David Guetta. Courtesy Universal Music MENA
David Guetta. Courtesy Universal Music MENA

David Guetta is coming back to Dubai for a pre-NYE gig



Guess what — David Guetta is coming back to Dubai, yes again, for a pre-NYE gig at Atlantis The Palm on December 29.

The superstar will behind the decks at Atlantis - exactly 363 days since he last visited the emirate - to help ring in 2016 down the road at Dubai Media City Amphitheatre.

Guetta's like-clockwork UAE appearances are now so frequent, he last year revealed to The National that he owns a home in Dubai Marina.

The French producer last appeared for the Live@Atlantis brand in December 2014, and before that in May 2013.

Meanwhile the capital has hosted Guetta with headline appearances at the now-defunct Creamfields Abu Dhabi in 2010 and 2012.

Such is the chart master’s charms, all these gigs invariably sell out — so snap up tickets now to hear the Marmite-man behind radio earworms Titanium, Sexy Chick et al drop them live under the stars.

Advance tickets for the gig are on sale now, from Dh295, from www.platinumlist.net and www.atlantisthepalm.com.

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