SXSW Festival announces 500 new acts for its 2017 line-upJanuary 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 | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |