With Ushuaïa occupying nearly the same spot in Playa d’En Bossa as a hotel Dimitri Vegas played at 16 years ago when he was just starting out as a DJ, the duo’s appearances over the summer at the world-famous club illustrate just how far they’ve come from humble beginnings. While the tag team also enjoyed shows in Asia and around much of Europe, their DJ residency in Ibiza was special for another reason.
We really miss the people, and the shows were so crazy.” Next year we’re going to play there way more.
“We used to play South America so much, so that was like coming home. “We did the Lollapalooza tour there,” Dimitri says. Taking their distinctive blend of EDM, trap and other genres to huge venues across the world, they mention South America as being a particular highlight, with festival appearances in Chile and Argentina standing out. The brothers had another banner year in 2019, with an exceptionally busy gig diary. The Greek-Belgian duo of Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike (real names Dimitri and Michael Thivaios) have returned to the throne after first being crowned No.1 in 2015, deposing Martin Garrix from his three-year reign. “For us it was unreal, it was a big surprise, to be honest.
“I was caught off guard with the news that we’re No.1 again,” an excitable Dimitri Vegas tells DJ Mag from Ibiza, having just finished 14 weeks of a residency at Ushuaïa with his brother Mike.
