Syracuse native Post Malone performs at the Empower FCU Amphitheater at Lakeview on Saturday September 14, 2024, in Geddes, N.Y. (Scott Schild |sschild@syracuse.
com) Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com Geoff Herbert | gherbert@syracuse.com Post Malone has performed all over the world, from the Super Bowl and “Saturday Night Live” in North America to concerts in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and South America.
But nothing beats the food in his first home: Central New York. The Grammy-nominated singer and rapper, who was born Austin Richard Post in Syracuse, N.Y.
, and lived in Baldwinsville until he was 10 years old, returned to his hometown over the weekend to perform a sold-out concert at the Empower FCU Amphitheater at Lakeview. It was his first concert in the Salt City since a 2015 performance at Syracuse University, before he became globally famous as “Post Malone.” “I just wanted to say how f---ing grateful and honored I am to be back in this f---ing amazing town, ladies and gentlemen.
Thank you so very much,” Posty told the crowd Saturday night. “From Baldwinsville, we went around the world f---ing twice.” While in town, Malone made headlines when he stopped at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que for some pre-show BBQ.
He told local radio station TK99 (WTKW, 99.5/105. FM) that he also got some of Tully’s famous chicken tenders and saw family members that still live in the area, including in Sandy Pond, Rochester and Baldwinsville.
“Whenever I come up I make it a goa.