SXSW Festival announces 500 new acts for its 2017 line-up January 11, 2017 - 16:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) has announced almost 500 new acts for its 2017 line-up, NME reports. The US music showcase takes place in Austin, Texas from March 13-19 this year. Among those newly announced are The Big Moon, The Japanese House, Farro, GoldLink, Anna Meredith, Splashh, AJ Tracey, Merchandise, Lizzo, Sad13, Nicole Dollanganger, Maggie Rogers, Big Thief and Feeder. They will join previously confirmed acts including S U R V I V E, Kweku Collins, Temples, Girlpool and Ladyhawke. It has been confirmed that the keynote speakers for SXSW 2017 are Nile Rodgers and Zane Lowe. Previous keynote speakers include Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen. Grime MC AJ Tracey, confirmed this year, recently told NME of his desire to “bridge the Transatlantic gap a little bit” after landing on the radar of American audiences after hopping on a Clams Casino remix with A$AP Rocky and Lil B for ‘Be Somebody’. He went on to say: “What you’ve seen from me so far, that’s the lowest bar that you’ll see. It’s just going to go up from there… [My goal for 2017 is] to better my craft and push everything upwards.”  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 Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates  Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan.Armenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview. |
