Mother Nature jammed with Post Malone and Jelly Roll in Orlando

Post Malone’s Big Ass Stadium Tour came to Camping World Stadium this week, despite the big-ass thunderstorm that was forecast for the same evening.

Posty seemed to have his deck of cards stacked against him as weather wasn’t the only concern. Last week, Camping World Stadium received multiple complaints from the community about the volume at a Shakira concert — which set an unfortunate precedent for Mr. Malone.

Adding to the “unknowingness” of the show, there was a last-minute lineup change the day before the show. Sierra Ferrell, originally announced as support act, was not in attendance. Instead, there was a two-for-one trade-in as Chandler Walters and Wyatt Flores divided up Ferrell’s allotted set time.

As the show started up, Mother Nature scanned her ticket and took her seat. There was one strike of lightning that sounded like it was inside the stadium with us, and then the evacuation screens lit up the bowl. Almost immediately, a monsoon fell from above, and fans, staff and musicians scurried for cover.

Everyone at Camping World Stadium stayed put in said “cover” for a few hours.

What was supposed to be not one, but two opening acts became zero. For a while, we were wondering if the four-act show would turn out to be a solo concert by Post Malone.

Against all odds, the concert still happened — even despite the city of Orlando’s firm noise curfew.

The evacuation order was lifted around 8:45 p.m. and Jelly Roll started at 9:10 p.m. Despite the ground being swampy wetlands, fans refilled the stadium. Cowboy boots poked out from underneath ponchos and raindrops became mixers with beer, but all seemed to be in good spirits.

Jelly Roll performed for nearly 40 minutes. A majority of his songs were covers, including “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd and “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus, but the audience enjoyed Jelly Roll’s voluble stage presence.

Had weather permitted, Post Malone would have hit the stage around 9 p.m. He came out at 10:20 p.m., which left 40 minutes of performance time for the headliner — or so we thought.

Stumbling and smiling before even singing the first note, Post Malone gripped a red Solo cup in his left hand and his microphone in the other. We drew our own conclusions about how Posty spent his time backstage during the rain delay.

After pouring out the substance in his cup after the first song, Post Malone gave the best show as he could, after the thunderous misfortunes that took place earlier in the evening. His voice sounded polished and similar to his records: impressive, raspy but smooth at the same time.

Rain sprinkled the stage as Malone switched between his new country anthems and his old hip-hop singles, while giant flames flickered onstage and fireworks blasted above the audience.

The show wrapped up well after the curfew time of 11 p.m., leaving Camping World full of fans who hopefully got their money’s worth and, quite possibly, a fine from the city.

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This article appears in Jun 11-17, 2025.