3OH!3 also performed at Diplo’s Honky Tonk and had the crowd singing along to their breakout hit “Don’t Trust Me”
Emo Nite, the roaming DJ-driven dance party, landed at Stagecoach on Friday at Diplo’s Honky Tonk with Y2K-fueled performances by Ashlee Simpson and 3OH!3.
The set was kicked off by Emo Nite founders Morgan Reed and T.J. Petracca with Fall Out Boy’s “Sugar We’re Going Down” followed by a slew of remixes from the likes of Panic! At the Disco, All-American Rejects, Paramore, and My Chemical Romance. There were also other early aughts hits including “Mr. Brightside” from the Killers and Blink-182’s “All the Small Things.” Naturally, Justin Bieber’s “Baby” also played for the crowd.
The nostalgia was high as 3OH!3 appeared onstage. The electropop duo dressed for the occasion as Woody from Toy Story and sang favorites like “My First Kiss.” At some point, they had everyone gathered under the massive tent jumping up in their cowboy boots to their breakout (and later, controversial) single, “Don’t Trust Me,” and singing along to the verse: “You tell your boyfriend, if he says he’s got beef/That I’m a vegetarian and I ain’t fucking scared of him!”
To close out the set, Ashlee Simpson arrived in a fringe leather jacket to deliver “La La” and “Pieces of Me” from her 2004 debut album Autobiography to the the ecstatic crowd. Although Simpson has generallystayed out of the spotlight — her last album,Bittersweet World, was released in 2008 — the singer recently performed in Las Vegas as part of a short residency at Voltaire at the Venetian Resort and was revealed as the winner of the 14th season ofThe Masked Singer.
In an interview with Billboard this month, Simpson hinted that there is “definitely new music on the horizon.” “I’m looking forward to playing new shows and definitely ready for that moment to release new music,” Simpson said. “I’m inspired.”