On 16 October 2015 Armin van Buuren released the next single from "Embrace" called "Strong Ones" featuring Cimo Fränkel. This was followed by the release of his collaboration with Cosmic Gate "Embargo" on 22 October 2015. To accompany the album's release, Van Buuren announced the return of the "Armin Only" series of parties. This edition of the tour will be titled "Armin Only: Embrace" and is set to take place throughout both 2015 and 2016. As the title of the tour suggests, it will be based around the collection of music that he's showcased on his new album. On 2 February 2017, Armin van Buuren officially opened a new A State of Trance radio show studio in Amsterdam as part of his celebrations for the 800th episode of the radio show. The studio is located in the Armada headquarters. With the new accommodations made possible by the studio, he introduced a new segment of the radio show called Service for Dreamers where he invites fans to send in their favorite trance tracks that have a special meaning to them. Every week one track gets chosen to be featured live on the show and introduced by the fans of the radio show live, either by a walk-in, phone call, Skype or other means of contact. In 2017, Armin van Buuren announced he will be releasing an online MasterClass sharing his expertise in electronic music production. On 13 April 2017, Armin van Buuren performed at the Heineken stage in Shanghai, in the first Formula 1 Festival along with Angela Chang. Armin performed a seven-hour-long set at the Romania Untold Festival on 6 August 2018, clocking from 2:00 a.m. to after 9:00 a.m. This outlasted his previous 2017 ASOT performance, which had gone on for five hours. On October 6, 2019 he performed at Republic Square, Yerevan, Armenia as an opening act for the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT). On 25 October 2019, Armin released his seventh studio album, "Balance". In 2011, van Buuren was appointed Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau for his services to music.