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LIGHTS + MUSIC

To all of my party people (ESPECIALLY MY RAVERS) prepare yourself for one of the most banging new monthly rave nights New York City will see for a hot minute.  The Wilkes Agency in association with The Knocks and Popshop (Neon Gold Records) proudly present Lights + Music at Tammany Hall in New York City.

So what’s the deal with this rager?  LIGHTS + MUSIC is a new monthly party that will feature some of the heaviest hitting electronic music acts and DJ’s in the world with resident DJ’s The Knocks.  This month, Thursday July 28th at 11pm we launch with headlining act The Bag Raiders.  Wait huh?!? Yeah, The Bag Raiders, with support from DJ Equal and Luka Son of Wolf.

Guess what else?  We got that free pizza and that free beer.  From 11pm to 12am we will have an open pizza bar courtesy of the world pizza champions from the brand new 900 Degrees restaurant in New York.  We will also have an open bar sponsored by none other than Corona Light. Tickets are $14 advanced purchase from HERE and $16 at the door if there is any room left. This is going to be massive folks.  Make this a memorable summer and get your RAVE ON.

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The Knocks: Corona Light Tour

Just wrapped up some bookings for The Knocks for their mini Corona Light Tour.  If you didn’t already know The Knocks were featured in a Corona Light commercial that aired on ESPN and other major networks during the recent NBA playoffs (go mavs!).  If you haven’t seen it yet you can check it out here.  The tour kicked off in Chicago last night at Rockit Ranch and tonight they’ll be hitting the stage at LIV night club in Miami Florida.  Other dates of the tour are below which include Vegas and Los Angeles.  Always feel free to hit me up at ian@wilkesagency.com if you’d like to attend any of the shows!

Wednesday, June 22nd

LIV Nightclub

Address: 4441 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL, 33140

Thursday, June 30th

Playhouse

Address: 6506 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028

Sunday, July 10th

Marquee Club

Address: 3708 Las Vegas Boulevard South, (Inside the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas)
Las Vegas, NV 89109

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Dan Black and Samuel in California

So I have been hard at work the last few weeks putting together and managing the Samuel tour in California.  Samuel will be opening for Dan Black for shows in Costa Mesa, LA, San Diego and Fresno.  So far the tour is going very well and we’ve been having a blast.  The first show was at Detroit bar in Costa Mesa.  If you are in the LA area this week feel free to drop me an email at ian@wilkesagency.com to come to one of the shows.  Lots of fun and good music ahead!

June 2nd – Costa Mesa at Detroit Bar
June 3rd – Los Angeles at The Roxy
June 4th – San Diego at Casbah
June 7th – Fresno at Starline

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Just Blaze and The Alchemist Unleash “SOUNDCLASH” on Europe

The past few weeks I have been hard at work helping my good friends over at Clockwork Music put together the SOUNDCLASH tour featuring The Alchemist and Just Blaze in Europe.  This is going to be an incredible tour featuring two of the most legendary producers and djays in hip hop today.  The first show is TONIGHT in the East Village in London UK.  The rest of the shows are listed below.  We have already started making plans to bring this tour to the states so if you would the like The Alchemist and Just Blaze to come tear it down in your city email ian@wilkesagency.com or dan@clockwork-music.com for booking details or if you are interested in tickets for any of the Europe dates.  Enjoy.

Just Blaze and The Alchemist SoundClash

“JUST BLAZE & ALCHEMIST UNLEASH “SOUNDCLASH” ON EUROPE

May 6 London, United Kingdom / East Village
May 7 Bordeaux, France / BT59
May 8 Nantes, France / Jongl’Hop
May 9 Amsterdam, Netherlands / Bitterzoet
May 11 London, United Kingdom / East Village
May 12 Zurich, Switzerland / Rote Fabrik
May 13 Milan, Italy / Tunnel
May 14 Paris, France w/ DJ Premier / Elysee Montmartre
May 15 Marseille, France / Cabaret Aleatoire
May 16 Helsinki, Finland / Virgin Oil Co.

Two of the world’s most legendary producers have joined forces to create a show like no other. With a catalogue of hits that includes the biggest and brightest names in music today, these two legendary producers are putting it down on the decks as they play off each other in a display of skills and selection in true sound clash style.

Just Blaze is one of the most creative forces in the game. Having cut his teeth in the late 90’s creating underground bangers for the likes of Buckshot, his distinctive sound soon caught the ear of the major players in the game and he soon had beats featured on albums from the likes of Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Big Pun & Jadakiss. However, it was as an in-house producer for Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records imprint where he initially became a household name, producing instant classics for Kanye West, Cam’ron, Freeway, Memphis Bleek, Beanie Sigel; and of course the main man himself, Jay-Z, who has featured Just Blaze’s epic production on six of his last seven albums–all of which have gone platinum!

The Jersey born producer, also known as the Megatron Don, has a distinctive sound drenched in soul that still bangs so hard it rocks dance-floors across the globe while simultaneously influencing many of the biggest producers in the game. Just Blaze will undoubtedly be treating a packed house to a fantastic mix of his own productions and the influences behind them in this exclusive sound clash set.

The Alchemist, as the name would suggest, has a knack of turning things into gold, in his case samples and loops. Having got his start in the production game under the tutelage of two of the biggest names in the game (DJ Premier and DJ Muggs), this California native has made a name for himself for his trademark rough Boom Bap style hits. Through his work on albums for underground favorites Dilated Peoples & Defari he came to the attention of Mobb Deep who chose to feature his beats on their classic Murda Muzik LP; and he has has not looked back since.

With a resume that now reads like a who’s who of Hip-Hop’s elite; including work with Nas, Ghostface, Lil-Wayne, Emimem (The Alchemist serves as his tour DJ), Big Pun, Fat Joe & Raekwon to just name a few.

Just Blaze and Alchemist’s “Soundclash Tour” promises to be a legendary performance from two of the most respected names in Hip-Hop history; its also one that needs to be both seen and heard to be believed.

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St. Petersburg Florida and The Don Cesar

I spent a week  down in South Florida on St. Pete Beach recently.  St. Pete is a beautiful region of Florida once you cross the bay way and head out toward Fort Desoto beach which was named America’s #1 beach in 2005.  One of the other highlights of St. Pete is the Don Cesar Beach Resort and Spa.  I had the pleasure of getting to do a site visit here and experience some of the hospitality.  The Don is situated in a beautiful spot right on the beach with two good sized pools and a nice big beach side bar right in the middle of all the action.  The F&B was par however the facilities and service were great.  Very friendly staff and about as prompt as you could expect given the lax style of South Florida.  The rooms were standard for for a large Lowes Beach Resort, I wasn’t wowed but was not disappointed by any means.  Below are a few photos of the pool area and a little of me getting my frozen drink on. Poolside

The Don

The Don South Pool

The other highlights of my trip were all the grimy little bars and restaurants right on the harbor.  A good friend of mine that lives in St. Pete took me to some of them for some local catch and evening cocktails, so good.  Most all of them had doc space for boats pull up so boaters could just jump out and be right in the restaurant.  Below are a view candid shots I took from my phone.  The spots to mention would be The Wharf and The Sloppy Pelican, great food and lively scenes.

The Wharf

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