ILLENIUM rewrites dance music historical past with four-set TRILOGY present to open Allegiant Stadium [Watch] – Dancing Astronaut
by: Ross Goldenberg
Jul 5, 2021
ILLENIUM completely etched his title into the dance music historical past books on July 3 along with his TRILOGY blowout. Changing into the primary artist to ever carry out inside Las Vegas’ newly raised Allegiant Stadium, ILLENIUM took a golden alternative to say one final in-person goodbye to his first three LPs, Ashes, Awake, and Ascend, earlier than Fallen Embers steps via the discharge doorways on July 16.
Whether or not you have been lucky sufficient to be in Sin Metropolis or have been one of many 1000’s having fun with the 4K, 16-camera livestream, everybody can agree that TRILOGY served as a career-defining night for ILLENIUM—the place he broke the venue capability report for dance music occasions inside the U.S.—and the final word means for him to not solely pay his farewells to his earlier albums, but additionally to usher within the fourth chapter of his music.
Earlier than relocating to the precise stage that sat on the fringe of the sphere’s endzone, ILLENIUM initially appeared in the course of a packed Allegiant Stadium crowd whereas he stood atop a smaller, utterly separate sales space. After an hour stroll proper down nostalgia lane that ignited along with his fan-favorite Ashes intro edit, ILLENIUM went on to revisit each Awake and Ascend of their entireties, bringing out none aside from his two greatest mates in Stated The Sky and Dabin for a pair of chilling dwell renditions of each “The place’d U Go” and “Gold.” The evening would cap off with a 20-minute Fallen Embers preview, with ILLENIUM rinsing via an electric blend of “Sideways” and his unreleased co-remix with Digital Riot of the album’s Tori Kelly-assisted lower “Blame Myself,” “Heavenly Facet” with Matt Maeson, and eventually “Loopy Instances” alongside Stated The Sky and Rock Mafia.
Rewatch all 4 of ILLENIUM’s TRILOGY units in full HD under, courtesy of absolutely the legend illeniumINTEL.
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