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At the sold-out show in Tinley Park, the pop star, at times visibly emotional, thrilled her reverent fan base with new songs and a spirit of rebirth.
During the hip-hop collective’s show at United Center, the group paid homage to the lives lost in the rap community, with RZA referencing the shootings in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend and calling for gun reform.
Born Melanie Doyle, the 24-year-old drill rapper has seen her star power rise in recent years with several tracks that went viral. In 2023, she was charged with felony counts of aggravated battery in connection to an attack on a fellow rapper.
The group’s Thursday concert at the Friendly Confines is a strong model for music as a universal language and the human experience being bigger than the music itself.
The duo take the stage this weekend in Tinley Park opening for singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton.
A true co-headlining bill, the Grand National Tour brings the two talents together in a novel way that justifies the magic of their ongoing partnership.
“It was a wonderful time. It was the greatest gift of my life to be around all that. … It’s why I subtitle the book ‘my lucky life,’” Portnoy shares.
The weather may have been more indicative of a chilled evening in the fall, but Malone’s exhilarating set was all warm and fuzzy and fabulous.
Over the course of two-hour-plus and two distinct sets, the setting proved to be the perfect playground for the 16-time Grammy Award winner to eloquently ramble through his deep song collection.
After a two-hour severe storm delay, the production finally got underway at 10:15 p.m., offering a complex, layered think piece worth every minute of the wait.