Saw Armin the other night up in Cleveland. Friends who were thinking about going with me bailed so I went this one alone, but I was fine with that because I was so amped to see Armin, and he delivered.
There were two opening dj’s and a closing dj as well. One of the openers really stuck out…
Blake Jerell
http://www.myspace.com/blakejarrell
Guy did a good job getting everyone pumped up. His set started off pretty standard, but he moved into some house versions of “Around the World” By Daft Punk, and everyone was really feeling it.
Armin came on at about Midnight and played until about 3 o’clock and it was 3 hours of unfiltered awesome. He did a lot of stuff of his newest album, Imagine and everyone was just loving it.
The best part of the show was that at the end of his set, he walked out to the crowd, to give out hand shakes/autographs. I just happened to be front and center for the last 20 minutes because I had a feeling he would do this. I was scrambling to think of something to get him to sign, and it hit me, I had a two dollar bill in my wallet. Bunch of people were holding bills of various sizes up at him and he was looking at all of them, he signed some kid’s hundred dollar bill and my two. It was pretty awesome.
Guess I’ll wrap things up with a few of the pictures I took. The quality on the iPhone camera is questionable, but every once in a while you can come up with something tolerable.
Also, this is about the best Youtube I’ve found from it so far.
[Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06LrsrMcKm8]
Definitely a blast. If you ever have a chance to see him, go for it, you won’t be disappointed.
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I love at a techno concert(?) when the bass is so loud/intense where it shakes your chest for the full duration of the concert. fucking badasss, tiesto was amazing, seems like ill have to go to one of armin’s.