Pitbull Fans Showed Up in Style (and Bald Caps) for His Sold-Out Blossom Show

Black aviator sunglasses, a white dress shirt, a black tie, a goatee and a bald head — Pitbull is quite a recognizable man, in addition to being one of the biggest pop stars of the 2000s. In recent years, a growing part of his young fanbase has been enjoying his most nostalgic songs while dressing up just like him.

Pitbull affectionately named those fans "Bald-E’s" and has fully embraced the social media-driven movement around the outfits, regularly sharing videos and photos of his doppelgangers. The phenomenon reached its height this July when Pitbull and his fans broke the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people wearing bald caps.

The fad hasn’t faded in subsequent months. If anything, the Bald-E style has picked up steam as the de facto ‘fit to wear to a Pitbull concert.

On Wednesday night, roughly 25% of the audience wore varying uniforms to Pitbull’s sold-out “I’m Back” tour stop at Blossom Music Center, which also featured opener Lil Jon. Some donned the traditional white dress shirt outfit, while others spun around in globe costumes (a nod to Pitbull's "Mr. Worldwide" nickname) or Fireball-branded suits (in honor of his hit song "Fireball"). Ahead of the evening’s performances, a lookalike contest even awarded merchandise and gift cards to the best-dressed fans.

Those fans later went wild for the artist’s range of hit songs — in particular, “Don’t Stop The Party," "Timber" and “Hotel Room Service” — along with his moves, all complemented by his talented crew of dancers called The Most Bad Ones. All night long, in front of the musician, groups of his bald-headed fans mirrored the same high-energy spunk back to him, both from the pavilion and the rainy lawn.

See some of the fans from the show. Dale!

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