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The Republican party has long been closely associate with country music, with former presidents George Bush and Ronald Regan both citing the genre as their favourite. So it was something of a shock to hear that one of the party’s 2016 presidential candidates, Marco Rubio, claim he listens to EDM.

Asked what music he likes in a CNN interview, the socially conversative Florida senator, who is opposed to legalising weed and gay marriage, cited '90s hip-hop and EDM. He was only able to name one DJ, however, praising Dutch producer Tiësto.

 Las Vegas is the home of EDM. Renowned for glitz, glamour and the odd night you'd rather forget, Vegas is full of more trendy, EDM-spinning hot-spots than one could ever hope to count, spurred on by the genre's meteoric boom Stateside over the last five years. DJs (Calvin Harris, Hardwell, Chuckie et al) are commanding bigger numbers then ever before in the Nevada capital, with Stadium EDM venues all jostling for bookings with dance music's commercial best.

Ahead of this weekend’s Tomorrowland Festival, Tom Swoon and Swanky Tunes have dropped their emotive collab ‘Last Goodbye’ on Ultra Records.

The track, which was originally premiered on Tiesto's Club Life Radio Show, is available now as a Beatport Exclusive.

EDM mega event Electric Daisy Carnival is set to kick off this coming weekend (20^th and 21^st June) with a huge line-up including Hardwell, Calvin Harris and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike.

The name on every partygoers lips is trance-cum-EDM legend Tiësto, who's tipped to spin at lush nightclub Hakkasan on Friday 19^th June, as part of DJ Mag's exclusive EDC after party.

Now approaching its third annual edition, Ultra Europe is officially the largest electronic music festival to ever take place on Croatian soil — and this year it again has a monumental line-up to match.

Amongst the picks of the first phase of artists set to perform at the week-long festival, taking place at the Poljud stadium, include: Dutch DJ superstar Afrojack, one third of the disbanded Swedish House Mafia, Steve Angello, tech-house favourite Carl Cox and young EDM sensation Martin Garrix.

Las Vegas nightclub Hakkasan has today announced its line-ups for 2015. The prestigious global restaurant brand into all-encompassing nightlife experience will bring Steve Aoki, Above & Beyond, Fergie (DJ), Hardwell, Botnek and Bingo Players amongst many more world renowned virtuosos.

Regular readers will know that we trawl the internet each month to bring you the biggest free downloads from around the web. Well for this end of year special, we have collated some of the biggest free tracks from 2014 - to give you essential ammo for your Christmas and NYE parties!

2014: the year of click bait articles and cheesy EDM news everyone loved to hate. From Art Department dissing Laidback Luke to Michelle Obama turning up for DJ Snake- 2014 was most definitely not just about the music but the acts behind it as well.

Of all the regions represented in 2014’s Top 100 DJs result, it is Europe that is most dominant. A staggering 70% of the 100 DJs in the list are European. Of the Top ten DJs in the poll, eight are European and five are from Holland - a nation that has turned EDM into a major export over the last decade or two. These are Europe’s biggest DJs, as voted for by you.

Rio Music Conference (RMC) has just unveiled the dates and speakers for its 2015 summit. Set to take place 4^th-17^th February, the conference will see leaders from across the music industry speak on panels during the first half, while the second half of the event will include a festival.