Mariah Carey Performs ‘We Belong Together,’ Suprise Performance From Ludacris Plus More Highlights From Day 1 of iHeartRadio Music Festival
by Staff Editor
Day 1 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival made a few jumps from different genres and Billboard artist like Jason Aldean to Mariah Carey, and southern hip-hop by Rae Sremmurd to Fleetwood Mac and his gypsy style rock.
Here’s a look through Friday night’s chart-topping roster — which included performances from Childish Gambino, Jack White, Panic! at the Disco, Kygo and a surprise pop up from Ludacris — and stay tuned for Tonight’s (Sept. 22) as day 2 if the festival pops off.
7:31 p.m.: Backstage, before things kick off inside T-Mobile Arena, Fifth Harmony’s Dinah Jane, Lance Bass and Paula Abdul are giving interviews.
8:54 p.m.: Childish Gambino re-creates his “This Is America” video choreography onstage for his second song of a three-song set, which also featured “Summertime Magic” and “Redbone.”
9:06 p.m.: Jason Aldean and Nashville radio host Bobby Bones welcome dozens of Vegas police officers, firefighters and EMTs to the stage to salute their work in responding to the Route 91 tragedy on Oct. 1, 2017.
9:47 p.m.: Rae Sremmurd takes the stage with “No Type,” “Powerglide” and their Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Black Beatles” in their 20-plus-minute set.
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10:10 p.m.: The DJ queues up DJ Khaled‘s “All I Do Is Win,” and Ludacris surprisesthe crowd performing his intro verse. He follows up with “Stand Up” and Usher’s “Yeah!”
10:42 p.m.: Luda hits the stage again. This time he runs through “How Low,” “Money Maker” and “Move Bitch.”
11:18 p.m.: Mariah Carey arrives for a crowd-awing performance, showing off her curves in a blue sequin mini-dress and starting the night with “It’s Like That.” She follows up with and outfit change to perform “GTFO,” the classic “Emotions” and a medley of “Honey,” “Shake It Off,” “Obsessed” and “#Beautiful.”
11:35 p.m.: Carey is still performing. She wraps up her set with two last songs: “Always Be My Baby” and “We Belong Together.”
11:59 p.m.: Kygo, the final performer of the night, bringing on Justin Jesso for “Stargazing.
12:08 a.m.: Miguel then hops on set for his Kygo collab “Remind Me to Forget.”
12:13 a.m.: The final song of the night is “Firestone, “and the final guest is singer Conrad Sewell.”