To celebrate two and a half decades of creating music that has made the masses move, world-renowned electronic artist deadmau5 performed a sold-out anniversary show of epic proportions this past Saturday, April 27 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

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The three hour-long retro5pective highlighted some of the greatest and most beloved material from Joel Zimmerman pka deadmau5’ illustrious 25-year career in electronic music ranging from his first ever production “Bored Of Canada'' to hits like “I Remember,” “Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff” and “The Veldt.” The packed Bowl was treated to a selection of never performed before edits and a visual array of mau5 visuals from performances past, and new graphics and lighting styles unique to each segment of the show.

Kicking it all off was BSOD, his early project with producer Steve Duda adding in DJ Aero and Tommy Lee for the fourtet that is WTF? Following came the tracks that injected deadmau5 into electronic music consciousness becoming perennial works of influence for future music makers, mid 2000 cuts “Faxing Berlin” and “Sometimes Things Get, Whatever.” deadmau5 then left the stage for a short interlude by German techno marching band MEUTE who performed with ‘funkeln’ a rump shaking brass rendition of classic mau5 cut “Slip.”

After the brass and beat ensemble left the stage, a kabuki drop revealed deadmau5’ massive touring production Cube V3 which has not been seen since 2020. From there the show continued elevating every fans delight. Perched high on the cube in the Hollywood Bowl’s legendary shell, a play was made on the 2008 HARD Haunted Mansion viral moment where a fake deadmau5 (Steve Duda) appeared. The real deadmau5 took his place, dawning Pinhead for “Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff,” one of many different mau5head looks he would reveal throughout the show. The guest appearances continued to shine from there: SOFI performing mau5 cult fave “Sofi Needs A Ladder,” Kiesza who enchanted fans with her futuristic fairy, glitter dusted dance moves including handstands with Joel for “Bridged By A Lightwave,” LIGHTS with her outstanding tracks “Drama Free” and “When The Summer Dies,” and HAYLA whose soaring vocals took “Escape,” Kx5’s (his project with Kaskade) for its turn from Super Bowl to Hollywood Bowl.

For the show’s encore deadmau5 surprised audiences with a performance of “The Truth,” his upcoming collaboration with Los Angeles hip-hop collective Coast Contra. Details on the song will be announced soon.

Next look for deadmau5 and friends to head east for ‘retro5pective’ celebrations at The Brooklyn Mirage in New York City this Thursday, May 2 and Friday, May 3.

Tickets for the Friday show are no longer available and limited tickets remain for the Thursday show here: https://link.dice.fm/v12122e613aa?dice_id=v12122e613aa. deadmau5 will also be making an in-store appearance at Rough Trade NYC on Thursday, May 2.

retro5pective: 25 years of deadmau5 at The Hollywood Bowl April 27 setlist:

“Bored Of Canada” - Get Scraped (2006)
“Creep” - while (1<2) (2014)
“BSOD” (with BSOD) - Played Out (2007)
“Lollercoaster” (with BSOD) - Pay Here To Click (2006)
“Afterburner” (with BSOD) - No Way, Get Real (2020)
"Milton” (with BSOD) - Milton (2008)
“You Can't Afford This” (with WTF?) - Chicken EP (2008)
“Chicken” (with WTF?) - Chicken EP (2008)
“Clockwork” - Clockwork (2008)
“Faxing Berlin” - Random Album Title (2006)
“Complications” - Random Album Title (2007)
“Sometimes Things Get, Whatever” - Random Album Title (2008)
“I Remember” - Random Album Title (2008)
“I Remember (John Summit Remix)” - I Remember (John Summit Remix) (2023)
“Moar Ghosts ‘n' Stuff” - For Lack Of A Better Name (2009)
“Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff (Jauz remix)” - Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff (Jauz remix) (2023)
“Ghosts 'n' stuff (feat. Rob Swire)” - For Lack Of A Better Name (2009)
“Hi Friend!” - For Lack Of A Better Name (2008)
“I Said (Michael Woods Remix)” - 4x4=12 (2010)
“Sofi Needs A Ladder (deadmau5 + SOFI)” - 4x4=12 (2010)
“Take care of the proper paperwork” - > album title goes here (2012)
“Some Chords” - 4x4=12 (2010)
“Some Chords (Dillon Francis Remix)” - 5 Years Of Mau5 (2014)
“Raise Your Weapon (deadmau5 + Greta Svabo Bech)” - 4x4=12 (2010)
“Raise Your Weapon (deadmau5 + Greta Svabo Bech) (Noisia Remix)” - Raise Your Weapon (Remixes) (2011)
“FML” - For Lack of a Better Name (2009)
“Superliminal” - > album title goes here (2012)
“Infraliminal (deadmau5 + REZZ)” - Infraliminal (2023)
“Professional Griefers (feat. Gerard Way)” - > album title goes here (2012)
“The Veldt (deadmau5, Chris James)” - > album title goes here < (2012)
“The Veldt (deadmau5, Chris James) (Tommy Trash Remix)” - The Veldt EP (2012)
“Phantoms Can't Hang” - while(1<2) (2014)
“Imaginary Friends” - W:/2016ALBUM/ (2016)
“Avaritia” - while(1<2) (2014)
“Snowcone” - W:/2016ALBUM/ (2016)
“Monophobia (feat. Rob Swire)” - mau5ville: Level 1 (2018)
“Pomegranate (deadmau5 + The Neptunes)” - pomegranate (2020)
“Bridged By A Lightwave” (with Kiesza) - Bridged By A Lightwave (2020)
“Hypnocurrency (deadmau5 + REZZ)” - Hypnocurrency (2021)
“When The Summer Dies” (with Lights) - When The Summer Dies (2021)
“drama free” (with Lights) - mau5ville: Level 2 (2018)
“Escape (Kx5)” - Kx5 (2022)
“Escape (Spencer Brown Remix)” - Escape (Remixes) (2022)
“Quetzacotl ID” (unreleased)
“Strobe” - > album title goes here < (2009)

“The Truth (ft Coast Contra)” (unreleased)