Kanye Juanes enliven LA's Made in America fest

(MENAFN- Arab News) LOS ANGELES: A major outdoor music festival in downtown Los Angeles reflected the city's diversity with a lineup that included rap rock punk blues and Latin music. Kanye West Cypress Hill Weezer Rise Against John Mayer and Juanes were among Sunday's performers.

'This whole place is full of good loving people' Mayer told the crowd from the Made in America festival's main stage.

The two-day concert held simultaneously with a sister show in Philadelphia featured more than 30 acts. Iggy Azalea Metric Kendrick Lamar and Imagine Dragons took the stage Saturday in Los Angeles. The Philadelphia festival included performers such as Kings of Leon Tiesto and Pharrell Williams. West and DJ Steve Aoki performed in both cities.

More than 37000 people attended the Los Angeles festival's second day in downtown's Grand Park the first time the two-year-old park has been used for a large ticketed event.

Kanye brought the house down with a dramatic hour-long set to close out the concert. He commanded the stage alone donning two different spangled face masks and injecting a bit of his trademark ranting into his abbreviated performance. 'I know there's more people that love me than hate me' he insisted. Mayer brought the day's folksy blues playing several of his hits along with a cover of Jimi Hendrix's 'All Along the Watchtower.' Juanes did almost his entire set in Spanish inspiring Latin dance moves throughout the audience. Weezer delivered their feel-good rock along with news of a new album in October and a preview of its first single. Rise Against brought slam-dancing punk. Los Angeles natives Cypress Hill played their 20-year-old tunes to an enthusiastically receptive crowd.

Mayor Eric Garcetti who championed the Made in America event and fast-tracked it through city approvals appeared onstage during Aoki's misplaced set Sunday night. The mayor said nothing while Aoki repeatedly implored the crowd to 'make some noise.'

Saturday's highlights included a performance by Iggy Azalea that featured rump-shaking dancers and a surprise appearance by Rita Ora; a hit-packed set by Sublime with Rome whose singer sounds eerily similar to Sublime's late former frontman Bradley Nowell; and a rousing performance by LA's own Kendrick Lamar.