Solaris Music Festival Official Aftermovie (Video)

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The Solaris Music Festival is one of the biggest winter events in Eastern Canada as this year's event featured the likes of Steve Angello, Hardwell, Borgeous, and more. Aftermovies are not all created equal and this one stands out as one of the better videos I've seen, capturing my attention for the full 4 minutes. Check it out below. 

Solaris gets a big lineup as Steve Angello, Hardwell, Oliver Heldens will be performing this December in Toronto

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In just two short years, the Solaris Winter Music Festival has become the go to major indoor winter event to happen in Eastern Canada. In previous years Solaris has been known to bring big names like Tiesto, Kaskade, and Skrillex, and this year they've gone just as big for the 2015 lineup. The all ages event will be held on the Exhibition Place grounds at the Enercare Centre. 

Spanning two nights, the festival is welcoming the return of Steve Angello on the 2nd night, who is now accustomed to playing in-front of thousands of adoring fans in Toronto. He will be joined by Fedde Le Grand, Carnage, exciting up and coming producer Wiwek, and Mark Oliver. The first night will be led by Hardwell, the future house prodigy Oliver Heldens, fan favourite Borgeous, Kill The Buzz, and Manzone & Strong.

Here's the official video trailer for this year's Solaris: 

Tickets go on sale starting tomorrow at noon. Tickets start at $89.50, for more information - click here.

TomorrowWorld suffers major issues on its final day and offers partial refunds

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Source: @EDMPocahontas on Twitter

This past weekend social media was ablaze as news out of Chattahoochee Hills reached the Internet when a number of festival goers were left stranded following Hardwell's set on Saturday night. Due to the heavy rainfall and bad roads, Tomorrowworld made the decision to cancel day 3 of the event for everyone except for the 40,000 campers. According to Mashable, the total estimated attendance was 190,000. 

To explain the picture above, Mashable's Brian Anthony Hernandez explained the situation on the ground: 

"Unable to get away from the soggy 8,000-acre farmland 30 miles southwest of Atlanta because organizers stopped allowing cabs, Ubers and shuttles to get near pick-up spots, people stood in the cold rain for hours. Some eventually slept on wet grass or mud, while others walked five to 10 miles to find shelter or faraway transportation options." 

TomorrowWorld has issued a partial refund, here's their statement: 

Dear TomorrowWorld visitor,
First of all we would like to sincerely apologize for the inconveniences due to the weather conditions and to all who couldn’t be part of the 3rd day of TomorrowWorld 2015.
Continuous and unexpected rainfall over the last three days has severely limited capacity of the parking lots, entrance roads, and drop off locations in and around the festival site, and has led to severe traffic congestion. The experience and safety of the TomorrowWorld visitors is and always was our top priority.
You are the true People of Tomorrow and deserve all the respect in the world. As a part of this, the following refund policy will be active beginning today:
The following Sunday tickets will be refunded entirely and automatically, including service, shipping and payment fees:
  • Sunday Regular/Comfort Pass
  • Sunday 1-day upgrade Comfort
  • Sunday Parking Pass
  • Sunday Shuttle Pass
  • Sunday Locker Pass
  • Sunday TomorrowWorld Restaurant Voucher
  • 1/3 of a Full Madness Regular/Comfort Pass (without DreamVille)
  • 1/3 of 3-day upgrade Full Madness Comfort
  • 1/3 of 3-day Parking Pass
  • 1/3 of 3-day Shuttle Pass
  • 1/3 of 3-day Locker Pass
Questions about Sunday Ticket Refunds? Please contact tomorrowworld@paylogic.com
If you encountered shuttle or parking inconveniences, please submit our refund form: http://www.tomorrowworld.com/saturday-shuttle-and-parking-refund
With Love,
TomorrowWorld

Along with the bad weather that occurred during the festival weekends of Veld and Digital Dreams in Toronto, this 2015 summer festival season has been very tough on fans and promoters alike. 

Armin Van Buuren teams up with Hardwell to create the big room banger 'Off The Hook"

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Armin Van Buuren has been gracing the mainstage of all of the major festivals for the past several years and is always on the search for fresh material to play. As you might know, Armin's mainstage performances are very different to his club shows as he veers towards a mainstream sound with only a hint of trance.

This new collaboration with Hardwell titled "Off The Hook" was made for these mainstage occasions as it's easy to digest and just strong enough to elicit a proper reaction from the crowd. This track will become a solid rotation track within Hardwell's and Armin's set lists for a long time to come, enjoy: