The Justice: Saturday night, on September 20, students streamed into Levin Ballroom in anticipation for the first show of the Student Events Fall Concert Series, featuring pop/hip-hop singer Mike Posner. The show actually marked the second time Posner performed at Brandeis University—he was last here to perform in 2010. Posner, who is famous for his 2010 Billboard Hot 100 single “Cooler Than Me,” performed an energetic 50-minute set to an energetic crowd.
Though the doors opened at 7 p.m., Posner’s set didn’t actually start until about 9:30 p.m. The crowd was beginning to grow restless by the time he walked onstage and started his show with the song “My Light” off his 2014 album Pages. Posner was all smiles, and didn’t look too unlike the students in the crowd. Wearing a white T-shirt, jeans, a button-down shirt tied around his waist and a Detroit Tigers baseball cap, his stage presence felt very relaxed. He went on to play 14 songs in total, ranging from his first single, 2009’s “Drug Dealer Girl” to hits off his first album, 31 Minutes to Takeoff (2010) to his new songs from Pages.
At the concert’s peak, Levin Ballroom was filled to capacity with 750 students in attendance. Concert tickets actually sold out by Friday, Sept. 12—just over a week prior to the show.
As Posner ended his set with debatably his two biggest hits, the 2010 tracks “Please Don’t Go” and “Cooler Than Me”—U.S. platinum and double-platinum songs, respectively—the crowd sung along and bounced around, seeming to really enjoy songs that were more familiar to them.
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Performances > 2014 > Brandeis University – Fall Concert Series with Mike Posner – Waltham, MA 9/20/2014
