Armin Van Buuren has been voted as the number one DJ in the world by many magazines and voter polls. He came so UCSD to perform on May 7, and surprisingly tickets did not sell out. He toured in LA, San Diego, and San Francisco, but San Diego was the only city that didn't sell out tickets for him. This is really interesting to me because it plays into the culture of San Diego's EDM music preference. Armin Van Buuren is defined as a trans DJ. He is described on his website as "The flag-bearer of the trance movement, one of the biggest scenes in EDM worldwide" http://www.arminvanbuuren.com/biography/
Based on my previous posts there is some sort of a discrepancy between people who love trans vs. people who love dubstep. It's interesting because I feel that in San Diego, the music is catered toward harder EDM. LED sponsors DJs that play music with harder electro sounds over DJs that play lighter more uplifting sounds. Except for this recent LED event, almost all the previous ones have sold out.
I'm surprised to hear this didn't sell out. I don't follow the EDM scene but I hear Armin Van Buuren's name thrown out there a lot. Do you think the fact that the concert was held on a Tuesday and at a venue like RIMAC might have also been a large factor for the lack of sales?
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