DJ Tiesto To Do Long-Term Residency In Las Vegas, Hopes To Work More On In-Studio Collaborations

DJ Tiesto has committed himself to long-term residency in Las Vegas. Many top DJ's have given residencies since the nineties including Erick Morillo and Paul Oakenfold.  In recent years it has been Kaskade, Deadmau5 and others.

"I'm going to dedicate my year to Las Vegas. Just Vegas, maybe a couple of festivals. I haven't decided yet," Tiësto told Rolling Stone.

Tiesto is partnering with Hakkasan Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Hotel.

"With the scene blowing up in America, Vegas is so much fun now," he says. "It's the right time to do it. I do everything on my gut feeling, and I felt like it's gonna be awesome there. I've been to Ibiza for 10 years, and I love Ibiza, but I always look for something new and a new challenge."

Tiesto, who has a 20-month deal with MGM, will perform 20 daytime shows at the Wet Republic outdoor pool. He will be giving more than 40 gigs at the Hakkasan Las Vegas Restaurant and Nightclub. "They want to make it an experience. For sure, the production inside the club is going to be amazing," he said.

"I think nowadays, with people having mobile phones and the Internet, you have to be even more aware that people see the show even before they come. You have to make sure you can always surprise them every time you do a production," he says about his plans to give a new show each week.

He also likes to bring in fresh talent, "I love that I can bring some of the new DJs to my home," he says. "I want to have new DJs every week there."

The 44-year-old DJ has revealed that he would want to settle down after touring non-stop around the world.

"I can be more in the studio with artists [this way] instead of just bouncing tracks back and forth, and really produce other people's albums and songs. So that's going to be the biggest change," he says. "It doesn't matter if they're famous or not - I just want to meet other creative people who can maybe bring something different to the studio than what I have. I think that's the most important thing for me."