The audience put on a light show during Calvin Harris’ Jingle Ball set in Boston
Simple. Awesome.
EDM king Calvin Harris puts on shows that are famous for their pyrotechnics, strobe lights, and special effects. But at Thursday night’s Kiss 108 Jingle Ball concert, the coolest thing that happened during Harris’s performance was not the uber-professional laser show, nor was it the giant flamethrowers—it was the audience, holding up their cellphones, creating a sea of lights that was about 17,000 strong. And it. Was. Awesome.
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Granted, this is not the first time an artist has requested an audience cellphone ocean. In fact, singer Natalie La Rose did the same thing earlier on in the concert. But Harris timed his ask during a complete lull in his show. The bright lights and thumping bass stopped short halfway through the set, and Harris asked the audience to pull out their phones.
“I want to try something. I want to try an experiment, Boston,’’ Harris said. Then he asked everyone who had a phone with a light to take it out and turn it on.
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“Between you and me, this is the best part of the tour,’’ Harris said. “And I feel like we could get a lot of lights today.’’
He was right. There were a lot of lights. Once the audience members had lit up TD Garden with their phones, Harris started in on his hit song, “How Deep Is Your Love.’’
Harris’s performance was the last of the night. He closed out a setlist that included 5 Seconds of Summer, The Weeknd, Nick Jonas, Natalie La Rose, Demi Lovato, Hailee Steinfeld, and Tove Lo.
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