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Lorde plays Gwinnett’s Infinite Energy Arena with Run the Jewels

By Shane Harrison
April 16, 2018

21-year-old Grammy winner Lorde rocked the Infinite Energy Arena on Saturday, April 14, 2018, on her Melodrama World Tour. “Melodrama,” released in June 2017, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart. Run the Jewels, including Atlanta’s Killer Mike, and Mitski opened the show.

Twenty-one year old Grammy winner Lorde rocked the Infinite Energy Arena on Saturday, April 14, 2018 on her Melodrama World Tour. Run the Jewels and Mitski opened the show.Robb Cohen Photography & Video /RobbsPhotos.com
Twenty-one year old Grammy winner Lorde rocked the Infinite Energy Arena on Saturday, April 14, 2018 on her Melodrama World Tour. Run the Jewels and Mitski opened the show.Robb Cohen Photography & Video /RobbsPhotos.com

Lorde’s “Melodrama,” her second album, was a Grammy nominee for album of the year.

-- Lorde performs "Homemade Dynamite."Twenty-one year old Grammy winner Lorde rocked the Infinite Energy Arena on Saturday, April 14, 2018 on her Melodrama World Tour. Run the Jewels and Mitski opened the show.Robb Cohen Photography & Video /RobbsPhotos.com
-- Lorde performs "Homemade Dynamite."Twenty-one year old Grammy winner Lorde rocked the Infinite Energy Arena on Saturday, April 14, 2018 on her Melodrama World Tour. Run the Jewels and Mitski opened the show.Robb Cohen Photography & Video /RobbsPhotos.com

The album included the track “Homemade Dynamite,” which Lorde is seen performing in this shot from the Infinite Energy Arena show.

--Atlanta's Run the Jewels entertains the large crowd.Twenty-one year old Grammy winner Lorde rocked the Infinite Energy Arena on Saturday, April 14, 2018 on her Melodrama World Tour. Run the Jewels and Mitski opened the show.Robb Cohen Photography & Video /RobbsPhotos.com
--Atlanta's Run the Jewels entertains the large crowd.Twenty-one year old Grammy winner Lorde rocked the Infinite Energy Arena on Saturday, April 14, 2018 on her Melodrama World Tour. Run the Jewels and Mitski opened the show.Robb Cohen Photography & Video /RobbsPhotos.com

Killer Mike (left) and El-P make up the duo Run the Jewels, the name taken from LL Cool J’s “Cheesy Rat Blues.”

About the Author

Shane Harrison is the Arts & Entertainment editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and ajc.com. He has been with the AJC since 1990.

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