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    David Guetta Quite Emotional Over World's No.1 DJ Crown Nearly a Decade After His First

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    The French DJ and producer has topped DJ Mag’s annual Top 100 DJs poll for the second time in his career, and has been presented with his award during virtual awards show in Amsterdam.

    Nov 10, 2020
    AceShowbiz – David Guetta has topped DJ Mag’s annual Top 100 DJs poll for the second time.
    The French DJ and producer came out at number one on the rundown – almost a decade after he first took the top spot back in 2011 – and was presented with his award during the AMF Presents Top 100 DJs virtual awards show in Amsterdam.
    “Thank you so much to everyone who voted for me,” he said. “To think it is 40 years since I first played in a club, and 10 years since I last won this award makes me quite emotional.”

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    “When I first won nine years ago I got a lot of hate for merging dance music with mainstream and pop and looking back now and seeing how it has shaped the industry and made it evolve is absolutely crazy.”

    “Winning now after I’ve gone back to what I did originally and releasing more underground music with my friend Morten and ‘Future Rave’, and with ‘Jack Back’, makes it even more special,” continued the “When Love Takes Over” hitmaker. “I owe everything to my fans and whatever the future brings, I’ll be there, ready to soundtrack the party, and I hope you will too.”
    Other top acts in the rundown include last year’s winners Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, who came in second, followed by Martin Garrix at three, Armin van Buuren in fourth place and DJ Alok at five – switching places with Marshmello who slides down to the 11th spot.

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    David Guetta Stages Live Lockdown Performances Outdoors Because of This Reason

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    One month after performing at ‘United at Home’ on a rooftop in Miami, Florida, the ‘Dangerous’ hitmaker prepares for a second virtual benefit show that will take place in New York City.
    May 29, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Dance superstar David Guetta decided to take his live lockdown performances outdoors after finding it “frustrating” to play without an in-person crowd.
    With concerts and club nights shut down around the globe due to the coronavirus pandemic, many musicians have taken to the Internet to livestream gigs from the comfort of their own homes, but staging the shows indoors just wasn’t working for the Titanium hitmaker.
    “A lot of artists, especially DJs, were doing performances from their bedrooms. I felt like that was a little bit frustrating. I really wanted to feel like I have a crowd,” Guetta explained to The Associated Press.
    The French star came up with a plan to stage a virtual benefit gig last month on a rooftop in Miami, Florida, complete with festival-grade production, and the location of the first event, titled United at Home, allowed residents in nearby apartment buildings to view the concert in person, while still abiding by social distancing regulations.

    Guetta said, “I had the idea of doing this in the middle of (apartment) towers and people were on the balconies and that was absolutely amazing.”
    The livestream attracted over 12 million viewers and raised more than $700,000 (£568,000) for COVID-19 relief efforts, and Guetta is now preparing to play his second United at Home show at an undisclosed location in New York City on Saturday, May 30.
    During the Miami event, he also connected with fans via video conferencing app Zoom so he could watch them enjoy his concert as it happened, and he will be doing the same for the Big Apple bash.
    “To me it’s essential,” he shared of the fan engagement. “That was the idea behind the show. I’m going to do it in a different way in New York City, but we were also interacting with people on Zoom. I thought that was so cool. I could see the kids dancing at home. I could see everybody having their own little parties. I could interact with them. Some people would write messages to me and I would answer them. Like, this is really cool! It feels more real.
    “We’re entertainers, this is what we do. It’s not just like playing at home on the keyboard. I’m performing for the people. It’s amazing to receive energy back.”
    And while the concert will be raising donations for good causes, Guetta is thrilled to be able to entertain fans as best he can until the live music industry is up and running again.
    “We’re doing something good. And also, we’re bringing a little bit of happiness in people’s life (sic) which is what I’m trying to do as a DJ,” he smiled.
    Fans can join the next United at Home concert from 7pm EST here.

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