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Tiësto @ The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece
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| Blinckme |
Tiësto to perform at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece
Tiësto, twice voted the #1 DJ in the world by DJ Magazine, will make Olympic history on Friday, August 13, when he becomes the first DJ ever to perform in an Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games.
Some four billion people will be watching the planet's premier sport event, when the 28th Olympiad of the modern era opens in Greece, the land where the Olympics were born, and the City where they were revived 108 years ago.
No DJ has ever performed at the Olympic Games.
The President of the ATHENS 2004 Organizing Committee, Mrs. Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, heralded the announcement of Tiësto’s participation, saying: “Our Ceremonies will include unique Greek artistic elements along with modern and international perspectives. While it is path-breaking, it is also natural, that a modern artist like Tiësto will contribute to the celebration we’re planning on our opening night. We welcome him to Athens.”
In October 2003, Tiësto was approached by the Athens Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (ATHOC) for a DJ-performance of 90 minutes during the parade of the athletes, a part of the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games.
During this parade, all participating nations introduce their athletes, over 10,000 in total. ATHOC has shown it values art and innovation by asking the most popular DJ on Earth to produce the music for the parade.
Tiësto will perform his DJ-set live in the Olympic Stadium in Athens. This will include new tracks produced especially for the Opening Ceremony and songs that have been tailored to compliment the spirit of the Ceremony.
In connection with this announcement, Tiësto said, “I am honored to be to be part of the biggest sports event in the world. The fact that the Games are returning to their birthplace and to the city where they were revived makes Athens 2004 very special. The opportunity to perform my music for billions of people around the globe will be the greatest highlight of my life.”
GREEK PRESS RELEASE WILL FOLLOW
ΘΑ ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΗΣΕΙ ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΣΤΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ
FROM THE OLYMPIC NEWS SYSTEM
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| preach |
| wow cest vraiment incroyable comment c'est rendu loin son affaire!! |
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| starsearcher |
You guys in Montreal forums are slow :p
We in TO have 16 pages on this topic already heheeh :p |
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| malek |
The whole montreal forum is ing slow, everyone is out having fun i guess ( i hope ).
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| starsearcher |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
The whole montreal forum is ing slow, everyone is out having fun i guess ( i hope ).
hehe |
Yeah...Doesn't say much about us in TO here...we're all bored at work  |
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| ShadoWolf |
| quote: | Originally posted by starsearcher
Yeah...Doesn't say much about us in TO here...we're all bored at work |
stupid work :whip: :whip: :whip: |
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| kate |
| same here :( damn work :confused: |
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| alec |
| I knew about it, but opted not to comment, rather silly if you ask me. Vangelis should always do the olympics! |
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| starsearcher |
| ^^^^^ :wtf: :haha: :stongue: :haha: :stongue: :haha: :stongue: :wtf: :wtf: :haha: :stongue: WTF IS THAT????? |
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| SiM PeµRf |
I dont care that Tiesto spins at the Olympics...I,ll probably dont watch the opening ceremony anyway...
it's quite good for electronic music....but Tiesto suck.......so well see... |
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| FunKenLouis |
Toronto LOVES trance... thats why your all excited about tiesto at the Olympics
but the fact is... that i hope a lot of young peeps will discover electronic music this way...
hope he wont play some cheesy tracks that play on radio all ready and be a little more techy on this one...
Preach will do the opening ceremony in 4 years:D
i put 100$ on that :whip: |
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| alec |
| quote: | Originally posted by starsearcher
^^^^^ :wtf: :haha: :stongue: :haha: :stongue: :haha: :stongue: :wtf: :wtf: :haha: :stongue: WTF IS THAT????? |
I've no clue what it is, but its damn funny, and it fits!
I think he'll be playing cheese like gouryella and what not, he has to play commercial friendly epicy type stuff! |
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