Concert Recap: Empire of the Sun at Moody Center
Australian electronic music duo Empire of the Sun had Moody Center dancing all night on Sept. 21, with support from Midnight Generation and Polo & Pan.
Photos by Makenna Morgan
Australian electronic music duo Empire of the Sun had Moody Center dancing all night on Sept. 21, with support from Midnight Generation and Polo & Pan.
Photos by Makenna Morgan
Disco synth pop band Midnight Generation opens the night with “Teacher,” the titular track for its 2025 album.
Keyboardist Carlos Amaya of Midnight Generation holds his hand up during “Oh Baby What Comes Around Goes Back Around” off the band’s latest album Tender Love.
Drummer Samuel Marquez and percussionist Diego Bustillos keep the beat during “Oh Baby What Comes Around Goes Back Around.”
French music duo Polo & Pan take the stage to perform “Magic” with repeating lyrics: “Never believe it’s not so / It’s magic, you know.”
A fan of Polo & Pan dances around as the beat climaxes during the chorus of “Pili Pili.”
Empire of the Sun frontman Luke Steele rocks out on the guitar during “Changes” from the band’s latest album Ask That God.
Empire of the Sun frontman Luke Steele rocks out on the guitar during “Changes” from the band’s latest album Ask That God.
Steele sings the transcendent lyrics of “Old Flavours”: “For the longest time / Walking on the golden line / My body’s never been so light / Reminds me of the first time.”
Steele sings the transcendent lyrics of “Old Flavours”: “For the longest time / Walking on the golden line / My body’s never been so light / Reminds me of the first time.”
Steele holds up a phone during the Afterlife Insurance transition, a reference to the fourth song on Ask That God, as the track for “Cherry Blossom” starts playing.
Steele sings the romantic lyrics of “Cherry Blossom”: “I love bein’ beside you / Our souls are sowin’ our fortune.”
An Empire of the Sun backup dancer flips her hair during “Cherry Blossom.”
Steele holds up his hands as fans dance and scream along to the lyrics of “We Are the People”: “I know everything about you / Know everything about me / Know everything about us.”
Steele holds up his hands as fans dance and scream along to the lyrics of “We Are the People”: “I know everything about you / Know everything about me / Know everything about us.”
Steele holds up his hands as fans dance and scream along to the lyrics of “We Are the People”: “I know everything about you / Know everything about me / Know everything about us.”