Lovers & Friends

Lovers & Friends is a music festival held at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mariah Carey headlined the second edition of the event on May 6, 2023.

Setlist

1. "Till the End of Time / Camouflage" (Intro)
2. Medley:
   1. "Vision of Love"
   2. "Big Energy / Fantasy"
   3. "Honey / Heartbreaker" (Mashup)
   4. "Obsessed"
3. "One Sweet Day" (With Boyz II Men)
4. "#Beautiful" (With Miguel)
5. "Emotions" (Snippet)
6. "Emotions" (12" Club Mix) / "Anytime You Need a Friend" (C&C Club Mix) [Dance break]
7. "We Belong Together" (With elements from "Mimi's Late Night Valentine's Mix")
8. "We Belong Together Reprise" (Remix, outro)

Gallery

Carey arriving on stage.

Carey performing "Vision of Love".

Carey performing "Big Energy / Fantasy".

Ditto.

Carey performing "Honey / Heartbreaker".

Carey performing "Obsessed".

Carey and Miguel performing "#Beautiful".

Trivia

• Carey performed "One Sweet Day" for the first time since the Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival at the show. Additionally, it was the first time since The Adventures of Mimi that Carey and Boyz II Men performed the song together.
  • It was also the first time Carey and Miguel performed "#Beautiful" together since the 2013 BET Awards.
• The festival marked the live debut of both "Till the End of Time" and "Camouflage", despite only being performed as the overture of the show.
  • The 12" Club Mix of "Emotions" was performed for the first time as well, albeit it was only used in the show as an interlude.
• Carey was supposed to change into a gold Azzedine Alaïa sequin-embellished mini dress during the "Emotions" / "Anytime You Need a Friend" dance break, however, due to production conflicts, Carey was not able to change and walked back on stage holding the dress. She proceeded to throw it on the floor before performing "We Belong Together".
• Carey performed for an audience of around 80,000 people.