Diplo Has Three States Left To Hit Goal Of Performing In All Fifty
From the festival grounds to the dance floor, Diplo has performed just about everywhere both throughout the United States and internationally. Believe it or not, the Mad Decent legend hasn’t hit every state in the U.S.. Come next week that will all change. Diplo announced that he will be hitting the last three of fifty states, becoming one of the few EDM artists to hit all fifty.
3 more states until i’ve played in all 50. didn’t even kno there were two dakotas tbh pic.twitter.com/DFUdLKIfFH
— diplo (@diplo) March 19, 2018
3 more states until i’ve played in all 50. didn't even kno there were two dakotas tbh pic.twitter.com/DFUdLKIfFH
— diplo (@diplo) March 19, 2018
The final three states are: South Dakota, North Dakota, and New Hampshire. It might have taken this long for Diplo to head to the Dakotas because in a March tweet Diplo joked, “didn’t even kno there were two dakotas tbh”. Tickets for all three events are available now!
It’s a fitting milestone for an artist who has built a career on constant movement. Diplo — born Thomas Wesley Pentz — has spent close to two decades bouncing between genres and continents, from his Mad Decent label’s early days championing Baltimore club and moombahton, to global pop collaborations, to headlining sets as one third of Major Lazer and one half of Jack Ü alongside Skrillex. Somehow, in all that touring, a handful of lower-population states managed to slip through the cracks — until now.
Playing all fifty states is the kind of bucket-list achievement that only a handful of touring artists in any genre can actually claim, let alone someone working primarily in dance music, where big cities and festival markets tend to get most of the attention. Once these final three dates are in the books, Diplo will have officially played every corner of the country, which is a pretty wild stat for anyone whose career started on Baltimore club nights.
It’s also a reminder of how much ground the average touring DJ actually covers in a given year — most artists in dance music stick to the same handful of major markets and festival circuits, so intentionally seeking out all fifty states, Dakotas included, takes a level of commitment that goes beyond just chasing the biggest paydays.
Title photo via Billboard
