Exclusive | I saw Pitbull at Jones Beach. Here are five reasons you need to see Mr. Worldwide live
In my younger days, I was a fledgling stand-up comedian.I, admittedly, was never very good but one joke of mine always seemed to get laughs.It ended like this:“Shazam isn’t for finding music you like.
Shazam is for finding out you’ve liked Pitbull for years.”Now, nearly a decade after using the Miami native as a punchline — in my defense, his catchy songs are ubiquitous at grocery stores — I have seen the light.Mr.
Worldwide isn’t someone to be made fun of for liking his music, he’s a one-of-a-kind hitmaker worthy of celebration.To amend my error, I took the LIRR and a $25 Uber to witness the man, the myth, the bald icon live at the absolutely crawling Long Island’s Jones Beach Theater on Tuesday, Aug.25 as part of his ongoing 2026 North American ‘I’m Back Tour’ with very special guest Lil Jon.And, I’m fully converted.Not only does the song-and-dance showman have an unimpeachable back catalog of bangers, bops, jams, ragers and party-starters but he’s also amassed a passionate fanbase of all ages who don bald caps to show their appreciation for his shiny dome.Never seen Mr.
305 live?No worries.Here are my five very real reasons you need to catch Pitbull in concert (he’ll be at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Sept.2 and Holmdel’s PNC Bank Arts Center on Sept.
3, by the way).Now, most importantly…“Dale!”The moment Armando Christian Pérez Pitbull takes the stage, you get on your feet (and squeal like The Beatles just got off an airplane in 1964).No questions asked.This was certainly true at the Jones Beach show I attended where the 45-year-old seemingly appeared out of thin air as his gifted guitarist and steady drummer rocked out to Metallica’s “Enter Sandman.”Once Mr.
Worldwide sauntered into the spotlight with his backup dancers “The Most Bad Ones” in their trademark nude catsuits, the mostly female crowd screamed so loud you could hear them across the river before rising to their collective feet and flat-...