Desi Beats for DJs: How South Asian Music Moves Global Crowds

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With dance music’s market quickly expanding in the U.S., Dutch event producers ID&T (and new parent company SFX) are bringing Belgium’s massive Tomorrowland festival to America (and internationally) for the first time ever.
TomorrowWorld takes place in Georgia’s Chattahoochee Hills on September 27, 28 and 29, 2013. The event’s capacity is said to be 150,000, making it one of the largest dance music festivals in America. Tickets are available here.
Here’s the partial line-up. The full list will be announced on June 20th.
Friday, September 27:
Tiësto
ƱZ
Brillz
Bro Safari
Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike
Ferry Corsten
Frontliner
gLAdiator
Green Lantern
Heroes x Villains
Jamie Jones
LOUDPVCK
Luminox
Mayhem
Mimosa
Porter Robinson
Psyko Punkz
R3hab
Ran-D
Sebastian Ingrossso
Two Fresh
Saturday, September 28:
A-Trak
Afrojack
Alesso
Axwell
Brennan Heart
Calvin Harris
Coone
Delta Heavy
Excision
Figure
Gramatik
Grandtheft
NiT GriT
Rusko
Savoy
Sound Remedy
Steve Aoki
Zomboy
Sunday, September 29:
David Guetta
Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike
Hardwell
Jaytech
Late Night Alumni
Nicky Romero
Orjan Nilsen
Simon Patterson
tyDi
Zatox
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