It’s hard to believe, but Grand Theft Auto 6 is finally coming out next week, and Rockstar Games and PlayStation are throwing another big party in its honor.
Today, the companies announced GTA 6: The Festival, a special live concert at a convention center in Miami that’s “featuring a star-studded lineup of artists from the game and the official soundtrack,” including Travis Scott, Cardi B, Metro Boomin, and more, like French DJ duo Justice, who scored the game’s soundtrack.
“This is a one-of-a-kind launch event that features two stages of nonstop music,” the website teases, confirming that entrants need to be 17 or older, and getting tickets means winning a literal lottery that will be drawn tomorrow at 6pm CT.
This sounds fun, and I’m sure it’ll be a great time, but I’m not really sure who the target demographic is for this sort of event. It’s definitely not GTA 6 players, right? Because when the event takes place next Saturday, Nov. 21, we’ll all be in Vice City playing through Jason and Lucia’s story as opposed to clubbing it up. Plus, can’t we just go to nightclubs in the game instead, and not have to deal with brain-pounding music, sweating profusely, and weird smells all around us?
I shouldn’t speak for all gamers, but I feel like I’m justified in saying that. GTA fans have been waiting over 13 years for this game, so while one night out feels like nothing in comparison, I think we’d all rather be playing the game itself, especially on its first weekend.
This is just another wildly outrageous form of advertising for GTA 6, which already has takeovers planned for the Miami Heat game on Nov. 18, the E11EVEN Miami nightclub turning into its Vice City counterpart, NINE1NINE Vice City, for a whole month, and a whole lot more.
You can read more about GTA 6: The Festival on Rockstar Games’ website, which is also filled with a slew of awesome screenshots of the actual game.
