Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play
Categories: music, special events

Sure, I should have been at home getting ready for this weekend’s Holiday Home Show. Sure, I still have a ton to do. Instead… I went to see my favorite P!NK in concert… with my friend Pam Robinson at the Allstate Arena.

P!NK is such an incredible performer with tons of dancing, acrobatics, spinning, hanging, trapezeing and literally flying out over the audience… all the while singing all of her hit songs. Such a performer. My P!NK crush is full-blown now!

At one point, I was taken by the view of the full arena… and that the crowd response of holding up lighters at a concert has changed to holding up iPhones with the flashlight turned on!!! Not quite as cool as Zippo’s, but…

She opened the show with “Raise Your Glass”… and she raised the roof too! Literally flying out from under the stage, springing all over on bungee cords turning it into a trapeze act as she continued to sing the song! To see a little of the video, click here for “Raise Your Glass.”

The concert was great. Full-blown production. One of the biggest & most produced shows I’ve ever seen. Lights. Lasers. Dancers. Trap doors. Fog. Scenery. Contraptions. All going all over the place all the time!!!

And sure, why not do some splits on aerial silks while singing?! Doesn’t everyone do that? Let’s see Britney lip-sync her way through this one!!! For this one she started out on aerial silks, and then morphed into the abusive-fight-dance sequence from her video for “Try.” To see a video of the concert version of “Try” click here.

And to see a video of her incredible performance of “Try” at the American Music Awards, click here. It was show-stopping performance, also base don the original video, performed live for the award show.

Then she performed “Sober” on this spinning sphere-cage-concoction. Not only does she climb inside, outside and all around… but then the raise it, spin it, and add several more dancers. It’s wild. And again, she’s singing the entire time!!! To see a video clip of “Sober” in concert, click here.

Okay, so sure there were a few “normal” sings where she stayed down on stage and just sang. And sounded great. Great while standing. Great while spinning. Just great!!!

She ended the concert by literally flying around the arena… FLYING!!! And singing “So What” at the same time. High above the crowd, up to the third balcony, across the ceiling and back. All the while singing the finale. To see a video of “So What” in concert, click here.

And a final bow… and the end to an incredible concert. I LOVE P!NK!!!

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