Concert review: Post Malone fills U.S. Bank Stadium with help from Jelly Roll
One of the greatest things about Post Malone is his personality In concert he exudes a certain stoned goofy charm and comes across as a likable guy who appreciates every bit of success he s earned Turns out his current tourmate Jelly Roll shares those same qualities After an opening set from Grammy-winning singer songwriter Sierra Ferrell on Tuesday night at U S Bank Stadium in Minneapolis the man born Jason DeFord spent much of his fiery hourlong set grinning Between songs he bellowed at the sold-out crowd in a manner that was part motivational speaker part Southern preacher We did it baby he yelled after his hit Liar and proceeded to list all the previous local venues he has played First Avenue Cabooze Skyway Theatre and the Armory Jelly Roll attends the th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September in Los Angeles California Photo by Amy Sussman Getty Images After toiling around in the underground hip hop scene for a decade Jelly Roll broke through in a major way in with first foray into country music Son of a Sinner In the time since he s been nearly inescapable from his string of smash singles that get played across multiple formats to the run of commercials in which he stars Zevia Uber Eats Bud Light He was also the first musical guest of the th season of Saturday Night Live and has become a regular on the awards show circuit Jelly Roll s growl of a voice is divisive for sure but Wednesday he used it to power through his hits with a religious zeal His Machine Gun Kelly collaboration Lonely Road which he mashed up with John Denver s Take Me Home Country Roads Hard Fought Hallelujah and the set-ending Save Me had the crowd howling with approval Post Malone or Austin Post to his mom opened his first-ever local stadium show with four songs that sounded like they could have come from four different acts Texas Tea goth rock Wow stripped-down hip hop Better Now pop and Wrong Ones country The latter was the first of several selections from F- Trillion his sixth and greater part latest album as well as his swing into Nashville s territory Country music tends to be wary about would-be crossover acts but the industry has embraced Posty to the point that the record features guest vocals from particular of country s biggest stars including Morgan Wallen Blake Shelton Tim McGraw Dolly Parton Luke Combs and Chris Stapleton His openers also appear on the album and Tuesday night Ferrell joined him for the tender Never Love You Again and Jelly Roll sat in for the twangy Losers At two different points during the show Posty mused to the crowd about his impending th birthday coming up in July as well as his decade in the business A key reason he s lasted that long is his willingness to take chances That and the fact his audience follows right along The packed house kept focused on the main attraction throughout whether he was airing old bangers like his breakthrough White Iverson or crooning more modern stuff like his Morgan Wallen collaboration I Ain t Coming Back If Posty wants it he s easily got another decade or more in him Related Articles Two Minnesota State Fair free concert stages lose corporate sponsorship Summer Nights in Rice offers free concerts in St Paul s Rice Park Los Lobos and Arrested Advancement among acts to play free Minnesota State Fair shows Concert review Katy Perry offers garish migraine-inducing spectacle at Target Center Evanescence will headline the X Family Reunion concert at Xcel Resource Center
