Quite a range of stuff here!

MONDAY - Dave Beer’s Backcountry Barndance Celebrates the Wild Wild West
TUESDAY - Fictitious & Flirtatious
WEDNESDAY - ‘Come as you aren’t’ Street Party – Anything Goes!
WEDNESDAY - Jezebel Presents the Ice ball in Narnia.
THURSDAY - Rubiks Cube
THURSDAY - Squeaky Hill Backcountry party celebrates the Mexican Day of the Dead
FRIDAY - “Creatures of the Night… and Day”

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Pioneer have announced that from 1 May, Rekordbox, the company's DJ music management software, will be available to download for free.

Previously this software was only available with the CDJ900 or CDJ2000 CD decks, but from May any DJ will be able to use the software to prepare tracks in advance, ready for use with Pioneer CD decks.

The link will go up on pioneerdj.eu - we'll give you another heads up nearer the time.

Here Nick Warren and Jody Wisternoff tell us about the re-release of their track classic track 'The Gift'.

They've remixed the track as have Gui Boratto, Michael Woods, Logistics and Tek-One.

'Electric Avenue' singer, Eddy Grant claims he has been plagiarised by Gorillaz. Incidentally, the made up band are also on his label, EMI.

Eddy says “I am outraged that the Gorillaz have infringed the copyright of my song 'Time Warp' claiming their song 'Stylo' to be an original composition. My song sits almost note to note with their release and is a blatant rip off. 'Time Warp' is a very popular song and has been a staple of the DJ scene for many years and I feel total disrespect from Gorillaz and their management company, especially as they are an established act."

He goes on "I am very angry that this was not picked up by our mutual publisher EMI ‘s administration division. I do not blame my publishers but, the state of the industry at the current time with all labels and publishers folding into one and becoming incestuous. It’s such an obvious copy that from day one the band and their management should have taken control of this situation with EMI Publishing. I would like the outcome to be that the band admits that they have lifted my song, that I have a full credit for the song and an apology from the band.”

Good luck with that apology from 'the band' Eddy. *whispers* They're not real!

For the UK leg of his world tour DJ Tiesto is blogging for Mixmag. Here's his latest entry.

"My second weekend in the UK was fantastic, Three packed 3 shows: Thursday in London, Friday in Cardiff and last night in Liverpool.

In London I played at a historic venue called Brixton Academy. It's one of those really cool old theatres with the large stair cases on the sides of the stage and the angled floor up to the back wall. I love the history of the place. It used to be a movie theater back in the 30's, then bands started playing there years. All my favorite bands have played here at one time or another, so it was exciting to do a show here. The venue is smaller than than I usually play in London, but that made for a way more intimate evening. The show was great. It had it's own pace and kept on building throughout the night. By the end of it, the energy was powerful. London is always a really busy city for me, a lot of friends and business to take care of in that city! My crew came out and helped me start the night off in the dressing room with champagne and they have a pool table in the dressing room. I'm pretty good with the stick!
Second city I played this weekend was Cardiff. Dada life opened for me tonight again, its great having those guys around on my UK Shows. They did 3 weeks with me in the US and its always a lot of fun. The stage was quite a maze to get to here, with make shift stairs coming from the dressing room to the stage. During my set, a large piece of my staging came loose and bumped the screens. Crazy!
Luckily the awesome crew in Cardiff got it fixed up quickly and the show went on with out a hitch.

My final show was in the city by the sea, Liverpool! I played at Echo Arena. It's right on the water and has a beautiful view of the area, with a large ferris wheel is built in the parking lot next to the venue and at night it lit the whole area up. I saw similar ones in Melbourne and London. I guess everyone loves Ferris Wheels! Tonight was pretty crazy. The crowd was amazing, but I struggled a bit with some technical difficulties. My CD players kept on breaking and it drove me nuts! I saw a Dutch flag with my face on it that said 'The King!'! Pretty great. I’ve seen that guy at several shows over the years, such a die-hard fan!

So much fun this weekend...now I finally get to go to Dublin! All I’ve heard for the last 2 weeks is how insane that show will be. It sold out a long time ago and it’s the biggest show we’re doing in the UK. Its also 2 days after St. Pattys Day, hopefully everyone’s still partying when I get there!"

Top Tracks:
1.Trouble Is (Tiësto Remix)- TurboWeekend
2. Papillon (Tiësto Remix)- The Editors
3. Century- Tiësto feat Calvin Harris

Don't Stay In Mix of the Week 026 - CJ Mackintosh (House)

This week we're joined by CJ Mackintosh!! Yes, the house legend has provided us with an exclusive 1hr 45mins mix for you to feast your ears on!! CJ's also headlining 1Roof at Cable this Saturday 20th March, so I'll see you down the front! ;-)

The Mixmag Terrace returns to Ibiza this summer when we take over Amnesia every Thursday with Cream Ibiza.

This season we have signed Deadmau5, Eric Prydz and Laidback Luke all to play as exclusive residents on the Mixmag Terrace.

Next door in Cream's Main Room there are more exclusive residents in the shape of Paul Van Dyk, Eddie Halliwell, Ferry Corsten and Above & Beyond. Cream Ibiza is the only place on the island you'll get to see all these DJs.

If you're heading to Ibiza this summer remember you can buy tickets for Cream Ibiza and the Mixmag Terrace while you're still in the UK to save on commissions and exchange rates here.

Meanwhile - if you're thinking about booking an Ibiza holiday why not come over with Mixmag and Dont Stay In on Monday Aug 30 - we've organised an awesome four night trip including accommodation and all your guestlists (including Deadmau5, Eric Prydz and Laidback Luke at Cream Ibiza) for just £189. For more on that trip see here.

One of Shoreditch's most infamous bars, Sosho, has been destroyed in a fire that started 24 hours ago.

Tabernacle Street in East London is still closed off and firefighters are still damping down hot patches this morning.

The bar/club, that claims to once be voted Time Out's best bar, has been completely destroyed in the blaze. It was best know for its infamous Sunday night afterparty, Retox.

Owner Jonathan Downey said "The fire's caused millions of pounds of damage, both to the building and to business. The bar's just been kitted out with some great antique furniture which is all irreplaceable and about £50,000 worth of artwork has been destroyed."

"Both places are open seven days a week and have 24 hour licences. They've both been really busy, even in the current economic climate, so this is going to cost us massively," he said.

One of Glasgow's longest running and best respected club nights is to hold its last event next month.

Optimo at The Sub Club has put on around 650 nights.

They told us yesterday "We have loved doing Optimo with all our hearts, but our hearts are also telling us it is time to call a halt to it. Playing at, organising and promoting a weekly night takes up an enormous amount of energy and there are so many other things we want to do that some of that energy is needed for our other projects."

Sunday April 25 will be the last ever Optimo.

If you're going to Ministry of Sound this weekend for Laidback Luke we advise you to take a condom with you.

We're not implying Luke's got a STI, heavens no, but if you flash a condom at the door you don't have to queue to get in.

It's all part of a sexual health campaign that's taken place at 100 clubs over the last two years.

The Queue Jump with a Condom promotion comes as a new campaign – Contraception. Worth Talking About – is launched to increase young people’s awareness of the different types of contraception and remind them that they won’t be protected against STIs without a condom.

For straightforward information on sexual health visit: www.nhs.uk/worthtalkingabout

Downloadable mix packs are being released this month for DJ Hero.

These include a Jay-Z and Eminem Mix Pack, a avid Guetta Mix Pack and a DJ Hero Extended Mix Pack. Each contain three new mash-ups to play along to.

Dunno how to download new content? Visit djhero.com The packs are out from March 18 on Xbox, and March 25 on Wii and PS3.

Bestival have added The Prodigy, Magda, Audio Bullys, Gilles Peterson and Serge Santiago to their line-up. Keith and co. will play on the Sunday night. bestival.net

BLOC 2010 is now officially sold out. The weekender takes place this weekend.

Detroit's Movement Electronic Music Festival is set to take place from May 29 - 31. Weekend tickets are only $40. The 70 acts performing include A-Trak, Chris Liebing, Claude VonStroke, Derrick Carter, DJ Hype, DJ Koze, DJ Pierre, DJ Sneak, Hudson Mohawke, ItaloBoyz, Jamie Jones, Josh Wink, Magda, Mark Ernestus (Rhythm & Sound), Martin Buttrich – Live, Martinez Bros, Mr. Scruff, Onur Ozer, Radio Slave, Simian Mobile Disco, Theo Parish and many more. paxahau.com

Field Day on July 31 at Victoria Park, London has just confirmed Carte Blanche (DJ Mehdi & Riton), Chapel Club, Hudson Mohawke, Lightspeed Champion, No Age, Simian Mobile Disco, Tamikrest, The Fall, These New Puritans and Yuck. Tickets, at £33 can be found at fielddayfestivals.com

Summer Break has added a bunch of acts to its three four day festivals including Chipmunk, Tinie Tempah, Sub Focus, Example, Caspa, Zinc, Jack Beats, Jaymo and Andy George and Mistajam. summerbreak.co.uk

Hybrid has a new album out next month, and he's made some rather nice videos about the making of it. Full on orchestral action! The single, 'Disappear Here' is out this week

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Melt Festival in Germany is back for it's 13th year from July 16 -18. Headliners this year include Massive Attack, Booka Shade, The xx, A-Trak, Chromeo, DJ Shadow, Riton, Four Tet, Fred Falke, Sinden, Ellen Allien, Fake Blood, Lindstrom & Christablle, Two Door Cinema Club, Carl Craig feat. Mike Banks, Ricardo Villalobos, Crookers, and an entire stage curated by Modeselektor. 3 day tickets are €94. More info is at meltfestival.de

The 1-2-3-4 Festival will return to Shoreditch Park on July 24 with bands and DJs including A1 Bassline, Action Beat, A Grave With No Name, Autokratz, Blood Music, Bo Ningen, Breton, DDD, Dark Horses, Deep Sht, Dollop, Drum Eyes, Dum Dum Girls, Egyptian Hip Hop, Invasion, Is Tropical, Kool Kids Klub, Lele (Speaks), Le Shark, Maria & The Mirrors, Matthew Wowow, Mazes, Necro Deathmort, No Bra, Not Cool, Random Impulse, S.C.U.M, Sharks, Smash & Grab, Sunderbans, The Lovely Jonjo, The Knock Out Drops, The Ruling Class, These New Puritans, The Toes, Toddla T & MC Serocee, Trailer Trash Tracys, Tronik Youth, Veronica Falls, Victor Talking Machine, Vivian Girls, Von Haze, Wavves, We Have Band, Wild Palms, Zombie Zombie. There will be five stages, nine after party venues plus early bird tickets are only £15. See the1234shoreditch.com for more.

Calvin Harris and Audio Bullys are the latest top names announced for this summer’s Eden Sessions at The Eden Project in Cornwall. The show will take place at the home of the iconic Biomes on Saturday July 3. Tickets are £35 plus BF from edensessions.com

Check out this 10min doc on Leeds' night Back to Basics.

It features interviews with founder Dave Beer and DJ Pete Tong.

It's a great little watch and coincides with the promo of Back To Basics Recordings 001 from
Buckley & Woodall 'Kitch N Sync' which features mixes from Jamie Jones and Chris Duckenfield.

Check out this little beauty. Well, maybe less of the little.

This is Pioneer's DJM-2000 mixer which launches today.

It has an innovative touch screen and arsenal of remixing FX, with six individual effects processors. It has effectively built in the technology of the EFX-1000, removing the need for an external effects unit along with touch screen technology from the SVM-1000.

The mixer has been developed with the help of a number of DJs. James Zabiela, Roger Sanchez, Eddie Halliwell, Tom Middleton, The Swedish House Mafia, Paul Woolford, John '00' Fleming and Kutski have all tested out the DJM-2000 at various stages of development.

You can buy the mixer in June - its price: €1,999 (£1822). For more see pioneerprodj.eu

Don't Stay In has teamed up with Trance Energy and is giving you the chance to win an exclusive Trance Energy Travel Package for April 3rd!

The Trance Energy Travel Package contains return flights from Birmingham International Airport to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

Upon arrival in Utrecht, you will stay in 4-star hotel Mitland, only a ten-minute drive from the Trance Energy venue. But not to worry… You won't have to drive yourself since you and your friend will be brought to and picked up from Trance Energy!

The morning after you can chill out in the swimming pool or Turkish steambath before you make your way back to Schiphol Airport and go back to the UK!

Enter the competition here

Vandit’s 10th Anniversary World Tour rolls into the UK on Bank Holiday Sunday May 30 at The Brixton Academy.

As one of dance music’s seminal labels, Vandit has been responsible for furthering founding father Paul van Dyk’s legendary status, as well as bringing to the world’s attention artists such as Alex M.O.R.P.H., Giuseppe Ottaviani, Jon O’Bir and Filo and Peri.

PVD is already confirmed for the event. More names are to be added. The party kicks off at 10pm and advance tickets are £20.