![]() Visit for more ticketing information, directions, parking details and updated COVID-19 information. Here’s our running list of confirmed shows at the 9,500-capacity venue for this year, which will be updated online weekly. That’s an exponential jump over 2020’s smattering of 175-person, socially distanced experiments, and an encouraging sign for this concert season. The 233 ticketed, paid events included 177 concerts, 36 movies in Denver Film’s Film on the Rocks series, and 20 yoga and fitness programs. The globe-spanning distinction arrived at the end of the venue’s 80th anniversary, which broke its own seasonal record for hosted programming, Billboard reported. Last month it was named 2021’s most attended concert venue by Billboard. Last year’s live music comeback was successful in large part because it started outdoors.Īs COVID infection rates dropped in late spring and early summer, Morrison’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre led the way with some of the world’s first large-scale concerts and multi-day festivals. 11/10.īe sure to check out Skrillex’s latest two albums “Quest for Fire” and “Don’t Get Too Close”, both out now, on Spotify.Monday, January 15th 2024 Home Page Close Menu Hats off to everyone who had a hand in the production of the show, to Red Rocks, to the amazing crowd, and of course to Sonny Moore himself. It was of the most incredible and touching shows I’ve ever attended. However, before leaving the stage he took the mic one last time and asked, “If I come back to Red Rocks will you guys show up?” To which the amphitheater erupted with a unanimous, “YES”. Credit: Jas DavisĪt the very end of the show he came back on the mic saying, “Sorry I have to stop… I don’t want to get kicked out of Red Rocks forever!” It’s my opinion that had Red Rocks not closed at midnight, Sonny would’ve kept DJing until 3:00 am, and I don’t believe anyone in the crowd would have left. The lighting production was minimal, but effective and unique, and I don’t think anyone left dissappointed. It really felt like an intimate night with your friend who is a DJ, who just happens to be Skrillex. It never felt like there was a lull, or a break. Personally, I have never seen so many people dance for such an extended time period. At points in the show the wristbands would light up in-pattern with the music (check out a clip of this in action below). Something unique was that everyone who attended was given a white wristband when they walked through the gates. ![]() That is, until the finale, when his friends and family all stood behind him while he closed out the performance, cheering him on. No other artists, or actually anybody, were brought out to perform alongside him. He didn’t stop DJing or even leave the stage for the entire 5-hours, despite a quick transition from the soundbooth to the stage during the first 30 minutes. The doors opened at 7:00 PM and Sonny went on right at away. It was truly special to hear him play the music that has defined his life and career, all in one go, and all by himself. To no surprise, the show really felt like an extremely honest and authentic DJ set, something Skrillex is renowned for doing regularly, but never for 5 whole hours. He did occasionally feature songs from other producers that weren’t his own, but rarely.Īs the energy grew in the night, so did the song choice, as well as the light production. So much of his identity as a producer has always been about collaboration with other artists so the set always felt new and fresh. ![]() It was everything and anything that he had ever produced, and the crowd was there for it ten-fold. There was seemingly never before played edits of 10+ year old bangers, alongside all of the latest and greatest from his two brand new albums “Quest for Fire” and “Don’t Get Too Close”. Most of the 5-hour tracklist was entirely his own music, spanning all genres and all of the years of his massive discography. Nonetheless, there we were, on a perfect night at Red Rocks in the spring, getting 5 hours of Sonny DJing. He told us that initially, the people around him expressed that it was a difficult concept to grasp, and there was only one date that the venue could even potentially let him perform on such short notice. In his own words, “I decided to do this show on a complete whim… I don’t know what I’m going to do, what I’m going to start with, what I’m going to end with, I don’t know, but it’s been an amazing journey all these years.” While paraphrasing, he then essentially told us that he really liked the idea that he could do the whole set himself. At some point during the performance Sonny (Skrillex) got on the mic and started chatting with the crowd. It’s safe to say that Skrillex’s return to Red Rocks after 9 years of absence was a special moment for everyone who was there, including the man himself.
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