{"id":1958615,"date":"2025-08-13T20:22:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T20:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1958615"},"modified":"2025-08-13T20:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T20:22:06","slug":"chris-brown-soars-to-new-heights-at-metlife-stadium-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/chris-brown-soars-to-new-heights-at-metlife-stadium-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Brown soars to new heights at MetLife Stadium: Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"85637789007\" title=\"See Chris Brown take the stage for Breezy Bowl concert at MetLife\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/13\/PAPP\/85637772007-brown-met-life.jpg?crop=639,360,x0,y72\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>See Chris Brown take the stage for Breezy Bowl concert at MetLife<\/p>\n<p>Chris Brown takes the stage for his Breezy Bowl XX show at MetLife Stadium on Aug. 12, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>Look, up on the air, it\u2019s a bird, it\u2019s a plane \u2014 it\u2019s Chris Brown at MetLife stadium.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>The R&amp;B superstar achieved new heights of vertical staging during his Breezy Bowl XX concert Tuesday, Aug. 12 at the East Rutherford venue. Brown, suspended from cables, whipped around the stadium at an alarming speed during the song \u201cLook at Me Now.\u201d He landed on a high perch on the Route 3 corner of the field, and then continued to whip around the stadium some more.<\/p>\n<p>Breezy earns his money in concert. Brown was constantly in motion on Tuesday, dancing, spinning, gyrating with his dance troupe and, yes, straddling a fan on a red couch for the boot knockin\u2019 jam \u201cTake You Down\u201d on a secondary stage. Even the high temperatures intensified by the frequent pyrotechnics didn\u2019t stop him.<\/p>\n<p>It did appear to stop his voice, however. Brown\u2019s vocal backing track was very prominent with Brown hardly singing along. The night was an entertaining spectacle of music performance tableaus, less so a concert.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Breezy Bowl XX: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.app.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/08\/12\/chris-brown-breezy-bowl-xx-setlist-metlife-stadium\/85631900007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Brown at MetLife Stadium setlist from Aug. 12<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/08\/PDTF\/85569181007-20250807-chris-brown-fg-09.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/08\/PDTF\/85569181007-20250807-chris-brown-fg-09.jpg?crop=3349,2513,x0,y502 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/08\/PDTF\/85569181007-20250807-chris-brown-fg-09.jpg?crop=3349,4466,x0,y279 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/08\/PDTF\/85569181007-20250807-chris-brown-fg-09.jpg?crop=3349,1885,x0,y753 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Finn Gomez, Detroit Free Press\" caption=\"Chris Brown performs his tour Breezy Bowl XX at Ford Field in Detroit on Thursday, August 7, 2025.\" orientation=\"vertical\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Breezy Bowl XX celebrated Brown&#8217;s 20 years in the music biz with the star running through largely abbreviated versions of his impressive catalog of R&amp;B, pop and dance hits . The concert started with his first hit, \u201cRun It!\u201d and ended with the uplifting \u201cForever.\u201d Don&#8217;t like a song? No problem, the next one will be starting soon enough.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>The concert was a story of redemption with a voiceover remarking that Brown was only 16 when he had his first hit, and yes, he went astray. Brown&#8217;s multiple brushes with the law, which included a guilty plea and five years probation for beating his then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009, was not directly referred to but they were implied.<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"82687856007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Over time, Brown as learned to \u201cbe a better human\u201d and be \u201cable to be vulnerable,\u201d he said in a video voice over. Brown can fly high in the sky at his concerts, but he needs to keep his life away from the stage grounded.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank you,\u201d said Brown at the end of the show to cheers from the mostly female crowd. \u201cMy first time being here was Summer Jam. Now, I&#8217;m doing this (blanker) by myself. That because you guys &#8212; I love you so much. I&#8217;m thankful you&#8217;ll are out there, standing and dancing for two and a half hours &#8212; I love you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Summer Walker and Bryson Tiller opened the sold-out show in front of 55,000. Brown brings his Breezy Bowl XX show back to MetLife Stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 13.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/13\/PAPP\/85637772007-brown-met-life.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/13\/PAPP\/85637772007-brown-met-life.jpg?crop=639,480,x0,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/13\/PAPP\/85637772007-brown-met-life.jpg?crop=361,480,x139,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/13\/PAPP\/85637772007-brown-met-life.jpg?crop=639,360,x0,y72 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Chris Jordan\" caption=\"Chris Brown performs in his Breezy Bowl XX concert at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford on Aug. 12, 2025\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Chris Brown setlist: MetLife Stadium<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Run It!<\/li>\n<li>Gimme That<\/li>\n<li>Party<\/li>\n<li>Ayo<\/li>\n<li>Go Girlfriend<\/li>\n<li>Heat<\/li>\n<li>Yo (Excuse Me Miss)<\/li>\n<li>Show Me<\/li>\n<li>Yeah 3x<\/li>\n<li>Turn Up the Music<\/li>\n<li>Iffy<\/li>\n<li>I Can Transform Ya<\/li>\n<li>Angel Numbers\/Ten Toes<\/li>\n<li>Grass Ain&#8217;t Greener<\/li>\n<li>Liquor<\/li>\n<li>Drunk Texting<\/li>\n<li>Deuces<\/li>\n<li>I Wanna Be<\/li>\n<li>Ain&#8217;t No Way (You Won&#8217;t Love Me)<\/li>\n<li>She Ain&#8217;t You<\/li>\n<li>Say Goodbye<\/li>\n<li>Residuals<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t Judge Me<\/li>\n<li>New Flame<\/li>\n<li>Wall to Wall<\/li>\n<li>Take You Down<\/li>\n<li>Wet the Bed<\/li>\n<li>Sweet Love<\/li>\n<li>Back to Sleep<\/li>\n<li>2012<\/li>\n<li>With You<\/li>\n<li>Indigo<\/li>\n<li>Kiss Kiss<\/li>\n<li>Look At Me Now<\/li>\n<li>Beautiful People<\/li>\n<li>Privacy<\/li>\n<li>No BS<\/li>\n<li>Baddest<\/li>\n<li>Feel Something<\/li>\n<li>Hope You Do<\/li>\n<li>Private Show<\/li>\n<li>Strip<\/li>\n<li>Under the Influence<\/li>\n<li>Can&#8217;t Stop Thinking<\/li>\n<li>Smile<\/li>\n<li>Freaky Friday<\/li>\n<li>Loyal<\/li>\n<li>Poppin<\/li>\n<li>Body Shots<\/li>\n<li>Go Crazy<\/li>\n<li>No Guidance<\/li>\n<li>Play No Games<\/li>\n<li>No Air<\/li>\n<li>Forever<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Subscribe to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.app.com\/offers\">app.com<\/a> for the latest on the New Jersey music scene.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at cjordan@app.com<\/em><\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2025-08-13 15:15:41 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2025-08-13 15:15:50 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.northjersey.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See Chris Brown take the stage for Breezy Bowl concert at MetLife Chris Brown takes the stage for his Breezy Bowl XX show at MetLife Stadium on Aug. 12, 2025 Look, up on the air, it\u2019s a bird, it\u2019s a plane \u2014 it\u2019s Chris Brown at MetLife stadium. 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