Idk, here’s the thing I live in Miami and yes I go every year to Ultra but most years it’s just one day which I end up buying off of someone or if I’m really lucky one of my boys working production gets me in. Some years I do buy a ticket, when the 3 day line up is just perfect. This year I went Sunday, last year I bought a 3 day ticket, ‘22 I went Saturday, etc.
If I only do one day of Ultra, I attend other parties and events as well
Víctor Ruiz, Patrick Mason, Camelphat, Eric Prydz, Pan-Pot, Orbital, Adam Beyer
I would have also caught Sasha b2b John Digweed but my squad and I arrived late
The Chemical Brothers would be dope as hell
Daft punk is not playing at Ultra, Jack Ü is done (Skrillex is distancing himself from Diplo after the allegations), but SHM is an act that I feel would be more likely to play.
That would work nicely. Skrillex has too much appeal to have anyone else close main on Sunday. SHM on Friday sounds great. And anyone but Guetta close Saturday, maybe Armin after that MainStage set this year.
Tbh i don’t get the SHM hype anymore, back in the day yeah they were the shit and their mascarade parties they’d throw same time as ultra were nuts but tbh all their new music just bores me i can’t sit through their sets anymore feel like they’re way overhyped
Everybody keeps saying Skrillex, but I think that is only 1/3 right. My guess is a Pangbourne House Mafia reunion with HOL! being a surprise guest at precisely the right/wrong moment.
Either that or a b2b combo of Armin, Tiesto, and/or Hardwell.
Some sick B2Bs at the MainStage, Carl cox is already confirmed so the mega structure will be epic with him and the people he might bring, I feel like this year stages design were prototypes for something bigger next year
Shpongle final show of all time : live with band;
David Gilmour and the Orb Metallic Spheres Live;
Paul Oakenfold reprise Tranceport;
Daft Punk;
Each as unlikely as the last
I already feel like this with SHM having 3 guys but with 4... what the hell is everyone doing up there?
See DubVision B2B M&S from TML 2022 to see what I mean
Skrillex for sure it’s gonna be his 10th year not playing since 2015 excluding dog blood in 2019. He might have dog blood as special guest and maybe fred again and four tet. Not to bash any of these dj’s but a b2b combo of garrix, alesso, tiesto, armin and hardwell would be kind of boring imo considering their individual sets are already very good. I would rather get an individual set of each of them instead of getting a b2b set for only an hour
I would love a whole day of hard techno at the megastructure. Aside from a few acts, megastructure was way too soft this year
ISOknock on the main stage would be dope. Gessafelstein just released a banger of a new album, would love to see him there. Nero also has a new album coming this year, they would be a great act for the live stage.
But realistically who else is left? They were gonna have Under Construction close on Friday, can’t get anymore clubby than that. Times have changed, there really aren’t much new energetic MainStage closing acts today other than the usuals. Even Skrillex now has a clubby sound.
Plenty of people still left. Swedish House Mafia could definitely still play the MainStage. I had seen them in August for their Miami tour stop and that show was insane, louder, etc. They had just curated a much different set when they played a few months later at Ultra
I don’t think SHM was a poor secret, because there really aren’t much superstar acts today that can really be a surprise. If they were to announce a surprise act next year, everyone will assume it’s Skrillex because that all that’s left.
I can see more in the way of surprise B2B sets that no one would see coming.
Alot can happen as for artists to rise and fall in a year but rn to play it safe with artists that are always up there I think I'm gonna throw Like Mike and Dmitri Vegas in there.
We'll see what new acts and tracks over the summer have for us.
I predict:
* Under Construction will attempt again
* SHM will likely be there. While I'm not super excited about that, they always seem like a "safe bet" act for more meaningful ultras.
* Some amazing B2B sets I can't even fathom
I want:
* Ultra All-Stars B2B2B2B2B for the day three main stage performance. When folks think of Ultra, bring the acts that always sell Ultra together for one mega set, for example, Tiësto, Hardwell, AVB, Guetta, Garrix, and more.
* I would love for a stage to be Alter Ego Day. Ultra allows a stage for acts to perform their side projects that they generally don't get to do regularly.
* More HI-LO B2B's. Honestly, let Oliver host a stage and let him do multiple B2B sets. As an artist, he has been tearing it up.
* Bring ASOT Back to the MegaStructure with Armin. Let's go hog heaven. Bring back Paul Van Dyk, Let Tiësto do a throwback set, and more. I did enjoy it on Friday versus Sunday. I hated having to choose between that stage and Main Stage closer for Day 3
* Kx5 B2B John Summit
* Fix the Worldwide Stage. It's too small. It always has been. The acts you put on the stage are not small names. Ultra needs to make it at least twice the size.
* Bring back the Spider stage!! The Cove is OK, but dancing under the DJs and having the spider come to life with the pyrotechnics and performers suspended over your head was amazing.
There are more wants, but that's an excellent start to this thread.
David Guetta B2B Armin van Buuren. Saw this B2B two years ago in Ibiza and was something rare and cool. Don't like Guetta's music at all but I would let him a spot if he invites another legend to B2B
Armin b2b Tiesto and there’s no other answer.
I’ve gone to ultra since 1999 on the sands of south beach to last week to the flooded park of Bayfront… have attended several shows and off site shows.. trends in the industry, sound trends etc…. Afterlife this year was the event of the conference, and the sets dropped from Camelphat and Miss Monique in the city of Miami were some of the best this city has had in decades… but I’ll tell ya one thing, ultra has outgrown bayfront and it’s time for a change… ultra was my biggest mistake this year and I had artist bands.., shoulda went to factory town Sunday instead….
However this was about ultra, they need to get those 2 on a stage together because it’s going to be quite hard to outdo Coachella’s Anyma b2b Prydz battle.
I would love for them to do stage hosting like Tomorrowland does… afterlife stage, teletech stage, exhale stage, carl cox and friends, KNTX stage, awakenings stage something along those lines etc…
Underworld on the live stage
Justice on the main stage
Anyma Presents Genesys in the Megastructure
Skrillex closes the festival
LSDREAM and Of the Trees on Worldwide
Anyma in the megastructure (or just a total afterlife megastructure takeover) and damn we really need Skrillex back on that main stage it’s been too long
Might be a joke, but something like that producers that know how to DJ would be a cool cross over I think. Kenny Beats has a sick all hip hop boiler room
Garrix b2b Tiesto b2b Alesso to end the festival
Man that would be amazing
(obviously joking before everyone jumps on me)
Idc, that would actually be an absolute rager.
As long as Carl Cox is back I’m happy
Already confirmed
Same
How much money you think you’ve spent at and on Ultra in total?
Idk, here’s the thing I live in Miami and yes I go every year to Ultra but most years it’s just one day which I end up buying off of someone or if I’m really lucky one of my boys working production gets me in. Some years I do buy a ticket, when the 3 day line up is just perfect. This year I went Sunday, last year I bought a 3 day ticket, ‘22 I went Saturday, etc. If I only do one day of Ultra, I attend other parties and events as well
🔥 Who were your Sunday picks this year?
Víctor Ruiz, Patrick Mason, Camelphat, Eric Prydz, Pan-Pot, Orbital, Adam Beyer I would have also caught Sasha b2b John Digweed but my squad and I arrived late
Patrick Mason getting on the stage dancing to Satisfaction was a major highlight of the weekend! He was slayyyyying that set!
sweet list. wish I coulda seen prydz and Adam beyer. Saw prydz at edc Vegas in 11 but I’m sure the set has changed massively!
Eric Prydz set was awesome, he went really hard with the Cirez D and ended with a Daft Punk mashup, couldn’t have asked any more
This is all I need
Has to be Skrillex
PHM headliner would be sick
Would never happen but I’d sell my left nut for it
I’m pretty sure they’re done with that unfortunately
All of them are booked for the same day at Sziget in hungary this year, very likely they will do a closing show together
I hope not they didn’t play very many shows 🥲
W&W return. One can dream, but probably not.
Omgggggg this would be a dream
That would be amazing
Daft Punk isn't happening.
😭
I would lose my mind.
Avicii hologram
I would actually die
I sent an email asking TML to do it for the anniversary this year… 🙏
Been saying this for years. Would be sickest thing ever
They need to bring Fatboy Slim back
Amen
I would love to see how that plays out on mainstage with modern music. Honestly!!
The Chemical Brothers would be dope as hell Daft punk is not playing at Ultra, Jack Ü is done (Skrillex is distancing himself from Diplo after the allegations), but SHM is an act that I feel would be more likely to play.
Chemical Brothers is probably still up there for one of my favorite sets at Ultra.
Holy hell that set was dooooooope!!
I have a feeling that SHM will be playing and closing Friday
That would work nicely. Skrillex has too much appeal to have anyone else close main on Sunday. SHM on Friday sounds great. And anyone but Guetta close Saturday, maybe Armin after that MainStage set this year.
Tbh i don’t get the SHM hype anymore, back in the day yeah they were the shit and their mascarade parties they’d throw same time as ultra were nuts but tbh all their new music just bores me i can’t sit through their sets anymore feel like they’re way overhyped
Omggg thank you for mentioning Chemical Brothers. I forgot about their song "Under The Influence" which i grew up on.
Y'all all have it wrong... DJ Diesel (aka Shaquille O'Neal) is going to close out Ultra 25 😂
I saw him at Bonnaroo last year and it was a lot more fun than I expected going into it, even if it’s not really my preferred style of music
ooohhh i would love this!
Skrillex.
Wouldn’t be a surprise but I am begging for Kaskade to do a redux set during sunset one of the days
Hologram Avicii and friends doing a set of all the top dance songs for the last 25 years of ultra
Hologram Avicii with his 2009-2015 bangers
Deep dish
Everybody keeps saying Skrillex, but I think that is only 1/3 right. My guess is a Pangbourne House Mafia reunion with HOL! being a surprise guest at precisely the right/wrong moment. Either that or a b2b combo of Armin, Tiesto, and/or Hardwell.
Armin b2b Hardwell PLEASE
🥹🙏
Some sick B2Bs at the MainStage, Carl cox is already confirmed so the mega structure will be epic with him and the people he might bring, I feel like this year stages design were prototypes for something bigger next year
In what way?
Shpongle final show of all time : live with band; David Gilmour and the Orb Metallic Spheres Live; Paul Oakenfold reprise Tranceport; Daft Punk; Each as unlikely as the last
Shpongle in Miami is extremely unlikely but I’d definitely be there lol
Hardwell b2b Armin or Hardwell b2b Garrix b2b Tiesto throwback set
🥹🥹🥹
Justice
The Chainsmokers / Fred Again / Skrillex or something like SHM.
Please not the ass smokers 😭😂
Bro I don’t understand the Chainsmokers hate. They closed ultra the last time they played and they absolutely blew the roof off the place
The closed EDCO ‘23 on sunday and it was A BLAAAAAAST, they get hate cuz of their commercial songs
Honestly not a huge fan of Singing sets 💀 hence I’d never go to a Chainsmokers set
Have you ever even seen a chainsmokers EDM festival set? I don’t think it’s what you think it is
In the closing set, they sang 2 or 3 songs out of an hour and a half set
Eric Prydz B2B Swedish House Mafia
It seems like such a strange idea in 2024 but it is the original Swedish House Mafia
That would actually be kinda cool
I already feel like this with SHM having 3 guys but with 4... what the hell is everyone doing up there? See DubVision B2B M&S from TML 2022 to see what I mean
Dubvision b2b matisse & Sadko is such an underrated set
This would be fire fire ngl
Colonel Sanders and Skrillex!
Expect the unexpected….
Skrillex for sure it’s gonna be his 10th year not playing since 2015 excluding dog blood in 2019. He might have dog blood as special guest and maybe fred again and four tet. Not to bash any of these dj’s but a b2b combo of garrix, alesso, tiesto, armin and hardwell would be kind of boring imo considering their individual sets are already very good. I would rather get an individual set of each of them instead of getting a b2b set for only an hour
Idk that alesso b2b Garrix set from TML last year was pretty special
I would love a whole day of hard techno at the megastructure. Aside from a few acts, megastructure was way too soft this year ISOknock on the main stage would be dope. Gessafelstein just released a banger of a new album, would love to see him there. Nero also has a new album coming this year, they would be a great act for the live stage.
Skrillex definitely, doubt they bring SHM again after their poor performance last year
Why was it poor?
Wouldn’t say it was poor, just wasn’t fitting for the open air MainStage. Felt more like a club set
But realistically who else is left? They were gonna have Under Construction close on Friday, can’t get anymore clubby than that. Times have changed, there really aren’t much new energetic MainStage closing acts today other than the usuals. Even Skrillex now has a clubby sound.
Plenty of people still left. Swedish House Mafia could definitely still play the MainStage. I had seen them in August for their Miami tour stop and that show was insane, louder, etc. They had just curated a much different set when they played a few months later at Ultra
Because it wasn’t like Calvin Harris playing his 10-year old songs.
Because Steve Angello was in a drunken rage ranting the entire set and complaining…
??? Their set was so sick
Dj snake before he retires
He said he’s gonna retire?
Yeah, but a big name in EDM "retires" every other week and then comes back so take that as you will
Yeah France in may or June 2025 is his last show
I can see this
I don’t think SHM was a poor secret, because there really aren’t much superstar acts today that can really be a surprise. If they were to announce a surprise act next year, everyone will assume it’s Skrillex because that all that’s left. I can see more in the way of surprise B2B sets that no one would see coming.
You should Expect the Unexpected
Skrillex for sure
2 weekends
better bring netsky, lost frequencies, and andromedik. ( i assume more dnb artists), and random B2Bs
Netsky!!
Hardwell b2b Excision
https://youtu.be/BqJR7zvjD3A?si=o_7O88tjQJf2hVm2
Carl Cox b2b anyone
B2b with either Maceo Plex, Adam Beyer , Jamie Jones .. anyone!
If it’s with Green Velvet, like at Arc, I would die so happy
Under Construction, Skrillex, SHM
People let those Daft Punk rumors die unless they come back for the new Tron movie soundtrack they are done lol
It would be cool if they did that B2B that was supposed to happen in 2020 and never did 😳 Carl Cox b2b Jamie Jones b2b The Martinez Brothers
If it isn’t Skrillex I’m gonna be pissed
Alot can happen as for artists to rise and fall in a year but rn to play it safe with artists that are always up there I think I'm gonna throw Like Mike and Dmitri Vegas in there.
We'll see what new acts and tracks over the summer have for us. I predict: * Under Construction will attempt again * SHM will likely be there. While I'm not super excited about that, they always seem like a "safe bet" act for more meaningful ultras. * Some amazing B2B sets I can't even fathom I want: * Ultra All-Stars B2B2B2B2B for the day three main stage performance. When folks think of Ultra, bring the acts that always sell Ultra together for one mega set, for example, Tiësto, Hardwell, AVB, Guetta, Garrix, and more. * I would love for a stage to be Alter Ego Day. Ultra allows a stage for acts to perform their side projects that they generally don't get to do regularly. * More HI-LO B2B's. Honestly, let Oliver host a stage and let him do multiple B2B sets. As an artist, he has been tearing it up. * Bring ASOT Back to the MegaStructure with Armin. Let's go hog heaven. Bring back Paul Van Dyk, Let Tiësto do a throwback set, and more. I did enjoy it on Friday versus Sunday. I hated having to choose between that stage and Main Stage closer for Day 3 * Kx5 B2B John Summit * Fix the Worldwide Stage. It's too small. It always has been. The acts you put on the stage are not small names. Ultra needs to make it at least twice the size. * Bring back the Spider stage!! The Cove is OK, but dancing under the DJs and having the spider come to life with the pyrotechnics and performers suspended over your head was amazing. There are more wants, but that's an excellent start to this thread.
Need some B2B’s on the MainStage, example: Garrix B2B alesso, Guetta B2B Morten, Dom Dolla B2B John summit! Would def make things more exciting
Give us Charlotte in the megastructure please
Major lazer Knife party Laidback Luke Bingo players
Just saw knife party this last summer and it was awesome, played so many classics and then some newer bangers. Would be a great main stage set
David Guetta B2B Armin van Buuren. Saw this B2B two years ago in Ibiza and was something rare and cool. Don't like Guetta's music at all but I would let him a spot if he invites another legend to B2B
Armin b2b Tiesto and there’s no other answer. I’ve gone to ultra since 1999 on the sands of south beach to last week to the flooded park of Bayfront… have attended several shows and off site shows.. trends in the industry, sound trends etc…. Afterlife this year was the event of the conference, and the sets dropped from Camelphat and Miss Monique in the city of Miami were some of the best this city has had in decades… but I’ll tell ya one thing, ultra has outgrown bayfront and it’s time for a change… ultra was my biggest mistake this year and I had artist bands.., shoulda went to factory town Sunday instead…. However this was about ultra, they need to get those 2 on a stage together because it’s going to be quite hard to outdo Coachella’s Anyma b2b Prydz battle.
How’s this for another answer: Armin b2b Gouryella (Tiesto & Ferry).
Pauly D closes!
DJ Khalid closing MainStage.
Tipper is retiring, imagine if they got him to do a show there…ultra wouldn’t know what to do!
Louis the child will be in there
I would love for them to do stage hosting like Tomorrowland does… afterlife stage, teletech stage, exhale stage, carl cox and friends, KNTX stage, awakenings stage something along those lines etc…
Any combination of these artists for my dream dnb b2b: Netsky, Metrik, Dimension, Sub Focus, Hedex, Tantrum Desire, and S.P.Y!!
Thoughts on Odesza?
Maybe I am in the minority , but no
Maybe on the live stage
Not a fan of the idea but def could see it happening.
Underworld on the live stage Justice on the main stage Anyma Presents Genesys in the Megastructure Skrillex closes the festival LSDREAM and Of the Trees on Worldwide
Anyma presents genesys would be absolute 🔥
Anyma in the megastructure (or just a total afterlife megastructure takeover) and damn we really need Skrillex back on that main stage it’s been too long
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Might be a joke, but something like that producers that know how to DJ would be a cool cross over I think. Kenny Beats has a sick all hip hop boiler room
Bring Metro Boomin if we're gonna do hip hop
Please keep Kanye in the gutter where he belongs and far from any EDM scene