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and Terry Lewis, Jeff Mills, Carl existing Red Bull country teams
Craig, Philip Glass, Jean Michelle and utilizes local expertise. Red
Jarre, Laurie Anderson, Mario Bull will continue to explore new
Caldato Jr., Ken Scott, St. Vincent, ways to support promising and Courtesy Elevation Group
Nicky Siano, Cerrone, Arthur Bak- cutting-edge artists wherever they
er, Nile Rodgers, David Rodigan, may be.” – Andy Gensler
Sly & Robbie, and Hugh Masekela
among many others. Ultra Stumbles
RBMA also spearheaded several With Transportation
initiatives impacting music and Issues
musicians themselves. aving moved to a new
This included a celebration of Hlocation this year, the first
Larry Levan of Paradise Garage night of Ultra Music Festival faced
fame and an effort to rename transportation issues that brought
King Street in lower Manhattan a torrent of criticism from fans.
Larry Levan Way; Giorgio Moroder The festival was March 29-31
coming out of retirement to DJ; at Historic Virginia Key Beach Park
and helping Bjork produce one of & Miami Marine Stadium on the
her virtual reality videos from her small island of Virginia Key. WONDERBUS FESTIVAL PARTNERS Steve Lindecke, Denny Young, Michelle Wesley, Cliff
Vulnicura album. “Last night, many of you Chenfeld and Rick Milenthal stand with Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and CD102.5 President
Randy Malloy at the unveiling the new WonderBus Festival in Columbus, Ohio, April 2.
Red Bull Records, a label whose experienced challenging trans-
signings include AWOL Nation, portation conditions leaving the
was reportedly not impacted by the festival,” Ultra organizers said in And fans waited. And wait- Ohio State University to prevent
restructuring. And the Red Bull a statement on March 30. “This ed. Many complained the lines suicide and combat depression. In
Music Festival is still scheduled is unacceptable and inconsistent were not being properly organized collaboration with CAS, Wonder-
to hold two editions in New York with the high standards you have or maintained and at one point a Bus, has hooked up with The Ohio
(with FKA Twigs, Rosalía, Teyana come to expect from us. For this, tree caught fire, which according State University Wexner Medical
Taylor, Tierra Whack and Holly we are sorry. As you might expect, to Spin caused a brief stampede. Center’s Department of Psychiatry
Herndon) and Tokyo this spring. we have already been working After growing tired of waiting & Behavioral Health to guarantee
cooperatively with for buses, thousands of fans decid- a share of the festival revenue will
ed to make the nearly three-mile
help benefit the medical center.
our city and county
PRO TAYLOR STEVENS, who most recently has partners to promptly walk back to the mainland. honored to partner with CAS and
“The Ohio State University is
address and resolve
– Francisco Rendon
been running his own production and promotion
these issues. We
The Elevation Group to support
company the CLCTV (previously Collective Effort
Events), has been hired by LiveStyle property
WonderBus Arrives
AMF as the new West Coast director of business look forward to Columbus efforts to combat depression and
offering you a sig-
strengthen suicide prevention pro-
development. Stevens will expand the AMF and
LiveStyle brands on the West Coast. He will report nificantly improved levation Group, creators and grams for the most vulnerable in
to LiveStyle president of North America Gary transportation Eproducers of longtime Cleve- our communities,” said Ohio State
Richards. – Francisco Rendon
experience today land music festival LaureLive have President Michael V. Drake.“We
and throughout the announced the inaugural Wonder- are so proud to host WonderBus
weekend, and we Bus Festival in Columbus, Ohio, on our property,” commented Dr.
Red Bull’s official statement: appreciate the opportunity to earn Aug. 17-18, bringing artists to On Michael Dennis, vice president of
“After twenty years of supporting back your confidence and trust. “ The Lawn at CAS including Walk CAS, a division of the American
artists worldwide with its music The lineup featured a smor- The Moon, X Ambassadors, An- Chemical Society. “This is going
program in a rapidly changing gasbord of electronic artists, and drew McMahon In The Wilderness, to be an exceptional music, food
world, Red Bull will maintain its Complex reports that after the The Revivalists, Bishop Briggs, Mt. and entertainment experience for
purpose of providing a global plat- closing sets from Marshmello Joy, Ben Harper & The Innocent the Columbus community; and
form to promote creativity – but it and Infected Mushroom, among Criminals, and Trombone Shorty the festival’s ultimate purpose of
is changing the means of delivery. others, on Friday, March 29, more & Orleans Avenue. raising awareness and funding
Red Bull will be moving away from than 50,000 fans waited for buses For WonderBus, Elevation, led research to treat mental health is-
a strongly centralized approach, to transport them off the island, by Denny Young, is partnering sues, aligns with CAS’s mission to
will gradually phase out the exist- as ride-sharing services like Uber with Columbus native Cliff Chen- improve people’s lives through the
ing structure and will implement and Lyft were not allowed at the feld and Music Elevates found- transforming power of chemistry.”
a new set-up which empowers festival. er Michelle Wesley, along with – Ryan Borba s

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