Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Full disclosure, but I’m a bit of a newbie when it comes to Post Malone and his music, aside from hearing a familiar song and realizing it was his.
I made a conscious effort about a year ago to dig into his world after a conversation with a colleague who was about to capture his show for the upteenth time in her own career. Catching the livestream of his Bonnaroo performance scratched the surface of my intrigue along with a very young Post Malone expressing his own fandom on the set of Good Mythical Morning for an interview.
All that aside, Malone released a country album, F-1 Trillion, last year, and he seemingly and effortlessly embraced and adapted a country aesthetic into his identity. My take at this point on the musician, Post Malone, is, he is someone with a curiosity of everything and if he can he will explore it through his music. All that said, I was skeptical on how entertaining a Big Ass Stadium Tour in support of a country album would work, and well, I can definitely say, it's a KICK ASS EXPERIENCE.
Paired well with openers Sierra Farrell and Jelly Roll (who sort of reminded me of Kid Rock), they beautifully complimented the evening's headliner. His set was a beautiful amalgamation of his catalogue along with his newest country additions. What Malone proved for this new fan was that, first and foremost, he’s an entertainer regardless of labels and genres, and he thoroughly loves what he does on stage and is humbly grateful for getting to do so.
I’d say this tour has been a grand slam on Malone’s first at-bat of stadium tours. My only wish is that he offered pennants to memorialize the evening, but...
In photos: Post Malone's Big Ass Stadium Tour at Wrigley Field
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Jelly Roll performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Jelly Roll performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Jelly Roll performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Sierra Ferrell performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Sierra Ferrell performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Post Malone performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, photo by Josh Darr
Setlist: Texas Tea Wow Better Now Wrong Ones Go Flex Broken Whiskey Glass Hollywoods Bleeding I Fall Apart Losers (w Jelly Roll) Goodbyes M-E-X-I-C-O What Don’t Belong to Me I Ain’t Coming Back ^ Feeling Whitney Yours Circles White Iverson Psycho Candy Paint Finer Things Pour Me a Drink Dead at the Honky Tonk rockstar Sunflower Congratulations(Performed in bleachers outside Wrigley)
