Music: Toronto Takeover: NXNE

bouncing souls GOODEvery June sees the annual music, film and interactive festival NXNE takeover venues around downtown Toronto. This year the sun came out to shine on the 17th event with over 300,000 people enjoying the fun (110,000 of them filling Dundas Square over 4 days to see bands like Fucked Up, Descendents, DD/MM/YYY, Cults, Devo, Digable Planets and The Pharcyde). Team Fused headed out to check out the action, catch some rays on a boat, take in some bands and films and enjoy the Toronto way of life. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

News: Funding available to attend NxNE 2011

masthead_2011_2Once again Fused are working with UKTI West Midlands on a great market visit – this time to NxNE in Toronto, Canada. If you haven’t heard of it then think of it as the little sister to SXSW – smaller, kinder, easier and super friendly. It has the film, interactive and music elements and is spread throughout the fabulous downtown central hub of Toronto.
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News: NXNE 2010

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Toronto’s super-cool NXNE music, film & Interactive festival have just launched their first batch of musical talent who will be gracing the stages between June 14th-20th. JUST announced is the mighty Iggy & The Stooges. Other acts announcned today include: X, The Raveonettes, De La Soul, Mudhoney, Les Savy Fav, Man or Astroman, Cold Cave, Japandroids, Surfer Blood, Kid Sister, Wavves, Thee Oh Sees and Sloan.

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News: SXSW – The Penultimate roundup

Continuing with our adventures at SXSW 09 – see what team Fused got up to whilst out in Texas.

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Travel: Fused In Toronto

400 BANDS IN 4 DAYS FROM OVER 20 COUNTRIES AT 50 INTIMATE VENUES VENUES AND A HANGOVER THAT’LL LAST UNTIL CHRISTMAS. It could only be NXNE in Toronto – The Live Music Capital of North America. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >