Flume Returns to Red Rocks for Historic Two-Night Run

Flume and Red Rocks: A match made in heaven.

This year marked the beginning of the end. The time had come, the 11th hour had passed, and the world watched with bated breath as covid sang its final coda. El fin. Producers and DJs that spent the majority of 2020 and 2021 in solitude, creating music, attending ayahuasca ceremonies, and avoiding the modern plague, began to release their coveted and curated creations. And, slowly but surely, artists announced forthcoming tours to celebrate the fruits of their labors.

Flume – an industry hotshot since the moment he stepped onto the scene, securing a Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album back in 2016 – joined the joy and mass resurgence, hitting the road for what would be his fifth tour. This go-round, the young native Australian began his venture in Las Vegas, traveling to major cities such as Chicago, Washington D.C., Tennessee for Bonnaroo, London, Madrid, New York for Governor’s Ball, and Denver’s Red Rocks (with many pitstops still to go).

Although there were many notable venues, the flagship arena was Red Rocks, a massive Grecian-esque stadium carved into the crimson rock of Denver’s desert plains. The last time Flume performed at Red Rocks was in 2019, right before the world irrevocably changed. His set was intense, avant-garde, creative, explosive at times, whimsical, childlike, and raw.

In an excerpt from “Exron End Of The Year: Best U.S. Sets Of 2019,” our journalist delineated the experience in detail. “The stage was set up like an odd living room of sorts, creating intimacy even in an arena as massive as Red Rocks,” the Journalist mused. “During interludes, he created art within art – he cut metal, painted canvases, and smashed hardened clay pottery against brick walls. Although he brought out rappers from his albums, Vera Blue’s cameo appearance was without a doubt the crowd favorite. Flume sat on the floor, tending to his board in the small spotlight they shared, while Vera floated around him. It was as though the audience was privy to a basement band rehearsal, a jam session and subtle spectacle of rawness, of passion, and of breathtaking and moving art.”

This year’s Red Rock’s show took place over the timespan of two days, a mini-Flume festival. The first night’s set was lighter, while day two was much more bass-heavy. Prior to his performance, Flume came out incognito to enjoy his openers and the energy reverberating within the rocks. He sported a madman’s grin, a wig, shades, pashmina, and a ball cap. Flume tapped TSHA, Prospa, and oklou for night one support while Eprom, Shlohmo, and oklou provided an entirely new ambiance for night two.

When it finally came time for Flume’s performance, the crowd was absolutely reeling in the stands, soaking in the craze. They went wild for fan favorites such as “Tennis Court,” “Never Be Like You,” “Say It,” and selections from his new album ‘Palaces.’ The energy from the crowd was palpable and electric. Across every attendee’s face was an insatiable, almost manic, smile – and Flume couldn’t help but adorn that inexorable madman’s grin for the entirety of his set. As a collective group – after everything we went through these past two years – we needed this.

To learn more about Flume’s tour, and potentially catch him in concert while you can, click here.

To read more about his upcoming massive Brooklyn mirage 3-day performance, click here.

To listen to our fan-favorite Flume, venture below.

Saracha

Heralding from sunny South Florida, I am a proud Florida Woman. In my free time, I surf the swamp, wrangle gators, open fan mail, and tend to my pets. In the wild, I’m most often spotted at immersive art spaces, step tappin’ in a shadowed corner of the club, hater blockerz on, totally incognito as your resident EDM spice girl. Although I generally tout my spicy side, if there’s one thing I’d love to impress upon the world, it would be this: it’s not a waste to give love to those who do not deserve it – it’s a gift. The world would be a better place if we gave, in kindness and in mercy, to those who need it most with no expectation in return.

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