Portland Opening Day Tour Stuff!!
Just so you know, last night LIl Rounds "Put A Ring On It" Lol! As I had that early in the competition as her contestant's choice pick, Unfortunately she didn't make it that far. But with that out of the the way, the LA times wrote a review of the show and called it "better", "cooler" and more contemporary.
Megan Joy's set showed her soulful, bluesy side, often eclipsed during the season taking up Amy Winehouse's "Tears Dry on Their Own." (Brian Mansfield has the complete set list here.) Scott MacIntyre was looser and more engaging than he had ever seemed on the Idol stage, opening his set with a very strong version of Keane's "Bend and Break."
Whatever doubting Lil Rounds' struggles may have aroused during the season were entirely put to rest tonight by a fantastically fun set culminating with Beyonce's "Put a Ring On It."
Kris Allen comes to the stage facing a bundle full of questions - namely, could his soft-spoken, low key style stand up as the headline act of an arena show? To all appearances, it could, handily. The show very astutely didn't try to make Kris top Adam in volume, but stripped down the production for his numbers to a minimalist, intimate feel through which his strong vocals on "Heartless" and others did manage to turn the stadium into a little theater or nightclub, a feeling his set kept coming back to until the crowd-pleasing singalong finale of "Hey Jude." In the end, one can't but feel that Kris' is the right note for the concert to end in, that of all the Idol's his likable,sweet style delivered the feel-good close that had the departing crowds still humming with good will towards mankind.
Courtesy of the Seattle Times and the YouTube users, we have videos of Kris's performances.
Ain't No Sunshine thanks to Nicole4GA
"Bright Lights" thanks to dancpavo
Hey Jude thanks to apriljoie
Heartless thanks to apriljoiex
No Boundaries from the Seattle Times.
