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Lil Uzi Vert in Brooklyn
Image credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
After starting their set a little after 10 p.m. — they said they had just gotten off a jet — Lil Uzi Vert struck a pose against the tour’s hot pink, anime-inspired backdrop.
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Lil Uzi Vert in Brooklyn
Image credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
Uzi made headlines recently when he was announced as a headliner on next year’s Rolling Loud California poster, apparently without his knowledge. (“I never said I was rolling high,” Uzi wrote on social media. “I don’t understand why my name is here.” They were replaced by Metro Boomin and Future.) However, this confusion did not interfere with their performance in Brooklyn.
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Lil Uzi Vert in Brooklyn
Image credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
Uzi performed a long set full of energy, with more than 30 songs taken from Pink Ribbonhis previous two studio albums and more – a dizzying tour through one of the most eclectic discographies in modern rap and pop.
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Lil Uzi Vert in Brooklyn
Image credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
Pink RibbonRock’s adventures in rock include a straight-up cover of “Chop Suey!” and a collaboration with British metal band Bring Me the Horizon. They didn’t play any of those songs in Brooklyn, but there was a lot of punk spirit.
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Lil Uzi Vert in Brooklyn
Image credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
Lil Uzi Vert recently received a nomination for Best Rap Song at the 2024 Grammys for his hit “Just Wanna Rock.” They thanked the crowd for showing them love before they started.
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Lil Uzi Vert in Brooklyn
Image credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
Everyone in the arena was excited to see Uzi in person.
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Lil Uzi Vert in Brooklyn
Image credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
At one point, the star climbed a large amplifier tower.
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Lil Uzi Vert in Brooklyn
Image credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
“I’m not a big hip-hop guy, but I think their aesthetic and their style and the way they do things is just special,” Bring Me the Horizon frontman Oli Sykes said recently. Rolling Stone.
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Lil Uzi Vert in Brooklyn
Image credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
Uzi had the entire arena singing along with an old favorite: “Ps & Qs,” from his 2016 release Lil Uzi Vert against the world.
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Lil Uzi Vert in Brooklyn
Image credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
Lil Uzi Vert has come a long way since “XO Tour Llif3” made them a star in 2017. This song was another highlight in the widely varied setlist.
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Lil Uzi Vert in Brooklyn
Image credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
It was a cold day in New York, but some fans braved the weather to wait outside the Barclays Center before the doors opened so they could secure the best positions on the general admission floor.
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Lil Uzi Vert in Brooklyn
Image credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
The crowd was there from the moment Uzi opened his set with “Suicide Doors.”
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Lil Uzi Vert in Brooklyn
Image credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
The stage design featured bold pink installations and a series of screens that could have come from the world of Blade Runner.
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Lil Uzi Vert in Brooklyn
Image credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
Don Cannon, the former A&R and producer who signed Uzi to his first major label deal, he said that the artist recorded around 700 songs for Pink ribbon.
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Lil Uzi Vert in Brooklyn
Image credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
Uzi filled the arena without any notable openings – and sent the fans home very happy.
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Lil Uzi Vert in Brooklyn
Image credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
The setlist also included two fan-favorite Playboi Carti songs that Uzi features on, “Shoota” and “Wokeuplikethis*.”
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Lil Uzi Vert in Brooklyn
Image credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
Uzi performed his “New Patek” tour de force – the nearly six-minute walk that LOL called “extremely long and extremely good” in 2018? You bet.
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Lil Uzi Vert in Brooklyn
Image credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
The set list also had room for another fan-favorite loosie, 2019’s “Sanguine Paradise.”
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Lil Uzi Vert in Brooklyn
Image credit: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone
O Pink Ribbon the tour still has dates in Philadelphia, Boston, Houston, Atlanta, Detroit and other major cities before wrapping up in December.
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