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Dizzee Rascal is set to play a gig in Ibiza at the end of this summer.

Rapper Dizzee Rascal leads the crowd at the Glastonbury music festival in a tribute to Michael Jackson.

Dizzee Rascal started a dance party in honour of Michael Jackson at Glastonbury today (June 27), playing a medley of the late singer's songs during his Pyramid Stage slot.

What: Oya Festival
When: August 11-15
Where: Oslo, Norway
Who: Arctic Monkeys, Wilco, Beirut, Roeyksopp, Bon Iver, Band of Horses, Vampire Weekend, Andrew Bird, Lily Allen, Dirty Projectors, Fever Ray, Crystal Castles, Jay Reatard, Grizzly Bear, Jenny Lewis

What: Afro-Punk Festival
When: July 3-8
Where: Brooklyn, NY
Who: Saul Williams, Janelle Monae, Living Colour, Earl Greyhound, the Dallas Austin Experience, Apollo Heights

What: Global Gathering
When: July 24-25
Where: Stratford-Upon-Avon, England
Who: The Prodigy, Orbital, Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, Tiga, Digitalism, Utah Saints, Armin Van Buuren, Erol Alkan, the Whip, Does It Offend You, Yeah?,

What: Pukkelpop
When: August 20-22
Where: Hasselt, Belgium
Who: My Bloody Valentine, Arctic Monkeys, Faith No More, Kraftwerk, Wilco, Bon Iver, Beirut, Grizzly Bear, the Jesus Lizard, Dinosaur Jr., N.E.R.D., 50 Cent, Dizzee Rascal, Opeth, Passion Pit, Phoenix

Current UK singles chart-topper Dizzee Rascal has confirmed that the follow-up to his the smash hit 'Bonkers' will be another collaboration with Calvin Harris.

Dizzee Rascal and fellow Jamie T have been announced as new additions to the bill of the Jersey Live festival for 2009.

Dizzee Rascal is enjoying a second week at the top of the UK single chart tonight (May 31) with Bonkers.

UK rap star Dizzee Rascal is celebrating a second week at number one in the UK singles chart with his hit song Bonkers.

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Knightlife â€' Crusader
(From Discodust)
British temperatures recently limped into the low 20s, which is traditionally the cue for excitable DJs to start sweating over what the "soundtrack to your summer" might be. Melbourne house producer Knightlife's latest may not have the chorus to make their list, but he'll still be the cool choice when the heat dies down.

Charlie Wadhams â€' Someone to Kiss
(From Parasites & Sycophants)
Wadhams is an LA-based singer-songwriter who joins DentMay and Mayer Hawthorne at the cutting edge of soft soul. Three great musicians peddling a similar line in neo-Teddy Pendergrass love songs? A lesser publication would have invented a scene for this by now ...

In the Annexe â€' Mirrors
(From MySpace. Suggested by Ian M Hale)
Recommended by Ian M Hale, our favourite bright young thing of last week. London's In the Annexe rescue the Cure's legacy from those who seem to wish it nothing but harm.

Busy Signal â€' Da Style Deh
(From The Heatwave)
A barrage of rattling dancehall from the Jamaican MC, with some brilliant call and response that Heatwave blogger Gabriel, smartly associates with Ghanaian pop music. Unfortunately, Gabriel also says the tune is "ripe for a UK funky refix", at which point our critical opinions wave each other cheery-bye.

Liechtenstein â€' All At Once
(From MySpace via Punkreas)
Personnel from Goeteborg, Sweden. Sound...

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