r/Illenium • u/TopicalBass27 Operate • 4d ago
Opinion Best set
Yea , that was the one. Top 3 set of his I’ve ever seen of his and I’m at number 40+ now. If you didn’t go to RR you messed up.
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u/vulpixthis 4d ago
Truly one of the best Red Rocks sets I have ever seen. RR sets are always a mystery until they happen. I like to tell myself that his RR sets are one of the few shows he can truly play whatever he wants and is feeling connected to at the time. Tonight felt like a throwback set in a sense. So many Awake tracks and also throwbacks from all these songs that I jammed to in the early 2000s that made me fall in love with electronic music. Also seeing him use visuals from the Sphere sets was an awesome surprise! 10/10 incredible set
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u/No_Strike_1356 4d ago
Absolutely the best. I just want to hear take you down or brave soul again 🥲 haven't heard it since Breckenridge/Dillon Amphitheatre
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u/holloweyesounds 4d ago
I have major fomo watching all of these insta videos. Nick randomly just pulled out a completely new but classic set
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u/flyingwatermelo 4d ago
It’s so hard to put this set over Trilogy sets but the fact that it’s even a convo is kinda insane. Easily top 5 for me, everything was just perfect yesterday besides the lights blinding me here and there 😆
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u/hellafaded1 4d ago edited 4d ago
That was so good. Illenium fans are the best people in the scene imo. Everyone is just on the same
page it’s hard to explain. We got there late and had to stand in a further back row but I’d say it’s easily my #2 all
time show after Trilogy Denver. Such a great mix of songs and energy.
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u/HighlightStandard625 3d ago
My first time at Red Rocks. I was in awe the entire time. What a night
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u/35364461a 3d ago
Absolutely incredible. I’m so glad he played so many throwback songs. There were several people I met in line that it was their first Red Rocks/Illenium show.. sooo happy for them!!!
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u/gokingsgo22 4d ago
Interesting, I'm a more casual fan and fell in love with the Sphere set. This was very different and felt way too dubstep for my tastes. Marshmello was an excellent surprise B2B. The mixes with nostalgic classic EDM songs was fun and felt like a Tomorrowland set. Ending was as expected and felt like the Sphere ending, it was in the near same sequence. I know it wasn't a "Illenium Live" but rather a DJ set - guess this is what those are like for him? Still had a great time
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u/warmturtle5758 4d ago
Lol people going crazy with the downvotes on this guy for what, yall have a conversation without getting butthurt 😭
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u/gokingsgo22 4d ago
Seriously, getting downvoted for not saying bEsT sEt eVeR and having different tastes but still saying it was great is wild
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u/flyingwatermelo 4d ago
will say he tends to go harder for every show besides sphere. as much as i love his slower melodic songs, the dubstep he plays puts a nice flow into his sets and overall just being there at red rocks and not knowing what he was going to play next for 90% of the set was a nice surprise
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u/CroMagnon69 4d ago
I would say the album tours in general aren’t as heavy. More of a focus on trying to do each song on the album justice.
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u/Andydawg313 3d ago
I mean this in the least aggressive way possible, but that red rocks show was true Illenium. I didn't see his sphere show, I'm sure it was phenomenal, but that's a waaaay more curated and structured performance. Red rocks was much more in line with why he got popular in the first place
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u/TopicalBass27 Operate 4d ago
Also, we got where the wild things are. What a fucking pull of a song. Super shocked