Swedish House Mafia plays its final show in Los Angeles. (Tanaya Ghosh)

Selling out its Saturday show in L.A. in a matter of hours when tickets went on sale back in 2012, the trio added on a second show the Friday prior.

As members Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso will no longer produce and play music together as Swedish House Mafia, fans clamored to buy tickets as fast as they could, for tickets selling for hundreds of dollars more than their original price.

To give a sense of scale, an average general admission ticket originally cost about $117, including fees.

SHM's Masquerade Motel was held at the L.A. State Historic Park on March 8th and 9th, and was a truly remarkable production. Pyrotechnics, smoke, lights and lasers, as well as bubbles and massive LED stage displays all played a role in creating the experience that was Swedish House Mafie, one last time.

The screens even showed realtime feeds and close-ups of the crowd and the DJs, which was an exciting way to get up close and personal in the seemingly never-ending sea of people.

The masquerade theme, although unique and interesting, didn't really transfer over to the actual event. Most people scrambled to find a mask or went through great lengths to make the perfect DIY version, only to remove it from their faces early on in the night.

Still, there were a lot of creative ones and the option to wear a mask added a sense of excitement and anonymity. It was also another opportunity for people to give generous compliments, as is common at raves.

The L.A. State Historic Park, while central and spacious, and thus often an ideal location to hold an event, ended up being harder to navigate on Friday, as reported by those who attended the first day reported. However, the consensus seemed to be that returning home soaking wet and muddy was a minuscule price to pay for a "magical" experience with the rain coming down during the various DJ sets.

Alesso's set at Masquerade Motel. (Tanaya Ghosh)

What was interesting about this show was the timing, which was not announced when tickets first went on sale toward the end of 2012. The party started in broad daylight, when doors opened at 2:30 p.m.

Furthermore, to many partygoers' surprise, the event ended at the relatively early hour of midnight. However, the fans' allegiance to their beloved headliners was such that no complaints were heard once people actually arrived at the venue.

SHM is known for taking its audience on a journey of sound, with emotional highs and lows, and one such moment was when they played "Calling" featuring Ryan Tedder.

The words displayed on the LED screens, and the crowd sang along, "I will find you / I will reach you / Or I will lose my mind...." The SHM remix of Coldplay's "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" and Temper Trap's "Sweet Disposition" also got major crowd reactions.

Zedd played a high-energy, hard-hitting set as he often does, and it was one of the best sets of the evening. He played a much more varied set, and got the crowd especially hyped during "Spectrum," "Clarity," and "Sweet Nothing."

Alesso followed, playing crowd favorites such as his own remix of "Pressure" featuring Nadia Ali, Starkillers & Alex Kenji.

Others playing on one of the two stages on Saturday included AN21 & Max Vangeli along with the talented and bass-heavy Clockwork, NO_ID and Monsta. As is often the case, the crowd was much more bearable towards the front before SHM came onstage. As soon as that happened, it felt like we were in a human compressor the remainder of the night.

The three black t-shirt-clad DJs did not disappoint with the finale, as they thanked the crowd and and teased it towards the end by finally playing "One." They also turned the sound down as they held out a mic for the crowd to rap some of Tinie Tempah's verses on "Miami 2 Ibiza." The screens then flashed the words, "We came, we raved, we loved."

Finally, Swedish House Mafia ended with an acoustic version of "Don't You Worry Child," and with one final burst of fireworks in the sky, they were gone.

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