Ultra Music Festival Announced Something Huge Today (UPDATE)

Apparently, at noon today on the Eastern coast of the U.S. of A. and sometime around high tea in London, Ultra Music Festival will announce something they proclaim is "so big, so crazy, so intense that it will knock you off your seats and leave you thinking 'WTF'." In about...

By Liz Tracy

October 15, 2012

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Apparently, at noon today on the Eastern coast of the U.S. of A. and sometime around high tea in London, Ultra Music Festival will announce something they proclaim is "so big, so crazy, so intense that it will knock you off your seats and leave you thinking 'WTF'." In about an hour, they claim, EDM "history" will be made. Perhaps you will hear our collective "WTF?" above the din of bass drops worldwide.

See also

- Kraftwerk at Ultra Music Festival 2012 Review

- Ultra Music Festival Survival Guide: Kit Not for Sale

- Bassnectar Thinks Dubstep is Old News: UMF 2012

UPDATE: The announcement is that Ultra will be two weekends long. The dates are March 15 to 17, the 22 to 24, 2013.

Either way, tickets for the UMF 2013 extravaganza will go on sale Wednesday, October 17. That's in two days! This will be the event's 15th year bringing all of the live EDM your poor ears can (or cannot) manage to Miami. The dates haven't been announced, but you know you're going, so stop eating now and don't expect to pay next month's rent.

~~After the jump, check out the countdown video, and click back at 12:02 to find out what's the WTF deal.~~ Click over for sexy ladies, sexy beats, and sexy shots of Miami.

Visit ultramusicfestival.com.

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Liz has her master’s degree in religion from Florida State University. She has since written for publications and outlets such as Miami New Times, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Ocean Drive, the Huffington Post, NBC Miami, Time Out Miami, Insomniac, the Daily Dot, and the Atlantic. Liz spent three years as New Times Broward-Palm Beach’s music editor, was the weekend news editor at Inverse, and is currently the managing editor at Tom Tom Magazine.

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