In an event that will be known as the biggest EDM concert in Windsor history, Dutch icon Tiësto took to the stage at Caesars Windsor on Canada Day with a show that took three of the five basic senses into overload – conquering sight, hearing and touch.
With a blast of lights, lasers and smoke bombs, Tiësto supplied an endless attack on visuals. With eight laser turrets spraying lights across the entire Colosseum as video screens projected images to bounce to the sounds, he took over the audience’s visual attuites like nothing the city has ever seen before.
The sound was louder and more pounding than any heavy metal concert The Colosseum has ever seen. As soon as the legendary DJ kicked off the show with Grapevine (better known as Just About To Lose My Mind), the volume increased to blistering levels.
And Tiësto touched his audience like many have never seen before. The beats were so pounding that you could feel the vibe as Tiësto blasted each beat one at a time. The addition of powerful fire blasts and smoke bombs were felt as high up as the upper mezzanine levels.
In some ways this was an 11-year victory return to the city, when Tiësto last performed at the Boom Boom Room in April of 2011. His style is still the same as it was when he was here then. Back in 2010 and 2011, he used smoke and lights in a similar fashion that engulfed the entire BBR and the music was so loud and pumping that there’s no physical way you could sit still during the show.
Unlike the rock stars of old, Tiësto’s shows are not actually about Tiësto himself. For the most part he stands at his DJ kit in dim lights as the show around him tells the story. It’s the show itself and the music he’s remixed that is the legend and the victory itself. And it really is a show not to be missed.
Supporting the show was up-and-coming Brazilian DJ Öwnboss who is hitting the charts with his current hit Move Your Body (which is such a massive hit, Tiësto used it in his show as well). Öwnboss used a little more of a definitive feel to his mixes, including parts of classic songs like Sweet Child of Mine from Guns ‘N Roses and others. In some ways, the highlight of the show was the Öwnboss set, as Windsorites were treated to one of his first performances outside of South America.
Öwnboss on stage at Caesars Windsor.
Opening the show was Windsor’s DJ Kirzy, along with Ex Libras, who had quite a bit of stage time as the audience made their way in the venue. It was a solid set of tunes, beats and smiles.
The ultimate star of the show was Renaldo Agostino from Element Entertainment, who had a strong belief that Windsor fans would flock to see Tiësto on the big stage at Caesars. His dedication to bring the show to the city spans about a dozen years, most seriously in the past three as he rescheduled and fought off COVID arrangement issues. It ended up being the perfect time for the most perfect of shows.
