Live Nation moves to acquire Paris La Défense Arena: what’s really at stake Live Nation has announced an agreement to acquire Paris La Défense Arena, Europe’s largest indoor venue, from the Ovalto group (owned by Jacky Lorenzetti). The deal, revealed in early January, is still subject to approval by the French Competition Authority, a step […]
Tomorrowland turns its electronic anthems into a shared musical legacy Tomorrowland is no longer just a festival. It has become a universe, a storytelling machine, and increasingly, a keeper of its own musical legacy. With the release of the full Symphony of Unity performance, the Belgian giant continues a clear artistic direction: positioning electronic music […]
French Electronic Music Added to France’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List, First Step Toward UNESCO Recognition The news is spreading like a small collective comeback: French electronic music is finally making its way into the “intangible cultural heritage”, the first step toward UNESCO recognition. After decades of being treated like a suspicious subculture, hearing the word […]
Green Parties, Real Damage: When Our Substances Betray Our Values Edito: On December 16, 2025 in Marseille, Emmanuel Macron announced his intention to raise the fixed fine for drug use from €200 to €500, following a “hit them in the wallet” logic and repeating the idea that “using drugs isn’t festive”. Let’s be honest: our […]
Opinion : Why does everyone want to get paid to party? It has never been easier to self-proclaim yourself a nightlife actor.In just a few years, the electronic scene has seen an explosion of collectives, DJs, micro-media outlets, improvised programmers, Instagram curators, party organizers, booking and management agencies sometimes created in a matter of weeks, […]
“When Night Falls” — Inside Fabrice Catérini’s Photobook Reading When Night Falls means accepting to enter a territory where darkness is never merely the absence of light. For Fabrice Catérini, the night becomes a passage, a crucible, a space where masks fall and inner truths surface. For seven years, he photographed intimacy as much as […]
Maybe it’s time to demystify the image of the tortured artist. If this collective imagination is so deeply rooted in our cultures, it’s partly because of Baudelaire and all those artists fed on ideas, opium and melancholy. Baudelaire’s spleen is that “disgust for everything,” a sadness with no apparent cause that seems to relentlessly haunt […]
Hot Take : Selective Kindness: When Nightlife Protects the Wrong People Kindness in nightlife only exists when it suits you The word “kindness” has taken over nightlife vocabulary. You hear it everywhere. You read it in event descriptions. It shows up in the discourse of DJs, influencers, collectives, clubs, media. A word turned into a […]
