She only played one new song, though, despite having another album in the can purportedly due out by year's end. She nonetheless arrived with a new, full-scale stage production, which included an expanded lineup of 14 gyrating dancers and her first full-tilt live backing band, all of them women. Saturday's gig was actually supposed to be her second one back, but flooding washed out her scheduled date last weekend at Bonnaroo in Tennessee - where she had earned bragging rights as one of the festival's first female headliners. This is my first show in two years, and it feels so special to be doing it in Minnesota where my solo career first took off.' 'I never thought I'd make it back to the stage. 'We need this!' she repeatedly yelled, leading to the first instance of her fighting back tears and shouting out her roots in the Twin Cities, her home from 2010 to 2017. Treasure Island did not implement any extra COVID rules for the concert, leaving most fans to loudly belt out the words to the third song 'Good As Hell' without the hindrance of a mask - and with a little extra encouragement from Lizzo as she introduced the carefree anthem.

And it was her biggest headlining performance to date - a sold-out appearance that drew 16,000 attendees despite it being the busiest weekend for concerts this year in the Twin Cities, and despite renewed COVID concerns. It was her first time back in Minnesota post-lockdown.

It was her first live gig since the pandemic. Tears streamed and emotions ran high throughout the 90-minute lovefest of a performance, one that reiterated Lizzo isn't just a major musical talent but also now something of a much-needed self-help guru. 'I'm crying, 'cuz I love you,' the 33-year-old singer/rapper bellowed with discernible intensity. The most truthful and telling moment during Lizzo's spirited Treasure Island Casino Amphitheater concert on Saturday night, however, came when the former Minnesotan delivered the title track of the album that turned her into a pop-culture phenomenon. She played around with the truth in the opening song 'Rumors.' She ended her set pre-encore dissing all the men who lie in 'Truth Hurts.'

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