LiveDaily got in on the "emerging United States dance scene" discussion, via Dutch DJ sensation, Tiesto. The site got chatty with him about his blockbuster summer, where he played the largest North American DJ set ever (with a 15,000 person crowd) and sold out two nights at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC.

 

But Tiesto said he'd like to get bigger still. Spinning closing sets at Coachella to more than 50,000 people is a good starting point for that.

 

"Not only was that a big show for me, but people stayed after The Red Hot Chili Peppers and they enjoyed themselves. I think it helped a little bit, but we're not there yet. A lot of the big-time reporters didn't even give it a chance. 'Oh, the Chili Peppers are finished, we can go home now ...' But the people who stayed and saw the show, they were impressed. The buzz after the show was amazing, and now we're doing more festivals, as well, like Voodoo [Music Experience, in New Orleans Oct. 26-28]," Tiesto said.

 

He also talked to the site about the conundrum he currently finds himself in, the fight between being a DJ or an artist. Or, in other words, deciding whether to do a two and half hour set, or a five hour set.

 

Here's how it goes at a typical Tiesto gig in NY or LA:

 

 

... so the first two-and-a-half hours I present the new album ["Elements of Live," Ultra Records], and you have the four elements that are the theme of the tour. Then I have the one hour that I call the power mix, all the biggest Tiesto tunes, and everything is synched, the visuals, lights, effects, pyrotechnics, everything. The last two-and-a-half hours is Tiesto the DJ, an old-school type set with trance records and big dance anthems.

 

 

Also, dude hits the pavement on Saturday:

 

September 2007
1 - Hamptons, NY - White House
2, 3 - Las Vegas, NV - Jet
8 - Chicago, IL - The Congress Theater
9 - Hartford, CT - Constitution Plaza
10 - Cleveland, OH - Metropolis
11 - Nashville, TN - City Hall
12 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues
13 - Detroit, MI - The State Theater
14 - Atlanta, GA - The Trade Center
15 - Washington, DC - Love

October 2007
26 - Atlantic City, NJ - The Borgata
27 - New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Music Experience

December 2007
31 - Los Angeles, CA - New Year's Eve, downtown