William Orbit, the producer behind Madonna and a generation of electronic pop, has died at 69William Orbit has died at the age of 69. The English producer, composer, and electronic music pioneer passed away on 23 July 2026, leaving behind a catalogue that shaped the sound of mainstream electronic music across four decades. His name may not be the first one people say. But it is on records they have \u2026 Continued7 August 2026 Purchases made through our links may earn us a small commission \u2014 at no extra cost to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new collection captures performances from across both weekends of the festival, including Dimitri Vegas at the Mainstage,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[18854,15889,7,18855,15277,18856,18857,18858,15892,18859],"class_list":["post-35134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-anetha","tag-apple-music","tag-belgium","tag-blondish","tag-dimitri-vegas","tag-hi-lo","tag-layton-giordani","tag-spatial-audio","tag-tomorrowland-belgium","tag-zhu"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/117190204208907118","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"William](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/William-Orbit-300x169.jpg\")
<\/a>The billion-dollar dance music industry that doesn\u2019t pay the people who built itPeople are listening to more music than at any point in human history. Streaming numbers break records every year. Catalogues worth billions change hands. The business of music has never looked healthier from the outside. But for the people actually making it, the picture is completely different. Streaming pays fractions of a cent per play. \u2026 Continued7 August 2026![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/making-music-unsustainable-300x219.jpg\")
<\/a>Ibiza set to witness rare total solar eclipse on 12 August, with clubs planning special eventsIbiza is about to witness one of the rarest natural events of the summer. Notably, a total solar eclipse will land over the Balearic Islands on the evening of Wednesday 12 August. Furthermore, totality is expected between approximately 8:26PM and 8:32PM local time, coinciding directly with sunset over the White Isle. Predictably, the island\u2019s clubs \u2026 Continued6 August 2026![\"Ibiza](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cafe-mambo-300x169.jpg\")
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