Martin Garrix has revealed that he was inspired to pursue a career in dance music after watching Tiësto’s iconic set during the Athens Olympics opening ceremony in 2004.
Tiësto famously performed a three-hour DJ set during the athlete’s precession back in the early ‘00s when he was still very much a trance DJ.
Steel Yard Weekender returns to Finsbury Park, London over the 26th and 27th May Bank Holiday. Above & Beyond have been announced as Saturday headliners with Tiësto set to spin his lone London show of the weekend Sunday evening.
Spring Awakening Music Festival has lined up Alison Wonderland, deadmau5, Oliver Heldens, Tiësto, Sasha & John Digweed and more for its three-day 2018 event, which is set to run 8th through 10th June at at Addams/Medill Park in Chicago.
Other acts billed for the June fiesta include techno dons Dubfire, Josh Wink and Lee Burridge, alongside EDM stars Steve Aoki, Hardwell and Slushii, plus a performance from Porter Robinson's new alias Virtual Self.
Tiësto has called Sven Väth the first DJ that inspired him in a new interview with In The Mix. The trance producer and DJ also stated that more recently, he’s been inspired by everyone from Martin Garrix to Madeon. Speaking ahead of a show Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Tiësto also explained he doesn’t party as much as he used to but “I still go pretty hard on the weekends”.
Tiësto has revealed that he is engaged to his American girlfriend, model Annika Backes.
He announced the news in an Instagram post, which you can see below.
In the caption to the photo, Tiësto said, “I am gonna spend the rest of my life with the love of my life.”
Tiesto recently came No. 5 in DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs poll, holding the same place as 2016.
Check out the Instagram post announcing that Tiësto is engaged to Annika Backes below.
Enjoy live sets from this year's Top 5 DJs, as voted by you, in our annual Top 100 DJs poll.
MARTIN GARRIX LIVE FROM TOMORROWLAND
This year's No.1 DJ, Martin Garrix, picked up the award for the second consecutive year. His performance at Tomorrowland is a perfect example of the high energy sound and infectious personality that propelled him to global stardom.
Above & Beyond are set to headline a 15,000-capacity show in London next year, as part of Creamfields' ongoing Steel Yard event series.
Heading to Finsbury Park on May Bank Holiday weekend, the British trance trio are tipped to take over the Steel Yard megastructure on Saturday 26th May, with Dutch superstar DJ Tiësto due to take charge the following evening on Sunday 27th May.
Hakkasan Group held a fundraiser for the Las Vegas victims fund earlier this week (7th November) which raised more than $1 million.
Taking place at OMNIA Nightclub inside Caesars Palace, the fundraiser featured sets from Tiësto, Zedd, Kaskade, Steve Aoki, Party Favor, Cash Cash, NGHTMRE and more
One of the more surreal moments of the night seemed to be when Celine Dion joined Steve Aoki on stage. You can watch footage of that below.
In the wake of America's worst mass shooting in U.S. history, some of EDM's biggest names will be throwing a benefit concert at OMNIA nightclub at Caesars Palace on 7th November to raise money for the victims' fund.
A number of EDM's biggest names regularly play in Vegas and almost immediately threw their considerable weight behind victims' fund, donating several hundred thousand dollars in the days after the shooting.
