CALVIN HARRIS UNVEILS NEW SHOW
AT FIRST EVER DJ HEADLINED COACHELLA PERFORMANCE
LOS ANGELES, CA (April 18, 2016) – Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum selling artist Calvin Harris unveiled his new touring production show at Coachella on Sunday night, April 17th.
His
landmark headlining slot at the festival on the main stage was met with
adoring fans and festival goers, and featured guest performances by
Rihanna, Big Sean and John Newman. The show fused stadium scale live
show production with DJ worldflow. Using uniquely
customized software, Calvin was able to play any track from his record
box and still have bespoke programmed lights, video, lasers and sfx (see
attached photo).
The visionary design
featured the largest concentration of light ever used in any show, so
much so that Calvin’s team secured every single Solaris Flare lighting
fixture available in the United States. The show
also featured two unique elements specific to Coachella that took
months of negotiating with festival owners and production teams to
achieve.
Calvin commented “I’m
very proud of the new stage show we’ve put together and couldn’t be more
thankful to everyone who stayed out to party last night.”
Paul Macrae, Head of
Touring at Three Six Zero shared: “We wanted to deliver an innovative
and immersive show that compliments Calvin’s performance. It was very
important for him to maintain his DJ workflow rather
than playing back a time coded track. We gave him this flexibility
along with pinpoint timing on all lighting and video cues, something
rarely achieved.”
Calvin Harris made
history as the first DJ to be billed as a premiere headliner at the
globally renowned music festival, performing on both Sunday night dates (April 17th and April 24th).
The groundbreaking performance was not Harris’s first Coachella
performance – in his last in 2014, the festival drew one of the largest
crowd’s in Coachella’s history.
Harris recently won the iHeartRadio Award for Dance Artist of the Year (2016). The Scottish Producer/DJ recently extended his residency deal at the OMNIA
Nightclub at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where he will play Friday night performances on select dates throughout 2016.
Tickets for Calvin
Harris’s Las Vegas residency are currently available for purchase for
dates through September 2016 by visiting omnianightclub.com.
ABOUT CALVIN HARRIS
Grammy Award winning
producer, DJ and songwriter Calvin Harris stands as the figurehead for
modern dance music, having broken world records and dominated global
music charts with his hits. As one of the most successful
artists of all time, Calvin Harris has collaborated with global stars
including Rihanna, Florence and The Machine, Gwen Stefani, Ellie
Goulding, HAIM and Big Sean just to name a few. His work has garnered a
number of music awards and nominations including
a 2010 MTV Video Music Award for Best Electronic Video – Feels So Close,
a 2014 MTV Europe Music Award for Best Electronic Act, a 2014 Teen
Choice Award for Electronic Dance Music Artist, a 2013 Grammy Award with
Rihanna in the category Best Short Form
Music Video for “We Found Love,” three Grammy nominations in the
categories Best Dance Recording (2013), Best Dance/Electronica Album
(2014) and Best Dance/Electronica Album (2014), and a 2016 iHeart Radio
Music Award for Dance Artist of the Year. Harris has
sold over 2 million albums and 35 million singles worldwide making him
one of the most viewed artists on YouTube; hitting 3 billion combined
video views to date. Among his many accolades, Harris was the 2015
recipient of UK GLAMOUR Magazine’s prestigious “Man
of the Year” Award and also received the award for “Top
Dance/Electronic Artist” at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards and
“Favorite Artist – Electronic Dance Music” at the 2015 American Music
Awards. His fourth studio album, Motion, released in October
2014 and reached No. 1 on the iTunes album chart in 65 different
territories. Most recently, Harris released the single “How Deep is Your
Love” with the London-based production trio Disciples. The song has
peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart and #3 on the
Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, gaining Harris two nominations for a 2016
Brit Award in the category British Single of the Year and Best British
Video. Harris also received a 2016 Brit Awards nomination in the
categories Best British Male Solo Artist. For more
information, please visit: www.calvinharris.com