Last month, the NFL announced that Tiësto will be the first in-game superstar DJ at Super Bowl LVIII, playing a set before the game as players warm up and fans take their seats. Plans were then made for the Dutch DJ and music producer to spin during breaks in the game and throughout his entire schedule of Super Bowl entertainment.
What could be more Las Vegas than this? Unfortunately, as often happens in the world of football, fate intervened and the Grammy Award-winning international star was forced to cancel at the last minute due to a “personal family emergency.”
Me and my team have been preparing something truly special for months, but a personal family emergency forced us to fly home on Sunday morning. It was a difficult decision to sit out the game, but family always comes first.thank you @NFL Looking for collaboration…
— Tiesto (@tiesto) February 8, 2024
As usual, the NFL has backups for its teams, and Cascade stepped in to fill the hole on the Super Bowl music roster. Although not as internationally known as Tiësto, the Chicago-born DJ is far more familiar with the big man’s game, and the city of Las Vegas itself, than the Dutch DJ.
As a child growing up in Chicago, @NFL The chance to actually attend the Super Bowl with your family every year is truly amazing. As an architect who creates landscapes that include house and dance, Las Vegas has been my second home for the past ten years. pic.twitter.com/UQ9w6cUNyr
— Cascade (@kaskade) February 9, 2024
But who is this guy on the decks during the portion of the Super Bowl airing today on CBS? The NFL has sent out DJs before games in the past, starting with DJ Khaled in Miami in 2020. But this is the first year that a DJ has been invited to be present after kick-off.
Born Ryan Gary Raddon in Chicago, Cascade, now 52, started DJing in 1995 at an underground venue called Club Manhattan. Allegiant’s path to his stadium and Super Bowl audiences around the world began after he moved to San Francisco and joined his deep house movement. It was at this time that Radon came up with the name “cascade,” but his wife worried that it looked too much like dish soap. He became known for his early songs on OM Records, including “What I Say,” “Be Still,” and “Sorry” (the remix of which was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award for Best Remix Recording). After that, he transferred to Ultra Records. There he worked with deadmau5.
Cascade’s popularity exploded in the 2000s, and they performed in a football stadium for the first time at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the 2009 Electric Daisy Carnival. “I remember seeing the waves of people. The whole soccer field was full,” he said. new york times. “I just knew this was the start of something. No music artist right now could do this – U2, Coldplay. No one would put this many people into an arena right now. .”
Since then, Kaskade has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards and was named “America’s Best DJ” in 2011 and 2013. Also in 2010, he became the resident DJ at Encore He Beach He Club called He Party, and is a familiar figure to the Las Vegas party crowd. “Cascade Sunday”
The EDM god can now earn up to $225,000 per show, making him one of the highest-paid DJs in the world, and on Sunday he joins Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Christian McCaffrey. It is worthy enough to take center stage with the company.
