Big electro dance gig comes to town

20 July 2016 - 08:46 By AZIZZAR MOSUPI

Tomorrowland Unite breaks down borders one strobe light at a time - the Belgian electronic dance extravaganza is coming to South Africa for the first time. Considered one of the biggest electronic dance festivals in the world, the Tomorrowland Unite over-the-top set is reminiscent of Alice's Wonderland, taking fans on a colourful, strobe-lit journey with their favourite dance tunes on rotation for 12 hours on over 15 stages.South Africa's first instalment takes place at the 20000-capacity The Dome in Randburg, northern Johannesburg, on Saturday and will feature local heavyweights DJ Fresh, Roger Goode, Dean Fuel, Timo ODV, Kyle Watson, Household Funk, Ricardo da Costa, Vimo and Chunda Munki.Foreign DJs include Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike, Afrojack, Nicky Romero and Axwell & Ingrosso, who will link to South Africa through live interactive streaming.5FM's Goode said the inclusion of South Africa on the Tomorrowland Unite itinerary was indicative of the high standard of electronic dance music in the country and the show would put pressure on local DJs to "step it up"."It ups the game and puts pressure on DJs to do something different and raise the bar".Cape Town's renowned Dean Fuel is the night's closing act."I'll be closing off the night, so I have to take over from the internationals, which means that the energy level will be peaking!"My goal is to take it even further - blowing the roof off The Dome," he said.It's not Fuel's first dalliance with the show. He was a spectator in 2013 when tickets were said to have sold out in minutes.The previous year's show was said to have had 185000 people from more than 75 countries in attendance."I want people to have the night of their lives [and] connect through the music," Fuel said...

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