Great news from Mexico. Armin van Buuren has been nominated for no less than 7 EMPO awards. You can cast your vote here. Armin van Buuren is nominated for:

Best Festival in Mexico:
ASOT Festival

Best Music Video:
Armin van Buuren ft. Mr. Probz – Another You

Best Album:
Armin van Buuren – Embrace

Best Label:
Armada Music

Radio show:
A State Of Trance

Best Compilation:
A State Of Trance: Ushuaia

DJ Trance:
Armin van Buuren

Today, Armin van Buuren announced his return to Ibiza this summer. The DJ and producer is to hit up the party island with a select number of exclusive shows, granting the island’s residents, tourists, and party animals to be amongst the few to see him perform on the Balearic isle in this year’s summer season.

Van Buuren’s decision to trade in the steady flow of weekly Ibiza shows for a select number of exclusive performances follows a previous announcement unveiling the true extent of his ‘Armin Only Embrace’ world tour. The global tour, directly tied to the release of his sixth full-length artist album ‘Embrace’ last year, is to bring Van Buuren to some of the most illustrious venues and locations in the world between May 2016 and April 2017, starting off with the world tour premiere in the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on May 6th and May 7th.

The first set of exclusive Ibiza shows includes:

July 7th, 2016 – Amnesia

July 17th, 2016 – Amnesia

July 29th, 2016 – Ushuaïa

August 14th, 2016 – Amnesia

September 11th, 2016 – Ushuaïa

More dates to be announced.

Armin van Buuren and ALDA Events have teamed up with famous theatre director Jos Thie and creative mind Sander Reneman again for a brand-new dance theatre experience. This year, we will have an extensive rehearsal period of three weeks for ‘Armin Only Embrace’ in which Armin and his crew will dot the i’s and cross the t’s. We will close the rehearsal period with two exclusive sneak previews on April 29 and 30 from 18h00 to 00h00 in the Brabanthallen in Den Bosch.

Exceptional for these sneak previews is that we open the doors for all ages! All young Armin van Buuren fans have the unique chance to see a sneak preview of the legendary ‘Armin Only Embrace’ solo show. It also offers the fans that missed out on getting a ticket for the sold-out world premiere shows in the Ziggo Dome a chance to be part of the exclusive sneak previews.

Only a limited amount of people will be able to witness the sneak previews, tickets are on sale now via http://arminonly.com.

It’s not allowed to take pictures or make videos with your camera or phone during the sneak previews.

INFO:
Event: Armin Only Embrace Sneak Previews ALL AGES
Date: April 29 & 30
Venue: Brabanthallen, Den Bosch
Doors open: 18h00
Time: 18h00 – 00h00
Age: ALL AGES
Price: €18 excl. service fee

Just like last year, we’re celebrating Easter with a sweet sale this year. This time, it’s the esteemed and beloved A State Of Trance 2015 album that gets thrown in for good measure. Starting today (Friday March 25th) until Monday March 28th, you can get ASOT 2015 at 50% off via iTunes. We can’t think of a better way to celebrate Easter. Can you?

Get ASOT 2015 at 50% off, exclusively on iTunes.

It’s that time of year again. March 18th, 19th, and 20th is when Ultra Miami Festival makes its 2016 appearance and gets to bring elation to the amassed crowds. Armin van Buuren is of course one of the main guys and he’ll be killing it on the main stage on March 18th from 8.50 till 9.55 PM, which you can check out via the live stream at https://ultramusicfestival.com/.

And of course, we’ve got an amazing I’m In A State Of Trance stage on Sunday March 20th. The line-up is quite extraordinary as well, with the likes of Eric Prydz and Deadmau5 even joining the ranks.

Line-up
12.00 PM – 01.00 PM: KhoMha
01.00 PM – 02.00 PM: Ben Gold
02.00 PM – 03.00 PM: MaRLo
03.00 PM – 04.00 PM: Andrew Rayel
04.00 PM – 05.00 PM: Aly & Fila
05.00 PM – 06.10 PM: Markus Schulz
06.10 PM – 07.30 PM: Deadmau5
07.30 PM – 09.00 PM: Eric Prydz
09.00 – END: Armin van Buuren

The I Am In A State Of Trance stage will be live streamed as well, but audio only. Tune in at http://live.astateoftrance.com on Sunday March 20th.

Taken directly out of Armin van Buuren’s A State Of Trance radio show, these are the twenty tunes worthwhile. The March/April 2016 installment of the A State Of Trance Radio Top 20 holds spectacular cuts from a number of Trance champions, including Armin van Buuren’s ‘Heading Up High’ feat. Kensington, Above & Beyond’s ‘A.I.’, MaRLo’s ‘Titans’, Super8 & Tab’s ‘Moonbow’, and sixteen other gems. The pinnacle of Trance music is right here.

Listen or download: A State Of Trance Radio Top 20 – March/April 2016

How’s this for a contest? We’re giving away a total of twenty tickets (10×2) to Armin’s show at Thursday in the Sirius XM Music Lounge in Miami on March 17th. You definitely don’t want to miss out on this and because of that, we’ve even arranged for two different ways in which you can take part in this contest.

1. The Social Contest – [8×2 tickets]
At 6.30 PM (CET) today (March 11th), we will publish a post involving the contest on Facebook. All you have to do is comment on this post with who you’d like to attend the Sirius XM Music Lounge event in Miami and explain why. The best stories will be awarded with a pair of tickets (2).

2. The Newsletter Contest – [2×2 tickets]
As soon as you read this post, the Newsletter Contest enters the mix on the Armada website (www.armadamusic.com) and the Armada blog (http://blog.armadamusic.com). Head on over to one of the two websites, browse around until our pop-up pops up and subscribe to the Armada Newsletter by submitting your email-address in the pop-up box. If you’ve subscribed while the competitions runs, you are in for a chance to win two tickets. It’s that simple!

The Contest Rules:
* You have to be at least 21 years of age to get into the Sirius XM Music Lounge.
* You have to get yourself to Miami (In other words; we won’t arrange your ways of travel, nor reimburse you for it).
* The winner of the contest will only be on the guest list for the day on which Armin van Buuren performs at the SiriusXM Music Lounge.
* The winners will be notified on Tuesday March 15th at noon (12.00 PM CET).

Taken directly out of Armin van Buuren’s A State Of Trance radio show, these are the twenty tunes worthwhile. The March/April 2016 installment of the A State Of Trance Radio Top 20 holds spectacular cuts from a number of Trance champions, including Armin van Buuren’s ‘Heading Up High’ feat. Kensington, Above & Beyond’s ‘A.I.’, MaRLo’s ‘Titans’, Super8 & Tab’s ‘Moonbow’, and sixteen other gems. The pinnacle of Trance music is right here.

Release date: March 18th

Pre-order: A State Of Trance Radio Top 20 – March/April 2016