It has been a few years since Diplo kicked off his Mad Decent Block Party. What started in 2008 with a rented tent on a Philadelphia street has evolved into a full fledged traveling music festival with different lineups at every stop. The Mad Decent Block Party tour 2016 is packed with talent and Chicago is no exception. In standard Mad Decent fashion, Diplo will be handling … [Read more...]
Mad Decent Block Party Announces 2016 Tour Dates
What started as a one-off show on the streets of Philadelphia has turned into a full-fledged festival-tour hosted by Diplo's very own Mad Decent record label. The tour has hosted names such as Baauer, Skrillex Major Lazer, NGHTMRE, Dillon Francis, Yellow Claw and Zeds Dead with varying lineups for each tour date - check out 2015's lineup! Diplo took to his Facebook today … [Read more...]
Diplo Claims Mad Decent Block Party Won’t Return To Chicago
Mad Decent Block Party and Chicago have a weird relationship. Most chicago EDM fans can remember seeing the Instagram pictures of police officers with riot gear with #Maddecentblockparty as the hashtag. That's because in 2012, the event got way too out of hand and gatecrashers could not be contained causing an almost stampede about halfway through the event. It was promptly … [Read more...]
Mad Decent Block Party Trailer Released
As we all know from the monster all-in-one lineup released about a month ago, Mad Decent Block Party will be returning to a very many select cities this summer. Lineups vary per location, but each one is stacked with variations of the BEST in not only dance music, and this party is one guaranteed to be one of the best of the summer, regardless of your locale. Mad Decent is … [Read more...]
The 2015 Mad Decent Block Party Lineup is Here
The summer time festival marathon is approaching, and that means another year for the always crazy Mad Decent Block Party. The lineup for this MDBP 2015 has been announced, and its looking stacked to the brim; featuring electronic favorites Diplo, Skrillex, Cashmere Cat, Dillon Francis, Flosstradamus, Knife Party, Major Lazer, What So Not, Porter Robinson, RL Grime... the list … [Read more...]
Diplo Keeps It Classy After Fan Throws Kandi At Him [Video]
The PLUR community is up in arms after Mad Decent implemented rule changes at their block parties to create a safer environment, of which one rule included a ban on kandi. In what seems to be a never-ending feud over a very minimal issue in the world, a fan this weekend at Michigan's Mad Decent Block Party decided to poke some fun at the rule change by throwing a piece of kandi … [Read more...]
Diplo Issues a Statement on the Kandi Ban at Mad Decent Block Party
There were mixed reactions on the Plurnternet when the announcement of kandi being banned from Mad Decent Block Party was originally released. Bro's rejoiced as the ban was instated, while the kandi community was in an uproar, apparently attacking Diplo via twitter (so not PLUR guys).. Diplo issued a statement on the matter to put the issue to rest. He doesn't specifically … [Read more...]
Mad Decent Block Party Establishes Strict New Safety Measures (Banning Kandi)
By now, you probably have been exposed to tragic stories of music festival attendees overdosing matched with the soaring number of drug related arrests at large events. You've probably begun to understand that our culture is collectively fighting off a full-fledged onslaught driven by the mainstream media, that paints dance music's most celebrated events as glitter-saturated, … [Read more...]
