Rumour: Is SFX buying Beatport?

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Robert Sillerman's SFX, the company that has recently partnered with ID&T to bring Tomorrowland to North America has a new buyout rumour circulating Twitter: that Beatport might be next on the SFX acquisition road map. 

The first I had of this rumour came from @EDMsnob:

The rumour of a buyout was amplified when Seth Goldstein, DJZ's co-founder and chairman of turntable.fm, said the following:

Link.

The link provided shows a listing for a new LLC called "SFX-BEATPORT, LLC".

Beatport is at the heart of the electronic dance music world as it is the main source for DJs to buy club quality tracks that fuels set lists all over the world. It's going to be interesting to say the least if SFX manages to buy one of the most valuable EDM web properties in the world.

Contest: Enter to win 2 tickets to see Robbie Rivera, Chris Lake, and Hot Mouth on Sat, Feb 2nd at New City Gas in Montreal!

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EDM Canada is proud to give fans the chance to win 2 free tickets to see Robbie Rivera, Chris Lake, and Hot Mouth this Saturday at New City Gas in Montreal!

The rules are simple:

1. Follow @edmmontreal on twitter.
2. Simply tweet: "Just entered to win 2 tix to see Robbie Rivera, Chris Lake, Hot Mouth at New City Gas on Feb 2nd. Follow @edmmontreal and RT this to enter!"

That's it. The contest is open now and will end this Saturday at 2 pm. The winner of two free tickets will be chosen at random and their name will be announced on @edmmontreal shortly afterwards.

Enter to win and good luck!

My special thanks to Justin Kleinfeld (@rephlektor) for making this contest happen. Please follow him on Twitter at @rephlektor.

For full contest details click here.

Watch this: Igloofest weekend 1 recap video

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Here's the official Igloofest weekend 1 recap video that will hopefully get you excited for this weekend's events in Montreal and the inaugural Brrrrr! Winter Festival in Toronto:

Information for tomorrow night:

Montreal: Magda, Agoria, and Vosper will be headlining Igloofest in Montreal. Click here for more info. 

Toronto: Moby, Mord Fustang, and Moguai will headline the first night of Toronto's Brrrrr! festival. Click here for more info.

Hardwell's Canadian tour hits a snag in Kingston when Dyro was "kicked in the face"

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Hardwell is currently touring across Canada with Dyro and Dannic when the following event as described by Hardwell and Dyro occurred on their 2nd stop in Kingston, Ontario at Stages Nightclub last night. 

Hardwell and Dyro explained the situation over Twitter:

Clearly this is an unfortunate situation and I hope Dyro recovers from his injuries. At this time I'm not sure who exactly "kicked" Dyro "in the face" but if more details surface I will update this page.

Hardwell, Dyro, and Dannic will be playing tonight in Waterloo and tomorrow in Montreal to a sold out crowd at the New City Gas. I'm sure I'm not the only Canadian EDM fan that wishes Dyro, Hardwell and his crew the best for the rest of their Canadian tour.

*Update: A comment made by "K-Towns Finest" gives a different version of the events that occurred that night. In response I have updated the post that includes quotations in the title and body of the original post. If Stages Nightclub would like to make an official statement about the events that night, they can send it to email@edmcanada.com and it will be posted.

*Update #2: Here is another perspective on that night posted on a Wordpress blog called "The Anonymous Raver".