Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike


Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike are Belgian DJs and a record production duo, composed of brothers Dimitri Thivaios and Michael Thivaios. They were ranked No. 1 in 2015 and 2019, and were ranked No. 2 in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018 on DJ Mags Top 100 DJs list.
They have performed at numerous festivals worldwide such as EXIT festival, Electric Daisy Carnival, Electric Zoo, Parookaville, UNTOLD, Creamfields and Tomorrowland, where they have been the official resident DJs since 2010. They have held summer DJ residencies in Ibiza at Amnesia and more recently Ushuaïa Ibiza.
They run the record label, Smash The House, which was founded in 2010, and have collaborated with artists that include Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, Daddy Yankee, David Guetta, Era Istrefi, Fatboy Slim, Gucci Mane, Hardwell, Martin Garrix, Paris Hilton, Steve Angello, Sebastian Yatra and Kid Ink, and have remixed artists such as Coldplay, Lady Gaga and The Chainsmokers.

History

Pre–2009: Early life and career

Born in Belgium, Dimitri and Michael Thivaios are of Greek origin. The brothers grew up in the Flemish town of Willebroek. 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 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 Space.

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, "Tomorrow ". 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. 2013 also saw the release of "Tremor" with Dutch DJ Martin Garrix which, in 2018, Billboard named their best song.
In May 2015, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike scored their first Belgian number one with "The Hum". Charlie Sheen and Jean-Claude Van Damme starred in the song’s official music video. This was quickly followed by a second' "Higher Place". Both songs also certified platinum in Belgium. At Amsterdam Dance Event 2015, the duo were voted as the world's number one DJ, by DJ Magazine, being the first Belgians to do so. 2016 saw the groups 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.
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". In 2017 the duo also released a rendition of "He's a Pirate" with Hans Zimmer for the movie.
On 22 June 2018, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike released the single "When I Grow Up", with American rapper Wiz Khalifa. 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 film Gangsta. On 28th September the duo released the song "Bounce" featuring Bassjackers, Julian Banks and Snoop Dogg.
On 15th Feb 2019, Dimitri & Mike and Era Istrefi released ‘Selfish’ which achieved the number one position on the Billboard Dance Chart. On 10th May 2019, Dimitri & Mike released their song ‘Best Friends Ass’ with Paris Hilton. The music video for the single featured a number of known personalities including YouTubers Nikita Dragun, Vitaly Zdorovetskiy and Juanpa Zurita, singer-songwriter Chester Lockhart, former UFC fighter Chuck Liddell and Kim Kardashian.
In 2019, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike achieved their first 2× platinum single with "Instagram", a collaboration with David Guetta, Daddy Yankee, Afro Bros and Natti Natasha. 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 Top 100 DJs Poll. The brothers closed the decade with a collaboration with Sebastian Yatra, Afro Bros, Camilo and Emilia on ‘Boomshakalaka’.
On 24 July 2020, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike along with DJ Regard released a dance cover of Destiny's Child 'Say My Name'. The following day they played the closing set for the first virtual festival held by Tomorrowland. The event named 'Tomorrowland Around the World' took place on July 25 and July 26 as a replacement for the usual festival which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tomorrowland

Together with the Belgian DJ Yves V, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike are the resident DJs at the Belgian festival Tomorrowland. They made their first appearance at the festival in 2010 playing one of the festival’s side stages, before performing on the main stage in 2012. The duo have performed on the main stage every year since.
Dimitri & Mike also host their Smash The House and Garden of Madness stages at the festival. Guests in both arenas have included the likes of Steve Angello, Hardwell, David Guetta, Bassjackers, Lost Frequencies, W&W and Steve Aoki.

3 Are Legend

is a supergroup consisting of Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and American DJ Steve Aoki. The trio have performed together at several music festivals such as TomorrowWorld, Tomorrowland, Creamfields and Ultra Music Festival.  On July 26 2019, 3 Are Legend released a track with W&W named ‘Khaleesi’.

Concert Tours

On 19th & 20th December 2014, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike hosted their first concert at Antwerp’s Sportpaleis with the event concept ‘Bringing the World The Madness’ and 40,000 fans joining them over the 2 day event. The following year they announced the 2016 edition of the arena show at Antwerp’s Sportpaleis increasing the run of dates to 3 nights. Tomorrowland founder Michiel Beers and the duo's artist manager Nick Royaards both help produce and manage the annual event concepts, with Tomorrowland providing production behind all of the shows.
On 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. 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, Dimitri & Mike rebranded their annual concert at Antwerp’s Sportpaleis Tomorrowland Presents Garden of Madness. The line-up for the 2019 edition featured guests DJs Armin van Buuren, Netsky, Nicky Romero and Lil Kleine. In the build up to the homecoming show in Belgium, Dimitri & Mike also toured the Garden of Madness show in Liverpool and New York.

Personal lives

Dimitri Vegas is a big comic book fan and owns a large collection, with his favourite being the Spiderman series. In 2017, Dimitri married Belgian-born DJ and producer :de:Mattn|Mattn in Ibiza. Dimitri 'Vegas' Thivaios has also appeared in several feature films that include The Bouncer, and.
Like Mike 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.

Discography

Awards and nominations

[DJ Awards]

[DJ Mag]azine top 100 DJs

[International Dance Music Awards]

Pre-2016

2018–present{{efn|group=upper-alpha|No award ceremony was held in 2017. In 2018 winners were chosen by the [Winter Music Conference] themselves. 2019 marks the first year of public voting since the Winter Music Conference's restructure.}}

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2020Best Male rowspan="1"

[MTV Europe Music Award]s

[NRJ Music Award]s

[WDM Radio Awards]

[YouTube Creator Awards]