James Blake, Lil Yachty

Mine

Giolì & Assia

Move Your Feet (Like This)

4B

My Own Hymn – Keeno Remix (Mixed)

Above & Beyond, Zoë Johnston, Keeno

Namba

Yotto

Nice & Easy feat. Rodney P – Bassnectar Remix

Bassnectar, Rodney P

Night Drive

Ummet Ozcan

not givin up on love

warner case, The Deep, SUNDROME

On A Good Day – J Majik & Wickaman Remix (Mixed)

Above & Beyond, OceanLab, Gareth Emery, J Majik, Wickaman

Phantom

Tycho

Pressure Makes Diamonds

Folamour

Pyramid Rave

Eli Brown, HI-LO

real 4 me

WHIPPED CREAM, BKAYE

Reason Why (feat. Kim Petras and BC Kingdom)

SOPHIE, Kim Petras, BC Kingdom

Richa

AMÉMÉ, Avi Snow, Idd Aziz, Tamir Regev

Savage

Jauz, Alexiane

Set Me Free

Will Clarke

Shivers

Camden Cox

Skank

Plastik Funk, Toxic Joy

SMACK TALK

ISOxo, Knock2, RL Grime, ISOKNOCK

Spicy Margarita (A7S Remix)

Jason Derulo, Michael Bublé, A7S

Swim

Dennis Sheperd, Nino Lucarelli

TAKA – Caribou Remix

Ahadadream, Priya Ragu, Skrillex, Caribou

TALKING WALLS

EVAN GIIA

That Song With The Kick Drum

Dada Life

Thing Called Love – Nu:Tone Remix (Mixed)

Above & Beyond, Richard Bedford, Nu:Tone

Tonight (D.I.Y.A)

Jax Jones, Joel Corry, Jason Derulo

TRIPPIN

BUNT., Mapei

Viper

TroyBoi, Guaynaa

We’re All We Need – SpectraSoul Remix (Mixed)

Above & Beyond, Zoë Johnston, SpectraSoul

Whenever You Are

VINAI, Tungevaag

Where Are You Tonight

KREAM

Where Did You Go

Duke & Jones

Wild (Goodboys Remix)

James Hype, Goodboys

Wrong Way

Two Friends, Alexander Stewart

You and Your Friend

Bobina, Ladynsax

Your Shine

Bakermat, Fly Disco Butter

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Mel C has said it would be her “absolute dream” to headline Glastonbury with the Spice Girls.

READ MORE: Spice Girls’ ‘Wannabe’ at 25: what we’ve learned from the iconic girl group since

Sporty Spice appeared on the Chris Moyles Show on Radio X this morning live from Worthy Farm, where she opened up about the possibility on performing at the festival herself.

“Well, it would be quite nice to do it on my own, wouldn’t it?,” she told Moyles. “I might have some new music out. Well, I will have some new music out next year.”

She added that though she has DJ’ed in 2022 at the festival before and played at the Avalon Stage last year with her band, she’s eyeing the top slot at the Pyramid Stage. Though she initially said there was “room for both” her own solo performance and a reunion, she went on to say “there’s nothing I would like more” than a headlining slot with the Spice Girls.

“I think the absolute ultimate would be to do it with the Spice Girls,” she confessed. “There’s nothing I would like more. But you know, while they’re still making their minds up…”

Noting the Spice Girls have never played the legendary festival as “in the 90s, they didn’t have pop music at music festivals”, Mel C responded to Moyle’s sly suggestion for a top slot for next year’s edition: “It would be a belting headliner.”

The Spice Girls in 1995. CREDIT: Brian Rasic/Getty Images

Many fans believed that Spice Girls would perform in the Legends’ slot at Glastonbury 2023 after Mel B alluded to it on The Big Narstie Show. Mel C then shut the rumours down, saying it didn’t work logistically for the group.

However, Mel C did make a surprise appearance with Orbital and Tilda Swinton as a special guest. She performed her track with Orbital ‘Spicy’ which samples tracks from the Spice Girls‘ discography including their hit song ‘Wannabe’.

The former girl group were last seen giving a surprise performance of their 1998 single ‘Stop’ at Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday party in April, and the event led many to speculate that a comeback could be happening.

However, Victoria’s husband David shut down any potential rumours of a reunion, saying: “Unfortunately, that’s not happening.”

“Victoria was so pleased to see the girls, and it was a massive part of her life, but obviously, all the girls have got their own things going on,” he continued. “They will do certain things together at certain times.”

He continued: “I know it’s what people want, but in all honesty, I think I was the most excited of anyone.”

In other news, Emily Eavis has confirmed Glastonbury will have fallow year in 2026. “We’re already in talks with some acts” for 2025, she added.

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Kanye West has been sued in a new lawsuit which claims he created a hostile work environment for his adult and minor employees, allegedly referring to them as “new slaves”.

READ MORE: Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign – ‘Vultures 1’ review: mired in misogyny

According to TMZ, the rapper and his former chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos were named as defendants in the lawsuit filed to a US district court, which states that West intended to create an app called ‘YZYVSN’ to promote his rap music in the spring of 2024.

The rapper allegedly did not want to pay rival companies Tidal, Spotify and Apple Music to promote ‘Vultures’ and ‘Vultures 2′, so he hired a number of adult and minor employees in a developer group and allegedly engaged in “forced labour and cruel inhuman, or degrading treatment”.

The employees were claimed to have included several Black workers, including some as young as 14 years old. Both West and Yiannopoulos are accused of forcing their employees to work long hours without pay or sleep.

The rapper’s white managers were also alleged to have used negative language towards foreign and minority workers to create a hostile work environment. The white managers would allegedly refer pejoratively to workers’ age, race, gender, sexual orientation and national origin in group chats, with some called “slaves” and others as “new slaves”.

Additionally, Yiannopoulos was accused of sending a message with a Black/brown skin tone emoji to a Black employee whilst calling a younger worker a school shooter.

It also claimed that West’s wife, Bianca Censori, sent hardcore pornography to staff that was accessible by minors. She allegedly sent the link when West announced he was launching an adult film company called Yeezy Porn in late April. She is not named as a defendant.

According to the document, the developer group were promised $120,000 in payment from Yiannopoulous upon completion of the app if they agreed to the work conditions and didn’t complain. However, West then allegedly demanded the employees sign NDAs, threatening to fire the minor employees and withholding pay if they didn’t comply. Minor employees also had to allegedly sign “volunteer” agreements.

The lawsuit then states one of the finished apps was shown to the rapper on May 1. Though it’s unclear which specific app was shown, West and Yiannopoulous did not pay the employees for their work. The developers have since decided to sue the pair, seeking damages for unpaid wages and overtime pay and emotional distress.

West and Yiannopoulous did not respond to TMZ for comment.

It is the latest in a series of lawsuits launched against the rapper for poor work conditions. He was sued for sexual harassment and wrongful termination by his ex-assistant at the beginning of this month (June 4). West fired back and branded the allegations as “baseless”, further announcing his plans to countersue.

He was also accused of racial discrimination by his former security guard at the Donda Academy in April, alleging that the artist subjected his Black employees to “less favourable treatment than their White counterparts”.

In Touch Weekly reported that West filed to have the lawsuit dismissed, arguing that “Defendants are informed and believe, and based on such information and belief allege that Defendants were justified in doing any and/or all of the acts alleged in the Complaint.”

West was further sued by another member of staff for allegedly threatening to “cage” his students in April as well. Trevor Phillips has accused the musician of a number of allegations including verbal abuse, threatening physical violence and comparing himself to Hitler.

While representatives have not yet responded to the claims from Phillips, they have previously dismissed claims about the Donda Academy. In a past response from Ye’s lawyer, the former employees’ descriptions of the school were described as a “dystopian institution designed to satisfy Ye’s idiosyncrasies”.

“None of it is true and the allegations do a disservice to the Donda Academy’s current staff and students and their parents who will attest to their positive experience,” they said in a 2023 filing.

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Sophie Ellis-Bextor joined Peggy Gou to perform ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ at Glastonbury 2024 – watch the performance below.

READ MORE: Glastonbury 2024 liveblog: all of the weekend’s action as it happened

The moment took place during Peggy Gou’s set at the Park Stage at Worthy Farm on Saturday (June 29), the South Korean DJ – who became the first female DJ to headline the stage – wound the clock back to party with Ellis-Bextor, inviting the latter onstage to perform the cult classic track that recently went viral.

Watch the performance below.

Ellis-Bextor’s ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ – first released in 2001 – enjoyed a massive resurgence late last year and early this year thanks to its inclusion in a particularly infamous and cheeky scene from Saltburn.

The 2024 edition of Glastonbury has now come to a close, with SZA turning in a four-star headlining showcase at the Pyramid Stage despite technical issues, while The National put on a five-star closing slot at the Other Stage.

Over the weekend Kasabian rocked up to Woodsies for their not-so-secret set, Coldplay‘s electric headlining set on Saturday scored them a four-star review. Little Simz‘s Pyramid performance marked her bid as a future headliner, while Camila Cabello shone a chaotic performance.

Most recently, festival organiser Emily Eavis confirmed last night (June 30) that Glastonbury will be taking a year off in 2026, and would next return in 2027 after its 2025 outing.

Check back at NME for the latest Glastonbury 2024 news, reviews, interviews, photos, rumours and more. Check out the NME liveblog here for all the latest Glastonbury action as it happens.

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