The opening acts were Bedouin Soundclash and Paramore. Bedouin Soudclash was okay, but the crowd didn't show much interest: after all, they had come to see No Doubt. Paramore has a lot of energy, the girl has a great voice (the red hair really works for her), but their songs are really ordinary. Haley, the singer, obviously loves what she's doing and communicates a lot with her public. She can easily summon the crowd to do whatever she wants. Gwen Stefani visibly has more experience, but Haley doesn't lack anything much for a performer.
I have to say, though: Gwen Stefani is still a hell of a performer. She had everybody dancing during nearly two hours. The concert got a little emotional when she started singing "Running". The most exciting moment for me was when they played "Just A Girl". It seemed to be an anthem for many people in the crowd. "Just A Girl" was the last song they played before returning for an encore with three songs. On the second one, Paramore came back on the stage, and Haley sang along with Gwen Stefani. It was a pretty great sight.
Gwen Stefani tried to interact with her audience as much as possible. She let a girl come onstage to take a picture, she made everyone sing "Happy Birthday" for several of her acquaintances and she came down to sing right next to some the members of the audience.
The stage was entirely white, and most of the crew wore white too. The drumset was in the middle. This is what it looked like:
i wish i could have seen that show. the set up looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteGwen looked very hot.
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