Review – Post Malone Might Have Given Denver Its Last Major Concert For a While (And It Was a Damn Good Show)

It seems like every headline brings tidings of another cancellation. Music festivals and tours have been canceled or postponed right and left. Major sporting events, such as the Rockies opening day and hockey games that will secure the Colorado Avalanche a place in the playoffs, are still being postponed for a minimum of two weeks. The coronavirus seemingly has everyone hiding out in the comfort of the houses and spooked sufficient to start stockpiling toilet paper. Well, almost everyone — although maybe not the coronavirus could prevent Post Malone from bringing his “Runaway Tour” into the Pepsi Center on Thursday night.

Tyla Yaweh, Post Malone, Pepsi Center, 303 Magazine, Mark Tepsic Photography, Mariah Hansen

Tyla Yaweh

Adhering to an statement from AEG along with Live Nation that they will be postponing important tours, there were lots of doubts that the series would take place. The Pepsi Center’so called Instagram account confirmed that the series would, in fact, go on — at a post that immediately followed an announcement that the Blake Shelton concert the next night would not be occurring — accompanied by another post that Celine Dion’s tour is postponed as well.

As the world of events and music came crashing down about himPost Malone stood as the only artist to sponsor occasions. The show must go on — even when the rest of the planet is in a panic about the condition of matters as they say. Post Malone’s Pepsi Center show still taking place regardless of the odds is newsworthy in itself, which fact wasn’t lost on those artists that performed.

Swae Lee, Pepsi Center, 303 Magazine, Mark Tepsic Photography, Mariah Hansen

Swae Lee

Tyla Yaweh started with a high energy performance that kept him running the length of this stage, and leaping from one place to another with excitement. However, while his electricity was incontrovertible the gravity of this night wasn’t lost on Yaweh, that took some time out of his group. For braving the possibility to attend this series, he praised fans.

Swae Lee, Pepsi Center, 303 Magazine, Mark Tepsic Photography, Mariah Hansen

While Yaweh dedicated a brief amount of time to comprehend the risks of this coronavirus at an event like Thursday night’therefore functionality, the action produced the gravity of this situation apparent. Between his tunes, Swae Lee dropped the major news that Thursday night’s show would be the final show of this tour. While no official announcement was made to confirm this at the time of this article’s book, Swae Lee’s multiple reminders that the tour was ending served as more than sufficient to animate the audience — after all, Denver may not have another chance to party like this for quite some time.

Promising fans this last night of tour would be the perfect one yet, Swae Lee whipped fans. Fans bounced about in their seats and turned right into a cacophony of cheers because Swae Lee invited a few lucky fans on stage to dance . Among these concert-goers was a woman who Lee declared was also a musician encouraging the viewer when she starts releasing songs to encourage her.

Post Malone, Pepsi Center, 303 Magazine, Mark Tepsic Photography, Mariah Hansen

When Post Malone took the stage, backed by an explosion of fireworks and pyrotechnics, it had been apparent that if his operation was the final significant concert that Denver could wait for a couple months it’d be a damn fine one.

Immediately launching into “Hollywood’s Bleeding,” Post Malone’s excitement was more than enough to distract fans in their anxieties. In actuality, the rapper stood in stark contrast. During the whole period of the evening, Malone just mentioned the dangers of this coronavirus after — he waited until the end of this evening.

Post Malone, Pepsi Center, 303 Magazine, Mark Tepsic Photography, Mariah Hansen

While the pandemic is at the forefront of everyone’s thoughts as of late, Malone’s indifference on stage given the ideal respite from the continuous bombardment of headlines filled with an endless tide of news.

Malone rolled with a level of excitement that has been larger than life through all of his hits. Bounding across the stage as fans sang along to tunes including “Circles” along with “Goodbyes,” the rapper gave all of the components of himself into the Pepsi Center.

As the night wore on, Malone slowed things down to perform “Stay. ” Howeverthe slow down was brief and Malone’s buoyant existence elevated this arena’s feeling back into celebration mode.

The night came to a close with a method of “Congratulations,” and, Malone took an opportunity encourage them to consider themselves and to thank his fans. Retelling the story of the way the naysayers all surprised with his songs that has gone gold and platinum.

Post Malone, Pepsi Center, 303 Magazine, Mark Tepsic Photography, Mariah Hansen

The mirage washed away when applause stopped and Malone thanked his fans one final time. He ultimately acknowledged the dangers of this coronavirus, encouraging enthusiasts be secure and to work with hand sanitizer.

Ultimately, reassurance wasn’t what fans at the Pepsi Center needed Thursday night. What fans and the rest of Denver needed has been a respite from the fear and the madness — which ’s exactly what Malone delivered.

While Post Malone’s Denver performance survived, a number of shows are postponed or canceled because a response to queries over Coronavirus. See the full list of what’s been rescheduled or canceled here.

All Photography by Mark Tepsic.

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