More than 50,000 fans packed Rice Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City to see Post Malone open his first ever stadium tour. The lights, the roar, the crowd, it was one of those nights people would talk about for years. Yet, for one fan, that night never came. Ison Sewell, who is deaf, had been planning for months to be there when Malone hit the stage.
He tried everything, emails, calls even driving hours from Wyoming, to secure ADA accessible tickets and an interpreter. Each time he was met with silence. Sewell said “That memory was robbed from me.” For him, this concert was not just another show. It was supposed to be a celebration of the artist whose music helped him connect with sound in his own way.
University of Utah talks about tonight’s Post Malone concert at Rice Eccles Stadium
When fans flooded into the stadium that night, university officials spoke proudly about the scale of the event and how prepared they were for traffic, safety and excitement. The irony is hard to miss. While the University of Utah was managing the logistics for thousands, one fan was being shut out.
The heartbreak deepened when fans began posting clips of the show including one that captured Malone singing “Feeling Whitney”. The song’s slow aching tone matched the story of a man who never got to experience it live. It was the same night and the moment but a world apart from the one Sewell had dreamed of joining.
Post Malone Feeling Whitney Big Ass Stadium Tour SLC UT 4/29/2025
Watching Malone onstage that night his voice breaking softly through the stadium, fans described it as “hauntingly beautiful.” Some called it the most emotional part of the concert. Others said it felt like a “shared confession.” For Sewell, though, it was the sound of something lost, a song turned into evidence of what should have been.
Post Malone’s music has always carried a strange kind of comfort, the kind that mixes pain and peace. That is what draws people like Sewell and his wife, who have followed him for nearly a decade. His story reminds us that music should belong to everyone. Follow Post Malone on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.