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Post Malone brought his Runaway tour to 20,000 patient fans at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Among these fans were many Hofstra students gathered for a night of music.
Malone was accompanied by openers Tyla Yaweh and Swae Lee. Lee, who is half of the duo Rae Sremmurd, danced across the stage giving out sunflowers, foreshadowing his upcoming live performance of “Sunflower” with Malone later in the show. He sang Rae Sremmurd fan favorites such as “No Type,” “Come Get Her” and “Black Beatles” and even invited a girl from the crowd to dance with him as he debuted his first solo release of the year, “Back 2 Back Maybach,” which dropped Friday, Feb. 21.
Although the crowd’s energy was almost electric, it was also full of tension. Lee addressed the recent death of Pop Smoke, and Malone followed suit when he came out later on. Spectators received a surprise appearance from Funk Flex prior to Malone’s main appearance. Funk Flex fired up the already restless crowd for about ten minutes. Then, Malone was welcomed to the stage by a veil of smoke as he began his set with “Hollywood’s Bleeding.”
As Lee had pointed out earlier, fans traveled from as far as Florida to attend this concert. Malone expressed his gratitude for his fans, saying, “I tour all across the world and play shows for people who want to sing these songs with me and it’s the biggest fucking blessing in the world, so thank you so very much, ladies and gentlemen,” before singing “White Iverson.”
Malone wanted this concert to be an enjoyable experience for himself and all his supporters. His carefree attitude was on display as he smoked between tracks. Some find this and his foul language to be distasteful and perhaps even inappropriate, but fans seemed to be consumed by it. His set list was comprised of 22 songs including “Over Now,” “Better Now,” “Candy Paint,” “Saint Tropez,” “Goodbyes,” “Allergic,” “Wow,” “Psycho,” “I Fall Apart,” “Go Flex,” “Circles” and countless others from various albums. Malone created a unique set list by also deciding to include an acoustic version of his song “Stay” and performing “Take What You Want,” which originally featured Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott.
After Malone performed his song “rockstar,” he grabbed an acoustic guitar and smashed it. The concert ended quite literally with fireworks to accent his song “Congratulations.”
Malone’s next stop on his Runaway Tour is Thursday, Feb. 27 at the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. One thing is for sure – he left the audience on Wednesday night with “No Option” but to “Feel” his passion for music.
