Dropping in on Amsterdam last night for "The Best of Armin Only" celebrating 20 years of music from the world's top Trance DJ. |
First time visit to the ultra-modern Amsterdam Arena which was only a 5-minute walk from my hotel. |
Outside the stadium, Electronic Family had DJ Toyax (NL) spinning Trance to the passersby! |
Arrived early so I could snag a spot up front! |
And at 9PM, there he was! DJ Armin van Buuren (NL). |
Not just music, there was plenty of "show" to go along with the night! |
And by the time we got started, the arena was packed! |
Featuring many of the vocalists who made AVB songs so memorable, up first was Mr. Probz singing "Another You". |
There were diversions in every direction! |
Singer Angel Taylor doing "Make It Right"! |
I last saw Armin at Echostage in Washington DC last September. Link. |
Skydivers coming down for hit "Free Fall". |
Trumpets in the club! |
Teaming up with Olaf Blackwood for "I Need You". |
And with Cimo Frankel for "Strong Ones". |
Then "This Light Between Us" with Christian Burns. |
You know how I like songs with vocals much better than non-vocals so the great thing about having so many vocalists performing is that's what we got! Up high on the catwalk, Dance singer Susana. |
Trance Family Lebanon was in the house! |
Egypt was in the house! |
Of course the Netherlands was here! |
South Africa and India were represented! |
Croatia! |
Poland! Armin announced that fans from 97 countries were in attendance! |
Time for some lights! |
And we complied. |
A very animated Trevor Guthrie doing "This Is What It Feels Like". |
Confetti explosion! |
The Saturday night concert tonight sold out in 15 minutes so fortunately they added the Friday night show too because I had already purchased my airline ticket! |
Doing his famous pose! |
Around midnight I headed up into the bleachers to get a different view. OMG, I knew it was crowded down there but had no idea it was like this! |
So glad I came early to be up front of this craziness!! |
Playing some Classic Trance from his early DJ days! |
Official photograph used here with permission of Alda Events. |
A good time was had by all! |
2 comments:
Great report! Looks like a perfect concert. Thanks Bob as always for taking us with you. Safe trip!
AMAZING! Thank you for sharing ❤
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