DJ Tiesto

Ultra Music Festival 2013's Lineup and Set Times

Under normal circumstances, Ultra Music Festival has pushed even the most seasoned EDM addicts to the very brink of physical and emotional collapse. But now UMF has expanded to two entire weekends (AKA six whole days), which just might turn certain (weaker) members of the Crossfade team into pathet ... More >>

Ultra 2013: Kaskade and Tiesto Kick Off UMF's Weekend Two, Reach Epic Pop Peaks

Kaskade and Tiësto, two undeniable titans of the current electronic dance music landscape, took to the decks on two different stages toward the end of Ultra Music Festival 2013 last night. They could have easily shared time on the same stage, though. Kaskade has certainly grown in stature enough fo ... More >>

Ultra 2013 Starts Now! And EDM Has Conquered Miami, America, the World

Electronic dance music has conquered Miami. And America. And the world. For more than three decades, it had remained a mostly underground phenomenon, epitomized by illegal raves held beneath highway overpasses in the UK or after-hours parties thrown in downtown Detroit's abandoned warehouses. But o ... More >>

Tiesto at Ultra Music Festival 2013

Ultra, WMC, and MMW 2013 Guide

Every March, Miami is seized by total EDM insanity, reverberating with bass, techno, house, trance, and everything electronic. With Ultra Music Festival (this year expanding to two weekends), Winter Music Conference, and Miami Music Week all falling within the same ten-day span, the uhntz-uhntz wi ... More >>

Tiesto on Ultra: "It's Been Very Good to My Career"

It's easy for EDM snobs to hate on Tiësto. The Dutch DJ/producer's house and trance records are nuggets of music easily consumed by the masses. They aren't always risky or forward-thinking, but they seem to get the job done and, more important, make a lot of people happy. Sure, Tiësto didn't do ... More >>

Six Signs EDM Has Totally Sold Out

Did you know EDM is a big moneymaker? Nothing sells better than sex, drugs, and uhntz uhntz. And now, thanks to modern technology, you don't even have to be a respectable, talented DJ to cash in on the molly moola express. Corporations are dying to sign contracts with these party professionals. No ... More >>

Electric Flurry, the "World's Largest Foam Party," Predicts Indoor Snow at Grand Central

Punxsutawney Phil is quite possibly the worst friggin' groundhog weatherman in the world. Not only did the Pennsylvanian woodchuck predict an early spring about a week before a massive snowstorm ravaged the Northeast, Bill Murray's Groundhog Day co-star also failed to mention that at least one par ... More >>

Meet Tiesto at the Guess Store on South Beach During Art Basel Miami Beach Week

Tiësto is larger than life, an EDM demi-god of epic proportions. You'll almost never get the chance to meet a DJ as big as Tiëstbro Well, unless you head on over to Lincoln Road Mall's Guess store on Saturday, December 8. That's where the house giant will be hanging out during Art Basel Miami ... More >>

Dillon Francis Signs Titties as Tiesto in "Masta Blasta" Vid: An Extremely Detailed Breakdown

Sorry, Eminem. There's a new Mr. Just Don't Give A Fuck. And he ain't passin' out no shits neither. Who is famous enough to have the scene on fire? But not famous enough for anyone to know who he is? Who has the balls to pretend to be the richest man in all of EDM, pulling up in a limo and signing ... More >>

Ten Richest DJs: From Pauly D to Deadmau5, Swedish House Mafia, Skrillex, and Tiesto

See also "The 15 Richest Musicians: From Jay-Z to Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and Dr. Dre" and "Eight Richest Musicians in Their Teens and 20s." Dear haters ... Even though beefcake-y blonde Dutch disc jockey Tiësto is kind of a corporate whore, he's also a pranksterish dude who enjoys talking shit, ... More >>

Six Best Club Parties on South Beach July 19-25

Six Best Club Parties on South Beach This Weekend

Who's got sand in their pants? Even after six weeks of summer, we here at Crossfade can't stop getting sloppy with South Beach. This month alone, SoBe has hooked up one-night stands with oh-so-sexy, critically acclaimed EDM producers like Tiësto, Funkagenda, A-Trak, and Steve Aoki. And while Ibi ... More >>

Tiesto and Guess to Launch Exclusive EDM-Inspired Clothing Line

Just last year, Dutch electronic dance music superstar Tiësto was spinning tracks at South Beach's Armani Exchange store. Last night, however, Tiësto seemingly abandoned the A|X partnership boat and jumped aboard the Guess train. According to Billboard, the EDM giant and designer denim brand h ... More >>

Six Best Club Parties on South Beach This Weekend

General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín. You probably don't recognize the name. But General Seguín is the reason you'll tape a felt mustache to your clean-shaven face and inadvertently offend 66 percent of the Hispanic population in the United States on Saturday. Without his leadership, the Mexican arm ... More >>

Seven Best Club Parties on South Beach This Weekend

Have y'all filed your taxes yet? That Tuesday, April 17 deadline is right around the corner, folks. And unless you're pulling a Mitt Romney and keeping your change in foreign bank accounts, prepare to be fucked by the long dick of the Internal Revenue Service. Our suggestion, file an extension a ... More >>

Top Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week Parties for Thursday, March 22

​Who's straight fiending for some beats? Well, with just 31 hours, 29 minutes, and 55 seconds till it's time for you and 150,000 other furry-booted beat freaks to crash the gates at Ultra Music Festival, you will soon be overdosing on the uhntz-uhntz. In the meantime, though, there's no reason t ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival's Can U Feel It Movie Premiere at Bayfront Park, March 21

​Last night's premiere of Can U Feel It, the new 45-minute documentary tracing last year's Ultra Music Festival, served as a sort of coronation of both Ultra and dance music in general. For one thing, there was the red carpet. Even a decade or so ago, the thought of electronic producers and DJs wa ... More >>

Tiesto as part of Ultra Music Festival 2012 at Bayfront Park March 23

Tiesto Dedicates Club Life Album to Miami: "Clubs Are My Favorite, Crowds Are Inspiring"

​Did you know that Tiësto (AKA the Led Zepplin of EDM) considers Miami to be his second home? It's true. When the Dutch superproducer isn't slaving away in his pimped-out studio, doing the uhntz-uhntz on the sands of Ibiza, or partying with Swedish House Mafia on a plane while getting wasted, sp ... More >>

Tiësto Parties on a Plane With Swedish House Mafia: "We Were Shooting Corks at the Pilots!"

​Who leads a sexy life of million-dollar beats, limitless bottles, sweaty groupies, massive megaclubs, rooftop condos, famous friends, and international travel aboard personally branded private jets? Well, we certainly don't. But Tiësto does. And as usual, the Dutch electronic dance music supers ... More >>

Poll Declares Tiësto the Led Zeppelin of Electronic Dance Music, Beat Freaks Rejoice

​The results are in; Tiësto is the Led Zeppelin of electronic dance music. According to EDM fans, that is. An overwhelming majority of beat freaks responded to yesterday's poll, over 68 percent of whom sided with The Joint Hard Rock's William Conn and agreed that the Dutch DJ is to EDM what Rob ... More >>

Tiësticle: Backlash and Incendiary Comments From Our Tiësto vs. Led Zeppelin Poll

​Tiësto? Ha, more like "Tiësticle," as Ashley Swanson put it. It was a seemingly collective tone among outraged Crossfade readers who took to New Times' official Facebook page and voiced their adamant displeasure with our poll. We asked, "Is Tiësto the Led Zeppelin of Electronic Dance Musi ... More >>

Is Tiësto the Led Zeppelin of Electronic Dance Music? Take Our Poll

​Bold beats and even bolder statements -- that's the product of Tiësto's new web series, In the Booth. From his arena shows to outdoor festivals, college tour and beyond, the online, HP-backed and Intel-sponsored reality mini-series is yet another example of how EDM has gone mainstream. In the ... More >>

Tiesto at LIV December 29

NYE, Dutch-style

Tiesto Is the Messiah of Club Life! Witness at LIV on December 29

​Tiësto. Unless you've lived under a soundproof rock since the mid '90s, you know that this Grammy-nominated Dutch beat maker is one of the biggest electro acts of the modern dance era. He's been crowned world's best DJ a staggering three times consecutively. Dude's a light-eyed BPM pimp, the 4 ... More >>

Ten Best Music Tees on the Interweb

​A t-shirt isn't just a cotton sack with sleeves. It's a way to speak your mind and shove your middle finger in society's face. Or it could just be something to conceal your man boobs. Music tees are an important species of the t-shirt genus, informing fellow wearers of your musical preferences w ... More >>

Hardwell at Set Nightclub August 19

Five Steps to Becoming a Bona Fide Tiësto Fan

​Even if you can't tell house from techno and you've never even been to a rave, you know Tiësto. That's because he is the everyman's EDM disc jockey. He's the DJ that your mom plays on her iPod when she goes out jogging. He's a household name. But that doesn't mean he's readily accessible to the ... More >>

Blond:ish at Arkadia June 24

Trip to Ultra Land! Crossfade's 15-Act Itinerary for Ultra Music Festival 2011

Trip to Ultra and rip your hair out with Rusko.​Let's be prepared, beat freaks. There is absolutely no reason to wait till we're trapped at the bottom of a 1000-foot k-hole to start planning our Ultra Music Festival itinerary. So before digging out our dosage, stripping down to our rubber unde ... More >>

Max Vangeli DJs at Mansion January 8

Tiësto Spotted at Santa's Enchanted Forest's Techno Power

Photo by Ciara OsorioIs that you, Tiësto?​There are a lot of things we expect to encounter when going to Tropical Park in west Miami-Dade for Santa's Enchanted Forest: chongas, carnies, awesome carnival food. But we definitely don't expect to see a superstar DJ.Nevertheless, we spotted Tiësto th ... More >>

Max Vangeli Talks New Year's Eve With Tiësto, Sexy Beats, and Ultra vs. WMC

​At this point, San Franciso-based DJ-producer Max Vangeli is basically a made man. He's scored support sets for Swedish House Mafia. He's been signed to Mafia member Steve Angello's Size Records. And he's even the production partner of Stevie's brother, Antoine Josefsson, otherwise known as AN21 ... More >>

What Will $25,000 Get You at Tiësto's Goodbye 2010 Fiesta?

​This year we're turning our backs on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, and dropping two beans at the Fontainebleau for Tiësto's goodbye 2010 fiesta. The electro Dutch master is ringing in the New Year with a three-hour poolside set at the historic resort. And for just $25,000, you and your ... More >>

Tiësto Spinning Poolside at Fontainebleau on New Year's Eve

Tiësto​When you book Lady Gaga to perform at your New Year's Eve event, it's going to be very hard to top. So excuse us if we aren't as shocked by the news that Tiësto will be headlining this year's Fontainebleau's New Year's Eve poolside party, along with San Francisco DJ Max Vangeli.Still, the ... More >>

Video: Tiesto vs. Diplo "C'mon" Live at Ultra Music Festival 2010

Photo by Ian WitlenDiplo at Ultra Music Festival 2010.​Good folks over at Ultra Music Festival premiere this week the new video Tiësto vs. Diplo track "C'mon," which was filmed live at this year's festival. The track sounds a bit like outdated 2006 blog-house, sounding more like the work Tiësto ... More >>

Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores.Top Five Albums for the Week of November 8 - 15This ain't your kid sister: Kid Sister climbed Radio-Active Records charts with her new hip hop/electro debut, Ultraviolet.​Uncle ... More >>

Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top-sellers. Top 5 Albums for the week of October 18 - 24Madonna is still the Queen of Pop with her greatest hits album, Celebration.​Sweat Records, Mi ... More >>

Tiesto plays Saturday at the Fontainebleau's LIV

Tiesto Cancels Saturday's NSU Arena Show

Tiesto​Sorry Broward trance fans, Tiesto has nixed his show at University Center Arena at Nova Southeastern University. The show, scheduled for this Saturday, is rumored to have suffered from poor ticket sales, although the "official" excuse being given is scheduling conflicts.The only conflict th ... More >>

Must-See Acts on Ultra's Lineup

Hit the Decks

Grammy-nominated turntablist Tiësto is in an Asian mood.

Ultra Music Festival Tickets Now on Sale, Bloc Party Appearance Confirmed

The economy hitting you hard? Well, you might want to purchase your tickets to Ultra Music Festival now. The event, which is being held March 27 and 28 at Bicentennial Park, already has early bird two-day passes on sale for $99.95 and VIP passes for $350. The tickets went on sale last Saturday and ... More >>

Just Be

Tiësto waxes thoughtful on superstardom and the Low Countries

We'll Make Great Pets

Snarks, barks, and a few mad props from Miami Music Conference

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Just Be (Nettwerk)

Not a Dirty Word

Tiesto is the master of trance, and he doesn't care who doesn't like it