Ibiza

Pete Tong will bring his Ibiza Classics to Englefield House in Berkshire as part of Heritage Live on Saturday 20th July 2024. Joined by Jules Buckley and featuring the Essential Orchestra, Ibiza Classics has firmly cemented itself as part of the live music calendar becoming the world’s most iconic orchestral electronic music event. Celebrating the legacy of dance music, the live show showcases the stunning re-imaginings of timeless classic house tracks. Combining unique orchestration with unparalleled…

This Thursday marks 50 years since David Bowie’s Life on Mars? was released as a single. A cornucopia of surreal images, a musical soap opera to float away with, it still regularly appears in lists of the greatest ever Bowie songs – and indeed lists of the greatest songs by anyone.Trying to deconstruct this tale starring mice, Mickey Mouse and a mousy-haired girl, is about as easy as getting to Mars itself. I should know as I cycled one of the song’s lyrics – “from Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads” – pedalling 2,700 miles in…

Sally Rodgers and Steve Jones’s music has long been associated with blissful beach scenes. Early evangelists for the Ibizan Balearic aesthetic, and stalwarts of untold chillout compilations, as A Man Called Adam they make the sort of music people call “sun-dappled”. So it may surprise casual listeners to find that their new album, The Girl With a Hole in Her Heart, was inspired by abandoned steelworks, poisoned shellfish and the harsh North Sea winds of the Teesside coast where Rodgers grew up.It’s not really a radical…

The year was 2010, the last vestige of time in which, when the beat dropped in the club, there would be thousands of hands in the air simultaneously cutting through the laser lights instead of holding up little glowing bars to film it.Swedish House Mafia, the superstar DJ trio comprising Steve Angello, Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso, had taken over the world with their euphoric Eurodance bangers, and those who’d managed to get into their residency night at Pacha, the superclub in Ibiza’s Mediterranean Old Town, knew that…

Jade Jagger Convicted Of Resisting Arrest & Wounding In Ibiza (Photo Credit – Bang Showbiz) Jade Jagger has reportedly been fined around £1,250 by a Spanish court after she was convicted of resisting arrest and wounding following a disturbance in Ibiza. The 51-year-old jewellery designer – the daughter of The Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger and his ex-wife Bianca Jagger – is said to have been arrested on Wednesday (17.05.23). She and her boyfriend Anthony Hinkson has been handed a four-month sentence for…

Archaeologists recovered ancient hair from a cave in Menorca, one of the Balearic Islands, and found it contained compounds that can cause hallucinations or altered states of consciousness in humans. In other words, the team found evidence of an ancient trip.The organic compounds found in the hair are opium alkaloids that, when ingested, can cause delirium, feelings of excitement, and rushes of energy, among other effects. The alkaloids naturally occur in some plants (including nightshade), and the research team posits…

As we trudge through the post-NYE comedown, one of the few things we can do to keep us going is to look ahead to sunnier times. With that in mind, Ibiza Rocks have just announced the first wave of names booked for their 2023 summer season, including the return of a few IR faves.The whole Ibiza Rocks venue has been completely remodelled with a bigger dancefloor and a second pool space, and they’re looking to christen the new space properly. Slated to soundtrack their world-renowned pool parties this year are familiar faces…

Becky Hill has released new documentary ‘YOU/ME/US’ on YouTube, taking fans behind the scenes of her summer long Ibiza Rocks Residency. The documentary sees Hill give fans an insight into how she curated her own weekly headline pool party residency at the seminal Ibiza Rocks Hotel and the pressure of being a female artist in dance music. She also discusses embracing her queerness with commentary from legendary drag performers, Margo Marshall, Rilease Slaves, Freida Slaves and Chiyo and ensuring that her show was…

Becky Hill spent the summer headlining and curating a weekly pool party at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel titled ‘YOU / ME / US’ and later this month you’ll be able to stream the closing party. The BRIT Award winner has teamed up with On Air, who were there to capture the closing-party performance, offering fans around the world a poolside view of this not to be missed performance from the dance music powerhouse.   The show was recorded in 4K UHD Dolby Vision with Dolby Atmos technologies. It will be available to stream…

The Black Music Summit Creative Council has just announced that next year they will be bringing the inaugural edition of the Black Music Summit to Ibiza.The news was first teased at a two-day event at Ibiza’s famous Pikes and Hï Ibiza last month that included performances from the likes of Seth Troxler, Juls, Lava La Rue, the No Signal family, and more. There’ll be a series of events and parties held around the world in the coming months and it’s all leading up to the main event in Ibiza next year. It’ll be more than just…