Bellahouston Park, Glasgow
The world’s highest-earning DJ shrinks into a silhouette in a spiritually malnourishing set that spews fire, confetti and lasers
To disappear all but completely on a stage has long seemed to be Calvin Harris’s mission in music. Never comfortable in his gawky first incarnation as a pop star, ropey of singing voice and even ropier of dancing, he’s openly searched since for a position where he can coin it in as a writer-producer without having to give much of himself to his live performances.
Tonight, not far from his native Dumfries, where he once stacked Marks & Spencer’s shelves when not crafting beats in his bedroom, Harris makes a triumphant homecoming as the world’s highest-earning DJ three years running: a £70m-odd silhouette at the centre of a light and pyrotechnic machine that’s spewing fire, confetti and lasers within five minutes.
Continue reading...by Malcolm Jack via Electronic music | The Guardian
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