Las Vegas Weekly

Twitter’s first live streaming concert stars Tiesto

Concert will kick off the launch of Tiesto’s new YouTube series

DJ Tiesto helps Twitter make history — in Las Vegas, no less — when he performs in Twitter's first live streaming concert Jan. 11 at Encore.

Photo: Erik Kabik/RETNA

In what can only be described as a match made in Internet heaven, Twitter is taking advantage of this year's Las Vegas-based CES to launch its first-ever live streaming concert, starring Tiesto. Co-sponsored by HP and Intel, the January 11 concert will help promote the January 17 launch of Tiesto's new 10-episode YouTube series, In the Booth, a behind-the-scenes look at Tiesto's life and his impact on the electronic dance movement.

The private, 90-minute concert begins at 10 p.m. at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas, and will be streamed live from HP and Intel's Twitter brand pages. It will also be played on a loop on those pages for the next 48 hours. Fans can interact with others on the site during the concert, and HP and Intel executives will be live tweeting from the show using the hash tag #TiestoLive.

Take that, Facebook.