Miguel Ramirez
We’re halfway through the year, and there’s a lot of tours still to come.
There’s a plethora of exciting trance tours still on the horizon, a massive array of artists will soon hit the road or continue in-progress trips and share their incredible sound and passion for trance to thousands of music lovers across the world.
From FSOE450 to MaRLo’s massive ‘Altitude’ tour, here’s five tours we’re most excited about right now.
#1 Future Sound of Egypt 450 ‘Kingdoms’
2016 sees Aly & Fila reach 450 Episodes of their weekly Radio Show ‘Future Sound of Egypt’.
To mark this landmark occasion they will again embark on a series of events worldwide to celebrate.
FSOE450 will reach Los Angeles on July 3rd! Aly & Fila will be joined by the likes of Arctic Moon, Ferry Tayle, Niko Zografos, Pure NRG LIVE, Dan Stone, Darren Porter and ReOrder. And that’s not all . . . Aly & Fila will play a 10 years FSOE set! Grab tix here.
Dubbed as the ‘UK’s largest indoor trance event of 2016,’ two giants of the UK trance scene, Goodgreef and Rong, have joined forces to bring FSOE450 to the UK on October 1 which includes 4 thrilling collaborative performances; Darren Porter vs James Dymond, Ferry Tayle vs Dan Stone, Liam Wilson vs Amir Hussain and ReOrder vs Driftmoon.
There will also be 4 UK Debuts: A & Z, Alan Morris, Fady & Mina, Mohamed Ragab, plus two Northern UK Debuts: Omar Sherif, Simon O’Shine. Also on the lineup: Simon Patterson, Pure NRG Live and of course, Aly & Fila. Grab tix here.
More FSOE450 locations will be announced soon.
#2 Electronic Family
One of the world’s largest outdoor trance festival, Electronic Family will celebrate it’s 6th edition at Amsterdamse Bos on July 23, 2016. Every year, thousands of Family members come together in the ambient surroundings of the ‘Amsterdamse Bos’ to enjoy trance and other uplifting sounds.
This year’s lineup in Amsterdam includes: Ferry Corsten presents Gouryella, M.I.K.E. Push, Marcel Woods (classics set), Sean Tyas, Menno de Jong, MaRLo, Gareth Emery, Markus Schulz, ReOrder, Cosmic Gate, Stadium4 (Andy Moor & Lange), Arty, RAM, Aly & Fila, Paul Oakenfold (Perfecto Fluoro set), Neelix, just to name a few. Grab tix here.
On 16 July 2016, right in the middle of summer, Electronic Family will cross borders for the first time to Tallinn and become closer to thousands of people from the Baltics, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. The first ever Electronic Family festival in the Baltics impresses with a unique composition of leading artists including Above & Beyond, Aly & Fila, Christian Burns, Cosmic Gate, Feel, Orkidea, Orjan Nilsen, Paul van Dyk and Shogun. Grab tix here.
#3 MaRLo ‘Altitude’ Australia Tour 2016
Australia’s MaRLo will embark on a new journey, headlining Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, Melbourne’s Festival Hall, Perth’s Villa Nightclub and Adelaide’s HQ Complex this August with his brand new tour ‘Altitude’.
The Aussie trance hero will play extended sets and will work through his entire career, including sounds from his early days right through to the harder and faster ‘tech energy’ sound.
Armada’s very own Ruben de Ronde will hit the road with MaRLo as a supporting act and they’ll be joined by vocalists and a very special live performer. Grab tix here.
#4 Kearnage World Tour 2016
Bryan Kearney has announced a massive world tour for his recording label ‘Kearnage’. The ‘Kearnage World Tour 2016’ will reach many parts of the world including Australia, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Glasgow, Ibiza, N.Ireland, London, Los Angeles, Manchester and New York City.
Kearnage is an international tour which strives to innovatively refocus the music onto the dance floor and deliver a true musical journey that is as unpretentious as its core sound.
Australia, here’s your lineup: Bryan Kearney, Standerwick, Coming Soon!!! and Paul Denton. More info here.
#5 Armin Only Embrace
The Armin Only Embrace tour started victorious in Den Bosch, Gdansk and Dubai! The music, the dancers, the extraordinary show and the crowd blended into an overwhelming overall experience.
With this tour, Armin van Buuren wants to spread the Embrace album around the world and some lucky fans will even get to witness an incredible vinyl set featuring some of the biggest trance anthems of all time – watch below!
