This passed weekend one of the best artists out right now, Kid Cudi, hit Toronto for not one, but two performances. He opened for Lady Gaga on her Fame Kills tour at the Air Canada Centre then performed for his own sold out show at the Kool Haus in downtown Toronto. KeysNKrates, a group out of Toronto, opened the show with an amazing performance. They remixed such songs such MGMT’s Electric Feel to The Fugees Fu-gee-la.
After an hour and a half waiting for Kid Cudi, after being told that he would be on stage in a few minutes, the crowd began to get restless anticipating his arrival. I can’t really be mad at Cudi for showing up late, he did after all open for Lady Gaga mere hours before. When Kid Cudi did finally arrive he exploded on to the stage opening with Already Home from Jay – Z’s latest album the Blueprint 3, which he was featured on. He then continued by performed songs from his popular mixtapes such as Embrace the Martian, Dat New “New”, and Down and Out and from his critically acclaimed debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day, performing popular songs such as Soundtrack 2 My Life, Heart of a Lion, Up, Up and Away, Solo Dolo, Cudi Zone, Make Her Say, the popular single Day and Night and closing the show with my personal favourite The Pursuit of Happiness. Toronto’s own Drake made a surprise performance joining Kid Cudi on stage.
To conclude, although I didn’t like the fact that this was an all ages event…. regardless Kid Cudi puts on a great show. He’s truly one of my favourite artists right now and I look forward to his next visit to this great city of Toronto.
