Idag släpptes de första artisterna för Lundakarnevalen 2014 och bland namnen hittar ni inga mindre än MRTN, Lucy Love och Timbuktu & Damn! Karnevlen som äger rum vart fjärde år går av stapeln 16-18 maj och beräknas få runt 400,000 besökare. Mer information hittar ni på www.lundakarnevalen.se
The official line up for Roskilde 2014 is out and joining the list of new names is the american rapper Vic Mensa. Together with other Bad Taste Events artists A$AP Ferg and Dilated Peoples they are going to represent american Hip Hop well at this summers festival next to a roster of big names such as Outkast, Rolling Stones, Drake, Stevie Wonder amongst others.
Get your festival tickets here!
We’re happy to let you know that Danko Jones are coming to Sweden and will play at Gröna Lund in Stockholm on May 16th. Check out Gröna Lund’s website here, for more information.
Our good friend Grieves released his new album Winter & The Wolves on Rhymesayers today and we’re excited to announce that Chords co-produced Death of Me, one of the two bonus tracks featured on the digital version. Check it out on Spotify here: Grieves – Death of Me – Bonus Track
Make sure to check out the whole album and don’t miss Grieves when he comes through Scandinavia next month:
19/4 – Århus, Atlas (Tickets)
20/4 – Köpenhamn, Pumpehuset (Tickets)
22/4 – Oslo, Sawol (Tickets)
23/4 – Stockholm, Stacken (Nalen) (Tickets)
We’re super happy to announce that Josefin Hafen has joined the Bad Taste team. She was previously positioned as digital account manager at Universal Music. Along with Johan Nordqvist and Jose Saxlund she will be based at the Stockholm office. You can reach her at hafen@obamanagement.com
We can now proudly announce that the American punk legends in NOFX are coming to Scandinavia in May for four club gigs. For the first time in 10 years they are doing exclusive club gigs after only have been seen on the scandinavian festival stages in the last decade.
NOFX who are well known for their raw and straight forward music often criticising the american republican government have with their energetic stage performances taken on the world over and over again. After 28 years together they have covered everything from gold records, reality TV shows and tours all over the world.
May 7th – Lund, Mejeriet (Tickets)
May 9th – Göteborg, Trädgår’n (Tickets)
May 10th – Oslo, Sentrum Scene (Tickets)
May 11th – Stockholm, Lilla Arenan (Tickets)
Check out more info on www.badtasteevents.com
Today Flow Festival in Helsinki added Joey Bada$$ and Action Bronson to their lineup. The festival is taking place on the 8th – 10th of August and the tickets went up for sale today, get your ticket here.
We’re pleased to announce that Deacon The Villain, Natti and Kno – collectively known as CunninLynguists – finally will be returning to Europe this spring!
They will be doing so in support of Strange Journey Volume Three, the first ever truly crowd-sourced album. After spending a year interacting with fans via social media and allowing them to vote on guest artists, suggest song concepts, letting them peek in on studio sessions and make decisions on album artwork, the result will finally be released on April 1st via Bad Taste Records.
The album will feature fan-selected artists such as Murs, Del The Funky Homosapien, Aesop Rock, Grieves, Celph Titled, Tonedeff and more and a first sample, In The City featuring Zumbi of Zion I, can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/cunninlynguists
Joining them on the tour are Sadistik (starting in Finland) and Thomax with Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, France and Switzerland all included on the itinerary.
Full list of dates below:
May 7th – Bergen, Hulen (Tickets)
May 8th – Trondheim, Blaest (Tickets)
May 9th – Bodo, Sinus (Tickets)
May 10th – Oslo, Parkteatret (Tickets)
May 11th – Helsinki, Kuudes Linja (Tickets)
May 14th – Stockholm, Nalen (Tickets)
May 16th – Malmo, KB (Tickets)
May 17th – Copenhagen, Pumpehuset (Tickets)
May 18th – Aarhus, Atlas (Tickets)
May 20th – Hamburg, Ubel & Gefaehrlich (Tickets)
May 22nd – Berlin, Lido (Tickets)
May 23rd – Cologne, Bahnhof Ehrenfeld (Tickets)
May 24th – Frankfurt, Zoom (Tickets)
May 25th – Heidelberg, Karlstorbahnhof (Tickets)
May 28th – Paris, Le Maroquinerie (Tickets)
May 29th – Lille, La Péniche (Tickets)
May 30th – Bern, Dachstock (Tickets)
May 31st – Zürich, Härterei (Tickets)
Last night was the yearly Kingsize gala in Stockholm, Sweden celebrating HipHop, Soul, R&B and it’s surrounding culture. We’re happy that three of our artists together claimed 4 prices at the event. Timbuktu won best live of the year as well as the Kingsize artist price for his work against racism. Bad Taste Events artists A$AP Rocky won best international album for “Long. Live. ASAP” and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won best international music video for the track “Can’t Hold Us”
