​For every fat, drunk American football fan who couldn't even sit (or, uh, dance) through Madonna's 12-minute Super Bowl XLVI halftime bonanza, there are millions of giddy pop music fans in party towns like Istanbul, Zagreb, Warsaw, Kansas City, and St. Paul who'd be totally willing to blow their entire bank load just to spend two hours singing along to "Give Me All Your Luvin'" while getting middle-fingered "Like a Virgin" by the "Material Girl."

Well, good news for them ... The Sticky & Sweet 53 year old has announced her 2012 World Tour. Or as the "Official Press Release" says, "Madonna is having a huge party and everyone's invited."
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​Known to fanatics and followers as the High Duke of Dance or simply PVD, professional party starter Paul Van Dyk (born Matthias Paul) is a total beat-freaking legend.

Over the last two decades, he's uhntz-uhtnz-ed all across the globe, unleashing five stellar slabs of electronic tuneage, Rock-ing the Vote with Bono, and using the power of EDM to "Make Peace, Not War."

He's won DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs poll ... Twice. He's been named Leader of the Trance Nation. He's even been saluted for his superior social media skills, seizing 40th place in Rolling Stone's exhaustive survey of the 50 Top Tweeters in Music.

And now Van Dyk is dropping his sixth studio record, EVOLUTION, with an album launch party at Ice Palace Film Studios during Winter Music Conference.
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​The concept of shredding -- that is, achieving an enlightened and evolved state of being via guitar -- is almost exclusively discussed in the context of metal.

You have the righteously soloing heavy metal axeman, the frenetic yet intricate tech-grind guitar nerd, the lumbering stoner behemoth. In their own way and according to the traditions of their respective sub-scenes, each of these monsters force the listener to become one with the riff.

But what if we told you about a dude who could toast every wannabe-Iommi from here to the Hard Rock Casino?

This mean mo'fucker's name is Paco de Lucía. He plays some straight-up nasty Flamenco guitar. And he has come to shred.
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​Odd Future? Snow Patrol? Now Rusko? Holy shit, the Fillmore's like Miami's United Nations of live music.

Moments ago, Crossfade's inbox was slapped with a show announcement: Dubstep disc jockey and record producer Rusko is headed to South Beach in May!

Following the commercial and critical success of his 2010 debut, O.M.G.!, the British DJ will be riding the dub wave into the Fillmore on Saturday, May 19, one of several stops he'll make this year in support of his forthcoming record, Songs.
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​Back in April 2012, Odd Future honcho Tyler the Creator "woke up with a sweaty dick," announced an East Coast tour, and snubbed Miami.

But that was the last motherfuckin' time that those little OFWGKTA creeps would tell the 305 to go fuck itself.

Or not ... Last night, Tyler took to his official Twitter feed (@fucktyler) to non-chalantly drop the news of Odd Future's latest North American trek while also telling everyone to hump his big, fat middle finger.

"So, Ten City Tour When VOL 2 Drops. Here Are Dem Citys ... TEMPE. BOULDER. MINNEAPOLIS. TORONTO. MIAMI. NEW YORK. BOSTON. PHILLY. ATLANTA. LOS ANGELES. SAN FRAN. SEATTLE. FUCK YOU."
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​The life of migrant farmers and Mexican immigrants are topical subjects often overlooked by the American music industry. But those issues weigh heavily on Los Tigres del Norte.

The norteño group is considered one of the most influential acts of all time. On record, Los Tigres share the plight of poor Mexican and Central American immigrants with an international audience. And in real life, they spend an incredible amount of time interacting with fans, the true inspiration behind their metaphor-driven, award-winning music.

Next month, Los Tigres del Norte will visit South Florida. They'll play the South Florida Fairgrounds, the first of three consecutive Florida shows on the February/March leg of their seemingly never-ending tour.
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​Holy nostalgia, it's 1991 all over again!

Pearl Jam's de facto captain, legendary singer-songwriter, and uke-man extraordinaire Eddie Vedder is bringing his one-man show to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, May 13.

Announced earlier today, the grunge rock godfather's solo tour is in support of Ukulele Songs, Vedder's 2011 Grammy-nominated solo record of original and cover music performed on a Hawaiian four-string.

What's the only thing that could make this tour any better? "Ani DiFranco playing guitar with a nose ring."
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Otto takes Artopia to the Martian Triangle.

​Do you enjoy art, fashion, film, and music?

If the answer is no, you probably aren't human. But if the answer is yes, you should go buy tix for Miami New Times' Artopia 2012, "an event," according to the official Facebook page, "that promotes art for people."

There's gonna be an interactive installation by the TM Sisters, couture creations by Luis Valenzuela, "complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvres," not to mention totally rad tuneage from Otto Von Schirach, Dino Felipe, Pocket of Lollipops, Boise Bob and the Backyard Band, and This Heart Electric.
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​God is nonexistent. Need proof? Nickelback is headed our way.

With great displeasure, Crossfade regrets to announce that Alberta, Canada "rock" band Nickelback will soon embark on their Here and Now arena tour, a 39-city trek across the United States and Canada.

On Saturday, May 5, the Chad Kroeger-lead bunch will dad-rock the BankAtlantic Center with their perplexingly marketable brand of alternative adult contemporary music, a sound the Black Keys' Patrick Carney called, "watered-down, post-grunge crap," in a recent issue of Spin.

South Florida, we must band together and stop Nickelback from infiltrating our up-and-coming, culturally relevant music scene. Keep reading to find out how.
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Deadmau5 will reopen Mansion on January 20 and 21.

​On Tuesday, mansionmiami.com read: "MANSION IS CLOSED."

Fans freaked out ("WTF? So pissed") and South Beach haters rejoiced ("Finally!!! That club was garbage") while others just shrugged.

But we here at Crossfade suspected that the Opium Group nightclub was simply pulling a practical joke on the clubbing public, shuttering temporarily to give that "seven-year-old SoBe bitch ... a facelift."

Well, we were right. And just now, the Mansion website has been hijacked by an ad for a two-night reopening party with Deadmau5.
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