Pasquale Rotella is a force in the festival universe as the spin-master of Insomniac Events and founder of the EDC.
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The valedictorians of hip-hop’s old school come together at the Art of Rap, with stern-voiced OG Ice-T headlining a “Yo! MTV Raps”-approved lineup at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center.
Agree that either everyone or no one will use the pickup line “You Look Like I Need a Drink” at Justin Moore’s poolside show Friday, because it would just be cheesy if only an awkward few tried it.
McCarran International Airport served up a Las Vegas-style nightclub atmosphere that brought out smiles, some nodding heads and a few impressive moves for about six hours Thursday to kick off the Electric Daisy Carnival.
The eight stages at Electric Daisy Carnival each carry their own theme and cater to a different style of electronic dance music, for the most part. Event founder Pasquale Rotella breaks down each of them:
“There’s no news, no political tweets showing up. The only thing that anybody at the festival has to think about is the festival itself and the people around them,” says Las Vegas-based DJ 3lau.
“Could we do a show without the flying pig? Yes. Would we? No.”
He’s made the trek for 20 years now, but it was a plastic ring scored from a liquor store coin machine that made one trip especially memorable.
Numerous historians long ago agreed that rock ‘n’ roll emerged from Ike Turner’s “Rocket 88,” but who invented the “rock on” hand gesture so associated with the genre?
The process to add Yoko’s credit, while not yet confirmed, is already underway.