Concert Report: The Chainsmokers (Amway Center)

First time back at Amway Center for a concert since Elton John (GB) earlier this year.

The arena was mostly full although there were plenty of empties too.

Had to sit through an opening act by poprock boy band 5 Seconds Of Summer (AUS) whom I had never heard of nor their songs.

The girls sitting near me in the nosebleed section of Amway both knew them and their songs and everyone was singing in unison! Well, nearly everyone.

I somehow survived and then there they were, the reason for being here! Drew and Alex are.....

The Chainsmokers (USA)

Unfortunately my contact at Amway had the night off so he was not able to get us down onto the floor next to the stage. Oh the indignity of it.

Singing "Roses". Not sure if that was vocalist Rozes who sings on the hit song or Lennon Stella who was advertised on the playbill last night.

 

The lasers were flying!

Drew singing from a suspended metal sphere.

And later a Cirque-style performance of 3 motorcycles spinning from within the globe! Unlike the DJ sets I've seen, there was also a live drummer.

Near the end of the 90-minute performance, 5SOS came back out to perform a song with The Chainsmokers. Sadly, TCS did not perform the song that really brought them into prominence, the 2014 hit "Selfie".

I was considerable closer when I saw them in Las Vegas this year at XS here.
And in December 2016 at House of Blues in Lake Buena Vista here. 
And at the UCF's CFE Arena in early 2016 here with Daya.

But despite the distance, a good time was had by all.

Concert Report: Leaders Of The True School 3.0 (Ace Cafe)

A good time was had by all last night at the 3rd edition of "Leaders of the True School 3.0" and the Blog was there. We have dozens and dozens of photos and we've posted them on our sister website Orlando Entertainment News.

EDC Update: Calm Before The Storm

This is the grounds of Camping World Stadium where 2 weeks from today the world will come calling for the 9th edition of Electric Daisy Carnival - Orlando.

In the outfield of what used to be baseball stadium Tinker Field, no construction activity yet for the circuitGROUNDS stage. During 7 of the past 8 editions of EDC-Orlando, this area west of the stadium was home to the kineticFIELD main stage. But this year, the main stage is moving!

The kineticFIELD main stage this year is so huge that it's being moved to a former parking lot area east of the stadium. No stage construction yet but piles of dirt are being brought in to smooth the area.

Also east of the stadium but closer to SR408, this grassy area is also a former parking lot but last year and the year prior was home to the circuitGROUNDS stage.

And apparently those two former parking lots are being combined into one large field to support the thousands who will stand here for the most famous of DJ's playing the main stage. The chain link fences around both lots have been removed and Colyer Street that runs between them has been covered with sand. My guess is the kineticFIELD main stage will be at the south end of the combined field facing north and away from SR408 but we really don't know yet.  What we do know is that up to 250,000 electronic music fans are expected this year!
EDC-Orlando is happening on November 8-9-10.

AAHZ Is Back!

Return again to the land of AAHZ on Thanksgiving Eve, Wednesday November 27th at The Beacham. Of course original AAHZ members DJ's Kimball Collins & Dave Cannalte will be there. And they're joined this year by DJ Icey and DJ Baby Anne! It should be another amazing show!
Super Early Bird Advance Pre-Sale tickets are available here. 
Very limited but why pay more?

This Weekend In Techno Town

FRIDAY OCT 25
Leaders of The True School 3.0     Ace Cafe     Breaks / Electro

FRIDAY OCT 25
DJ Deraout (CO) & DJ Carlos Mendoza (USA)     Henao Event Center     Progressive House

SATURDAY OCT 26
The Chainsmokers (USA)     Amway Center     EDM

SATURDAY OCT 26
DJ Diana Montoya (USA)     Elixir Bar     House

SUN OCT 27
DJ Ivano Bellini (F/USA)     The Patio     House / Electro House

EDC Update: Almost Sold Out!

The 9th Edition of Electric Daisy Carnival - Orlando is 90% sold out!
If you're going for the entire festival or just for a single day, there is no more time to debate the subject. Get your tickets NOW! 
Link: https://orlando.electricdaisycarnival.com/

Club Reports: The Patio, Celine

I don't usually go out on Sunday nights, but when I do, I go full steam! I've been hearing about "Sundown Sundays at The Patio" for months now so I finally got to check it out!

DJ's Nick Ramos & Gustavo Pisani are Rude Neighbors (USA).

Just a few people in the club when I arrived.

Sunday nights at The Patio are dedicated to Techno.

DJ Wilson Santos (USA) taking control next!

As dance floor activity slowly built.

The lasers were flying.

The bubbles were bubbling.

Of course we know Wilson from Vinyl Arts Bar.

The instigator of this weekly event, DJ Dominick Morrison (USA).

The club was quickly jammed!

The peeps want Techno!

Of course we know The Dom originally from Mannequins Dance Palace on Pleasure Island. He'll be the DJ at EPCOT: China on New Years Eve under the smoke-belching dragon!

Spotted in VIP: Aspiring journalists Lauren & Haley.

Spotted outside on a street corner: DJ Afrodisiax (USA), Mike, Pete, DJ Scotty B (USA), DJ Tooltime (USA) & Sage.

Approaching 2 years of age, the Celine rooftop has become synonymous with great DJ music!

Arrived to find DJ Wongo (AUS) on the decks!

The rooftop was packed!

He had everyone bouncing!

Operating his own label "Box of Cats", his t-shirt can be a cat if you only look at the white or a forehead if you only look at the black!

But he's also on the Dirtybird label and his set was pretty much all Dirtybird House!

You can never go wrong with Go Go girls.

Spotted: Amelia & Storm moving at high speed!  At both venues last night, a good time was had by all.