VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: EDC Reveals Lineup, Different Kind of Will Smith Hits

Posted on: February 13, 2025, 04:05h. 

Last updated on: February 13, 2025, 04:40h.

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The lineup for this year’s Electric Daisy Carnival — announced on Thursday –includes electronic dance music superstars Afrojack, Dom Dolla, Martin Garrix, Armin van Buuren and Fisher among its 250 acts.

Also featured with be back-to-back performances from Alison Wonderland and Kaskade, Illenium and Slander, and the Martinez Brothers and Loco Dice. Of course, Tiesto will also spin — as he has at every EDC since it moved from LA to in 2011.

The event, which sold out months ago, returns to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway from May 16-18 with 16 stages of non-stop music and a projected audience of 525K.

From Slapping Back to Rapping

Will Smith — the A-list actor who fell to the D-list after unjustifiably slapping comedian Chris Rock over a joke he cracked at the 2022 Academy Awards — will attempt to pretend that never happened at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay on March 20.

“An Evening with Will Smith: A Live Journey Through His Musical Hits” promises to showcase the four-time Grammy-winning rapper’s gentler roots.

Expect to hear “Getting’ Giggy wit it” and “Wild Wild West,” as well as songs from his first album in 20 years.

Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14 via Ticketmaster.com.

Warning: Don’t everyone bolt for the bathrooms during the new songs or Smith may slap you.

Kygo to Open New MGM Grand Club

Kygo, Norway’s current dance music superstar and co-founder of the Palm Tree Crew brand, will debut his first daytime residency at the MGM Grand’s new Palm Tree Beach Club.

Kygo (real name: Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll) will be the first artist to perform at the Tao Group Hospitality-run day club, which takes over the 60K square-foot space formerly occupied by Wet Republic Ultra Pool.

Opening day for both Kygo’s residency and the beach club will be May 3. Tickets can be purchased here.