YUNGBLUD COMES HOME: “I COULD F*CKING CRY RIGHT NOW. YOU MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME.”
Yungblud (credit @ambgyphotography)
Grammy-winning superstar Yungblud brought Idols: The World Tour home to the UK after a year in which he found acclaim in the US, which peaked when he picked up the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance in February.
Performing to completely sold-out Utilita Arena in Sheffield last night, the Doncaster-born musician told the home crowd:
“This album, Idols, was made in Yorkshire and we brought it home tonight”.
The show opened with ‘Hello Heaven, Hello’ with confetti cannon’s before ‘The Funeral’, ‘Idols 1’ and ‘Lovesick Lullaby’ rang across the arena.With flames shooting from the stage, alongside roars of “Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Yorkshire,” Yungblud said:
“I’ve been away for too long…Does anybody want to kidnap me and take me home with them? I won’t be good though!”
As always with Yungblud, tonight was all about the fans. Inviting somebody from the crowd on stage to play guitar on favourite ‘Fleabag’ before heading off into the crowd to meet his loyal fanbase.
Dedicating ‘Changes’ to Ozzy Osbourne, he credited the legendary rock star for bringing so many people together. Asking the crowd:“Is this anybody’s first ever Yungblud show? Well, welcome to the family, man. We are so honoured to play for you tonight because this community, this family, and rock and roll are all about love. Ozzy Osbourne’s about love. Yungblud is about love. You, tonight, are about love.”
A massive ‘Loner’ preceded darkness as Yungblud left the stage, the audience still singing. He returned for anthemic renditions of ‘Ghosts’ and ‘Zombie’, and a final unstoppable encore of ‘Suburban Requiem’.
Yungblud said: “Thank you from the bottom of my heart. This album was made in Yorkshire, we toured it all around the world, and we’d like to bring it home, here tonight. If you’re from Yorkshire I love you. If you are not, I love you too but just a little bit less. I’m joking!
“I cannot believe that this community, this family, is getting this big. I could f*cking cry right now. You mean everything to me.”
Setlist
- HELLO HEAVEN, HELLO
- THE FUNERAL
- IDOLS PT.1
- LOVESICK LULLABY
- MY ONLY ANGEL
- FLEABAG
- LOWLIFE
- CHANGES
- I NEED YOU (TO MAKE THE WORLD SEEM FINE)
- FIRE
- SUPERDEADERIENDS
- LONER
- GHOSTS
- ZOMBIE
- SUBURBAN REQUIEM
Support comes from The Warning and The Molotovs on the UK tour, which ends in Manchester on 25th April.
