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Yesterday ( 19 May 2007), I went to the Elements of Life concert of Dj Tiësto in the Ethias Arena in Hasselt (Belgium).
We arrived at 23:45, we didn’t had a ticket so we bought one (a ticket costs € 50). Tiësto started his show at 24:00.

He gave a solid show with in the first 3 hours a lot of tracks of his new album with some live vocal performances of the singers on the album. He got the crowd going. Also because of some special remixes of known songs like a remix of Kid Snero – White Line (a really old retro track) and a remake of Wamdu Project – King Of My Castle and lost of other cool tracks.

But at 15:04 he started, what I call, his ‘Platinum’ Hour. During 1 hour and about 15 min he just played all his hits (plantinum) and I really mean all his hits. All in one BIG mix (no vocal performances except for Love Come Again and another track I don’t know, which the singer totally messeup ). He started with Rain Down on me (the crowd went nuts) then on to Traffic, Dance 4 Life, Lethal Industry, … . I’m not sure in which order but he definitly playd these:

• Rain Down
• Traffic
• Dance 4 Life
• Lethal Industry
• Delerium – Silence
• Love Come Again
• Dallas 4 PM
• Flight 643
• Just Be
• He’s a Pirate
• …

So all the Hits just made the roof go off the Ethias arena, add some extra Show elements like water, fire, lasers, confetti and you got yourself one fantastic Elements of Life concert. The crowd totally loved it, the vibe was perfect. We couldn’t get enough of this. The whole Ethias Arena was jumping, shouting and waving on this magical ‘platinum’ hour.

I’m a bit of a fan of Tiësto (not a big one or a Tiësto fanatic) since I heard his magical set on Sensation White 2000. So I know all his albums. So I was really pleased that he also played the less known hits from before his commercial break-through (Dallas 4 PM, Flight 643, …). After that ‘Platinum’ hour he continued his dj sets with his personall favorites. He played a superb remix of Da Hool – Meet her at the love parade, a remix of Red Carpet – Allright and some other classics and new tracks.

If I had to give a score to this concert I would give it an 8/10 (good – very good)
Positive:

• Platinum Hour
• Laser show
• Fire and Water elements
• Giant video wall
• Confetti and fireworks
• Vocal performances of the known singers
• Excellent sound quality
• Nice stage setup (but not renewing)
• Good organisation

Negative:

• Not always interesting video footage on the video wall
• To little decoration in the hall (If you compare with other big events Sensation)
• No extra dance or show acts like stage artists except a colorfull trio.
• The story line of the elements of life was weak

I still found the first Concert he gave the best concert (best show, best music all night long, best story line), perhaps because it was a complete new concept. I found this concert a little light. It was solid but it missed the extra touch.
But I still would like to congratulate Tiësto (Tijs Verwest) and the whole organisation crew for their result.

Tiësto will be giving some more Elements of Life shows, it’s a World Tour, so check out his website and go see his show:

http://www.tiesto.com/