Jay-Z is the only rapper, Kanye West excepted, who implicitly trusts that his songs are arena-worthy.
In his performance Eminem worked hard, a combustion engine vibrating at full throttle, and did an impressive job of making what is essentially deeply technical, deeply insular art appear spacious and arena-worthy.
Later, much-hyped Nashville quartet Bully performed at a club outfitted with lasers and an arena-worthy light show.
It was arena-worthy thrills without some of the go-to frills that his peers rely on to fill seats (forget backup dancers and acrobatics, Mars and his spectacularly charming eight-piece band do all of the heavy lifting onstage).
Go watch the documentary of the group's swan song "Shut Up and Play the Hits" and watch a band thread the needle between perfect sonics, ebuillent fun and self-aware melancholy over four hours of unbridled, arena-worthy dance music.
EVERY great bout needs a grand arena, a venue worthy of tales that will age into legends, a place where reputations are made and ruined.
One of Ince's most admirable traits as a manager was his decision to begin at Milton Keynes rather than insist the Premier League was the only arena he was worthy of.
This year, there's now way they could match the hype, but it's still the premiere arena to launch new lust-worthy hardware.
While the social CRM space is a crowed arena filled with a number of worthy competitors, including Hootsuite, Radian6 and more; Sprout Social is hoping that a low price point can help differentiate the platform.
But in the vast arena out there, he finds nary a worthy opponent.
It is performance art and rock opera; it is a stunning assemblage worthy of any stage or arena in the world".
