Last night I went to the Kelly Clarkson concert as part of the "MY DECEMBER TOUR" at the Orpheum. My friend AHP and 언니 told me that the Boston Globe had a good review of the concert. Originally she had to cancel her concert date (due to poor ticket sales in big arenas) back in August at Tweeter center but at least this time it was in the city. It was a great concert! She was very cute with her Texan accent saying Y'all and at the end she wore a pink Red Sox cap backwards. Her opening act Jim McLaughlin was good and he wore a Red Sox tshirt.
Kelly performed for over an hour concentrating on her latest release. I loved her bouncy energy and she is great live with her strong voice! There was no lipsyncing at all throughout her strong concert. It was a bit stifling hot and she mentioned it a few times. She is a great singer and her winning American Idol was not a fluke after seeing her live last night. She has the southern charm and the pipes! She does really love the fans and mentioned that singers love it when fans can sing back the lyrics to them (especially after "Breakaway".) When she dedicated "Thankful" to a dedicated fan who had passed away, it was very moving and touching. She was cute when she did the intro to "Never Again" saying she does not dislike men, but she ended up dating bums so she has been writing about her dating experiences. She mentioned this is her most "bitter" song to date and she apologized to the men in the audience for it.
At times the volume of the band and backup singers were loud by Kelly held her own with her strong vocals. Her trademark bouncing and turns were apparent during her performance. AHD had mentioned she likes to perform barefoot but this time she did not. The packed Orpheum theater was a bit hot and humid but the fans did not care!
I had a blast last night and many good memorieswith my 언니!
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Boston Globe By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff October 24, 2007
Kelly Clarkson may have had to downsize her tour ambitions but there was nothing small about her performance at the Orpheum Theatre last night, except maybe the running time.
But when you give as much vocally as the inaugural "American Idol" does - no lip synching, thank you very much - it's easy to understand why she keeps things to a tidy 75-minute running time.
Kelly Clarkson may have had to downsize her tour ambitions but there was nothing small about her performance at the Orpheum Theatre last night, except maybe the running time.
But when you give as much vocally as the inaugural "American Idol" does - no lip synching, thank you very much - it's easy to understand why she keeps things to a tidy 75-minute running time.
A ball of energy and light with a natural ease on stage, Clarkson was stoked from the first note of the bouncy "One Minute" to the final moment of her monster hit "Since U Been Gone."
A large portion of the show was given over to her new and much-discussed third album "My December." As on the record, some songs were stronger and more convincing than others as Clarkson tries to feel her way toward a more rocking, less bubblegum persona. She succeeded best with tracks such as "How I Feel" that found a muscular yet melodic, pop rock middle ground, more Pat Benatar and Pink, less Evanescence and AC/DC. (Although a collision of that band's "Back in Black" and "Miss Independent" was an interesting experiment.)
If there were Boston fans, who, like Clarkson's label boss Clive Davis, were less enamored of the new album's harder edges and disappointed in the smaller number of hooks to grasp onto, it wasn't evident as they sang along to both the careening, open-wound semi-hit "Never Again" as well as the quieter "Sober."
The only glitch in the proceedings was the volume at which her five piece band and two back-up singers were mixed. At times it felt like the Texas native's voice had to claw through a wall of treble as she belted out the full-band tracks.
That issue was mitigated during a short, not-quite-unplugged middle set. For the family melodrama "Because of You," she was accompanied only by organ and the backing vocals of the heavily female crowd. That was followed by a gritty cover of Patty Griffin's divine gospel powerhouse "Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)," the soul stirring "Thankful," and the tenderly dreamy "Be Still." For a few precious minutes - and in the acoustic encore of the sassy kiss off "Chivas" - Clarkson's vocal nuances, pathos, and strong command of her talents were crystal clear. It made you wonder how satisfying a whole show in this format could be.
Between songs, a gracious and grinning Clarkson joked about the stifling heat in the theatre, proclaimed her love for the Red Sox - donning a cap for the encore - and even thanked people who voted for her on "Idol." Little Miss Independent seems to be doing just fine. Simon Cowell would have been proud.
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