Rapper Eminem emerged from a half-decade hiatus Friday night, bounding onstage at the Voodoo Art and Music Experience here to several thousand cheering fans.
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With a gigantic screen behind him showing scenes from a horror movie starring himself, Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, kicked off the evening set with 3 A.M., a song from this year's album, Relapse. Eminem, 37, was a headliner at the three-day, five-stage music festival this weekend that also features Jane's Addiction, Flaming Lips, Lenny Kravitz and KISS.
Friday's crowd roared with approval as Eminem rekindled past hits, such as Business and Square Dance, in his signature rapid-fire rap. A full rock band accompanied him on stage, all members dressed in skeleton outfits.
"Hey New Orleans, I'm back y'all. Did you miss me?" he said to an eruption of cheers. "I missed you, too."
Eminem has kept a reclusive, non-touring life the past several years, as he battled an addiction to prescription painkillers. Friday marked his first concert in five years and his only live performance of the year. There's a history here: Eminem played the festival, known locally as Voodoo Fest, in 2000, just as his first album, The Slim Shady LP, was catapulting him to stardom, said Steve Rehage, a New Orleans native who founded Voodoo Fest in 1999.
Voodoo organizers reached out to Eminem again this year and were surprised when he readily agreed to perform. "It was a really fast, quick and easy negotiation," Rehage said.
Concertgoers on Friday endured heavy rains and dropping temperatures as storms passed over the outdoor festival earlier in the evening. But soggy spectators lined up by the thousands to see Eminem's 75-minute show.
"Everything I expected," said Ian Robert, 22, of New Orleans, under a soaked poncho. "It was definitely worth standing in the rain and the cold.
Eminem toggled between recent creations, such as We Made You, and older favorites, such as Kill You, Cleaning Out My Closet, Superman and The Real Slim Shady. Lighters came out when he performed Stan, the ballad-like song that uses a sample from singer Dido and describes a stalking fan. And a sea of arms waved back and forth as he spat out Like Toy Soldiers.
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With a gigantic screen behind him showing scenes from a horror movie starring himself, Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, kicked off the evening set with 3 A.M., a song from this year's album, Relapse. Eminem, 37, was a headliner at the three-day, five-stage music festival this weekend that also features Jane's Addiction, Flaming Lips, Lenny Kravitz and KISS.
Friday's crowd roared with approval as Eminem rekindled past hits, such as Business and Square Dance, in his signature rapid-fire rap. A full rock band accompanied him on stage, all members dressed in skeleton outfits.
"Hey New Orleans, I'm back y'all. Did you miss me?" he said to an eruption of cheers. "I missed you, too."
Eminem has kept a reclusive, non-touring life the past several years, as he battled an addiction to prescription painkillers. Friday marked his first concert in five years and his only live performance of the year. There's a history here: Eminem played the festival, known locally as Voodoo Fest, in 2000, just as his first album, The Slim Shady LP, was catapulting him to stardom, said Steve Rehage, a New Orleans native who founded Voodoo Fest in 1999.
Voodoo organizers reached out to Eminem again this year and were surprised when he readily agreed to perform. "It was a really fast, quick and easy negotiation," Rehage said.
Concertgoers on Friday endured heavy rains and dropping temperatures as storms passed over the outdoor festival earlier in the evening. But soggy spectators lined up by the thousands to see Eminem's 75-minute show.
"Everything I expected," said Ian Robert, 22, of New Orleans, under a soaked poncho. "It was definitely worth standing in the rain and the cold.
Eminem toggled between recent creations, such as We Made You, and older favorites, such as Kill You, Cleaning Out My Closet, Superman and The Real Slim Shady. Lighters came out when he performed Stan, the ballad-like song that uses a sample from singer Dido and describes a stalking fan. And a sea of arms waved back and forth as he spat out Like Toy Soldiers.
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