Monday 18 May 2015

Bruno Mars Lights Up Las Vegas For Rock In Rio USA Festival Finale

Bruno Mars gave a brilliant set to close the 30th anniversary of the Rock in Rio US festival in Las Vegas over the weekend.

Headliners No Doubt, Metallica and Taylor Swift were impressive in their starring roles in the top of the bill, though Mars and his band, The Smeezingtons, shining brighter with an energetic set that lit up the sky and sent the festival Vegas home happy.


 
Mars emerged on stage at 11:36 pm with one battery wicked set the tone for the night. Dressed in his trademark hat with a half-buttoned shirt, black pants and accessories with gold chains, the 29-year-old looked like a diet version of Scarface Tony Montana as fans roared their approval. And tonight, the world was certainly his.

An enthusiastic performance of his 2012 single "Locked out Of Heaven" started two hours fixed as Los Hooligans joined him for a wonderful romp dance moves that have become customary in a show of Bruno Mars. Pyro fired from the stage as the 2014 Billboard Artist of the Year rolled in "Natalie" and kept looking like he was having more fun than seeing anyone.

After shouting some of the festival other artists, Mars attention turned to himself. "I have little motherf --- er that Bruno Mars right quick," the two-time Grammy Award winner boasted before continuing their explosive performance with his bag of hits including "Treasure", "Money make her smile" and " billionaire ".

Always the artist, Mars kept the crowd rocking with poignant portrayals of other R & B classics as "on" by R. Kelly and "Pony" from Ginuwine before slipping on a smooth nostalgic string of ballads that featured an acoustic performance of "Nothing On You "and dreamy version of" Just the way you are.”

It could have ended there as Mars and his band disappeared backstage. But the game would not end without making her single hit "Uptown Funk" and Mars returned to deliver the Mark Ronson produced jam, with brands Mars movement that helped push the video to more than 600 million views on YouTube in five months . Mars then put the exclamation mark as a whole in 1980 influenced arena rock Smash "gorilla" as another round of fireworks burst into the Vegas night and closed the show.

It was an impressive Saturday also featured stellar performances by Joss Stone, Big Sean, Empire of the Sun and John Legend. Stone was outstanding as the singer oozed soul that captivated a whole with vibrant interpretations of "Some Kind of Wonderful" and "Love Me". As the only rapper in the festival, Big Sean made sure to have a lasting impact as he tore through a stream of entertaining his successes included "My Last" and break anthem "IDFWU." Empire of the Sun played a flamboyant glam rock exposure as Luke Steele and his band sizzled with a series of brilliant hits such as "Walking on a Dream" and "Tiger by My Side" Steele ended with nailing his guitar on the ground and breaking in pieces to the delight of the crowd.

Love John Legend injected through the 40 acres of land with a relaxing session of songs that had the lovebirds canoodling in the crowd. The legend, who made much of his set behind the microphone instead of sitting at the piano, slotted effortlessly through his bag early songs, including "Ordinary People" and a version of the brilliant acoustic guitar "Save Room "before crowning his set with" Gloria ", the winner of the Golden Globe for best original song, and the creation of the crowd to Bruno Mars to bowl a strike.

More than 172,000 attendees visited the Rock in Rio US sites Festival over two weekends. American debut was excellent party that delivered on all fronts. And to be the 30th anniversary of the festival which began in Rio de Janeiro with headliners Queen, AC / DC and George Benson, it was the right way to celebrate three decades of one of the biggest music festivals in the world.

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