Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike are a Belgian–Greek DJ duo composed of brothers Dimitri Thivaios and Michael Thivaios. They were ranked No. 1 on ''
DJ Mag
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''s Top 100 DJs list in 2015 and 2019, and were ranked No. 2 in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2020.
They have performed at numerous festivals worldwide such as EXIT festival, Electric Daisy Carnival,
Electric Zoo
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Parookaville
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Creamfields
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and
Tomorrowland
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, where they have been the official resident DJs since 2010. They have held summer DJ residencies in Ibiza at Amnesia (2014-2016) and more recently Ushuaïa Ibiza (2017 to present).
They run the record label Smash the House which was founded in 2010, and have collaborated with artists that include
Afrojack
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Daddy Yankee
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David Guetta
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Era Istrefi
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Hardwell
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Martin Garrix
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Paris Hilton
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Steve Angello
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Sebastian Yatra
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Kid Ink
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, and have remixed artists such as
Lady Gaga
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Known by their stage names, Dimitri Vegas (Dimitri Thivaios) and Like Mike (Michael Thivaios) were born on and respectively, and were both born in Belgium. Dimitri and Michael Thivaios are of Greek origin. The brothers grew up in the Flemish town of
Willebroek
Willebroek (, old spelling: ''Willebroeck'') is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of , Heindonk, , Klein Willebroek, and Willebroek proper. In 2021, Willebroek had a total population ...
. They began to make their first steps as DJs reportedly at a young age. Very quickly, they made several appearances in small clubs and were resident BeatFM radio DJs. Dimitri then left
Flanders
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in 1999 and began touring Europe. He lived in Mallorca and then in Halkidiki, Greece before moving to Ibiza in 2003, where he was a resident in major clubs such as Privilege and
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2009–present: Breakthrough and success
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike released their first single in 2009, "Liquid Skies" under the alias DNM. In 2010, after founding their own record label Smash the House, they were tasked with writing the official anthem for the 2010 edition of
Tomorrowland
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Tomorrow (Give in to the Night)
"Tomorrow (Give in to the Night)" is a song by Belgium, Belgian electronic DJ duo Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Swedish DJ duo Dada Life and English/Irish singer-songwriter Tara McDonald. The song reached number 5 in the Belgian dance charts and 16 ...
". This song was their first top 20 hit, peaking at number 16 in Belgium. The duo continued to write the Tomorrowland anthems up to the 2014 edition, this included the 2013 anthem "Chattahoochee" which peaked at number two in the Belgian charts. 2014 also saw the release of " Tremor" with Dutch DJ
Martin Garrix
Martijn Gerard Garritsen (; born 14 May 1996), known professionally as Martin Garrix and also as Ytram and GRX, is a Dutch disc jockey and music producer who was ranked number one on ''DJ Mag''s Top 100 DJs list for three consecutive years—201 ...
which, in 2018, '' Billboard'' named their best song.
In May 2015, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike scored their first Belgian number one with "The Hum" with Dutch dj Ummet Ozcan.
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Jean-Claude Van Damme
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starred in the song's official music video. "The Hum" was quickly followed by the release of " Higher Place" (featuring
Ne-Yo
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) which also peaked at number one in Belgium, both songs also certified platinum in the duo's home country. At
Amsterdam Dance Event
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DJ Mag
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azine, being the first Belgians to do so. 2016 saw the group's third number one and platinum single with " Hey Baby". and they finished runners-up in DJ Mag's top 100 DJ poll behind
Martin Garrix
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.
2017 saw the release of their platinum selling single " Complicated", certifying in both Belgium and The Netherlands, in addition to their long-awaited festivals gimmick "Crowd Control". They also released a rendition of "He's a Pirate" with
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Tomorrowland
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, the duo debuted their "Garden of Madness" stage at the festival which has been a part of the event ever since.
On 22 June 2018, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike released the single "When I Grow Up", with American rapper
Wiz Khalifa
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. The music video for "When I Grow Up" was directed by Belgian directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, who had recently cast Dimitri & Mike for an acting role in their Belgian movie ''
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''. On 28 September the duo released the song "Bounce" featuring
Bassjackers
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On 15 February 2019, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and
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released "
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" which achieved the number one position on the
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. On 10 May 2019, Dimitri & Mike released their song " Best Friends Ass" with
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. The music video for the single featured a number of known personalities including YouTubers
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. Later in 2019, they achieved their first 2× platinum single with " Instagram", a collaboration with
David Guetta
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Daddy Yankee
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. In addition to this, after three years in second place, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike reclaimed their place as world's No.1 DJs in the
DJ Mag
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Top 100 DJs Poll. The brothers closed the decade with a collaboration with
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, Afro Bros, Camilo and Emilia on ‘ Boomshakalaka’.
On 5 February 2021, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike released a remixed version of "Hwaa" by (G)I-dle, a South Korean kpop girl group.
On 24 July 2020, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike along with
DJ Regard
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Say My Name
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". The following day the duo played the closing set for the first virtual festival held by
Tomorrowland
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. The event named "Tomorrowland Around the World" took place on 25 July and 26 July as a replacement for the usual festival which was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
In August 2021, the duo collabed with mobile battle royale game "
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", under the collab game will release playable characters based on the duo in-game, official announcement was made by Garena Free Fire's official social media handles on 4 August 2021.
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike had also previously released track for in-game event "Rampage" of Garena Free Fire in July 2021. On 20 August 2021, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike along with
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and
KSHMR
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released collaboration song for the Garena Free Fire's 4th anniversary.
Tomorrowland
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,
Creamfields
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,
Ultra Music Festival
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and Untold. They officially first performed under the 3 Are Legend alias at the 2014 edition of
Ultra Music Festival
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.
Personal lives
Dimitri Vegas is a big comic book fan and owns a large collection, with his favourite being the Spider-Man series. In 2017, Dimitri married Belgian-born DJ and producer Mattn in Ibiza. Vegas has also appeared in several feature films that include '' The Bouncer'', '' Men in Black: International'' and '' Rambo: Last Blood''.
Like Mike, in addition to his music career, also writes, produces and raps under the same name. In February 2020 Mike announced the launch of his own record label Green Room for his solo music projects.
For a tour of Scandinavia in 2020, the duo used
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Competition Gran Coupés as their tour vehicles as part of a promotional endeavour with the car company.
Discography
Concert tours
On 19 and 20 December 2014, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike hosted their first concert at Antwerp's
Sportpaleis
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with the event concept "Bringing the World the Madness", which saw 40,000 fans joining them over the two day event. The following year they announced the 2016 edition of the arena show at Antwerp's Sportpaleis increasing the run of dates to four nights (16, 17, 18, 19 December). Tomorrowland founder Michiel Beers The duo's manager, Nick Royaards, help produce and manage the annual event concepts, with Tomorrowland providing production behind all of the shows.
In November 2016, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike played a "Bringing Germany the Madness" concert, in association with World Club Dome Winter Edition show, at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The concert entered the German history books following a record-breaking show that saw Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike play to a crowd of 45,000 people — the biggest solo DJ show in Germany ever.
For 2019, Vegas & Mike rebranded their annual concert at Antwerp's
Sportpaleis
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as "Tomorrowland Presents Garden of Madness". The line-up for the 2019 edition featured guests DJs Armin van Buuren, Netsky,
Nicky Romero
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and Lil Kleine. In the build up to the homecoming show in Belgium, Vegas & Mike also toured the Garden of Madness show in
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Tomorrowland
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