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4/17: Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall
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Santigold just played her sold out show at Mill City Nights in Minneapolis last night (April 16th) as part of her “We Buy Gold” Tour (in support of her third studio 99¢ album). Her last Minneapolis appearance was in support of her debut album Santogold, when she played First Avenue in May 2009.
Opening up the show was Brooklyn’s DonMonique. Her small frame, attire, and attitude, reminded me of Left Eye or Lil’ Kim. The young rapper (barely of drinking age of 21) is joined on stage by a DJ, and the two played slightly less than 20 minutes. Songs on their set included her collaborative song with Slayter called “Chrome Heater” and her set closer “Jada”. Before they left the stage, the DJ played “Free Love” and DonMonique twerked off the stage...
With a shortened opening act, this left fans waiting about 50 minutes before Santigold would take the stage. Personally speaking, it shouldn’t have taken that long...
Once Santigold came on stage, it was one of the best live shows, complete with stage props, synchronized video, trashy bargain-basement/commercialized/product theme, costume changes, bubbles, etc. All of her songs had specific choreographed dance moves, courtesy of her two dancers. The dancers (and Santigold) would sometime take a few minutes backstage for costume changes ... which meant that her keyboardist, drummer, and DJ would play extended instrumental medleys until the singer came back.
Unlike other typical carefully planned shows that required costume changes, instruments, stage props, etc., Santigold’s “We Buy Gold” shows are not all the same from city to city. The way they were able to change their setlist night after night, suggest to me that the singer was flexible and adaptive.
During “Creator”, her other early hit song, she invited some fans on stage to help dance with her. Mostly young women rushed to the stage entrance to volunteer.
Early in their set, Santigold played her biggest hit “L.E.S. Artistes”, causing some of her fans who came late some grief (these fans obviously thought she would play it last or for the encore.)
A few memorable songs came near the end, including a Jay-Z cover “Brooklyn Go Hard”, which she dedicated to her “hometown”. The Kanye West-produced song actually sampled Santigold’s song “Shove It” and came out in 2008 as an exclusive download available via subscription to (RED)Wire (Bono's Product Red organization). Obviously, Santigold worked it out a medley of “Brooklyn Go Hard”, followed by her original “Shove It”.
She ended her set with “Can't Get Enough of Myself”, a song that she said was “All about me!”
Of course, fans started to chant “Santigold! Santigold! Santigold!” and she came back her version of Major Lazer’s “Hold the Line” (a song that actually featured Santigold and Mr. Lexx), followed by “Big Mouth”.
Santigold’s 99¢ album is out now on Atlantic Records.
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DonMonique |
With a shortened opening act, this left fans waiting about 50 minutes before Santigold would take the stage. Personally speaking, it shouldn’t have taken that long...
Once Santigold came on stage, it was one of the best live shows, complete with stage props, synchronized video, trashy bargain-basement/commercialized/product theme, costume changes, bubbles, etc. All of her songs had specific choreographed dance moves, courtesy of her two dancers. The dancers (and Santigold) would sometime take a few minutes backstage for costume changes ... which meant that her keyboardist, drummer, and DJ would play extended instrumental medleys until the singer came back.
Unlike other typical carefully planned shows that required costume changes, instruments, stage props, etc., Santigold’s “We Buy Gold” shows are not all the same from city to city. The way they were able to change their setlist night after night, suggest to me that the singer was flexible and adaptive.
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Santigold (with fans) |
Early in their set, Santigold played her biggest hit “L.E.S. Artistes”, causing some of her fans who came late some grief (these fans obviously thought she would play it last or for the encore.)
A few memorable songs came near the end, including a Jay-Z cover “Brooklyn Go Hard”, which she dedicated to her “hometown”. The Kanye West-produced song actually sampled Santigold’s song “Shove It” and came out in 2008 as an exclusive download available via subscription to (RED)Wire (Bono's Product Red organization). Obviously, Santigold worked it out a medley of “Brooklyn Go Hard”, followed by her original “Shove It”.
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Setlist |
Of course, fans started to chant “Santigold! Santigold! Santigold!” and she came back her version of Major Lazer’s “Hold the Line” (a song that actually featured Santigold and Mr. Lexx), followed by “Big Mouth”.
Santigold’s 99¢ album is out now on Atlantic Records.
Santigold at Mill City Nights, Minneapolis (16 April 2016) |
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