On February 13, Lana Del Rey performed at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, with Kali Uchis as her opening act. Lana sang snippets of ‘Terrence Loves You’ and ‘Get Free’ towards the end of the show. Someone asked if she’d sing ‘Angels Forever, Forever Angels’ and Lana responded with “Angels Forever? Are you kidding?!”
Chris shared that the pit at the front was so bad that Lana’s personal security had to stop people from shoving. Lana mouthed to them “I’m so sorry.”
Of the pit, Chase Connolly tells us “multiple people passed out” and the shoving was so continuous that it made him “practically miss the first two songs”. However, he adds that it calmed down after that.
Chase also explains that Lana sang ‘White Mustang’ whilst laying on the piano with her legs up. “After ‘White Mustang’ she sang an a cappella snippet of the song and said “sorry, I’m feeling myself tonight””.
Before she sung ‘Yayo’, Lana explained some background to the song: “This is a song I really like to do about an old friend of mine who isn’t with us anymore. His name was Rob and we used to live, uh, well I lived in New Jersey, he lived in a different part of New Jersey. I remember one day he came back with the most giant snake on his back and I was like, “what the hell did you do??” It’s funny, like, within 10 minutes – I couldn’t really play chords, so I sort of made up my own chords, and I wrote a little song for him.”
Ed Masley wrote a smashing review of Lana’s performance for AZ Central, explaining that her Lana Del Rey persona was in “full effect” as she was “channeling Brigitte Bardot” in her fishnet stockings.
Masley also took note of how considerate Lana is of her fans: “Del Rey did something I have never seen at an arena. She spent the next eight to 10 minutes signing autographs, posing for selfies and accepting flowers, notes and presents from the fans down front, who camped out overnight to score those spots.”
You can read his full review and see exclusive photos by clicking here.
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SETLIST:
Experiment in Terror (intro, Henry Mancini song)
13 Beaches
Pretty When You Cry
Cherry (into two verses of Scarborough Fair)
Yayo (acoustic)
Born to Die
Blue Jeans
White Mustang [2]
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Happy Birthday, Mr. President (music video interlude)
National Anthem
God Bless America… (acoustic, snippet)
When the World Was At War… (snippet)
Lust For Life
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Medley: Change, Black Beauty, Young and Beautiful
Ride (with music video interlude)
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Video Games
Love
Summertime Sadness
Ultraviolence
Burnt Norton (instrumental interlude)
Terrence Loves You (snippet)
Get Free (snippet)
Off to the Races
Tours > LA TO THE MOON 2017-2018 > Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, USA (February 13)
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OK
so we’ve only got 4 USA shows left! How did that happen and what am I gonna do when I get off the road for 20 days before we get to South America?
Phoenix you’re up tonight! San Diego the 15th Las Vegas the 16th and Honolulu at the Waikiki shell at the end of February👒🌴— Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) February 13, 2018
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