{"id":484816,"date":"2026-02-19T07:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/484816\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T07:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:54:10","slug":"merkules-the-vogue-theatre-in-vancouver-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/484816\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkules @ The Vogue Theatre in Vancouver [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tArticle Views: 280&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Merkules delivered an energetic show at the Vancouver stop of his \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/merkulesmusic.com\/pages\/tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Controlled Chaos Tour<\/a>\u201d at the\u00a0Vogue Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>In what felt like his homecoming show, the Surrey rapper performed his first show back in almost three years, so he wanted to deliver something special. The first two artists on stage were sort of a surprise, because they were not on the official set time of the show, but they were well acclaimed by the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Ariyo was the first on the stage; his melodic raps and R&amp;B vocals were a good soft start to the night. Ariyo, known in the local Vancouver scene, has been performing and pushing his music in numerous stages around the city.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Next was Lilzayzay. The rapper\/producer brought not just his entire crew onstage, but a high-energy performance with his Drill beats. He performed \u201cGang Bang,\u201d \u201cDead Man Walking,\u201d and \u201cRun Down,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ontario native, Dizzyisdead, was the next to perform. His emotional lyrics changed the mood of the crowd, but they loved his performance. Some of the songs he performed were \u201cI\u2019ll be Fine,\u201d \u201cLow Life,\u201d and \u201cWish You Worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Country singer, Cheff and podcaster, Mike Foss, hopped on the stage to delight the fans with his melodies, and adorned the stage with some sweet dancers. He performed his latest single, \u201cSmall Town,\u201d \u201cBoots and Laundry,\u201d and others.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Another local artist, Terrell Safadi, was the last one of the openers. The rapper hyped up the crowd with his anthemic remix \u201cRed, Black and Yellow,\u201d which honours the Vancouver Canuks, the local NHL team.<\/p>\n<p>Merkules opened his set with \u201cAll Night Long,\u201d took off from there, delivering the fans hit after hit. He brought his fianc\u00e9e to the stage and dedicated her his remix of \u201cShape of You.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He brought legendary Vancouver rapper, Snak the Ripper, to the stage to remember their Stompdown Killaz days, and performed \u201cSave Us\u201d and \u201cMove in Silence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Merkules stepped down the stage and went to the middle of the crowd to perform the last song of the night, \u201cSafety Of.\u201d But then decided to go back to the stage for an encore because the fans didn\u2019t want to leave, closing with \u201cDrugs and Liquor.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Article Views: 280&#13; Merkules delivered an energetic show at the Vancouver stop of his \u201cControlled Chaos Tour\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[195500,903,49,48,195501,195502,195503,195504,195505,12891,195506,195507,195508,195509,882,37878,195510,195511,55,195512],"class_list":{"0":"post-484816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vancouver","8":"tag-ariyo","9":"tag-british-columbia","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-concert-photography","13":"tag-concert-photos","14":"tag-controlled-chaos","15":"tag-dizzyisdead","16":"tag-gig-photos","17":"tag-hip-hop","18":"tag-hiphop","19":"tag-lilzayzay","20":"tag-merkules","21":"tag-mike-foss","22":"tag-photos","23":"tag-rap","24":"tag-show-review","25":"tag-terrell-safadi","26":"tag-vancouver","27":"tag-vogue-theatre"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}