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Pop Media Award 2011 presented to DWDD Recordings

On 13, January 2012

The eighteenth edition of the Pop Media Award has been presented to the editors of DWDD Recordings (VARA) on Friday the 13th of January during the Eurosonic Noorderslag Conference in de Oosterpoort, Groningen. The Pop Media Award is an initiative of Muziek Centrum Nederland to stimulate Dutch pop journalism. The Pop Media Award includes a sum of € 2,500.

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Winners European Festival Awards announced

On 12, January 2012

The best European festivals, artists and promoters of 2011 were revealed last night at a sold out ceremony, featuring performances from James Vincent McMorrow, Selah Sue and Dog is Dead.

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January
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Eurosonic Noorderslag Conference sold out

On 12, January 2012

The Conference of the 26th edition of Eurosonic Noorderslag, Europe’s leading music conference and showcase festival, has just sold out. Today at 10 am, all 3,000 registrations were sold. This edition of Eurosonic Noorderslag Festival broke a record earlier by selling all festival tickets within 10 minutes.

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January
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European Border Breakers Awards celebrating top new talents in European music

On 11, January 2012

The European Border Breakers Awards honour the best new music acts in Europe. The award ceremony took place this evening at the Eurosonic Noorderslag music festival in Groningen (NL). Selah Sue won the Public Choice Award.

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Amsterdam Dance Event announces 2012 dates, adds fifth day

On 10, January 2012

The seventeenth edition of the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), the international conference and festival for electronic music, will take place from the 17th to the 21st of October, 2012. After selling out for the last five years, the ADE is regarded as one of the highlights of the annual international dance and electronic music calendar. Thanks to the fact of being both a major festival of electronic music as well as a business platform for the international music industry, the event is widely considered to be an important indicator of the health of the electronic music scene.