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Gallery: Pitbull gives fans the time of their lives
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Pitbull’s performance included backup dancers who helped get the crowd pumped. The artist played his nostalgic hits like “Timber” and “Rain Over Me.”
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Sparks fly during the end of Pitbull’s grand opening. Mr. 305 rocked the stage right off the bat with “Don’t Stop The Party.”
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T-Pain sings both classics and remixes for his fans. At one point, T-Pain performed a dance number to Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 11.
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Costumed concertgoers dressed as Mr. Worldwide hold a flag emblazoned with a slogan of their love for Pitbull. These four attendees were inspired by a TikTok trend to wear the costumes.
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T-Pain yelled “Cheehoo,” an expression of excitement in Hawaiian culture, several times throughout his performance. Both he and Pitbull have had recent performances in Syracuse in 2022 and 2021, respectively.
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Ebony Byrd, Julie Graham, Aliyah Gravante and Leeya Wilkins, all Onondaga Community College students, danced in the parking lot for over an hour before the night’s first set. They were among many other tailgaters celebrating before the show’s start.
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DJ Laz was one of the opening sets to kick off the concert. He played familiar tunes to warm up the audience before T-Pain took the stage as Pitbull’s special guest.
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Fans showed their adoration for Pitbull with merchandise. One fan sported a t-shirt from Etsy with the phrase “But Daddy I love Him” accompany a portrait of Mr. Worldwide.
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Mr. 305 ascended the stage’s stairs in shifting colors of haze, ready to rock the 315. Smoke blasted from the stage multiple times throughout his performance.
