Google announces own five-leg livestreamed music festival (video)  November 26, 2016 - 12:17 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Google has announced its own livestreamed music festival, NME reports. Titled GOODFest, the “first-of-its-kind” festival will take place in five different cities across the U.S. , beginning in New York on November 29. The festival will then continue in New Orleans on December 9 and Seattle on December 12. It will conclude with legs in San Francisco and Los Angeles on dates which have yet to be announced. Google describes the festival’s ethos as follows: “GOODFest is a celebration of progress, positivity, and the power of people to push the world forward. In five livestreamed shows, we’re bringing together music, community, and technology to raise funds and connect people in the name of good.” Glass Animals will headline the opening leg in New York City on November 29, while Gogol Bordello will headline the New Orleans leg and D.R.A.M. will headline the Seattle leg. Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Madame Gandhi and Shilpa Ray have also been confirmed for the New York City leg. Meanwhile, Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs will participate in the New Orleans leg, “creating a one-off orchestration for [the city’s] The Music Box village” according to Google. Further information is available at the GoodFEST website.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Armenian cemetery in Fresno hit by arsons six times since January  Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance.Iran vows to “decisively” defend sovereignty, national interests The Iranian embassy in Armenia has defended its “defensive and proportional action in in occupied Palestine.”Armenian shooter Elmira Karapetyan Armenian shooter Elmira Karapetyan won gold at the ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Rio de Janiero.Britain said to have entered talks to deport migrants to Armenia Britain is said to have entered talks to replicate the Rwanda migrant deportation scheme with Armenia. |
