Billboard highlighted five standout moments from Charli xcx’s Music, Fashion, Film Tour stop at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Sept. 14, including a surprise duet and a Brat-era surge that sent the crowd into a fevered singalong — Charli xcx’s Music, Fashion, Film Tour in New York: 5 Best Moments – billboard.com.
The Billboard recap singled out the Barclays Center show as the first of two New York nights and listed five scenes that defined the set, from the arena-ready pivot into “Rock Music” to a run of Brat hits like “Club Classics,” “365” and “Von Dutch.”
Billboard also noted a guest appearance: Kim Petras joined Charli for “Unlock It,” creating a high point that matched the show’s fashion-forward staging and rock-leaning arrangements. The piece described Charli’s shirt-and-grunge look and the three-tiered stage topped by an outsized speaker prop used during the set.
Reporting from the tour’s opening night in Philadelphia confirms the tour’s launch pace and set choices. The Philadelphia Inquirer reviewed the Sept. 11 opener at Xfinity Mobile Arena as a 100-minute, 29-song show that mixed new Music, Fashion, Film tracks with older cuts and theatrical video interludes — the tour has leaned into a black-and-white filmic visual theme tied to the album.
Billboard said the Barclays set kept Charli’s onstage banter minimal and relied on tight sequencing to thread garage-rock textures into her hyper-pop and club anthems. That sequence choice echoed reviews from Philadelphia, which noted the addition of live guitar and a three-piece band on several new-album tracks.
Fashion was part of the show’s narrative: the Inquirer reported that album imagery and merch lean black-and-white and reference figures from music, film and fashion, and Charli encouraged a ripped-T-shirt dress code on social posts before the tour. That styling cue dovetails with the Music, Fashion, Film concept the artist has foregrounded this year.
Fans and local outlets covering the run have tracked setlist surprises and guest appearances across multiple dates; early coverage from tour stops and the Billboard recap together sketch how Charli is balancing rock textures, club moments and fashion-minded theatricality on this arena run.
Sources
- Billboard — live recap of the Sept. 14 Barclays Center show and the five best moments, including Kim Petras’ appearance and the Brat-era run.
- The Philadelphia Inquirer — review of the tour kickoff at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Sept. 11, setlist details and the album’s black-and-white visual theme.
- BrooklynVegan — announcement and tour-dates reporting for the Music, Fashion, Film Tour.
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