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Disco Donnie Presents, Full Access, and Prototype Industries have announced that Meltdown Music Festival‘s operating hours will be adjusted by one hour when its gates are opened Saturday, April 27th at QuikTrip Park. The decision to open the festival an hour earlier comes from our discussions with the City of Grand Prairie to ensure that Meltdown met and exceeded the city’s sound codes.

Our communications director Evan Bailey says, “We regret having to alter advertised times of any show, but fan safety and working with communities, always comes first. We are extremely thankful for the care and assistance The City of Grand Prairie has shown us in developing a solution to provide the same amount of music for the fans, while working within the City’s codes.”

So instead of 5:00 PM – 2:00 AM, we will live out our “We Are All Together” motto from 4:00 PM – 1:00 AM. Don’t worry, our lineup and set lengths haven’t changed. The main stage will now end programming at 1:00 AM and the second stage’s hours will end at midnight. See you soon and remember, tickets are still available!

“We are your friends! You’ll never be alone again, so come on!”

These are quite possibly one of the best lyrics to echo Meltdown Music Festival‘s 2013 motto of “We Are All Together.” And it helps that the song the lyrics came from, featured, none other, than Meltdown headliner, Justice (DJ Set).

Stylized like Justice, Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay have left in-erasable impact on dance music. The two first started to gain recognition through their 2003 remix of Simian’s track “Never Be Alone,” originally created for a Paris college radio station’s remix contest. The remix and Justice, were both eventually scooped up by Ed Banger Records and became a club and internet sensation. The song was re-released in 2004 and eventually given a commercial release in the summer of 2006 and renamed “We Are Your Friends.”

The following year, Justice cemented themselves in anthem status by asking the world one question, “Do you D.A.N.C.E.?” The song was featured on their debut album † released in 2007, which was later nominated for a Grammy under the Best Electronic/Dance Album category. Though it was shortlisted that year, their remix of the MGMT song “Electric Feel” won the Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical in 2009.

Justice recently announced that they are going to release a live album in May. But you can get a sneak peek of what the recording might sound like by catching them spin their headlining DJ set at Meltdown Music Festival, Saturday, April 27th. Grab your tickets now and come D.A.N.C.E.