There are DJ sets. There are career-defining moments. And then there are nights like this.
On December 19th, 2025, Tiësto delivered one of the most talked-about performances of recent years at the Great Pyramids of Giza — a location so steeped in history that it already carries a near-mythical aura. Framed by ancient stone, desert winds, and a futuristic Prismatic stage design, Tiësto didn’t just play a set. He sent a message.
Trance is back. And he’s leading it again.
From the very first minutes, it was clear this would not be a nostalgia exercise, nor a half-hearted nod to the past. Instead, Tiësto delivered a three-hour journey packed with IDs, exclusive mashups, modern techno-leaning energy, and reimagined trance classics, weaving together decades of his musical DNA into one continuous statement.
Social media reacted instantly. Clips flooded timelines. Long-time fans, casual listeners, and industry insiders all echoed the same sentiment: This felt important.
A Set Built on Tension, Memory & Forward Motion
Rather than opening with obvious crowd-pleasers, Tiësto opted for slow-burning storytelling. Early mashups like Forever Today vs. Bring Me To Life and the multi-layered Age Of Love vs. Stella vs. Go immediately established the tone: reverent to trance history, but unafraid to bend it into something new.
The middle section of the set was a masterclass in balance. Brand-new IDs sat effortlessly next to timeless moments like Lethal Industry, Suburban Train, and Adagio For Strings, not as museum pieces, but as living, breathing weapons rebuilt for 2025.
Tracks like Lost In The Ocean, Tears In My Blood, and Beautiful Places hinted at a deeper emotional direction — melodic, expansive, and unapologetically trance-rooted — while heavier cuts and hypnotic selections kept the momentum locked.
And then came the closing stretch: a breathtaking run of trance anthems and reworks that felt less like a DJ finale and more like a ceremony. When Silence, As The Rush Comes, Need To Feel Loved, and Adagio For Strings echoed across the Giza plateau, it felt symbolic — history meeting the future, sound meeting stone.
Eight IDs, Zero Doubt
Tiësto premiered at least eight IDs during the show — and notably, many of them leaned firmly into trance structures: long builds, emotional breakdowns, euphoric payoffs.
This wasn’t a festival crowd-pleasing compromise.
This was confidence.
Confidence to trust the audience. Confidence to trust the music. Confidence to return to a sound that once defined an entire generation.
Stream:
Tracklist:
[?] Tiësto & FORS – Forever Today vs. Bring Me To Life (Tiësto Mashup)
[31:24] Age Of Love vs. Jam & Spoon vs. Moby – Age Of Love vs. Stella vs. Go (Tiësto Mashup)
[34:07] Sonique – I Put A Spell On You (ID Remix)
[38:19] Tiësto – ID
[41:22] Tiësto – Lost In The Ocean
[44:20] Tiësto – Tears In My Blood
[47:34] Innēr Sense – People Can Fly
[50:52] Tiësto – ID
[53:30] Anyma & Solomun – Till I Die
[55:36] Kevin de Vries & Add-us – Entrance
[59:15] Three Drives – Greece 2000 (Sander Van Dien Remix)
[1:02:08] Tiësto – ID
[1:05:50] Tiësto – Beautiful Places
[1:09:05] Sheila & B. Devotion – Spacer (Tiësto Remix)
[1:13:15] Glass Petals & Capozzi – More Life
[1:15:54] Tiësto – Carpe Noctum
[1:18:00] Tiësto – Lethal Industry (Edit)
[1:21:04] Tiësto – RVN (Raven)
[1:24:10] Antoine Delvig & LUISDEMARK – Hypnotic
[1:26:22] Fred again.. – Lights Burn Dimmer (Tiësto Remix)
[1:28:54] Tiësto – Theme From Norefjell (Ørjan Nilsen Remix)
[1:32:54] Elysian – Now We Are Free
[1:37:19] Airwave pres. Cloud 69 – Sixty Nine Ways (Tiësto Remix)
[1:41:55] Nalin & Kane – Open Your Eyes (Tiësto Edit)
[1:46:00] Tiësto – ID
[1:49:27] ID – ID
[1:52:46] Daxson – Aurora
[1:56:45] Ralph Fridge – Paradise (Nu Gray Mix)
[2:00:24] Tiësto vs. Gareth Emery & Christina Novelli – Suburban Train vs. Concrete Angel
[2:03:00] Delerium – Silence (Tiësto In Search Of Sunrise 2025 Remix)
[2:07:45] Motorcycle – As The Rush Comes (Tiësto 2025 Remix)
[2:10:50] Tiësto – Elements Of Life
[2:16:44] Reflekt – Need To Feel Loved (Tiësto Remix)
[2:19:05] Kaskade – It’s You It’s Me (Ryan Case Remix)
[2:22:00] Tiësto – ID
[2:24:56] Lorcan Kelly & Kule – Love U Seek
[2:26:55] TWOFACED & Nikita Warren – I Need You
[2:29:03] Benwal – Dive
[2:31:35] Faithless – Insomnia (Disclosure 2025 Edit)
[2:34:35] ID – ID
[2:38:35] KE-YEN – YOU
[2:43:03] Funk Tribu – Azul
[2:47:07] ID – ID
[2:50:28] Saltwater & Alphazone vs. Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Legacy vs. The Way We Were (Tiësto Mashup)
[2:53:41] ROSALÍA & Björk & Yves Tumor vs. Tiësto – Berghain vs. Traffic
[2:57:51] Push – Strange World (Tiësto Remix)
[3:00:12] Atonal System – Throbbing Voltage
[3:03:41] CIRCA96 & Ton TB – Electronic Malfunction
[3:07:17] Odymel – Refraction
[3:11:02] Ratty – Sunrise (Here I Am) (Tiësto Remix)
[3:13:40] Tiësto – Adagio For Strings
[3:19:29] Daniel Lopatin – I Love You, Tokyo (Tiësto Rework)
