Tiësto Is Bringing a 2-Hour Trance Set to Dreamstate Australia 2027, and Fans Are Losing Their Minds
This was not something I expected to happen.
Tiësto is going to play a full two-hour trance set at Dreamstate Australia 2027.
Read that again it is really happening.
For people who have been listening to trance music for a time this is like finding out that your favorite band is getting back together after they said they would not. It is not impossible. It is definitely surprising and makes you stop and think, "Wait, what is going on?"
Tiësto has been making music in many different styles for years. He has made room music, festival anthems and mainstage EDM. He has even worked with pop artists.. For many people who like dance music Tiësto will always be known for trance music first. That is where he started.
Now at least for one night he is going back to his roots.
Dreamstate Australia has confirmed that Tiësto will be the headliner for their events in Sydney and Melbourne in February 2027. He will play a trance set that will revisit the sound that made him famous.. To be honest it is about time.
The timing of this announcement is perfect.
Over the few years there has been a change happening in electronic music. Trance music is not just around it is actually becoming popular again. Old trance songs are being discovered by people. Veteran artists are making music that's deeper and more melodic again. Even younger people who did not grow up listening to trance music're looking for something with more feeling and less predictability.
It is funny how music trends work.
One minute everyone is trying to make the big viral song. The minute people are listening to uplifting trance music at sunrise.
Dreamstate has become one of the festivals that still cares about trance music. While they have had a mix of trance, techno and harder styles at their events in Australia many fans have been asking for more trance music. By booking Tiësto for a trance set it seems like they are listening to what the fans want.
And let us be real this is not any festival booking.
This is Tiësto we are talking about.
He is the person who helped define what trance music is. He is the artist behind songs that got people into dance music in the first place. Whether you discovered him through trance CDs, big festival stages or somewhere in between you probably have a memory of Tiësto that you still think about.
A song, a set, a late-night drive, something.
What makes this announcement more exciting is that Tiësto will be playing for two hours. This gives him time to play a lot of songs and tell a story with his music. He will not have to rush and play his most popular songs.
We might hear some of his songs some deeper cuts, some new trance songs or some unexpected remixes.
Probably all of the above.
From what we have seen recently Tiësto still knows how to make trance music that feels nostalgic but not old. Fans who have seen him play trance sets recently have been very positive saying that he does a job of balancing old and new music.
Dreamstate Australia 2027 is happening in two cities with Sydney hosting the event on February 6 and Melbourne hosting it on February 7. The organizers are saying that this will be their event in Australia yet and with Tiësto as the headliner it is hard to argue with that.
Is this a one-time thing or will it start a bigger trance movement?
Maybe maybe not.
But one thing is for sure a lot of trance fans who thought they would never get to see Tiësto play a trance set again are now looking at flights, to Australia.
