Ninety minutes into a set at Madison Square Garden, EDM mainstay Skrillex jumped onto the DJ booth, arms outstretched, head tilted back and bathed in cell phone lights, the screaming crowd and ratt…
, was billed as a pop-up rave, akin to the secret sets the trio had been playing in the last few weeks in London clubs, Brooklyn’s Good Room and even a makeshift bus in the middle of Times Square. While the MSG show sold like a legacy artist — with tickets gone in minutes and fans begging for a miracle on message boards — the Skrillex seen trotting around on social media prior to the sets was decidedly a different figure than a dubstep titan.
After dropping a handful of chart-topping collaborations with two divisive pop dudes — fellow producer Diplo and former teen idol Justin Bieber — Skrillex seemed to quiet down after 2015. While dropping loose singles here and there, much of his creative effort seemed to be on songwriting for stars like Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga and Beyoncé.
A well-lit stadium didn’t stop fans dancing from minute one, as the first hour and a half found people crowding the floor and finding seats, stuffing the stadium to capacity. Once the overhead lights went down, a simplified strobe rig and thunderous speakers was all the trio needed visually, as they eschewed jumbotrons in order to mimic grimy warehouse sets, just on a massive scale.
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