Billie Joe Armstrong of Inexperienced Day, proper, is seen on a video display because the band performs on day three of the Bud Gentle Tremendous Bowl Music Fest on Feb. 12, 2022, at Crypto.com Enviornment in Los Angeles. (AP Photograph/Chris Pizzello)
LOS ANGELES --
Miley Cyrus has solely been alive for about half the Tremendous Bowls ever performed, however her setlist on the eve of the 56th spanned the entire historical past of the massive sport after which some.
Cyrus mashed up songs from the '60s, '80s and '90s along with her personal on the Bud Gentle Tremendous Bowl Music Fest on Saturday evening.
The 29-year-old was the co-headliner with Inexperienced Day on the third and closing evening of the pageant at Crypto.com Enviornment in Los Angeles, about 10 miles (16 kilometres) from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, the place the LA Rams play the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.
The annual pageant, which additionally featured Halsey, Machine Gun Kelly, Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton and Mickey Guyton, prides itself on bringing collectively artists from throughout genres, however Cyrus did that each one by herself, mixing nation and pop rock, dance pop and various rock.
She sang Nancy Sinatra's "Bang Bang (My Child Shot Me Down)" from 1966 -- the yr earlier than the Inexperienced Bay Packers beat the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs within the first Tremendous Bowl at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum -- as an intro to her personal 2007 "See You Once more."
"I hope this present is a illustration of the way you by no means want to decide on who you need to be. You could be all the pieces and something," Cyrus mentioned as she donned a cowboy hat and pulled an outsized sportscoat over the futuristic Gucci tracksuit she took the stage sporting. "You could look ridiculous, such as you're sporting exercise apparel from 3033 and a cowboy hat. It is simply how I really feel tonight."
She opened the present along with her 2013 hit "We Cannot Cease," and blended it with the Pixies' "The place Is My Thoughts" from 1988, the yr Washington beat Denver within the Tremendous Bowl in San Diego.
She pulled the identical trick in her first encore, mixing her "Wrecking Ball" with the Prince-penned Sinead O'Connor hit "Nothing Compares 2 U" from 1990, the yr Joe Montana and the San Francisco 49ers beat John Elway's Denver Broncos.
She thrilled the gang with Madonna's "Like a Prayer" from 1989 -- the final yr the Bengals have been within the huge sport -- turning her backup singers right into a small gospel choir.
She additionally combined in music from Stevie Nicks and her godmother Dolly Parton, and closed the evening with the fitting-for-Tremendous-Bowl-weekend "Occasion within the USA." Cyrus owns her personal previous together with that of her musical forbears.
The members of Inexperienced Day targeted on their hits of the Nineties and early 2000s. They opened with a rousing rip via 2004's "American Fool."
"Los Angeles!" lead singer and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, who turns 50 on Thursday, shouted through the tune. "Tremendous Bowl!" he later yelled, in the one actual point out the sport received through the evening.
They introduced their very own little bit of 1966 with a canopy of "I Fought The Legislation," whose most well-known model was launched that yr by the Bobby Fuller 4.
The 20,000-seat Crypto.com Enviornment was practically full for all three nights. Followers needed to present proof of vaccination to get in. Most ditched their masks as soon as they have been inside the principle corridor.
The evening was the top of per week of pre-Tremendous Bowl leisure occasions because the LA space hosts the sport for the primary time in practically 30 years, that includes its shiny new stadium and the hometown group favorites.
Drake was taking part in a set throughout city in West Hollywood on the second evening of a celebration referred to as "Homecoming Weekend." Justin Bieber sang and danced on the primary evening. And John Mayer and Shaquille O'Neal every had their very own occasions earlier within the week.
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