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I may repeat some things people have said, but I would like to offer my take on this "performance" (I use that term lightly). So, since I am more of a PVD fan, the crowd right off the bat was different. I am only 26, but the crowd seemed very young and not to mention very messed up on a host of drugs. Some kid was going around telling me and all my friends he took six pills (by 12:00); and people wonder why clubbers die of extacy!
Tiesto came on at 2ish and was lost at the decks. He had a "special" set up and was using what looked like more of a studio mixing board than the traditional RANE or UREI. So, his opener was not very impressive. As the show went on, he dropped some bombs and showed that he really knew how to use a Phaxon sounds sytem. His mixing was on point for much of the night. His transitions were interesting, mixing in more onthe highs than the lows, then dropping heavy beats in to finish it off. He was having a great time smiling at the crowd and being very animated. The one thing, among many, that I moticed is that he was constantly talking to the people behind him in the booth. His concentration seemed to shy away from the crowd that was begging to be floored. He would then return to the decks, mix a few tracks, then turn to talk to some girls or his manager, or someone. At the end of the night, he almost looked drunk, kicking cups arond the booth. For his mixing, he seemed to get very lazy. He would mix out of a build up and not finish it off. His track selection didn't seem to have much flow. He didn't really kep it driving. His track selection as a whole really didn't shy away from his sets over the last few months. Not very experimantal and definately didn't play anything that was new and amazing.
The kicker was his closing and departure. Instead of finishing up with something jaw dropping, he played three tracks within a 7 minute time frame and just emotionlessly took his headphones off and let Noel Sanger back to the deck to take over. No farewell track, no encore, no big build up. He didn't turn up the system for the last half hour to really give us some #1 DJ the world closing. He then took the stage and shook some hands before he walked out through the club and took off.
I thought he was realy cocky as well as not into the crowd. His animatin in the booth was for show as far as I am concerned. I don't like harping on the #1 DJ thing, but when you play at a big club, with a booming sound system, you need to bring your A game. Give us something that is going to merrit that status. If he is voted #1 due to his PR, marketing and vocalist selection then I would take PVD at #4 for as long as music is around. PVD comes to NYC to tear the roof off and in my opinion, he delivers all the time. He is stoic behind the decks and really gets into the heads of his listeners. Tiesto was not the most impressive. I liked his music, I am at trance DJ and tracne phanatic...ao, of course I will like it. He does have a good sound, but the performance and delivery were lacking.
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I just do it exactly the way I enjoy listening to it. This is most of the time it is with banging beats. It is even with a soft thing, a soft melodic idea, or whatever. I still like to have it rocking. Keep in mind what this music is made for, first of all. Its not made to be easy listening on the radio. Its not made to be easy listening in television. Its actually kick ass in the club. This is what music is. This is the purpose of this art form...to listen to it and let the frequencies actually blow you away. --Paul Van Dyk
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W....i had a BLAST this friday...tiesto was amazing as usual...i totally made the best of time for myself even though i was about to die of a heatstroke that night
lethal industry 
WHAAAAAAAAAT i went nuts, g&d mindcircus 
I DIE!!!!!!!!! rank 1 breeaaaathing 
me and this kid went nuts and shared a high five when we heard it coming WHHAAATTTTTTTTTTT
THAT WOULD HAVE MADE MY NIGHT and tiesto leaving without a goodbye or an ENCORE wtf was that?????????
(giving myself a pat in the back)
