Mk.gee performed a rendition of Celine Dion‘s ‘My Heart Will Go On’ and Andrea Bocelli’s ‘Time To Say Goodbye’ at his sold-out show in Philly last night.
Last night, the ‘Are You Looking Up’ singer took over the Franklin Music Hall in Philadelphia, playing a rescheduled show in the city after he had to cancel the original date back in October. The gig marked the final show of the US leg of his 2024 US tour.
Mk.gee – real name Michael Gordon – kicked off the night with his newest single ‘ROCKMAN’ and played tracks from his debut LP ‘Two Star & The Dream Police’ such as ‘Dream Police’, ‘Candy’ and ‘Alesis’. The musician also performed ‘DNM’ a total of three times – he previously played the track 12 times at his show in Minneapolis.
To close out the show, during the encore, Mk.gee played a rendition of Dion’s 1997 track which served as the theme song to the film Titanic. His rendition of the song was fully instrumental, using his modified Fender Jaguar guitar to sound like a flute.
From there, Mk.gee then went into Bocelli’s ‘Time to Say Goodbye’. While playing the song on his guitar, the musician took a moment to drop to his knees while shredding the track. Check out the footage of the moment below.
Mk.gee covering Celine Dion’s ‘My Heart Will Go On’ and Andrea Bocelli’s ‘Time To Say Goodbye’ at his sold out show at the Franklin Music Hall in Philly last night pic.twitter.com/trOwBx27UT
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Mk.gee’s Franklin Music Hall setlist was:
‘ROCKMAN’
‘Dream Police’
‘How many miles’
‘You got it’
‘Candy’
‘Lonely Fight’
‘Little Bit More’
‘cz’
‘New Low’ (w/ SEES00000)
‘I Want’
‘Rylee & I’
‘DNM’
‘DNM’
‘DNM’
‘ROCKMAN’
‘Breakthespell’
‘Are You Looking Up’
‘Alesis’
‘ROCKMAN’
‘My Heart Will Go On’ (Celine Dion cover)
‘Time to Say Goodbye’ (Con te partirò) (Andrea Bocelli cover)
Mk.gee is set to perform as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live tomorrow (November 9) alongside host Bill Burr.
In a four-star review of his show at London’s Electric Brixton, NME shared: “Mk.gee’s performance feels like a gathering — an almost religious experience, a shared moment of reverence in rhythm. It’s as though everyone is tuned into a deeper frequency, meditatively drawn together by the soulful riffs, wind-chime-esque keys, and hypnotic drums of songs like ‘How many miles’ and ‘I Want’.
“Each note struck in both songs feels like a call to something personal yet collective, and the music is reminiscent of a church congregation – each time Mk.gee performs, he builds up the track by adding each instrument one at a time instead of compiling everything at once.”
