Miley Cyrus, Megan Thee Stallion Dazzle With High-Octane, Hit-Filled Sets At ACL Fest Day 1
... [+]Austin City Limits got off to an inauspicious start on Friday when rain delayed the start of the festival from noon to 3 p.m., but it ended on a literal high note with a dazzling, hit-filled performance from Miley Cyrus.
The 28-year-old superstar stormed through a genre-spanning, 80-minute set full of fireworks, motivational speeches and appropriately outlandish visuals, including cartoon skeletons having sex on motorcycles during “Malibu.” More importantly, Cyrus’ set contained at least half a dozen of the most enduring pop songs of the past 15 years, which she performed with the studied dynamism of an entertainer who’s spent half her life on the world’s biggest stages.
It didn’t matter that Cyrus’ in-ear monitors appeared to malfunction as she soldiered through her requisite set closer “Party in the U.S.A.” She had already given the crowd everything they wanted and more, and when she let the masses take the lead singing the anthem that helped soundtrack their adolescence, they happily obliged.