The King of Mashups will be traveling North America this spring
There's a moment in 2012 I don't think I'll ever forget. I was a high school senior, obsessed with EDM and rave culture, and at my first Coachella Festival. After splitting up from my friends who wanted to get food in between The Weeknd and Dr. Dre, I found myself alone at Girl Talk's set. Initially, I felt weird not having someone I knew by my side. But eventually, I forgot about everyone else entirely.
Though that year also featured sets by some of my favorite musicians — including Radiohead, Neutral Milk Hotel, Bon Iver, St. Vincent, and Flying Lotus — it was Girl Talk's set, perhaps, that has stuck with me most. The sheer joy I felt while dancing to mashups of Kelly Clarkson and MC Hammer was incomparable. So when the artist born Gregg Michael Gillis slightly disappeared shortly after that magical experience, naturally, I was upset.
Beginning on April 29 at the House of Blues in Cleveland, Ohio, Girl Talk — who has rightfully been crowned the King of Mashups thanks to his most recent album, All Day, and earlier albums like 2008's Feed the Animals and 2006's Night Ripper — will take his fun stage show on the road. Other cities include Chicago, Denver, Portland, Seattle, Austin, Boston, and his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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