Corsten is awesome for sure. He sounds really good live and all his albums are awesome. Tiesto, PVD, PO, AVB are good too but have become too mainstream... AVB is still not mainstream as yet but he is pretty good.
I didnt get a chance to go to this concert. But I wouldnt mind checking out Ultra Fest next March in Miami...

Sinner,

Did you end up going to this event? I'm wondering how it was.

I saw Paul Oakenfold, the Chemical Brothers, and Sasha & Digweed three.point.five years ago on 4.20.02 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL (just outside of Chicago). That was my 4th time seeing Oakenfold and he just gets worse and worse and worse. The first time I saw him spin at Karma in Chicago he moved straight to the top of my list. Each time I've seen him after that, he has consistently lost all his passion and all his talent. He defines selling out.

That was my 3rd time seeing Sasha & Digweed, and I learned not to expect much when the play live. Digweed always rocks it much harder when he spins alone. Sasha is nothing more than boring when he spins alone. Sasha really brings Digweed down and always wastes time on the decks, especially in 2 hour sets where a DJ must get down to business in a hurry.

The Chemical Brothers absolutely stole the show. They are SOOO much better doing live sets than they are production-wise. Maybe P.O. + S& D were having an off night, maybe it was the lack of expectation for tCB's performance, maybe tCB just know how to work a crowd better than almost anyone out there... whatever the case, the Chemical Brothers put on one phenomenal show.

PS/sideNote- of the people you listed, Tiesto and Corsten are two of the Best DJs today in all of trance. Oakenfold is bound to meet the fate of a guy like Superstar DJ Keoki.

FYI - it's sold out if you don't have a tix and planning to attend.

oh i'm so down for this event....anyone else??