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Wonderful news for the true trance addict! As Armin van Buuren's radio show A State of Trance (ASOT) celebrates its 500th broadcast, Alda Events launches the ASOT500 world tour. The most popular dance-minded radio show worldwide has existed for ten years now and has grown to over 15 million listeners in 26 countries weekly. Obviously this milestone needs a celebration, and a small one would not do justice to the phenomenal success. That is why five cities around the globe will be visited by ASOT.
Armin says: "I am very proud and happy that we're going to be celebrating the 500th edition of the show. The way trance sounds today differs from ten years ago, but it has preserved the same feeling. Trance has evolved over the years. Nowadays trance is influenced by other styles like techno, minimal and tech-house. It is nice to have experienced this development, and we will celebrate trance in the biggest way possible! Since we make ASOT for the fans, we felt that they should be able to give their input on the line-up. For a period of one month, our listeners were given the opportunity to suggest DJs for the five events of ASOT. The result is a program with a wide variety of artists, not only specializing in pure trance but also progressive, tech-trance and uplifting trance. And of course the classic sound will not be left out! All live renditions of the five shows are going to be able to be viewed on special internet channels."
Line-up
People regularly listening to ASOT know Armin is well informed on the latest releases in trance and trance-related styles. For his radio show Armin keeps a close eye on new developments. Therefore he is one of the first to know about promising DJs and live acts that deserve attention. So even though the line-up of ASOT is a secret for the time being, it does not come as a surprise that some very talented artists will be on-stage next to known headliners.
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ASOT 500 world tour
After last year's successful tour for the 450th edition of ASOT, for 2011 an even larger world tour is scheduled. This time it's literally going to be based on the magic number ‘5'. Within five weeks, five cities on five continents will be visited by ASOT. Those who are not able to travel the world do not have to miss out on anything, as all five of the shows will be broadcast live on air.
These shows have been scheduled and confirmed:
19th March: South Africa (Johannesburg)
26th March: United States (Miami)
2nd April: Argentina (Buenos Aires)
9th April: Holland (Den Bosch)
16th April: Australia (Sydney)
Ticket sales for ASOT on April 9th at the Brabanthallen in Holland have already started. Tickets are 37,50 euro (excluding booking fee) and available through this website, Free Record Shop and Primera. Please visit www.astateoftrance.com for the latest information and updates on ASOT.
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