Best... Ever!

Ya'all could be wondering what I'm talking about with the title of this post... It's the concert that I went to in the weekend. So Wellington got another good gig, Alicia Keys and Jordin Sparks. I knew this was going to be good, but I didn't know how good.

Jordin Sparks has never been my favourite artist... Cause a lot of these american idol contestants aren't. But the girl can sing... And has charisma as well. Every song she sung she hit the notes and got deserved applause. Her song One Step At A Time (of which I really like the breakdown), had the whole crowd singing and dancing. My favourite part of her set though was her rendition of Michael Jackson's PYT. But when she sung No-Air, with no Chris Brown... She had the crowd in the palm of her hand.

But Alicia, when she took the stage... She took it all. She walks out to Go Ahead and that is exactly what she did. The set was amazing... She had songs in there from all of her albums. One of my favourite parts was her rendition of Tender Love. A song which most of the crowd knew nothing about. But there were so many favourites to follow. I loved how she went from new hit to old hit and in between. Like I'll Never See You Again got to me, as the song is beautiful, lyrics are clean and well written. The melody goes well with the song, and the sample from Prince's Purple Rain just add's to the epic nature of the track. So to hear her play that live was a highlight for me.

She finished her set with Fallin', which put her on the map as a musician. And encored with the massive hit of last year No One. Then came out to a second encore of If I Ain't Got You. I really can't explain how it was to be there. I do like Alicia Keys, and I think she is really talented. But to see it in the flesh brings it to another level. She sounds like her CD's, which is touch these days with all the production after the track is recorded. And with the in concert camera close ups of her fingers tickling the ivories, there is no doubt that the girl can play!

Best concert I've been to so far... Good opening act, followed by a great headlining act who had a good band, awesome back up singers and played a decent set. Amazing and talented. Oh and the girl don't look too bad either... ha ha ha.