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Post by Mr. Mendes on Mar 18, 2020 19:30:42 GMT 10

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Post by Mr. Mendes on Mar 18, 2020 19:31:29 GMT 10

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LED lights protect a countdown on the visual screen in the back of the stage, because of the LED lights the stage can almost be seen by the fans who have seats places, the stage is a full circle, with an extend runway in the front. The countdown plays different songs such as "M.I.L.F. $, We Can't Stop, Praying, Every Breaking Wave, Paradise & Limitless", as the countdown starts from 00:00:30 till 00:00:00, the veneu goes fully dark and the fans are screaming, the countdown has ended and the fans are screaming as loud as they can.

The instrumental for "Champagne Problems" starts to play, and the crowd goes wild. We can see a beam of white light shining to the cealing of the veneu, where we see Nick Jonas starting the song off, coming down on a huge champagne bottle prop. As soon as Nick enters the stage, fireworks come up from the circled stage, and Nick does some choreography. Six backup dancers enter the stage to continue the choreography while Nick finishes the song.

"HERSHEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING? How amazing was Dua, right? Well, I love her, and I hope you do too right now, this next song is called "Voodoo", you ready?"

The instrumental for "Voodoo" starts playing, Nick is holding his microphone to his mouth to start off"Oh man down / You're shaking his solid ground / You're running wild / And breaking me down, down / Desperate now / Way you do it, I don't know how / You're drinking me dry / Throwin' fuel on a fire, fire",Nick takes walk to the runway part of the stage, actual fire shoots out from the stage and the crowd goes wild, Nick interacts with fans grabbing them hand, and standing bu them for a couple of seconds. As the song ends, the lights turn all black/blue in the veneu. The song ends, and Nick thanks them, a stagelift is pulling him below the stage.

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Nick Jonas comes up with a stagelift in the circled area of the stage, the circled area of the stage is fully lighted with grey/white lights while the runway part of the stage is fully black. The instrumental for "Avalanche" starts playing, and Nick starts off singing"Words like a loaded gun / Shot out from a fire tongue / Love lost from a fight that was won / And I can see you breaking down / The end to a falling out", Nick sits on the circled stage, with his legs dangling next to the stage where security is staged, as soon as the part for Demi Lovato comes on Nick screams "DEMI LOVATO EVERYONE!" and points to the runway part of the stage where Demi is already standing to start off her verse with Nick, after that Demi walks to Nick where they continue the rest of the song and ends it. Demi thanks the audience and gets pulled down with the stagelift. The visuals change to one with chains all over it.

"Come on" Nick tells the audience as the instrumental for "Chains" plays, the lights are flashing rapidly as Nick begins"With her wine-stained lips, yeah, she's nothing but trouble / Cold to the touch but she's warm as a devil / Gave her my heart but she wanted my soul / She tasted the break and I can't get more"
As Nick performs the rest of the song, he does some killer choreography with his dancers during the bridge, after that he finishes up the song, and gets pulled down by the stagelift.

As the instrumental for "Freedom" starts, the crowd is slowing down, and really wants to hear Nick's raw vocals. The light focuses on the runaway part of the stage, where Nick comes up on a seat with a microphone stand in front of him, he starts off the song"Freedom is the one thing that keeps us alive / Freedom is the thing that is brought to us / War needs to stop / Stop the murder, stop the violence / Think about us", while singing Nick can see the crowd is starting to to tear up, and so is he, he says "It's okay to cry, we're in a safe place here!", Nick finishes the song, wipes his tears, and goes running to the circled stage. LED lights projects the following words "Sun", "Beach", "Love", "Fun" & "Friends", after that the LED lights project "Fake Love" and the instrumental for Fake Love starts.

Nick starts off the song, and while he sings the chorus, he does come choreography"All the fake love, love, love, yeah / All the fake love, love, love, yeah / All the fake love, love, love, yeah / All the fake love, love, love, yea-a-h",while he continues he walks the runway stage and gives some high-fives to fans, he's smiling and enjoys performing so much!

As people hear a weird voice say "Levels, levels, levels, levels" the fans automaticly screams because they know "Levels" is coming up! The instrumental for "Levels" starts playing and Nick goes all in for it"Get on my elevator, baby, we're going up / Give me that now and later, I can't get enough / So much to discover, please don't stop me now (don't stop me) / Every time I touch you, you lift right off the ground", as he continues on to sing the song, the backup dancers continue on to do some amazing choreography. After that he says "Thank You" and gets pulled down by the stagelift.


The instrumental for "Find You" starts playing and we can hear Nick singing already but the stage is still all black"I look for you in the center of the sun / I took a pill but it didn't help me numb / I see your face even when my eyes are shut / But I never really know just where to find you / I chase the words that keep falling out your mouth / You got a logic I'll never figure out / If I could hold you then I'd never put you down / But I never really know just where to find you",as Nick goes in for the chorus, the stage lights up with this beautiful blue color and Nick smiles and does some crazy things, jumping up & down.

As the lights go out once again, we can see a cute picture of Nick & Shawn on the screen, fans are screaming with joy. The lights go on and flicker blue/green colors, as Nick stands on the runway part of the stage. "How you guys doing tonight? It's been a great journey so far, lets make these last songs the best of the night!", while Nick talks the instrumental for "Close" starts, Nick starts off the song"Oh damn, oh damn, oh damn / I'm so perplexed / With just one breath, I'm locked in / Oh damn, oh damn, oh damn / I'm so perplexed, oh, that it's almost shocking / I know, I know you know you're scared / Your heart, your mind, your soul, your body, yeah / They won't, they won't, they won't be careful / But I guess that you don't know me",while he sings the fans are mouthing every word. When the part for Ariana comes on, we can hear a male voice singing the part, but it's not Nick. Shawn Mendes got lifted up on the stage, the white lights shines on him in the circled part of the stage, Nick walks up to him and gives Shawn a kiss on the cheek, after that they finish the song. After they finish the song, both Nick & Shawn gets lifted down with the stagelift.


Nick comes up in the circled stage; "It's time for the two last songs, I'm so sad this night is almost over, but I had so much fun! Let's do this!" The instrumental for "Remember I Told You" comes on and Nick starts the song"Remember I told you, I need you / Remember the spark that was there / All of the words that I'm saying / Are just a fancy way of saying 'I Care'.",the parts orginaly sung by Anne-Marie covers up by Nick Jonas, the part of Mike Posner is being heard as background vocals, after the part of Mike Posner, Nick Jonas finished up the song.

"Guys! I'm hungry, are you starving for bacon too?", while he mentions bacon the instrumental for "Bacon" starts. Nick starts off his singing"Pretty mind, silk thoughts / Start a fire when you turn the lights off / Oh my, my God / When he made you, he did a fine job",bacon visuals are projected on the screens around the stage, when the part for Ty Dolla $ign comes up, some parts of the bridge are covered by Nick, but for the main time you can hear Ty Dolla $ign vocals. After that, Nick finishes up the song and thanks the crowd for coming.

"I want to thank all of you for coming to the opening night for the Freedom World Tour, it's been a hell of a job to prepare the show, and now I can finally perform the album for you all, in collab with Dua Lipa as my opening act, she was amazing today, wasn't she? Thank you for cming, have a great night!", after his speech Nick Jonas leaves the stage.

Setlist (Dua Lipa & Nick Jonas)
Dua Lipa
1. Blow Your Mind (Mwah)
2. IDGAF
3. Genesis
4. Yours
5. New Rules
6. Dead

Nick Jonas
1. Intro (countdown)
2. Champagne Problems
3. Voodoo
4. Avalanche (w/ Demi Lovato for the opening night only)
5. Chains
6. Freedom
7. Fake Love
8. Levels
9. Find You
10. Close (w/ Shawn Mendes for the opening night only)
11. Remember I Told You
12. Bacon


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Post by Mr. Mendes on Mar 18, 2020 19:32:52 GMT 10

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The Now Or Never World Tour
by Cassie, Cupcakke & SZA

Date: December 19,2017
Venue: Amway Arena, Orlando, FL United States
Opening Act: N/A
Capacity:13.355/13.355SOLD OUT

Cassie, Cupcakke, and SZA have embarked on theR&B/ Hip Hop Now Or Never WorldTourin support of their latest studio albumsStripped, Mouthful, and CTRL . During the show, Cassie performs songs from theStripped and REVIVALalbums as well as singles fromher debut album and more.SZA will be performing her whole CTRL album and Cupcakke will be performing songs from Mouthfuland Red Velvet. They also all come together to perform a cover of ‘Survivor’ byDestiny’s Child.

The North American leg will visit 36 arenas across the continent.


Cassie Setlist:

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Can’t Hold Us Down
Secret Lover / Tell Me
Pieces
Bye Baby / Walk Away

Me & U
Lemonade / All In A Day’s Work
Infatuation
Official Girl / Long Way 2 Go

Dirrty
Beautiful / The Voice Within
Fighter


CupcakKe's Setlist:

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1. Image
2. Scraps
3. Budget

1. CPR
2. Spiderman Dick
3. Deepthroat

1. Biggie Smalls
2. 33rd
3. Barcodes
4. LGBT


SZA Setlist

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Supermodel
Broken Clocks
Drew Barrymore

Garden (Say It Like Dat)
Prom / Anything
Love Galore
The Weekend

Wavy (Interlude) / Go Gina
20 Something
Normal Girl


CASSIE BLOCK ONE

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The lights turn off and smoke shoots up from the stage. The setbegan with a concept video of Cassie on the jumbo screen playing a dramatic visual of Cassie with a bodysuit on sporting her natural curly hair in a dimly lit room. Showing her in different poses/angles while showing words like “Strong, Independent, Empowering, Motivational, Beautiful, Bad Ass, etc “ flashing throughout the screen ending with “Feminist”. As the visual ends, the instrumental of “Can’t Hold Us Down” starts playing and neon streaks of light were flashing. Her dancers and her then start to get into the choreography as she sings the feminist anthem. When it comes time for Nicki’s verse, Nicki hops up from beneath the stage and spits her bars as Cassie provocatively dances around her.

After the song is over Cassie gives Nicki a hug and thanks her for coming out. She also takes a moment to address the crowd, “(Insert City Name) How are you guys feeling tonight?” The crowd then scream, but Cassie isn’t impressed so she asks them again and they go bananas. “Tonight we’re going to let loose and get lost in all the amazing music! Are you guys ready to get into the next song?” As she hits her cue the instrumental for Secret Lover begins to play. She begins to sing the sexy, chill song before having her dancers bring up a lucky fan to get a cute little lap dance as she sings the song. Once the song is over she sashes up the stairs to stand in front of the jumbotron as they lower a sheet so you can see nothing but her and her dancers silhouettes as they perform a majority of the song.

As she gets into the next song of the night “Pieces”, Cassie returns to centre stage and sings the song beautifully in front of a mic stand. The crowd was completely vibing out some were even waving their phones with the flash on from side to side.

Before she gets into “Bye Baby” she addresses the crowd. ”Have you ever been with somebody who could do whatever they wanted, but as soon as you flip the script they turn into a crybaby? So annoying right…? Hopefully this next song helps you say goodbye to their sorry asses!” She begins the song. Periodically she stops singing and points the mic to crowd as they sing along. For the last song of her first block her background singers bring their micstands to the front of the stage (behind her still of course) and she gets into the emotional vocal performance of “Walk Away”.


CUPCAKKE BLOCK ONE

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As the lights went out after Cassie's performance, smoke started to cover the stage and the instrumental forImagestarted playing. The smoke was filling up in order for CupcakKe to dramatically rise out of the slider and onto the stage. You could hear CupcakKe's friend doing the intro via the backtrack. "Don't look at me like that? / Have you never seen a pretty face before?". Eventually, CupcakKe can be seen and she's wearing a leather jacket and all black everything, but her weave is like a mixture of blonde and orange. She then puts the mic to her mouth and raps "You gon end up in a cemetery / Imma shoot this scene like I'm Tyler Perry / Got Mariah with me in a duffle bag / So you never know what we f*cking Carey". The crowd was super hype and it was the perfect time for the people that snuck their weed into the concert to light one up. CupcakKe spent pretty much all of the performance walking around the smoke and being hype af to the audienceto get the same reaction out of the mosh pit. "This not no gimmick / Bitch, this is my image / You f*ck with me like Rosemary's Baby, I'll leave you timmid (Bitch!)". The screen behind her was completely black the whole performance to keep up the dark image. After the performance, CupcakKe had a speech:

"[insert city here], I'm so excited to be performing for you tonight. You've already seen my girls Cassie and SZA but it's my turn now and I'm ready to burn this arena to the ground. This next one is a very important song to me and, you know, a lot of people like to say that all I'm good for is rapping about sucking dick and having sugar daddies but I'm here tonight to show you how much more than that I am and I'd like to see you all with your middle fingers in the air to all the people that doubted you, all the people that were quick to judge you and all the people that wanna see you fail. This one is called Scraps"

The beat kicked in and CupcakKe was walking around the stage, feeling the beat as it began, and the crowd was screaming for her to finally get into the song. "Babies killing babies, people starving in Haiti / Men nutting in women to disappear for the baby / Promoters acting shady, a bunch of em no brady / Jail full of our brothers cuz fathers were way too lazy". She got more and more into the song as it went on and two bursts of fire even came through either side of the stage as she finished rapping those very lyrics. On the screens as the beat kicked in and the fire came were videos of America during the time in which America was at war to end slavery. "We was out there scraping out quarters / Backpack on the streets like Dora / Don't look down on other that's shorter / Had more tears than we had waters". The screens went back to black as CupcakKe finished the song and she walked to the back of the stage, with her arms out and her head back giving us some Kanye teas.

"I'm so glad you guys liked that song and I hope you really felt something. I don't give a f*ck if you're white, black, asian, Latino, mixed, whatever the f*ck, if you're going through a struggle, I want you to think of what you love and pursue it. I am only here in front of you guys, performing these hit songs, because I stuck to this music. I grew up with a single mother and I was never living luxuriously but now it's thanks to you guys that I can give back to my mum for everything she's done to me. Thank you, thank you thank you. This one's a little more light hearted. It went straight to #2 on the charts and it's called Budget"

The screens were covered with dollar bills flying around everywhere as the song started. CupcakKe got into the song, with a large reaction from the crowd. "Keep calm even when my palms itch / Old friends til the end, I ain't switch / New money but the same old me / f*ck a candy cane, we hanging money on the tree. As CupcakKe got to the chorus, four backing dancers ran on stage and got in formation to dance behind CupcakKe and do the hip hop choreography toBudget. The dancers were wearing hoodies and sweatpants to suit the mood of this section of the show. For the rest of the song, CupcakKe performed with the dancers in the background doing some simple choreography during the verses so that they wouldn't seem out of place. CupcakKe turned around as the song ended and the slider took her down under the stage so that she could disappear. The dancers all skipped their way off the stage to prepare for SZA's next set.


SZA BLOCK ONE

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SZA rises from beneath the stage with a micstand in front of her as the band begins to play "Supermodel". Behind her is a visual of her and everyday woman modeling. She sings the song very beautifully and often points the mic to the fans to sing along. "I could be your supermodel/If you believe/If you see it in me/See it in me/See it in me." Throughout the performance she frolics back and forth on the stage. After she finishes up the performance she begins to sway back and forth on the stage as the bands plays "Brocken Clocks". She begins singing the first verse ,but then stops when she gets to the chorus to listen to the crowd singing along as she smiles, "Run fast from my day job/Runnin' fast from the way it was/Jump quick to a pay check/Runnin' back to the strip club." After finishingthe performance she takes a moment to address the crowd. "Any of you guys start talking to a dude and then after a while you stop hearing from him and next thing you know you run into him with some gorgeous girl and then you start feeling all insecure, because you know that that she's the complete opposite of whatever you are? If so this next song is for you."

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She begins sining "Drew Barrymore", "Why is it so hard to accept the party is over?/You came with your new friends/And her mom jeans and her new Vans/And she's perfect and I hate it, oh so glad you made it." Once she gets to the chorus she begins to vibe out with the fans often going to the edgeof the stage and pointing the mic in someone's face so they could sing along. She then thanks everyone for coming and introduces the next set as she makes her way off the stage.


CASSIE BLOCK TWO

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As the block begins Cassie addresses the crowd. “[insert city here], I hope you’re having fun tonight! I want anybody who’s here with their significant other to make sing along, because this song is going to have y’all feeling some type of way. Here we go”. Cassie then gets into her classic song that jumpstarted her career. “You’ve been waiting so long, I’m here to answer your call.” The song then stops and dramatic footsteps are played as she walks down a little set of stairs. She then crouches down and gets back into the song, “I know that I shouldn't have had you waiting at all; I’ve been so busy, but I've been thinking about; What I wanna do with you…” Things then get a lil risqué as Cassie rubs on her male lead dancers package?(Janet Jackson teas) while doing the iconic choreography.

After the song ends she addresses the crowd again, “Are you guys ready to turn up?.” The crowd wasn’t hype enough to her liking, so she asks again, “I said are you guys ready to turn up?” The lights all then turn off and Red lights begin flashing as an alarm rings. All of a sudden you then hear all you hear is “Wh-wh-wh-who is that!” . Cassie and co. then get into the fierce and iconic Lemonade dance break. She then gets into her verse, “Love it when I’m flexing up in my car, door swing open for my passenger, look up in the mirror fix my mascara, people wanna know who the hell is ha!”, before getting into the rest of the choreography filled number. The crowd is going crazy. Cassie then quickly transitions into “All In A Day’s Work”. Cassie and her dancers walk up the stairs to find some poles at the top and do a sexy simple dance routine before making their way back down the stairs to get into the intense original choreography.

“You guys ready for the next song? It’s actually one of my favorites off of Stripped. The latin influence just reminds me so much of my childhood. I hope you guys like it!” Cassie then gets into “Infatuation”, “He comes from a foreign place/ an island far away…” During the song she pays all sorts of homage to Selena Quintanilla, often mimicking a lot of her gestures and just having a fun energy filled time on stage.

The final two songs of the sett are “Official Girl” and “Long Way 2 Go”. To slow down the atmosphere before getting into the song Cassie addresses the crowd. “Y’all ever feel like you’re being taken for granted in a relationship… and want them to know that you’re not with the games. You know… you want something official?” The crowd then goes crazy because they know she’s about to get into an oldie but goodie. Cassie then stands in the middle of the stage with a mic stand and begins singing Official Girl. “Listen, today makes it a year; Don't you think it's time that you made it clear?; You gotta get on your biz; Tell me what it ain't or what it is; I can handle it….” and sings the rest of the song. The music then transitions flawlessly (Think Knew Better/Forever Boy) into Long Way 2 Go. She and her dancers recreate the music video filled with teasing and an epic battle dance battle towards the end sending the crowd into a frenzy.


CUPCAKKE BLOCK TWO

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The lights went off after Cassie's set and, suddenly, you could hear "Un, dos, tres, quatro". Suddenly, CupcakKe is already on stage and she's wearing a white robe that goes over her outfit for the following song. It isn't conservative, however, because you can still see some cleavage. Gotta get them titt*es in! She's doing some simple choreography that pretty much involves her throwing her fits together and a part from each other to the beat but it looks great when she's also walking. She also has a red wig on. The screens are displaying a colourful background, meant to resemble a hospital. She then picks up her mic to rap "No quick head in my bed, I can't have that" and, at this point, her dancers were already on stage. The choreography was very simple up until the chorus. CupcakKe would shake her hips as she rapped "Your dick break hard like a medal" and she would turn to her right as the moaning came through the backtrack and the dancers on that side would fall in response to the moan. She did that with the other side as well and, by the time she rapped "I save dick by giving it CPR", the dancers were all bent down and twerking to the beat. For this part, CupcakKe encouraged the crowd to repeat the line "I save dick by giving it CPR". Most of the lyrics also came up on the screen to help them.The second verse and chorus consisted of the same choreography but, for the bridge, the dancers ran off the stage so that they could change. CupcakKe then had a small speech.

"If you're feeling horny, a little drunk or just wanna have some fun tonight, I wanna hear you moaning over this beat. I'm looking for the dopest moan I can find in [city]. Do it like this..."

CupcakKe then did the moan you'd hear in the studio version and pointed the mic to the crowd afterwards, to get them to moan along. As they finished their moan, she turned around and took off her robe to reveal a tiny red swimsuit. All the crowd could see at this point was ass cuz her cakes were on full display. She then turned back around to show the spider logo on her swimsuit andSpiderman Dickstarted playing.

The screens changed to a cartoon of a spider web with a bunch of spiders crawling through it. The spiders were photoshopped so that their "heads" would actually be an image of CupcakKe sticking her tongue out. CupcakKe clapped (her hands, not her ass) as the beat kicked in and you could hear her moaning in the backtrack. "PUT IT IN DEEPER / AAHHH THEN SUCK THAT DICK RIGHT NOW". Her dancers ran out in orange swimsuits with black spider webs on them as the beat kicked in. "The dick connected to my walls like it's Spiderman / My saliva don't dry up, even by a fan". The choreography here was very simple but the dancers all did some rapid past movements that made you break a sweat just looking at it as CupcakKe rapped the "Private, private, private". CupcakKe then rapped the verse for the crowd. For the chorus, CupcakKe put the mic down and allowed the backtrack to do the rapping for her so that she wouldn't be too out of breath. For this chorus, a blow up doll was lowered onto the stage, upside down, through what looked like a spider web. He was eventually down with CupcakKe so that she could grab his face and do an infamous upside down kiss with him. Her tongue game was lit! He was then lifted back up and CupcakKe rapped the final verse, skipping all of Nicki's parts. She rapped "My coochie did a lot of dirty things so of course it need bleach".

After this, the BPM forDeepthroatwas playing (although unrecognisable to the crowd). Her four dancers were facing the back of the stage and clapping each ass cheek to the tempo. CupcakKe did a speech before the song came in.

"I've only got one more sex song for you tonight so those of you that don't like women owning their sexuality can unblock their eyes and ears after the next track. This one was my first hit single and a lot of people told me it wouldn't be a good idea but the people clearly loved how raw I was and how much songs like these just don't get airplay these days. My ladies, if you know how to take a good thick one right into your mouth, this song's for you".

The beat then kicked in. The backtrack sang "Hump me, f*ck me" as CupcakKe and her dancers slowly squatted to the ground. They then slapped one of their legs as CupcakKe said "Daddy better make me choke". On the screen for this song was a banana with CupcakKe's face photoshopped onto it, rapping the lyrics. They then bopped to the rest of the chorus and CupcakKe usually took a break from rapping because the crowd were screaming the lyrics back to her. For the "Mouth wide open" part, the dancers were bending down all the way to the ground and came back up before doing a very quick squat for "dentist/sentence". CupcakKe rapped the verse with the dancers behind her. "Put my fingers in it gentle / Explore this ***** mental / Imma write my name on his dick / Don't need a pen or a pencil". The next chorus was done the same way as before, as well as the second verse. CupcakKe finished her performance patting her kitty in a slow and seductive way as she sang "f*ck this puss*" repeatedly. The dancers then walked off the stage and CupcakKe got on the slider, before turning around so the crowd could stare at her ass as she gracefully departed through the bottom of the stage.


SZA BLOCK TWO

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As the band begins to play "Garden" SZA emerges from the backstage skipping to the micstand and then begins to sing. "Need you for the old me/Need you for my sanity/Need you to remind me where I come from/Can you remind me of my gravity?/Ground me when I'm tumblin', spiralin', plummetin' down to Earth/You keep me down to Earth." Throughout the performance she goes back and forth on the stage interpretively dancing and taking in everyones energy. As she gets into "Prom"/ "Anything" Mashup the stage and lights begin to flicker between various vibrant colors as she and her fans vibe out. Her dancers dovery oldschool dances throughout the song making it feel like a real prom.

After finishing the song the stage starts to flicker along to the "Love Galore" beat as her background singers begin to sing the intro, "I need/ I need/I need/I need." SZA then starts to join in, "Love, love, love, love/'Long as we got/Love, love, love/'Long as we got." As she playfully starts to get into the chorus her Travis Scott walks into the stage,"Done with these nigg*s/I don't love these nigg*s/I dust off these nigg*s/Do it for fun." Throughout the song they playfully interact with each other. After the song is done she begins to carelessly roam across the stage as the band begins to play "The Weekend." The crowd instantly goes crazy because it is the known fan favorite from the album. As she begins to sing the song the crowd over powers her, so she decides to let them take the lead an join in here and there, "You say you got a girl/And how you want me/How you want me when you got a girl?" After she finishes the performance you can see she's a little teary eyed and lets the fans know that she loves them and appreciates them before announcing the next set.


CASSIE BLOCK THREE

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Cassie comes from underneath the stage as sparks fly at the edges of it. She starts the set off with Dirrty. She gives a very high energy performance with all the iconic choreography with the Megatron showing a very dark and dingy backdrop. After that she goes to the end of the stage and addresses the crowd, "How is everyone feeling? I hope you guys are having an amazing time tonight. We're about tot slow things down." She then puts her mic on the micstand that one her dancers brought out and begins to get into an emotional performance of Beautiful as the music video plays behind her. Halfway though she then transitions into "The Voice Within." "Young girl, don't cry/I'll be right here when your world starts to fall,Ooh/Young girl, it's alright/Your tears will dry, you'll soon be free to fly, ooh'" After the beautiful vocal performance she addresses the crowd and lets all the children out their know that everything will be alright and to follow their dreams and instincts.

She ends the nightwith a very emotional and powerful performance of "Fighter." She began the performance "Well I thought I knew you, thinkin' that you were true/Guess I, I couldn't trust called your bluff time is up/'Cause I've had enough." In the background was a visual of a woman dealing with domestic abuse and fighting her oppressor to get away. Halfway through the performance Cassie was choking up, but troopedthrough the performance not missing a nite. At then end she wipes her tears away and thanks everyone for coming out to the tour and that she loves them.


CUPCAKKE BLOCK THREE

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As the lights went down, CupcakKe was raised onto the stage with nothing behind her. The stage set up was completely black so that it could compliment the glittery rainbow dress and rainbow weave she was wearing. The crowd screamed before CupcakKe had another speech:

"[city], we've almost made our way to the end of the show. I have three more songs for you before my girls come out so, with these next four songs, I want you to use all of your voice that you have left, all of the calories you haven't burnt yet, I want you to use everything in yourself to make sure you're having a good time cuz that's what this part of the concert is all about. Now, all my thick ladies in the building, I'm sure you know this one. Let me hear you".

The songBiggie Smallsthen started and the lyric video was playing on the screens. CupcakKe rapped the verse. "Instagram hoes shouldn't be y'all goals / Look past the post, she photoshopped her rolls / Filter so bright, she don't think black glows / That 30 inch weave is to cover her back rolls". As the verse ended, her dancers ran out from the sides of the stage to dance. They were also wearing rainbow outfits. "Call it biggie smalls, call it biggie smalls / Big or small, I love you all". CupcakKe rapped the second verse and she felt these lyrics so much that she barely moved around at all to make sure she was really getting these lyrics out. "Body of all shapes, no difference they all great / I'm eating out the pot if you make me a small plate / You could call me fat or anything under the sun / Afterwards, imma still go buy a honey bun". For the next chorus, the dancers all did some robot choreography as a social commentary that beauty ideals in society are controlling our minds. CupcakKe ended the performance with the same speech that's in the studio version of the song and the final chorus.

AfterBiggie Smalls,Barcodesimmediately started playing. The dancers all did some random choreography as CupcakKe was rapping. The screens behind her all showed some money flying away, with CupcakKe's face on it rather than a dead president. "Pay for the day if you wanna play / In the room, it's a bed and Febreze spray / Use protection when I sell it like my doctor say / This man all in my ear like some Dr Dres". For the chorus, they all broke into the same choreography from theBarcodesvideo, which mainly consisted of them walking around in different formations around their respective areas. For the bridge, the main lighting was turned off so that the only lights lighting the stage were some rainbow spotlights. This dimmed the atmosphere a little bit and made the choreography look even better as the backtrack sang "P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-puss*". The lights all went back up for the final chorus.

"This next one is the biggest song of my career. It sold millions worldwide and I dedicate it to the LGBT community. First of all, I'd like to give a shout out to Nick Jonas and Shawn Mendes. Y'all are the cutest couple and I know how important it us for us to have a huge gay power couple in the music industry. I don't want this song to just be for the gays though. No matter who you love, as long as it's legal in the United States, I want you to celebrate love and how beautiful it is!I'm sure you guys know the words. Let's go"

On the screens forLGBTwere footage of four LGBT people(to represent each letter) entering a room of rainbow glitter and playing with it. CupcakKe and her dancers broke into some choreography similar to the choreography used for Beyonce'sRun The World (Girls)as CupcakKe chanted "f*ck out my way when you see me / I'm rollin with the LGBT". CupcakKe then got as animated as ever as she rapped the first verse and her dancers were behind her, pretty much snapping and moving from side to side but really quickly so that it would match the energy put into the anthem. For the second chorus, CupcakKe and her dancers all struck a pose as she said "f*ck out my way when you see me" and shook their hips for "I'm rolling with the LGBT". This was used in a few past performances. For the second verse, CupcakKe ran around the stage, screaming out the lyrics as the crowd responded. The third chorus consisted of the same choreography from the second one. For the bridge, the people on the screens all put their hands into a heart and CupcakKe screamed "PUT YOUR HANDS UP FOR LOVE", to which a lot of the crowd responded by doing the same. For the final chorus, CupcakKe put the mic down and her and her dancers vogued to the beat. By the end of the song, the gays on the screens left the room and the words "LGBT" were written on the floor through gaps between the glitter as her set finishes.

Suddenly, the dancers ran off stage and the instrumental forSurvivorby Destiny's Child started playing. CupcakKe then said "Ladies and gentlemen, if you love Destiny's Child, put your hands up! We're three hardworking girls that went through a lot of sh*t to be here, performing for you, so we thought it would make sense for us to perform this legendary song! If you know the words, sing along". Then Cassie appeared out of nowhere, also wearing a rainbow get up, to sing Beyonce's parts of the song. "Now that you're out of my life, I'm so much better / You thought I'd be weak without you but I'm stronger". She kept singing up until the chorus. She sang along while CupcakKe was yelling out some of the chorus, as if she was a hype man. SZA then came out to sing the second verse. "Thought I couldn't breathe without you, I'm inhaling / You thought I couldn't see without you, perfect vision". For the next chorus, CupcakKe was quiet and SZA and Cassie were singing the chorus. For the bridge, CupcakKe cut out Michelle's part and rapped some lyrics.

I came up from nothing and that's not an understatement
Was overworking myself just to get some type of payment
But, really, if I was given anything, I'd take it
Cuz I had a fear of failing and I had to shake it
Well, thank god I did, I'm really a survivor
Every new song I drop charts even higher
Now I'm selling out arenas with two bad bitches
I'm opening doors for little girls with issues, get it

SZA and Cassie then sang the chorus and swapped between roles in terms of who does the ad libs. As the song ended, they all struck the same pose to the audience. CupcakKe then screamed into the mic "THANK YOU FOR COMING! THANK YOU TO MY GIRLS FOR THIS TOUR! WE LOVE YOU ALL! GOODNIGHT!". They all walked off the stage, unless they wanted to blow some kisses or interact with the crowd. Either way, the chorus for Survivor was played on loop until they left and the show officially came to an end.


SZA BLOCK THREE

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As the band begins to play the instrumental for “Wavy (Interlude)” SZA and her dancers make their way to the stage. As they gets to their spots the dancers then start to do a step routine as SZA sings her verse. “I think I'm bad as hell/ I got issues, out of line…” As she gets into the chorus she and her dancers start to swag surf urging the crowd to do the same. They then transition in to “Go Gina” where SZA pretty much just sways across the stage and sings. The crowd just vibes out with her.

Before getting into the next song of the night SZA addresses the crowd as the dancers make their way off the stage. “I just wanted to let you guys know that I appreciate you and thank you for coming out to support the tour and vibe out with a couple baddies one time for the one time. This next song I feel like embodies your twenties and I know we all can relate at some point in our lives to it. The guitarist begins to play as SZA sing the song and walks back and forth across the stage, bending down, and touching fans hands throughout the performance. “How you ain't say you was movin' forward?/ Honesty hurts when you're gettin' older/ I gotta say I'll miss the way you need me, yeah.” Throughout the song the crowd was singing so loud you could barely hear SZA.

As she got into the last song of the evening, “Normal Girl” she sits down on the edge of the stage and sings her heart out as a slideshow of pictures from the meet and greet before the show come across the jumbo screen. “You love the way I pop my top/ Or how I lose my cool/Or how I look at you/ Say why?” After she finishes the performance she gets up and thanks everyone for coming out.


FINAL PERFORMANCE

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Suddenly, the instrumental forSurvivorby Destiny's Child started playing. CupcakKe then pops out of nowhere and says"Ladies and gentlemen, if you love Destiny's Child, put your hands up! We're three hardworking girls that went through a lot of sh*t to be here, performing for you, so we thought it would make sense for us to perform this legendary song! If you know the words, sing along". Then Cassie appeared out of nowhere, also wearing a rainbow get up, to sing Beyonce's parts of the song. "Now that you're out of my life, I'm so much better / You thought I'd be weak without you but I'm stronger". She kept singing up until the chorus. She sang along while CupcakKe was yelling out some of the chorus, as if she was a hype man. SZA then began to sing the second verse. "Thought I couldn't breathe without you, I'm inhaling / You thought I couldn't see without you, perfect vision". For the next chorus, CupcakKe was quiet and SZA and Cassie were singing the chorus. For the bridge, CupcakKe cut out Michelle's part and rapped some lyrics.

I came up from nothing and that's not an understatement
Was overworking myself just to get some type of payment
But, really, if I was given anything, I'd take it
Cuz I had a fear of failing and I had to shake it
Well, thank god I did, I'm really a survivor
Every new song I drop charts even higher
Now I'm selling out arenas with two bad bitches
I'm opening doors for little girls with issues, get it

SZA and Cassie then sang the chorus and swapped between roles in terms of who does the ad libs. As the song ended, they all struck the same pose to the audience. CupcakKe then screamed into the mic "THANK YOU FOR COMING! THANK YOU TO MY GIRLS FOR THIS TOUR! WE LOVE YOU ALL! GOODNIGHT!". They all walked off the stage, unless they wanted to blow some kisses or interact with the crowd. Either way, the chorus for Survivor was played on loop until they left and the show officially came to an end.

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Location: Miami, Florida

American Airlines Arena 13,646/13,646 [SOLD OUT]

Date: March 10, 2018

1/54 shows


The Ocean Wave Avenue Tour is the first world tour by Canadian superstar Shawn Mendes. The tour is Shawn's second tour, following his 6 date A Mic and A Light mini-tour. The tour is in support of Shawn's blockbuster debut album Revelation and it's massively successful accompaniment extended play Glass Castles: Revelation Movement II. The tour is already a massive success with 49/54 dates completely sold out prior to opening night. The tour will take Shawn across 14 countries, 4 continents, in some of the nicest and biggest venues in the world. Shawn will bring along with him Allison Harvard to open for the North American shows, Diana Gordon for the European and Australian shows, and Delta Goodrem for the Asian shows. The tour is being filmed for a movie to be released after the tour. Several dates of the tour will only be partially filmed, no more than 3-5 songs. The final four dates in Toronto will be filmed in full and be released as a concert film. The footage from other shows will be made available apart from the film.

TICKET PACKAGES

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Standard Upper Levels ($70-$115)
One (1) ticket to the upper seated levels of venue. Reserved seating.

Standard Lower Levels ($120-$180)
One (1) ticket to the lower seated levels of venue. Reserved seating.

Floor Seated ($200)
One (1) ticket to the seated area on the floor behind the GA section. Reserved seating.

Standard General Admission (GA) ($250)
One (1) ticket to the GA section. No reserved seating. Standing only.

Bronze Package ($310)
One (1) ticket to the seated floor or GA section (no reserved spaces and no reserved seating for GA). Tour lanyard. Exclusive poster. Exclusive T-Shirt. Access to VIP Bronze Level incentives (pre-show light snack buffet).

Silver Package ($390)
One (1) ticket to the GA section (non-reserved standing room). Early entry 15 minutes before other GA ticket holders. Tour lanyard. Exclusive poster. Exclusive T-Shirt. Exclusive tour bracelet or necklace. Exclusive lithograph. Access to VIP Silver Level incentives (pre-show light snack buffet, Glass Castles EP listening session).

Gold Package ($470)
One (1) ticket to the GA section (non-reserved standing room). Early entry 25 minutes before other GA and package holders. Tour lanyard. Exclusive poster. Exclusive T-Shirt. Exclusive tour bracelet or necklace. Exclusive lithograph. Exclusive button set. Collectible guitar pick. Access to VIP Gold Level incentives (pre-show snack buffet, Glass Castles EP listening session, Q&A with opening act).

Diamond Package ($550)
One (1) ticket to the GA section (non-reserved standing room). Early entry 35 minutes before other GA and package holders. Tour lanyard. Exclusive poster. Exclusive T-Shirt. Exclusive tour bracelet and necklace. Exclusive lithograph. Exclusive button set. Collectible guitar pick. Sound check access. Access to VIP Diamond Level incentives (pre-show dinner; one course, Glass Castles EP listening session, Q&A with Shawn's band members).

Diamond Plus Package ($650)
One (1) ticket to the GA section (non-reserved standing room). Early entry 45 minutes before other GA and package holders. Tour lanyard. Exclusive poster. Exclusive T-Shirt. Exclusive tour bracelet and necklace. Exclusive lithograph. Exclusive button set. Collectible guitar pick. Sound check access. Access to VIP Diamond+ Level incentives (pre-show dinner; one course, Glass Castles EP listening session, Q&A with Shawn).

Diamond Meet and Greet ($810)
One (1) ticket to the GA section (non-reserved standing room). Early entry 45 minutes before other GA and package holders. Tour lanyard. Exclusive poster. Exclusive T-Shirt. Exclusive tour bracelet and necklace. Exclusive lithograph. Exclusive button set. Collectible guitar pick. Sound check access. Meet and greet with Shawn (groups no more than four (4), and no less than two (2). Access to VIP Diamond M&G incentives (pre-show dinner; one course, Glass Castles EP listening session, Q&A with Shawn).

SHAWN SETLIST

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1. Ocean Wave Avenue (Intro)

2. Even Better Than The Real Thing

3. In the Dark

4. Every Breaking Wave

5. What It Means

6. Grace Under Pressure

7. Wind (Interlude)

8. Voices

9. Oasis

10. Miracle

11. Storm (Interlude)

12. Rain

13. Glass Castles

14. The Scientist

15. Heartbeat (Interlude)

16. Boys and Boys/LGBT

17. Wish It Was Over

18. Imagine (John Lennon cover)

19. Endlessly

20. Only the Lonely

21. Wild Youth

22. Here I Stand

STAGE DESCRIPTION

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The stage’s structure is that of an end stage with no runways. The stage floor is semi-transparent and there are many lights under the stage that light the floor and come out of the stage. At the back of the stage, from stretching from one end of the stage to the other, is a large LED screen in the shape of a house. There is a “door” that can open and close as well as “windows” that can open to reveal special lighting effects behind them. The band is stationed on two semi-transparent pods on the far left and far right side of the stage. These pods can move around the back half of the stage at various points. In the center, there is a platform that it level with the stage through most of the show and unknown as a platform, but it can raise up above the stage about 15 feet. A giant globe is also able to lower above the crowd out in the arena.

SHAWN'S SET

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Before the show begins, while the house lights are still on, the Revelation I introduction track plays signalling the crowd to come to their spots. As the track ends, the venue lights go down plunging the entire arena into darkness. The crowd screams in anticipation as the venue sits in the dark for almost a full minute. Suddenly, the screen (which is the shape of a house) bursts to life, beginning the Ocean Wave Avenue Intro. We see a gray neighborhood with a gray sky with gray houses that all look the same. There are no cars or people around except for a young boy who is also gray.. This young boy walks down the street. We see that the street name is OCEAN WAVE AVE. The boy walks down the street looking at the houses that are all the same. Then he comes across a house at the end of the street. It is significantly different than all of the other houses. This house seems vibrant and full of life and it has color. The band comes on stage and begins the live intro at this point. The boy walks up to the door and puts his hand on it. Color returns to his body as he he debates whether to go inside. The boy reaches for the doorknob and sees that it is unlocked. The video ends with the boy opening the door. This transitions to a door in the screen in the same place as the door in the video opens up. Shawn is standing in silhouette in the doorway. He walks out as the crowd cheers. He picks up his guitar and steps to his microphone as the opening song Even Better Than the Real Thing begins. The lights spin crazily. When the drums kick in, the lights inside the stage make the clear stage now illuminate a bright blue that pulsates with the beat of the song. Shawn sings the song with passion as the lights still crazily spin around. The screen shows the facade of the house changing colors to the beat of the music as well. As the song comes to a close, the lights shine brightly sending the venue into white out before going to black. The lights stay down as the next song In the Dark begins. Down on the stage, we see lights. It is revealed that all of the instruments are lit up from the inside different colors. Shawn’s mic stand is as well. He and the band perform the song with only the instrument and stand lights. The instruments are all timed to change color at certain points and when they do, short burst of that color light illuminate the stage making it look like the colors are jumping from instrument to instrument. The song ends with all of the instrument lights going off, replaced now with Shawn in the spotlight. The screen comes back and some stage lights come back as Shawn speaks to the crowd for the first time. Shawn welcomes the crowd to the show. After his message, the lights inside the clear stage turn a deep aqua blue. The screen shows the surface of a churning ocean. The lights in the stage combined with the screen makes it look like the screen is the surface of the sea and the stage is under the water. Shawn and the band perform Every Breaking Wave. There are video tiles in the floor of the stage that allow videos to be shown on the stage floor. The boy from the intro video is seen “swimming” under the stage as the screen shows the seas getting rougher on the surface. The song ends with the screen and stage going total blue then into blackness signifying being buried under a wave.

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A short video is shown on the screen (which now has the outside of the house showing on it) that shows the boy walking inside the house from window to window. In the video he opens a window on the right side of the house; on the stage in real life, a “window” (really just a hidden hatch in the screen) opens as well as several others on the “house” (the screen). Behind them are lights that illuminate the stage. The lights in the stage floor become a heavy orange as What It Means begins. The stage appears to be on fire because of the lighting. The house facade on the video is now replaced with images of violence and war reflecting the topic of the song. In the middle of the song, two men dressed as soldiers raise on the stage as everyone but them freezes. They slowly walk around the stage until gun fire is heard. One of the soldiers falls “dead” to the ground. The other rushes to his side and cries over him as the song kicks back in. The soldiers are lowered back down above the stage as Shawn brings the song to a conclusion. On the screen, we see a tattered flag (changes per country to show the flag of the country the show is taking place in) waving wearily in the wind before slowly disintegrating, reflecting the anti-war message of the song. The screen then transitions to show the boy from before walking through the house. He looks at photographs on the walls. On stage, Shawn and the band launch into Grace Under Pressure. Live footage is placed on the screen making it appear that what Shawn and the band are doing on stage is what the boy sees in the photographs on the wall. As the song comes to a close, Shawn is lowered beneath the stage. The lights go down which brings us into the first interlude.

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The Wind interlude features the sound of heavy wind through the venue. The screen shows the boy walking outside of the house as the wind gently blows the wind chimes, shakes the shutters, etc. The boy walks back inside the house as the video comes to an end. Shawn appears on the right side of the stage illuminated by a single spotlight. He performs Voices alone with his guitar, singing with the audience with no backdrops, light displays, or band. After the song, Shawn talks to the audience again, talking about the meaning of the house seen through the show and the whole idea of what Ocean Wave Avenue is. While he talks, in the dark part of the stage, a piano is brought on stage. Shawn walks over to the piano which is completely clear. Shawn sits and plays the piano while singing Oasis. During the song, the center platform of the stage that has up until now been level with the stage raises Shawn and the piano into the air about 13 feet above the stage. When the platform reaches its max height, Shawn and the piano tower above the stage. With each key on the piano Shawn plays, a beam of light comes the clear piano.

The song comes to an end as the platform lowers back down. A short video showing children who are patients at Children’s Hospital talking about their recovery is shown before Shawn and the band launch into a performance of the charity song Shawn did with Olly Alexander Miracle. Shawn plays the song with passion. On the screen, we see the boy from the videos pacing in the living room of the house. Olly Alexander appears in the mirrors present in the living room on the screen singing his parts of the song making for a virtual duet between Shawn and Olly. As the song comes to a close, the boy lays down on the couch inside the house as strikes of lighting and a storm is shown outside the windows. The Storm interlude begins. A large globe lowers over the crowd in the middle of the arena. The globe looks like the moon. Lights on the stage and special fog effects on the stage make it appear that the stage is under a storm with the moon shining over the storm. On the stage, Shawn raises on stage sitting at a solid black piano. He begins a performance of Rain. The globes moon projection slowly shifts to showing images of Shawn with the deceased best friend the song talks about. On the stage, Shawn sings the song passionately and emotionally while playing the piano. In the middle portion, a wall of water begins falling in front (not actually getting Shawn or the piano wet) of the piano (being caught in hidden pools in the stage) giving the appearance of Shawn playing the song in the pouring rain. The water stops falling as the song ends.

The globe shifts to projection of a planet covered in clouds. Shawn speaks to the audience for a moment about the importance of suicide awareness and prevention. It is here that every night, Shawn shares a story of someone who committed suicide. The stories comes from letters that were written to Shawn. Shawn reads the letter and then dedicates the next song to the person who took their life.

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Shawn performs Glass Castles while playing the piano while various phrases of encouragement (“You are worth it”, “you matter”, “believe in you” etc.) are shown on the screen. This transitions into people holding up photographs of their loved ones they lost to suicide showing the price of suicide on those involved. The song comes to a close as the number for the countries (changes depending on what country the show is happening in that night) suicide prevention hotline. Shawn then moves into performing The Scientist. The screen shows a clock slowly melting. The melting clock transitions down to the video tiles on the floor making it look like the clock is melting onto the stage. Shawn finishes the song disappears backstage. The piano is lowered below the stage as the globe starts moving toward the stage. The Heartbeat interlude begins. The sound of a heartbeat is heard as the globe moves over the stage. The pods that the band members are on begin to move and the pods pass each other and are now on the opposite side of the stage they were. The globe now displays the colors of the LGBTQ+ pride flag. Shawn returns to the stage to perform Boys and Boys. While Shawn sings, the globe shows the pride flag colors moving around and switching positions. A massive LGBTQ+ pride flag unravels above the stage as the lights display rainbow colors. In the middle of the song, CupcakKe is shown on the screen doing a verse from her song LGBT while Shawn plays a jam on his guitar. Shawn comes back in and finishes the song. As the song ends, the LGBTQ+ flag is rolled back up. The celebratory nature dissolves as the globe now turns a deep blood red. The globe moves back out over the crowd. On the stage, a large stack of vintage TV’s appear. The TV’s individually crack to life showing images of violence, war, and devastation. Shawn stands in front of them and performs Wish It Was Over. On the screen, the “house” is seen crumbling and falling apart. As the song’s anti-violence message grows stronger as the song goes on, the footage on the TV’s becomes more and more aggressive. A few of the TV’s burst into flames and the rest go into static. The song finishes with Shawn standing completely still in front of the TV’s with the sound of static echoing through the venue.

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The TV’s lower below the stage as Shawn talks to the crowd again. He talks about his desire for peace in the world. He sits down at his piano and begins a cover of John Lennon’s Imagine During the song, we see footage of people around the world demonstrating peace. The finaql, chillingly beautiful sight of the video is a little girl handing a riot policeman a flower. Shawn leads the entire venue in a bone chilling a capella sing along of the famous chorus. After that, peace signs are displayed on screen as Shawn puts his guitar. He and the band then launch into a performance of Endlessly. During the song, Shawn invites several fans from the audience to come up on stage. Each night, around 25 fans come up and help Shawn sing the song, interact with his band members. Some shows, some audience members who can play instruments play some on the song. After the song ends, Shawn takes the time to personally greet each fan on stage and sign something for them as well as giving them an exclusive poster. As the fans leave the stage, Shawn talks about his space of mind while writing the next song. He talks about feeling that he wasn’t taken seriously and that nobody really cared for what he had to say. He and the band then perform Only the Lonely which reflects what Shawn said. On the screen, we see the boy trying to interact with other ghostly beings that appear in the house however they don’t notice him. During Shawn’s guitar solo, he stands back on the platform and it raises him up. The song comes to an end as Shawn puts his arms out and “falls” off the platform about 10 feet down (where he is caught by a mat hidden under the stage. The platform lowers back down as the band launches into a jam. The names of each band member is shown on the screen and when they’re name is up, they do a short solo piece. Shawn returns to the stage and talks while the drummer keeps time. Shawn asks if there are any rebels in the crowd. When the crowd answers affirmatively, Shawn and the band launch into a performance of Wild Youth. The screen shows the house starting to fall apart as the boy goes wild trying to get out. Shawn actually gets off of the stage and walks in front of the barrier to see the fans better. He even puts the mic out to them so they can sing. Shawn gets back on the stage as the song comes to an end.

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The screen becomes the only light on the stage now. The house starts to fall apart so the boy runs to the door. The “door” to the screen opens and the boy from the video steps out in real life on the stage. Shawn and the band then launch into Here I Stand. The screen shows various photos of Shawn’s life up until that point as the house continues to fall apart. Once the house is totally apart, Shaw notices the boy. He makes looks at the boy for a moment. The boy smiles and then runs off stage. Shawn takes the song into a long conclusion as the lights all around the stage go crazy. The song comes to an end with a bang. Shawn’s band and all of the other performers (the soldiers, the boy) come back on the stage. They all bow. After the bow, the house suddenly begins to rebuild itself. The “door” opens and Shawn heads for it. He bows one more time before walking through the “door” as it closes. The screens video goes back to where it started now as if backing up from the house. The show ends with the street sign OCEAN WAVE AVE covering the screen. The arena lights come up and the Revelation II piece plays as the crowd leaves.

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The Touch Pass World Tour
Date: May 25, 2018
Venues: Staples Center, Los Angeles, United States
Capacity: 14,508 / 14,508 SOLD OUT


Tinashe has finally embarked on her very first arena tour, The Touch Pass World Tour. The tour is supporting her latest album DUSK, which shot straight to #1 on the Billboard 200 earlier this year. Kash Doll, who Tinashe shares a now 6x platinum hit single No Drama with, will appear as an opening act on the first five dates in California. Tinashe's set consists of a total of 28 songs (many of which are cut down for time).

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OPENING ACT: KASH DOLL

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Setlist:
Hurtin’ Me
Dancin’
Bossy
Nann
Check (Encore)

Set:

The night starts off with the stage empty. Smoke begins to fill the stage as the dancers make their way to the stage and the “Hurtin’ Me” instrumental begins to play. The background screen showing newly shot colorful visuals of Kash Doll on a beach. Kash Doll then begins to ride a neon multicolored low rider bike onto the stage and the crowd begins to go crazy. She’s wearing a custom pink and green Fenty motocross one piece. As she gets off the bike, one of the dancers move it off the stage as she address the crowd. “You guys ready to turn the f*ck up tonight?” The crowd screams. She then says, “Let’s Go Then!” And begins to get into the song, “Heard you got a new girlfriend, and it’s hurtin me.” The performance was very colorful and dancehall filled.

Before she gets into the next song of the night she walks to the end of the stage to address the crowd. “How y’all feeling tonight? Imma need y’all to let loose and just vibe out tonight.. Can you do that for me?” She then walks back to center stage very sasilly switching her hips before getting into a cute little “Rock Your Hips/Swag Surf” mashup dance break. During Swag Surf she gets off the stage and goes to the barriers and begins to instruct the crowd to swag surf with her. Afterwords she runs up the stairs just in time to get into “Dancing”. She delivers an energy filled performance filled with all sorts of attitude and bling. “My wrist dancin, neck dancin, Nails dancin, my ears dancin’” As the hook plays for the last time she starts throwing nameplate bracelets with “Touch Pass Tour x Kash Doll” on them into the crowd.

As the instrumental for “Bossy” comes on some male dancers make their way to the stage carrying a throne. Kash Doll then starts to sing the intro, “Aye Yo…, You don't have to love me…, You don't even have to like me…, But you will respect me…” as she makes her way to sit on the throne. As soon as the begin to pick up the throne she sings, “You know why cause I'm a boss!”. The female dancer then begin to do some cute choreography on the stage as Kash Doll gets carried through the crowd as she recites the lyrics. Often reaching her hand out to the fans. At the end of the song she makes her way back to the stage.

She then addresses the crowd. “Y’all know I couldn’t do this tour without doing the bop that started it all, right? Ayo Trina… Where you at boo?” Trina then makes her way to the stage and the crowd goes crazy. Kash Doll then asks Trina, You wanna do the honor?” As the instrumental for Nann begins to play Trina replies, “Why, of course!”. Trina then begins to start singing the hook, “You don't know nann ho uh-uh, Don' been the places I been, Who can spend the grands that I spend, f*ck bout 5 or 6 best friends”. The dancers then starts twerking up a storm as Kash Doll and Trina pace back and forth across the stage. They slay the performance and the crowd cannot contain themselves.

Kash Doll thanks Trina and hugs her then address the crowd for the last time of the evening. “Thank you guys so much for having me tonight… This is my first time being on tour and you guys have been amazing. Thank you to Tinashe for having me…. This has been the greatest experience for me and I hope I made y’all proud.” The crowd then starts screaming “ENCORE! ENCORE! ENCORE!” KAsh doll then replies, “Awe.. ask and you shall receive. Ayo DJ play that new sh*t!” The instrumental to an unreleased song called “Check” begins to play and Kash Doll hops off the stage to the barriers to interact with the fans as she sings, ”Now it's the dolly, not Parton, But pardon my french…” After the first go around the crowd already knew the hook so at the end of every line of the hook she pointed the mic out to the fans to say! “Still pretty? CHECK!, Keep hoes in, CHECK!, Run up a, CHECK!” After she finishes the song she takes a few selfies with the fans and hands out a few more bracelets before making her way backstage.

STAGING

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The stage of The Touch Pass World Tour was inspired by the Touch Pass music video. The back of the stage was spread out into two different sections. There was a bar in the middle of the stage to separate these sections. Right above that bar, and all the way to the top of the stage, is a screen which will be playing most of the interludes and background visuals throughout the show.

On the bottom half of the stage from left to right is an elevator, then a small platform where a drummer and a percussionist are placed, with a drum kit and more percussion instruments, then another elevator, then another small platform where a pianist is placed, then there's another elevator at the edge of the stage. To put it more simply, there are three elevators on the bottom half on the stage, two on the sides and one in the middle, and some band members are placed in between the gaps between the elevators. There are also rectangular screens placed behind the band members, which can show interludes throughout the show.

More of the band are actually cut off to either side of the stage. There are two platforms on the left and right of the stage. The left platform shows a bass guitarist and an electric guitarist and the right platform shows a DJ and two backing singers.

The band members may be either away from their platforms or hidden without a spotlight at certain parts of the performances where they are not needed.

The rest of the stage is just a normal set up for Tinashe and her dancers to dance on, although there is a rectangle base out at the front and centre of the stage, which serves as a runway, although it doesn't push out too far into the mosh pit.

SETLIST

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1. “No Drama” (with Kash Doll on select dates)
2. “Side Thing”
3. “Sacrifices”
4. “Party Favors”
5. “Ride Of Your Life”

6. “You Don’t Know Me”
7. “Vulnerable” / “BO$$”
8. “Feelings” / “Soul Glitch"
9. “Truth or Dare”
10. “Applause”

11. “Up We Go"
12. “Crimes”
13. “Sunburn"
14. “Spacetime” / “Ecstasy"
15. “Ghetto Boy”

16. “Stop”
17. “I’m In Control” / “Pour Your Love On Me”
18. “That’s My Girl” / “Bad Love"
19. “2 On”
20. “All Hands On Deck”
21. “Little Things"

22. “Touch Pass”
23. “Superlove"

TINASHE'S PERFORMANCE

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The show began with the lights going out. The crowd is screaming for Tinashe as the know the show is about to begin. Smoke begins to fill the stage as the beginning riff in No Drama plays. The drummer hits the Hi-Hat as the band get into a short instrumental break of No Drama. Suddenly, the song stops and the lights go out again. An interlude is then shown on all of the screens of Tinashe getting in an elevator. We can see that she's wearing a completely black outfit, equipped with buckles and, a huge pair of boots and a cap with a ponytail coming out the hole at the back. A voice in the elevator asks Tinashe where she would like to go and she responds by saying "Up to the stage for The Touch Pass World Tour .. but hold off a little bit cuz I don't know if they're ready yet. I don't think they're screaming loud enough for me". She then looks up (as if she is below the stage) and the crowd screams in response. Once again, she says "I still don't think they're loud enough. ARE YOU BITCHES READY?". The crowd then screams once again and then says "I think they're ready. Let's go". The screen goes black and a button on the side of the centre elevator turns blue and makes a ding noise. The elevator opens and shows Tinashe as the song begins once again. The spotlight slowly shines on Tinashe as the song begins and she sings her parts live. "I can't cop the coupe / Don't do sh*t for two". As the drums kick in and she sings "Said I'm falling off but they won't JFK me", she walks out of the elevator and makes her way further throughout the stage, closer to the audience. As she says "Aka a popstar, aka a problem". The word "POPSTAR" flashes on the screen and the song suddenly comes to an end. Tinashe looks out at the crowd as they're screaming for her. She then sings "Aka a popstar, aka a problem" a capella and six backing dancers, wearing all black as well, run on stage to get in formation behind her. The beat kicks in as Tinashe sings "We pulled up in Gucci, dripped down in Gabanna" and her and her dancers do some simple choreography. Tinashe then screams "SING" as the backtrack sings "Don't want no dra ma ma". She joins in for the vocals after the first two lines and then breaks into some more hardcore choreography as the bass and drums kicked in. The backing singers also joined in for some harmonies. She then said "Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Kash Doll" and Kash Doll came out to rap her first verse in the song (Only for the five shows in which she was opening). The dancers were doing some proper choreography while Tinashe was just moving around the stage, interacting with the crowd and hyping up Kash Doll. "Don’t want no drama / So save that sh*t for your mama / I’m Michelle but not looking for my Obama / Too worried about myself and trying to chase these commas". As that verse ended, the DJ added some strings and snaps to the backing so that Tinashe and Kash Doll could sassily snap from side to side and spin their bodies around to the backing track. It then went back to normal and Tinashe sang the chorus to the crowd before Kash Doll got into her final verse. As Kash Doll's verse ended, her and Tinashe did a custom handshake and Tinashe screamed "[CITY], PUT YOUR HANDS UP!" as Kash Doll left the stage and the chorus came back. Her and her dancers did another hardcore dance break and the backing was then stripped down a little bit so that Tinashe could belt "DON'T WANT NO DRA MA MAAA / WE PULL UP IN THAT OOH LA LAAAA" as if it was a ballad. As the song ended, Tinashe and her dancers did some simple dance moves and Tinashe sang the "Don't need no, don't want no, don't wanna".

Without an introduction, the spotlights on the stage kept flashing on and off. Tinashe singing "I need me a side thing" a capella in No Drama was being repeated with the words "SIDE THING" flashing on the screen. Suddenly, we hard "I need me a, I need me a, I need me a", followed by Tinashe singing "side thing" in a deep voice. The song Side Thing then started playing. The stage was set up to look very dark, with minimal lighting being used and the screens behind them showing a dark aesthetic. Tinashe sang the first verse to the crowd with her dancers doing some simple dance moves behind her. "I wanna feel something but I don’t wanna fall in love / Cuz that’s just too much stress I simply can't worry bout / I just want you to walk in and then walk back out / And, whenever we’re together, there ain’t much to talk about". For the chorus, Tinashe sang the first half and let the backing singers and pre-recorded vocals take care of the second half as her and her dancers did some generic Vine era hip hop dance moves. The instrumental for this song wasn't awfully hard hitting so the simple dance moves did the job. The second verse was skipped and Tinashe got onto the platform at the front of the stage to belt down and sing the chorus to the crowd. "You and me alone tonight / No buckling in for this ride / Just like some fries, you’re really nice / But I’m gonna keep you on the side".

As Side Thing came to an end, Tinashe finally spoke the audience: "WHAT'S UP [CITY]? ARE YOU READY TO HAVE A GOOD TIME TONIGHT?! My name is Tinashe and you're here to witness my very first arena tour, The Touch Pass World Tour. I'd like to thank you all from the bottom of my heart tonight for buying a ticket to this show and showing me that you believe in my talent and my music. It means more than you'll ever know. We're gonna start off with a few bops for you guys. This next one was a #1 smash so I'm sure I don't even need to name it for you guys".

Sacrifices then kicked in and Tinashe began the performance staring out to the audience with a straight face. Her dancers were also standing behind her looking fierce in a triangular formation. Smoke covered the stage and clouds were shown on the screens behind her. Tinashe sang "New hundreds all on the mattress / We gon' role play like an actress". For the rest of the verse, Tinashe and her dancers were doing choreography that matched the lyrics, such as them wiggling their hips around for "While I ride you like a wave". After the first chorus, a female dancer left the stage so that two female dancers could find a male partner and Tinashe could find one too. The guys and girls were seductively dancing on each other for the second verse, with strobe lights going off to match all the quick drum hits in the instrumental. Tinashe and the female dancers backed it up on their partner as Tinashe sang "All over your face" and the male dancers then left the stage so that Tinashe and only two female dancers could break into a dance break for the pre-chorus, with strobe lights going off. Tinashe then belted out the next chorus and they broke into another dance break for Big Sean's verse. Big Sean filmed him rapping his verse on a green screen so that he could be added into the cloudy aesthetic on the screens. Tinashe and her dancers ended the performance with some seductive and sultry dance moves for the rest of the bridge and the final chorus.

It was just Tinashe and the two girls for the next song as Sacrifices automatically transitioned into Party Favors. You could hear a ding on all three elevators as the song was kicking it. Tinashe asked "Who is it?" and the doors opened to show the male dancers without their shirts on. The girls and gays in the crowd SCREAMED for them. Tinashe said "A bunch of sexy men we can degrade for our own pleasure? Sounds like a party!". This was obviouslt a parody on the male gaze. There were also a bunch of white pills flying around the screens behind them to represent DRUGS. As the track kicked in, the audience could feel the bass digging deep into their souls as the female dancers flirted with the guys coming on the stage and Tinashe was alone, singing to the crowd. The backing singers took over for the first part of the pre-chorus as Tinashe and her dancers did some slow choreography to the beat. Tinashe then joined in and sang in her falsetto. Tinashe and her dancers were then simply moving from side to side as Tinashe sang the chorus and occasionally encouraged the crowd to sing the "Oooh"'s in the chorus and then got into some choreography as the backing singers sang "I got some party favors for you". The second verse and chorus had pretty much the same premise. For the bridge, Tinashe belted out the bridge by herself, as her dancers were leaving the stage, and blessed the crowd as she sang "FORGET TOMORROOOWWWW, OOOH WOOOAAHHH" and then did a solo dance break.

Ride Of Your Life came in almost immediately. Tinashe was standing on the rectangular platform at the centre of the stage and her dancers entered the stage on some black go-carts. The entire performance of this song pretty much consisted of Tinashe singing and dancing on the platform by herself, with the dancers having fun driving the go-carts around. Barriers were already placed around different areas of the stage to ensure that the dancers in the go-carts only ran into each other if anything at all. Two security guards were also holding a bar in between Tinashe and the main stage to prevent chaos. The dancers didn't go too hard with the go-carts anyway because they knew the main focus was on Tinashe. She was doing some fire car-inspired dance moves as she sang the song and interacted with the crowd in the mosh pit. The dancers all made their way off the stage as the backing singers sang "Might change your life" at the end of the song and Tinashe strutted her way to the elevator. She pushed the button and then got into the elevator before the door closed and the lights went out.

Part two began with an interlude of Tinashe entering the elevator. On the next floor, a lady enters and they have some dialogue.

Lady: Oh my, gosh! It's Tinashoo, Tinosha, Tanya
Tinashe: It's Tinashe.
Lady: Yes, Tinupshe, the 2 On girl, the Superlove girl. Why don't you still make songs like that?
Tinashe: Songs like what?
Lady: Like the 2 On song. Your new album's so boring. You need to hit DJ Mustard up again.
Tinashe: Well, that's my artistic expressions. Plus, there's some bops on there. You can bop to Sacrifices, Touch Pass, Truth or Dare!
Lady: But they aren't 2 On, girl .. Oop, I'm here at my floor. Can't wait to tell my friends that I met Tinoshi. Toodles!

Tinashe then rolls her eyes and gets out on another floor.

The video then ends and the arena goes pitch black. You can hear You Don't Know Me kicking in and the people can hear Tinashe's reversed vocals amongst all the pitch black-ness in the arena. As some synths start to kick in, a few spotlights fly around the empty stage and continue the dark and moody aesthetic. Suddenly, the elevator doors open and show Tinashe and two female dancers inside them. They're wearing some shiny grey jackets (with hoods) and pants that look like tin foil but also look very stylish at the same time. Tinashe sings "You don't know me like you think you do" and they all do some choreography in the confined spaces while Tinashe sings. Tinashe calms down a bit to sing the pre-chorus, while her dancers are going ham next to her. Tinashe and her dancers then get into a dance break for the breakdown and, to match the reversed sound of the instrumental, the screens behind them all look as if they're glitching. Tinashe then does some seductive moves, rolling around the elevator, as she sings in falsetto for the second verse. Her and her dancers then walk out of the elevator for the pre-chorus and chorus. A strobe effect is used for the chorus but it's not too bright or out there.

You Don't Know Me then goes straight into Vulnerable (a mixtape song). Tinashe and her dancers go further down the stage to do the choreography. Tinashe and the dancers then squat down and do a lot of mega-seductive and suggestive dance moves as Tinashe sings lyrics like "How ya like me now? / Do I turn you on?". The dancers then do all the leg work as Tinashe belts out "Don't stop looking at me" in the chorus. After the last "Don't stop lookin' at me", Tinashe looks at the crowd with a straight face as BO$$ begins, another mixtape song. Tinashe is singing the first verse without any movement but, once the drums kick in, Tinashe and her dancers do some quick Karate-ish movements with their arms and legs. They then do some freestyle dance moves to the chorus to make them look like bad bitches.

Tinashe screams "Where all my boss ladies at tonight? I know y'all will relate to the next song just as much cuz, when you're getting your paper and you got your own, you don't need to worry about some dude catchin' feelings". Tinashe's dancers then respond, looking disgusted. Tinashe then introduces Feelings by saying "Sing it with me". This performance was very simple and Tinashe didn't even do any of the choreography. She was just singing out on the platform, with her dancers doing some simple choreography behind her. The performance ended after the first chorus and switched to Soul Glitch. This was once again a very simple performance and was mostly a chance for Tinashe to interact with the audience. To match the lyrics, a bunch of ice was floating around the screens.

"You guys have been so good to me tonight. I feel like I don't deserve y'all. This next song is a collaboration I did with an amazing artist Kelela .. and I think I'm gonna need a little more help with this one. Where my boys at?". Here's when the men were shown coming out of the three elevators, wearing matching jackets, but ripped to show their muscles. The third female dancer also came out from the side of the stage to join them.

The song then kicked in and the dancers were all getting in formation. A cartoon was being shown on the screen of a bunch of hands, knocking on doors to each beat of the song. "T shirt off / Taste me". Tinashe was doing some simple movements by herself with the dancers doing full choreography behind her. "I can tell that you wanna take / My body, my body, baby / Tonight, yeah". The backing singers helped out in the chorus and Tinashe was simply bopping on beat from side to side, while her dancers were doing some seductive movements behind her. The girls were on the left and the boys were on the right and they were both flirting with each other and looking at either side of the stage through their dance moves. Tinashe continued to do her own thing for the rest of the song but, once we got to the bridge (which is also the end of the song), Tinashe walked backwards and her and her dancers came together to form a human centipede. They were all girating on each other for a bit before walking away. Tinashe walked to the back of the stage and turned around, with a pose, as the song ended with her saying "You".

Applause then kicked in and Tinashe immediately went into singing the verse. The elevator opened and she entered it to sing in the elevator. The screen actually showed the video for the song, which is in black and white and shows Tinashe suffering through an abusive relationship. She sat down in the elevator and passionately sang the depressing lyrics. "Can't find the air to breathe". As the beat kicks in for the chorus, Tinashe is bopping to the beat by herself in the elevator, her dancers are on the stage performing some hardcore choreography. Tinashe then stood up and got out of the elevator. She kept walking to the front of the stage while singing the second verse and, as the chorus came, the backing singers kicked in for the chorus while Tinashe was doing the choreography with her dancers. Tinashe ended the final move by quickly getting into a kneeling position and passionately belting out the lyrics to the crowd. "So where's my round of applause? / At least I know I get an encoorreee". She then belts her way throughout the rest of the chorus with her dancers behind her. She walks back into the elevator as the song comes to an end and sings a final "Hold the applause" as the doors close in on her. Perfect segway!

To begin part three was an interlude, with Lucid Dreaming playing in the background. Tinashe appeared to be naked but we could only see the top of her chest and her face. She was wearing the same artsy make up and hair look she used for the main DUSK photoshoots, with her hair pushed back. There are a few jump cuts of her making bland expressions with her face as the song plays in the background. "I still care 'bout being loyal and I always pay the price / I won't let 'em take advantage cuz I'm way too f*cking nice". She keeps making her modeling poses as the song plays. The final "My life" was filtered to be sung in a deep voice. The words "MY LIFE" came up on the screen and we then saw Tinashe entering the elevator again (on the screen) in a purple designer jacket, with the rest of our outfit being black. The computer in the elevator asks "Where would you like to go?" and Tinashe says "Up". The elevator responds by saying "And uup we go and away...". The video then shows Tinashs speeding up until the elevator door opens.

Up We Go immediately begins and we can see Tinashe standing behind a microphone stand. She begins to sing the song by herself in the elevator. "It's like you're lying on the tracks when you hear the train coming..". The screens are showing a video of a plane flying through the sky, but from the perspective of the plane (so all we could see was the sky). She sang the first verse and chorus by herself in the elevator and made her way out to move around to the "..Up we go and away" chorus. Tinashe then performed the second verse and chorus by herself on the stage, looking like a million bucks in her designer jacket. She then did some choreography, similar to Beyonce in the Run The World video, for the chorus drop again but the choreography reached a climax for the drop in the chorus, where Tinashe was just doing a bunch of fire moves by herself. She then belted her way through the final chorus, proving once again that she can sing.

For the next song, Tinashe gave a small speech to the crowd and a crew member handed her the microphone stand that she left in the elevator so that she could get on the platform and sing the song Crimes to the crowd. The song was essentially a ballad so it all took place with her just singing there. "Why after all these f*cking times / I gave you my heart and mind / You found another girl / And you left me here to die". A bunch of trippy psychedelic visuals (but in black and white) were on the screens for this song. A big smashing sound came through the speakers, with a visual of glass smashing on the screen, as we got into the last chorus. Tinashe skipped the second verse to make the song a bit shorter.

Tinashe let out a run for the last "Crimes" and the song then transitioned into Sunburn. She introduced it by saying "This one's about optimism. If you guys are feeling happy about life today, make some noise!". The visuals on the screen this time were here flying in the air again through a beach (in black and white), where everything looks beautiful. It was, once again, supposed to be trippy and match the song. "Got sunburn in my eyes, I been lookin' up".

The video then started to glitch a bit as the beginning part of Spacetime kicked in and it then transitioned into a video flying through space as the actual song kicked in. Tinashe sang softly in her falsetto. "Don't you act like you don't know me / Think about me when you're lonely". She was sensually moving her hips around and playing with her hair as she beautifully sang the song. As the first chorus ended, we then kicked straight into Ecstacy, a song from Reverie, an old Tinashe mixtape. "This next one's a mixtape song. If you like it, let me hear you sing". It was a bit more of a bop than Spacetime so Tinashe was able to pull the microphone away and move around as the sang the first verse and chorus, before ending it.

"This next song is my latest single and I wasn't expecting it to do so well on the charts but it seems like y'all really love it. Well, I love it too and I'm very excited to perform it for you guys. This is Ghetto Boy". She put the mic back on the stand and rolled her head around to get into the zone. She sang "Nothin' I can say while I'm driftin'" and made a jerking movement with her head on every drum hit. She was meant to be hypnotised by the vibe. For the pre-chorus, a big moon was being formed on the screen and it exploded into a million pieces on every drum hit. This continued so that a new moon was forming every time the other one exploded. We were flying through space again on the screen as Tinashe shook her hips around as she sang the chorus in falsetto. Her and her backing singers then soulfully belted out "Nobody's gonna hurt you / Nobody's gonna do this for you". For the second verse, Tinashe was acting less and she was more interacting with the audience. she sang the chorus from a lower key and the guitarist in the band then went HARD with the guitar solo in the bridge and Tinashe belted out her vocals, leading up to "RUUUNNIIIIINNNGGGGG". The band and instrumentation then reached a climax for the final chorus and Tinashe kept belting out her notes. As the song was fading out, the backing singers were having a belt battle and kept letting out runs and "Ooooh"'s like two gospel singers. In the meantime, Tinashe was heading back into the elevator and the door closed for her to leave again. The backing singers kept singing a bit more to entertain the audience before the next crop of performances.

The interlude for part four initially shows a bunch of men in a conference room. They're all wearing a suit and tie and are chatting about whatever, with either a coffee or cigar in their hands. One of them suddenly yelled "ARE YOU GUYS DONE IN THERE YET?" and you could hear a flamboyant man responding in another room with "Almost, sir". Not long after, the flamboyant man (who is clearly gay) enters the room and says..

Gay Guy: You guys! I'm finished. Are you ready to see the future biggest pop star on the planet?

*Tinashe appears in a blonde wig, pink blouse, black crop top that says "BUY ME" and tight fitted blue jeans*

Business Man 1: I love it
Business Man 2: I see nothing but dollar signs.
Tinashe: Are you guys sure this isn't a little over the top?
Business Man 1: That's what you need to be a star, darling. Don't you want to be a star?
Tinashe: I want to be a SUPER star!
Business Man 1: Then follow me. Here's where all your dreams lie.

*he takes her to an elevator*

Business Man 1: Listen up there! Can't you hear them calling your name?
*the crowd then starts calling your name*
Business Man 1: Tanisha, Tanisha, Tanisha
Tinashe: It's Tinashe.
Business Man 1: Who cares? There's a bunch of dollar signs out in that crowd and you're gonna get them for me. Good luck!

He then presses a button to close the door. A few spotlights were shining on the stage and alternating to the beat of the song Stop. The looped vocals were kicking in at first until the elevator opened and showed Tinashe in the same outfit. She was posing there, like a true pop star, and singing the lyrics. "You tried so hard / To take the life out of me / I let it slip away / Accepting defeat". We could see newspaper headlines on the screens behind them. Some of them could've been read in particular like "TINASHE IS FLOPPING" and "2 ON GIRL FELL 2 OFF". She then made her way to the stage, walking to the beat of the song, and kept signing out to the crowd. Her and her backing singers then sang the chorus together before her dancers all ran on the stage in some mixed matched outfits. They were all meant to showcase generic boy band, girl group and pop star looks from the 90s. Her and her dancers broke into some choreography for the poppy dance break. They then put their fists in the air for the final beat.

"What's up, you guys? My name is Tinashe and I'm gonna perform some multi-platinum hits for you guys. Is that okay? Alright. This one's called I'm In Control.

On the screen for this one was the music video to the song, showing Aluna and Tinashe having fun in high fashion. Tinashe and her dancers did some dancehall-ish moves as the song kicked in and Tinashe then went into singing the verse for her first #1 hit. "I’m a boss ass bitch and you can’t faze me / If you want some of this magic, then, you gotta pay me / Ain’t no man can ever tell me how to change myself / Cuz I’m independent and I don’t need nobody else". Tinashe also sang the pre-chorus and chorus for Aluna and did some more choreography for the dance break. The song ended after the bridge and another chorus to blend into Pour Your Love On Me. Tinashe was wining her hips as she sang the verse. "You don't know what I am capable of / See you watching me like ooh ahh / I'm just trynna taste it, I'm so tired of waiting". The rest of the performance was pretty cookie-cutter and consisted of some more choreography for the break.

Then some random mechanical sounds (like the sound of someone drilling nails or hitting a hammer) came through the speakers and Tinashe and her dancers were dancing along to it as if it was a song. The song them transformed into That's My Girl and Tinashe and her dancers were marching to the beat. The men left the stage and the three girls all stood in a straight line. They stared to their right side as Tinashe sang the first bar and then looked over to the other side for the next bar. The backing singers were very helpful here as they lent in for Demi Lovato and Rita Ora's vocal parts. Tinashe and her dancers then bent down and got back up again as Tinashe sang "You've been down before / You got up before / You've been hurt before". For the chorus, Tinashe mostly held the mic out to the audience for them to sing "That's my girl" repeatedly. The song then broke into Bad Love. The screens were showing a red siren flashing and some red lights were on the stage to make the girls look dangerous. One girl left the stage so that Tinashe and two dancers could make a perfect triangular formation. Tinashe sang her verse for the song and then did some choreography for the pre-chorus. She, once again, had the crowd singing the chorus before breaking out into another dance break.

The beginning notes in 2 On then kept repeating for a bit and got the crowd excited for the song to come on. Once it finally did, Tinashe sang the song in the centre of the stage and her other dancers started forming on the stage as well. Tinashe and her dancers were doing some choreography, which was linked up to allow Tinashe to sing at the same time. She then sang the first half of the chorus and relied on the backing track for the second half to do some choreography. Tinashe then sang the second verse to the crowd, belting out the final "IF YOU A LAME, YOU AIN'T MAKING NO NOISE" part of the verse. The energy then went up another notch for the choreography in the chorus. Tinashe then wined her hips as she sang the bridge and a lot more virtual instruments were added to the instrumental of the final chorus to add more energy and flare.

All Hands On Deck kicked in right as 2 On finished. Tinashe and her dancers were walking around the stage to eventually get back to their spots and shake their hips as some horns played over "Like that". The music video for the song was playing in the background once again. Tinashe sang the lyrics to the first verse and did some simple choreography. Most of the proper moves were in between the lines she was singing. For the chorus, her and her dancers were doing the signature choreography (which involves them brushing their arms against their thighs) and spinning around while doing it. Tinashe sang half the chorus and let the backing singers do the rest. The second verse was filled with even more choreography and, as we got to the "One by one, I watch 'em go down / Watch 'em fall down like dominos" part, Tinashe and her dancers did some choreography with the vocals playing in the background, with the drummer going crazy to add more energy to the track. For the bridge, Tinashe was singing at a slightly higher key and as she belted "Nooowww", her and her dancers broke into a dance break over an instrumental part before the final chorus came back.

Little Things kicked in once All Hands On Deck was over and Tinashe and her dancers were bopping from side to side to the first verse. "What if I told you I was true? / And bout it, bout it too?". The backtrack took over for the chorus as Tinashe and her dancers did some more choreography over the chorus. The rest was pretty much a repeat of every performance of this song from the past two years, along with a dance break during Nicki's verse. Like Big Sean did with Sacrifices, Nicki also sent in a video so that she could be shown on screen. The DJ added some strings to the final chorus to make it a big bigger and the lights went down as the song ended and Tinashe and her dancers threw their fists in the air.

The lights were then off and the arena was pitch black for a few minutes to prepare for the encore performance.

As the spotlights came back on, the screens were showing silhouettes of Tinashe and her dancers breaking into some dance moves over the drums and, right as the song Touch Pass kicked in, the elevator doors opened and Tinashe and her dancers were standing in some one-piece lingerie suits and high heels with their right leg poking out, looking like sexy goddesses. They were snapping on each beat of the song as Tinashe sang in falsetto "I'm your afterparty / I'll be open all night for ya". They all swapped legs for the second half of the bridge. For the pre-chorus, Tinashe and the two dancers bent down within the elevators and were striking some seductive positions, using the edges of the elevator as their weight. They went back to snapping for the chorus and then strutted their way onto the stage for the second verse. For the next pre-chorus, Tinashe's dancers were doing some choreography behind her while Tinashe was belting out the lyrics. She let out an "ANYTHING YOU WWAAANNNTTT" before she joined her dancers in dancing to the chorus, and then continuing as the backing singers sang "You / Oooh, oooh / Oooh, oooh". Tinashe and her dancers kept dancing and, for the bridge, the backtrack sang "Love with the touch pass" and Tinashe sang "You get that" in response. Tinashe and her dancers were then doing some regular "Girl-getting-ready-in-her-dressing-room-and-looking-in-the-mirror" type of dance moves for the rest of the bridge before going back to snapping on each beat for the chorus. Suddenly, the male dancers came on stage. They were shirtless once again and wearing big black fedora hats and black pants with black shoes. The DJ programmed a bunch of horns into the mix and they all performed some cabaret dance moves over the new horn remix of the song. The crowd was amazed that Tinashe and the female dancers were able to do this in their high heels. They all got in formation and raised their palms into the sky for the final beat of the song.

Tinashe then spoke to the audience as the few dancers that weren't in the Touch Pass performance came out and handed everyone on stage a different coloured jacket.

"You guys, the show is almost over! I've had so much fun with you guys tonight but we only have time for one final song and I wanna make it very special! The aesthetic for this tour and the entire DUSK era has been kinda dark and moody so, for this very last song, I want the whole arena to be filled with bright colours (A rainbow was forming on the screens as she said this) and I want y'all to celebrate life and just have fun with me for this next song". As Tinashe was speaking, one of her dancers put her in a yellow jacket. "This next song is dedicated to everyone that's in love and, if you aren't in love right now, that's okay because I love you ... I superlove you all for coming tonight! Here we gooo..."

The backtrack for Superlove kicked in with the "La la la la"'s and Tinashe sang "They will never love you, babe, like I love you". Her and her dancers were then doing some pop-it-lock-it dance moves on the stage before doing some running man choreography to "Ridin on that / Ridin' on that". The rest of the choreography was suggestive and seductive but more kid-friendly than most dance moves used throughout the night. Tinashe and her dancers did some cute side step choreography as Tinashe and her backing singers took it away with the vocals. Tinashe and her female dancers then created a twerking conga-line and shook their asses to the beat, before bopping from side to side. Tinashe and her female dancers then slowly bent down for the second verse and did all the choreo for the second verse, while kneeling or bending down. They all stuck their butts out as Tinashe sang "I'm your girl and I wanna be forever" and slowly made their way back up for Tinashe to belt "Superlove / Nothing will ever break this up / No, no, no, no, no". All of the dancers then re-appeared to do a dance break to the chorus, which was edited to mostly consist of percussion. The main track then kicked in and reached a climax as Tinashe and her dancers broke into the final running man choreography. Tinashe sang "No, no, no, no, no, no, no" and then "You know, you know, you know" to finish the song and performance, with coloured confetti flying over all the audience members.

As the crowd screamed for her, the instrumental kicked in once again and Tinashe thanked all her dancers, band members and crew by name. She then looked out to the crowd, thanked them for coming and said she wouldn't be there without them. She then walked into the elevator and looked out at the crowd as if she was going to cry. She kept blowing kisses to the crowd until she finally pressed a button in the elevator to close the door and put an end to the show. Once the doors closed, the lights came on and everyone left the arena.

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Title: Hurricane World Tour
Artist: Miley Cyrus
Opening Act: Jessica Mauboy & Normani on selected dates
Date: August 12, 2018
Venue: Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada
Capacity: 19.000 / 19.000 SOLD OUT

Miley Cyrus is finally going on her first ever world tour! The tour is almost sold out with one show in Brazil that hasn't been sold out yet. Jessica Mauboy and Normani are joing Miley Cyrus on her Hurricane World Tour that is in for promoting her latest two albums "Bangerz" & "MILEY" which both debuted #1 on all music markets. The tour is almost completely sold out and are bound to bring in some great numbers for Miley Cyrus.

STAGING

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There is one main rectangular stage at the back of the arena. One black screen is at the very end of the stage, the screens are attached to two more black screens who makes up a very wided V form. At the left side of the rectangular stage a big M is being put out in the middle connecting to a rounded stage at the very end of the M. Further in the crowd, there's a screen showing the camera following Miley Cyrus as she performs. They're are also little screens at the two sided black screens which shows Miley performing. In the main rectangular stage there are four stage lifts. In the rounded stage area of the stage there is also a huge stagelift, which is needed to be put up for the band who is needed in act 3 (out of the five acts) in the show.

SETLIST

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Act I: Summer
1. "We Can't Stop"
2. "These Days"
3. "Ready or Not"
4. "Wrecking Ball"
5. "When I Look At You"

Act II: Spring
6. "Home With You"
7. "Do My Thang"
8. "Hurricane" (with Armani for only opening night)

Act III: Winter
9. "My Heart Beats For Love"
10. "I'll Always Remember You"
11. "Wherever I Go"
12. "Real and True"

Act IV: Neutral
13. "Summertime Sadness" (Lana Del Rey cover)
14. "Jolene" (Dolly Parton cover)
15. "Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart" (Ariana Grande cover) [This once changes every week]

Act V: Fall
16. "Deja Vu"
17. "Heart Hypnotic"
18. "I'm Still Good"
19. "Malibu"
20. "Party In The U.S.A."
21. "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home"

THE SHOW

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Different smoke cannons are being lift off as the timer that is starting from 10 minutes ends to 0 seconds stating it's time to begin. As different backup dancers are coming on stage, showing it with bright white lights, the arena goes full dark. Miley Cyrus appear on the black visual screen at the end of the stage. It shows backstage footage of her [Miley] preparing for the tour. "The hardest feeling I have right now, is that I go up there and nobody shows up. That's my biggest fear" we can hear Miley say in the footage. Her fans scream in the audience. "I know that thousand of fans are waiting for me, screaming my name, knowing I can make every one of them happy if I just come up on stage and chat for them for a whole two hours instead of performing.. But, I'm not. I'm going to give them the party of their life and when it's over, they can't stop talking about it". The arena goes black once more, the instrumental for "We Can't Stop" can be heared, fans are screaming as a white light appears on the M-part of the stage. Miley is being put op on a lift as she reaches the stage and waves to her fans. For the song, she stays on the M-part of the stage and walks around a lot. When the song ends, she's at the rectangular main stage. "Hello [city]! How are you doing? My name is Miley Cyrus but you probably know that! ARE YOU GUYS COMING FOR A GOOD TIME?! Well, I'm going to give it to you! SING ALONG AND LET ME f*ckING HEAR YOU!"

"These Days" starts to play, the black visual screen in the back of the stage shows the music video of the song. Miley Cyrus is letting the intro to Drake as the audio can be heared. For the rest, she sings the song for her own, when the verse of Drake comes on, the audio plays his part and fans in the audience are rapping the part which blows away Miley's mind!

As the final word has been sung, the instrumental for "Ready or Not" comes on. "We all know the song of the summer right?!" she says before she's going to sing the song. During this song, she's walking mostly on the main stage as she walks to the stage lift at the middle of the M-part stage where she's being lifted down as she ends the song. The arena goes a little dark, as a white light shines on Miley. "This song is about a broken love, I rided a wrecking ball for the video, I guess you know it!" Miley says. After she's done the instrumental for "Wrecking Ball" starts, she sings the words very emotional as fans can be heared singing along with the song. Once she finishes the final words, the instrumental for "When I Look At You" begins. "I'm loving a guy right now and that's what this song is about!" she says as she starts off the first verse of the song. Towards the end of the song, Miley is walking towards the beginning of the M-part of the stage, where she's being pulled down via a stage lift. The arena goes full black as you can hear the chorus of "#GETITRIGHT" play in the background.

Act II: Spring

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When the instrumental for "Home With You" comes on the crowd absolutely goes insane. As the instrumental before the song begins is very fast in between the first verse, Miley is being seen on the main stage where she sings the song. She walks the main stage as she waves to some fans left and right. "I wanna hear you, in front of the arena but also in the back! Don't be afraid to sing, everyone does it *laughs*" as she says that, she's walking up on the M-part of the stage where she finishes the rest of the song. When the instrumental for "Do My Thang" comes on, back up dancers are entering the main stage where they perform the choreography rehearsed for it, and also dancers are being shown at the M-part of the stage. Miley Cyrus walks with an attitude past the dancers as she walks to the middle runway part of the M-stage where she stands still. She's all sassy in this performance which fits the song perfectly. As she ends the song, Miley goes in for a little chat with the audience.

"How are you guys feeling tonight? I got to say, I was sh*t nervous for this night.. Been preparing for it ever since and all of the sudden I got the flu yesterday, that's why I couldn't go through with my attendance and performance that was scheduled for the VMAs yesterday, but I knew I had to stay home so I could be in f*cking Vancouver tonight performing for you guys! The get well soon messages in my social media DMs were so touching and I couldn't be more grateful! Well, enough pitty talk, I got a special surprise coming up later tonight, but let's go, this is Hurricane!"

The instrumental for "Hurricane" starts as Miley sings the first verse. Once they come to the part of where Armani is supposed to sing, the instrumental goes off. Smoke appears on the main stage as the instrumental starts and the audience hears Armani singing her verse. They can't believe it, Miley points her finger to the main stage where Armani stands, smiles and waves back to Miley. Miley is walking towards the main stage where she stands by Armani's side to sing the song together with her. When the song ends, a stage lift brings them down but not until they give each other a tight hug which can be seen by the whole audience.

Act III: Winter

Miley is being put on the stage where she sits on a chair. A piano stands next to her with her piano man playing the piano. He plays the instrumental for "My Heart Beats For Love", the black visual screen behind Miley starts to flicker as different photos from different gay prides around the world show up on the screen. Amsterdam Pride, Manchester Pride and so many more prides are being shown on screen. When she finishes the song, Miley is a little teared up but hides it, the screen goes black as Miley switches places and now sits behind the piano.

We can see fake snow falling down on the main stage as the instrumental for "I'll Always Remember You" comes on. Her microphone is being plugged in on a microphone stand as she sings the song very raw, with her pure clear voice. This also counts for "Wherever I Go", which is the song she sings after "IARY". During "IARY & WIG" she sits behind the piano as she plays it and sings with her pure clear voice. After she finishes she stands up to perform "Real and True", what people didn't know is that she shot a video for this song when she still had short hair. This video is debuting on the black screen behind her as she sings the whole song on her own except for Future's rap verses. When the song ends, the arena goes black and "FU" can be heared in the background.

Act IV: Neutral

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As light appears in the arena and three bright white lights shines on the circled part of the stage at the end of the M-stage we can see a whole acoustic set being lifted up via the lift stage with Miley sitting on a comfortable couch. "Time to switch it up a little, you know I love so many songs and I wanted to honour them in this set. I'm going to cover some of the songs I like at the moment and doing them acousticly, so I hope you guys like it".. The band starts playing "Summertime Sadness" which the same instrumentals as she had when she performed this cover for the first time at BBC Radio 1. She's putting her raw voice into works for this and she sounds beautiful.

After she finishes the song, the band starts playing "Jolene", a cover by Dolly Parton. It's a more upbeat song ofcourse, so Miley stands up from her couch as she walks around the circled stage to catch a smile of every fan in the audience watching her. When she ends the song, the band isn't ready to start the next song because Miley is speeching.

"This next song helped me through a hard time in a point of my life. The song is from Ariana Grande, a good good friend of mine and I hope she likes this version of the song I'm about to do!"

The band starts to play the acoustic instrumental of "Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart" a song from Ariana Grande. She goes back sitting on the couch, as she puts her raw pure clear voice to the light as she opens her mouth to sing this song. Different flashlights are being put on in the audience and the crowd is stacked with all the phonelight flashlights on, it looks amazing and it touches Miley's heart that she cries during the last two lines of the song. When the song ends, the arena goes black as the lift brings her down backstage.

Act V: Fall

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The instrumental for "Deja Vu" starts, different stage firework goes off and different stage lightning is being shown in the arena. The party is on as fifteen backup dancers enter the empty main stage as they perform the choreography. Miley Cyrus is performing on the M-part of the stage. During the verses of Nicki Minaj, the audio can be heared so that Nicki is singing and Miley goes in with the choreography a little as she touches fans hands and takes gifts from them. When she ends the song, the instrumental goes on to "Heart Hypnotic". The stage is a little darker in the beginning as the songs begins, but during the chorus different lights are being shown throughout the arena as the song goes more upbeat, dancers are dancing their asses off as fans are having the time of their lives in the audience.

"Guys! It's only four more songs and then the first night is over and I don't want it to end! So be as loud as you can possibly be! I want to hear you!"

The instrumental goes to "I'm Still Good", the main stage is being fully lighted as Miley runs to there while she sings the song. The M-part and circled part of the stage are being blacked out with a little light shining on it so Miley can see her fans! She's enjoying herself so much on stage, after she ends the instrumental for "Malibu" starts, people are screaming as they love this song so much! Miley is putting her raw pure voice in this performance and does some high notes with the long "oh oh oh's" at the almost end of the song. When she finishes the song, she goes in for a little speech.

"So, this next song is Party In The U.S.A, but we all know the party is really here tonight! So, I want you to sing along all the words. My team will take some of my fans on stage who are singing the loudest and they can join me on stage for the last part of the song! So, keep your voice low now, and sing along with Party In The USA!"

The instrumental for "Party In The U.S.A." and Miley Cyrus holds her microphone in the air. You can hear the whole arena sing along with the song and Miley is over the moon, running around on the stage out of joy and happiness! Five poeple who has seat tickets are being told to join Miley on stage and 15 people from standing places in front of the stage as being told to join Miley on stage. Miley sings the song further as she takes the time hug every people on the stage. As she ends the performance she thanks the fans for coming on stage and joining her as she blows a kiss to every 20 of them!

The last song is "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" as the instrumental plays. Miley Cyrus is enjoying herself for these last four minutes on stage as she realises the opening night is almost over! She's dancing around the stage really weirdly as she laughs when she's done with that. She stands in the middle of the M-part stage as a lift pulls up her higher and higher to the arena. She waves to her fans, and when the song ends the instrumental for "YAFYWBH" can be heared in the background! Different stage fireworks and confetti are being blown in to the arena as the song comes to an end.

"Thank you, guys! I love you so f*cking much! Thank you all for coming! I'm so sad it's over but I have to go! I love you, I love you, I love you! I'm so happy the first night went so great! Thank you guys! I LOVE YOU!"


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TITLE: Dragons & The Empress World Tour
ARTIST: Ivy
DATE: October 2nd 2018
VENUE: Taipei Arena, Taiwan, China's Taiwan (2/28)
CAPACITY: 11,277 / 11,277 [SOLD OUT]

Following the massive success of her singles "The Empress", "Buzzkiller" and "Alice", Chinese superstar Ivy is embarking on her début tour around Asia, where she is recognised as one of the most popular acts at present, and Australia and the U.S.. Ivy will be performing her big Chinese hits and her new English content from the album "Magicka". Ivy's Asian dates will see her visit a variety of huge stadiums, bringing her best dance moves with her!

MERCHANDISE

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T-SHIRT ($30)

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IVY LOGO HOODIE ($40)

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IVY LOGO BEENIE ($25)

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OUTFITS

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ACT I

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STAGE

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The stage is a large square stage with a long catwalk in the centre, which leads out to the audience. Behind the stage is a huge LED screen that projects images onto it, surrounded by golden lights. Along the sides of the stage there are slots for pyro fire effects to be let off, while in the centre of the stage there is a small square box that rises into the sky. There are trapdoors scattered around the stage that allow the performers to go to each other trapdoor from beneath the stage. In the smaller venues, the perfomances are less reliant on effects and rely more on choreography and Ivy’s raw talent.

SETLIST

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Act I

1. The Empress

2. Lost Soul

3. Alice

4. Demons

5. In The Wild - Interlude

6. Li Sao

7. Buzzkiller

- Interlude: Shaliaba / Bad Girls Need Love too

Act II

1. Mayday

2. Dreaming of You

3. Welcome to the Palace

4. The Apple

5. Wake Up

6. How Far Is Happiness

Encore: Buzzkiller

THE SHOW

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The stage is a large square stage with a long catwalk in the centre, which leads out to the audience. Behind the stage is a huge LED screen that projects images onto it, surrounded by golden lights. Along the sides of the stage there are slots for pyro fire effects to be let off, while in the centre of the stage there is a small square box that rises into the sky. There are trapdoors scattered around the stage that allow the performers to go to each other trapdoor from beneath the stage. In the smaller venues, the perfomances are less reliant on effects and rely more on choreography and Ivy’s raw talent.

The stage glows up with red lighting as a Chinese instrumental plays. From the centre of the stage, a large podium arises from the bottom. A spotlight falls onto the podium to reveal Ivy is standing in the centre, in her stylish sparkly dress, killer heals and curled hair with a throne behind her. She whips her hair forward and welcomes the crowd to the show, falling back onto the throne that is behind her. For much of “The Empress”, Ivy remains on this rising podium, though she stands up and gets close to the edge of the podium as “Lost Soul” begins. The stage lights up a shade of purple and Ivy leans forward, allowing herself to be lifted down by invisible cables that allow her to glide. She struts forward along the catwork and uses dramatic hand gestures to emphasis the emotion in the song, getting down to get close to some of her fans, who are delighted to touch her hand.

Ivy then returns to the back of the stage and is joined by a squad of Alice in Wonderland-styled dancers, with a Red Queen, Mad Hatter and Alice to boot. The screen at the back shows images of trap doors opening and leading to different worlds through out the performance. They all perform a piece of choreography around the Alice dancer for “Alice”, seemingly chasing her across the stage as Ivy narrates the choreography with her vocals. In fleeing the Wonderland dancers, Alice joins Ivy in the middle of the stage, which, inside of rising, goes down and allows for Alice and Ivy to move beneath the stage and into the area around it, getting up close and personal with fans. “Demons” begins as they are moving around secure areas of the stage floor, before they return back to the stage and are joined by Chinese styled dragon dancers, who all wear fantastic red costumes and perform funky pieces of choreography. This contrast their traditional style somewhat comically and pyro effects go off around the sides of the stage, creating a big spectacle for the audience to enjoy.

These dancers remain on stage for the interlude performance of “In The Wild”, which sees the stage get lit up by a variety of golden and red lights in a traditional Chinese sense. Chinese dancers and stage extras come onto the stage, with some holding beautiful non-flame Chinese lanterns that they link together and lead around the stage. With the lanterns decorating the stage, Ivy breaks into a piece of slick Chinese-styled choreography as the music to “Li Sao”, her big Chinese hit, begins. Clips from inside the Forbidden City of China play on the big screen at the back of the stage, including seductive shots of female dancers. For this performance, female dancers in cheongsams and buff male dancers join her on stage, with the dragon dancers operating the sides of the stage. In a comical fashion, the dragon dancers all lift up their costumes and reveal themselves to have fit, toned bodies as men. They perform a piece of swagger choreography with the female dancers on the stage, everyone moving to the middle of the stage to perform together for “Buzzkiller”.

For the big performance of “Buzzkiller”, all of the dancers from Act I unite on the stage and dance together. Ivy encourages all of the audience to dance to the music as the dancers on stage go wild, with the Wonderland dancers all doing seductive dances around each other. The dancers all show off their assets in a sassy and sexy performance, with Ivy dropping it low at several times during the performance. On the screen, radioactive signs and toxic symbols flash while the pyros shoot up down the side of the stage. Smoke then begins to fill the stage as the music gets louder and louder. The whole performance then fades out aurally, allowing the smoke to clear while Ivy and her dancers change.

During the Shaliaba / Bad Girls Need Love Too interlude, on the big screen clips from the music videos play mashed up, while dancers on the stage move their bodies to the music. All of the dancers have rabbit heads on, and throughout the first half of the interlude the lights flash across the studio. The second half is tamer, allowing for the audience to purchase any merchandise and get drinks if necessary.

ACT II

Ivy returns at the end of the interlude, wearing a glamorous silver dress with her hair beautifully done. For the entirety of the performance “Mayday” she moves across the stage to give emphasis on the lyrical content of the song, holding her hand to her heart as she performs in the golden glow of the stage lights. The fans are all given glow sticks to hold and wave in the air for this personal and touching performance. The next performance of “Dreaming of You” is even more dramatic as Ivy is once again lifted into the air, though this time by muscular male dancers on a sling throne. They carry her around the stage with speed before Ivy leaps from the throne and breaks into a piece of choreography as the beat to the track gets more rapid and funky.

Ivy suddenly stops at the end of “Dreaming of You”, a look of fear capturing her face as the music to “Welcome to the Palace” begins. Dancers dressed as devils move onto the stage, surrounding Ivy from behind as they consume her presence on the stage. The lighting all turns red and they all link arm, with Ivy being linked in the middle. They all march forward until the music to “The Apple” starts and they all spin around on the stage, allowing Ivy to powerfully march across the stage and down the catwalk, striking a pose at the bottom of it. Two female dancers dressed in fine gowns join her and strike a modelesque pose, ripping off their long dresses to reveal their jazzy two-piece outfits that accentuate their figures. The three of them then break into a light piece of choreography, moving back onto the then clear stage. The lights break into a calm blue tone and Ivy also tears off her dress, revealing and equally glamorous, sparkly and punchy outfit. She then calls up for her dancers to choose a group of people to come up from the audience and do some of her “Wake Up” choreography with her. The dancers choose the most eager participants and Ivy shows them how to do the “Wake Up” choreography with her dancers. After lots of laughs and jokes, they all perform the choreography as Ivy delivers the chorus for them. She gives them all high fives and they end up with a free Ivy-logo beanie and a signed copy of her album for their hard work. After that, the full performance of “Wake Up” begins, with the stage being lit up neon and the backing screen playing clips from the music video.

With the final performance, “How Far Is Happiness”, beginning, Ivy talks to the audience about her experiences in the music industry so far. The back screen shows off her experiences to the audience, including scenes from her time working in bars and her time on Chinese television, up until her big U.S. break. She returns to the middle of the stage and rises on the central platform. “One more time, I want to see those glow sticks,” she calls as the lights in the arena go out. A soul spotlight is cast on her as she sings “How Far Is Happiness” in the most sincere way, with spotlights shooting down on individual audience members throughout this performance, up until all of the arena is light up. “Xiexie, thank you so much. You are all magic!” She thanks the audience, being joined by all of her dancers as the lights return on the stage with her back on stage level.

Ivy treats the audience to a final encore of her biggest hit, “Buzzkiller”, which genuinely makes the audience once again light up with joy after the emotional performance of her Chinese ballad. The crowd goes absolutely wild as all of her dancers break into a crazy piece of choreography, even in all of their different costumes and outifts they unite the stage beautifully. At the end of the encore performance, another montage of Ivy’s career, only this time in the U.S., plays, and Ivy departs the stage as the screen flashes out.


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OLLY ALEXANDER | IDENTITY WORLD TOUR
Date: October 2nd- December 20th, 2018
Venue: Madison Square Gardens New York City
Special Guest: Miz Cracker
Capacity: 14,326/14,326 [SOLD OUT]

After much anticipation, Olly ALexander has finally set out on his first ever North American leg of his world tour!! This tour is in promotion of his #1 blockbuster selling album Identity which spawned a record breaking 5 #1 singles!! For this tour, Olly joined forces with new-comer Miz Cracker, who earned a #1 sinlge with Olly! The show is divided into 3 acts which feature songs from Rainbow Heaven and Identity and includes insane visuals of space, rainbows, and much more!

MIZ CRACKER OPENING PERFORMANCE

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Set list:

1. Pretty in Pink
2. Let A Bitch Know
3. Catwalk
4. Faded
5. No Money
6. Hazard ft. Olly Alexander

The stage was as pink as you can think!! the lights were neon pink, the decorations were pink, everything was pink!! There were huge life size lipsticks, martini glasses, flamingos, and other quirk props on stage!! Miz Cracker came out sitting in a martini glass that was pushed out by hot shirtless men in small pink shorts. Miz Cracker was dressed in a pink bedazzled leotard and had her signature platinum wavy hair. The music to Pretty in Pink instantly began! She began to sing as she seductively splashed around in the martini glass. She would kick her legs up, point her toes, rub her legs, twirl her hair, and serve face!!! She was sexing it up as the hot male dancers danced beneath her! Then, when the chorus came, Miz Cracker stood up from the glass and jumped into her dancers arms as they caught her! She immediately went into the choreography on cue!! This choreo was the same as her performances of the song! It had lots of voguing and sass of course!! This performance was the perfect opener becuase it was her signature song, it was full of energy, and it was a fun performance full of color and exuberance! Miz Cracker added lots of death drops and splits during this performance!! The erformance was also like her VMA performance that paid ode to Ziegfeld follies! Another really cool moment was when the bridge came. All of the dancers brought out giant pink feathers that you would see in a burlesque show and they did a very cool choreography with that! Miz Cracker added some camp and comedy to the performance, but also made sure to give sexiness! It was one big pink performance!!!

After the opener, the music to Let A Bitch Know began! Miz Cracker did a quick change to a rainbow leotard. Lots of drag queens and people dressed in funky outfits filled the stage!! "Paparazzi" lights flashed about. Then, a giant pink disco ball came ascending from the cieling and spun as she sang. This performance was something like you would see at a Vogue ball or drag show, except far more extravagant and crazy!! the costumes were avant garde master pieces and everyone had their own unique way of voguing and dancing! Miz Cracker and her dancers would strut around the stage and werk the cat walk! She made sure to serve extra sass for this song, becuase it is called Let A Bitch Know afterall!! She was fierce as ever before and her moves certainly showed that!

After this performance, some of her shirtless dancers wheeled out a giant Barbie closet!! The music to Catwalk began!! This was a super fun and cute performance! Since there arent many lyrics, it was more of a visual performance! Basically, the Barbie Closet was at the beginning of the catwalk/runway on stage. Miz Cracker would go in it, the dancers would close the door, and she would come out in a new outfit!!! She would then walk the runway to the beat of the song and show off her looks!! She modeled various iconic looks that were very Barbie like!! It was a very fun and gagworthy moment of the show!!!

Next, Miz Cracker took a more serious turn. She took center stage, and the music to Faded began. Dancers dressed in weird back and white optical illusion costumes joined her on stage. As she sang, trippy visuals and lighting played.

This performance was very visual heavy. The special fx/visuals/lightig would make it look like things were distorted, spinning, upside down, and just trippy! This fit so well with the song and it was a very cool thing to see. The choreography wasn't anything intense since it wasn't necessary, but it was more interpretive and artistic!! This performance was so cool to see and Miz Cracker really got to show off her vocals!

After this performance, Miz Cracker wanted to turn things up a notch! The music to No Money then began. This song is such a fun and witty EDM song, so the performance had to match it. Therefore, Miz Cracker put on one witty and fun performance!! She wore a golden dress with a square shaped wig!! This performance really showed off Miz Crackers silly side as there were dancing crackers that joined her on the stage. Also, dancers came out in gold cars with huge golden bling!!!! Everything was golden and Miz Cracker was flexing in the funniest ways

Her dancers would bring out lots of silly props and it was just a fun time!

Also, at the end of the performance it rained money!!!!! (It was fake money with Crackers face on it, but it made for a cool little souvenir if you caught it!)

Now was the time for the last song of Crackers set! But of course she saved the best for last!! The LED screens counted down and as it hit 0 red flashing alarms flashed!!! Then black and yellow stripes flashed across the screen and the music to Hazard played!! Everyone in the stadium went nuts!!!! This performance was the highlight of her set!! The dancers were dressed in black and yellow and had slime all over them. Cracker wore a caution tape leotard and a black wig.

The performance was similar to the ones she did on TV and awards shows, but it was still fun! There was fire and electricity that shot from the stage as the chorus came! Then. when the second verse came....Olly made his grand appearance! He wore a black and yellow striped jumpsuit! He joined cracker as they slayed the choreo. When the performance ended, sparks shot into the air and Miz Cracker and Olly hugged! Then Cracker thanked the crowd, told them to buy Pretty in Pink and waved goodbye! Olly walked off with her so the stage could be prepared for his set.

OLLY ALEXANDER'S SET

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Set List:

Act 1
A World Alone
Vulnerabilities
Pixie Dust
Stronger
The Precipice of Happiness

Act 2
Rainbow Heaven
King
Swagger Jacker
Eyes Shut
Shine
Real

Act 3
Identity
DNA
Sanctify
For The Future
I Seek Solace
Limitless

The arena stage lights all dimmed and faded out until it was pitch black. Then, the iris of gigantic eye shaped led screen started to glow. It started as a deep blue and would pulse into an aquamarine color. There is one huge eye illuminating the entire arena.

Then, the eye begins to very slowly zoom out. Eventually it zooms out enough that we see the eye belongs to Olly. As this is happening the strings of the live orchestra play.Sweeping and atmospheric music sounds. Olly's face appears on the screens. He is just staring. Then a tear drips from his eye and the LED screens cut off so it is pitch black. The eye screen slowly comes back on and a silhoutte appears in the black pupil of the giant eye. It is Olly and he begins to sing the words to A World Alone! Images of Olly's traced out face flash across the stage (meaning we only see the outlines of his eyes, nose, etc.). We see different images of Olly's silhouette traced in white flash on the black screens as he gives the emotional performance.

Also, dancers bring out mirrors onto the stage and there is this cool looking geometric "stage" made of mirrors on the main stage that Olly stands on as he sings. He looks into the mirrors as part of the choreography and it looks like 100 Ollys are singing.

Next the lights started to change. The giant eye plays another scene of Olly who appears to be trapped in a room of 4 walls made of mirrors. The scene shows Olly banging on the walls, crying, and silently screaming. As this plays, a crew member brought out a pink flower shaped guitar with ivy wrapped around the neck of the guitar. Olly began to strum the chords of Vulnerabilities. The stage was covered in bunches of flowers as if it were like a blooming field. It looked like a magical garden. Images of flowers blooming were played on the huge screens as well as scenes from the music video.

Dancers were dressed in avant-garde costumes that resembled flowers as well. Olly played his soul out with this song and really showed off his guitar skills. Flower petals rained down when the song finished.

As the petals continued to fall the music to Pixie Dust transitioned in. The magical garden themed stage props were left on stage because they were very fitting to the theme of Pixie Dust. This time a couple of other backup dancers took the stage dressed as fairy pixies.

There was two swings dangling from ropes that were covered in flowers that hung from the stage ceiling. Two "fairies" swung as Olly sang.

The entire performance was very whimsical. There were dancers that pranced around in ballet-like moves and some were waving sheets/ribbons around giving beautiful visuals.

Next the stage lights go black again. (As this happens the stage props from the previous performance are being cleared). The LED screens play more scenes of Olly. He is now looking at himself in the mirror. he takes in a deep breath and punches the walls! The LED screens "shatter" and then the lights all flash on. The music to Stronger than began as laser lights began to go crazy! Stronger is a very positive/upbeat dance song that certainly lifts the spirits of everyone. This performance was full of lighthearted dancing and visuals of sunshine.

After this performance the LED screen played a visual again. Olly was standing and staring. We see the mirror shards rubble at his feet. He is looking out into the distance. The camera then pans around and Olly is staring out into the sky as he stands on top of a mountain. Then the music to The Precipice of Happiness begins to play. This time Olly is standing on a platform shaped like a cloud.

Throughout the performance the cloud lifts up in the air from cables and is suspended above the audience. Olly sings the entire song while on this cloud as it "floats" in the air. Images of clouds, mountains, and nature play on the screen. Also, the stage is decorated with huge fluffy cloud props and the dancers are all wearing flowy white outfits.

When the song ends the lights cut so he screen can play another scene. This time it is showing clouds again, but the camerawork is ascending upward. Then the iris of the eye begins to pulse. We see different colors of the rainbow pulse. Then we see puffy clouds roll by on the two screens that are standing on each side of the stage. A heavenly scene is now being displaced as a beautiful harp plays to set the scene.

Finally we see rainbows beam down in the arena (made by the lights). It is now apparent that we are in Rainbow Heaven. Olly comes out onstage in a rainbow outfit and begins to sing Rainbow Heaven. Olly sings this song as dancers wave huge pride flags and as rainbow lights beam a cross the arena. It is like an explosion of rainbows and a very own Pride parade taking place on stage!!

After the gayest performance ever, the music to King began! Everyone got to dancing and singing along to this classic Olly hit! Olly wore a golden crown and sat on a thrown as his dancers wore all god as well.

They performed the choreography as it is in the music video and in fact scenes of the mv played on the big screens. It was a classic performance of the song and the bright golden light and confetti really took it to a grand level!!

After that the pyrotechnic machines of the stage shot fire up into the air as Swagger Jacker played!!

The screens played images of graffiti on them. The backup dancers were dressed in 90's hip hop streetwear. Throughout the song they would spray grafiti and have paint fights!! At the last chorus the lights went off and black lights came on!! Everything was glowing in the dark including all of the paint splatters!! It was a very crazy and hectic perfomance that was chorgraphy heavy!

Olly would vogue and show off his swagger as he sang. It was really a sassy performance!! Plus there would be shots of fire intermittently throughout the performance!

After that things settled down heavily. The lights go off and the eye LED screen flashed on. We see the iris and pupil of the eye again. Then we see it blinking. Then after a bit, the eye closes. Now the stadium lights are dim, but spot light flashes on stage. Olly is sitting at a grand piano center stage. There is nothing else there except for him and the piano so it is a very simplistic performance with no distractions. He begans to play the keys to Eyes Shut. On the big LED screens the camera shows Olly's face and we see that he is playing the song with his eyes closed for the entire performance!!! As he sings the powerful words of the song, famous politcal and social hashtags flash across the eye screen as corresponding images play. Hashtags such as #MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter, #BringBackOurGirls, #TimesUp, #LoveIsLove, and many others played on screen with scenes to depict the social movement. This was a very touching and emotional moment in the concert. It showed people they should open their eyes to the world around them and the power that social media has.

After that the lights went dark and the screen started flashing bright white lights. Then Olly appeared in a glass prism!!

He was standing in it center stage. Dancers came out holding flashlights. The music to Shine played next. For this performance their were aerial performers dressed in silver shiny/shimmery outfits and the stage was full of shining lights!!! There were big disco balls and everything was lit up in led lights!! Olly and the dancers even had led lights in the shape of a heart sewn into their outfits!! The performance was super light hearted and uplifting!! The song is about letting your inner light shine and Olly and his dancers portrayed all that in their choreo and in their props!! Also, when the white lights would flash on the glass prism, then rainbows would illuminate!!! It was quite the spectacle!!!

Then after Shine, the led screens showed video clips of Olly's face close up. It played montages of Olly making different faces like a happy face, sad face, angry face, and many other emotions. Then instrumental to Real began.This performance was like his classic performances of the song back when it was at its prime. He had dancers that represented different emotions (think Inside Out) and they did interpretive dancing that related to whichever emotion they were presenting. The performance was also full of color since each emotion was represented as one color, i.e. blue=sadness, red=anger, etc. So whenever it was an emotions turn to dance the light would change to it's respective color. This performance was a way to showcase the power of ones emotions and how Olly deals with them!

After this performance the last act of the concert came. The arena lights went off once again to set up the scene. All of a sudden, lots of eyes appear on the screens. They keep popping up in various colors and sizes. Then we see Olly's face and he is covering his eyes for some reason. After a bit, he slowly removes his hands from his face and the camera zooms in on his eyes. As this happens the music to Identity is playing. For this performance their are eyeballs galore!! The dancers have eyeballs on their outifts, eyeballs on their hands, and blow-up eyeballs (like beach balls) fall from the ceiling!! the dancers even have eyeball heads!!! It is very cool performance to say the least.

After Identity, thinks calm down a bit. The Olly goes over to his piano and begins to play DNA. On the LED screens we see cool images of dna strands and images of Olly's veins on his body play.

This was a very nice stripped bakc performance and focused more on the beautiful vocals, sentiment, and emotional content of the song!

Next, things took a twist! Flames flooded the stage floor! Things got dark real fast! We see a chair on the center of the stage and Olly is sitting in it! The music to Sanctify begins. Olly is the only one on stage for this performance. It is just him, the chair, and the fire!!! (and lots of it).

He flawlessly executes the choreography that he performs in the music video! This performance is sensual, sexual, and of course fiery!!

Olly exudes sex appeal and passion with every word and every movement. He also rips off his shirt throughout the performance for some added effect.

Next, the lights go dark again. We then see specks starting to appear but then we realize that it is stars in the iris. Eventually we see that the blues of the iris turn into galaxies!

Then, the stage lights come on and there are thousands of tiny stars projected out onto the ceiling and walls.

There are also big planets hanging and orbiting above the audience. We are in outer space now!!! The music to For The Future then plays! The scenery is so breathtaking and beautiful for this performance! There are thousands of stars everywhere!! On the stage, as the song progressed, a big sphere decorated as Earth would emerge from the stage trap doors. Olly stood on top of it as it slowly ascended from the stage to the air!!!
The message of the song is very hopeful and Olly made sure to give a performance that was inspirational and invigorating for the audience!! His message was to reach for the stars and that the future lies within us all!! All of the space imagery really sent that message!

Next, he lights went pitch black and the iris of the eye started to show more images of space. It seemed like it was traveling deeper and deeper into space.

As this was happening the stage floor was being cleared of all the props and settings.
Then the giant eye and giant LED screens started to show images of supernova stars!

There are just beautiful images of spacial phenomena as Olly performs to I Seek Solace!! Not only did the screens show these beautiful space images, it also played montages of scenes from the I Seek Solace video from the Identity film!! This performance was very beautiful and other-worldly!! It was like a combination of outerspace and heaven on stage!!

Now the final performance of the night came!! The galaxy lights were on and once again it looked like there was actual stars and a night sky in the arena.

The screens played images of space once again. Finally the music to Limitless played!! Olly came out in a gold and glittery outfit!! This time he stood on a big shooting star platform that traveled above and across the arena!! Since this was the big finale, there was shooting sparks, shooting stars, glitter falling from the sky, and just a big excitement running through the arena!! Everyone sang the lyrics at the top of their lungs and it was such a perfect song and performance to close off the concert!! When the song came to an end, the cannons shot out star glitter and sparks shot up in the air as Olly disappeared off the stage!!

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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

The Pearl Theatre at the Palms Resort and Casino 2,500/2,500 [SOLD OUT[

Date: November 9, 2018

As a special gift for the fans as well as to bring a one-of-a-kind one night only experience to the Vegas strip, The Queen of Rap Nicki Minaj and modern pop royalty Shawn Mendes co-headlined a special show in Las Vegas. Representing two totally different sides of the industry, the two came together and delivered what promised to be one of Vegas' biggest events of the year!

STAGE

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NOTE: The white rectangles are small screens that lower in for a few songs in Shawn's set. They are no permanently on the stage and are not present at all for Nicki's set at all.

SHAWN'S SETLIST

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1. Wish It Was Over
2. Sunday Bloody Sunday
3. Just A Mistake
4. Only the Lonely
5. Oasis
6. Rain
7. Barely Breathing
8. Let It Be (The Beatles cover) (tribute to California shooting victims)
9. Every Breaking Wave
10. I See the Sun
11. Boys and Boys
12. Lights in the Sky
13. Stronger (Britney Spears cover)
14. Forever Young

SHAWN'S SET

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The show begins with David Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel” playing over the PA system. The lights in the venue stay on but the crowd knows that the show is about to start. But to the audience’s surprise, at the back of the venue, Shawn’s band walks out from one of the entrances and walks to the stage as the song continues playing. Then, Shawn himself appears coming from the same entrance. The crowd goes wild as Shawn walks through the crowd to the stage. He stops sometimes to hug fans, take a photo with them, or quickly sign something. He then steps up onto the stage throws his hands in the air as the crowd roars! As “Rebel Rebel” fades out, the lights in the venue go out as well. I the darkness, there are around two dozen small LED screen panels that lower down in front of the main screen. In this darkness, Wish It Was Over begins. On each piano note in the song’s intro, one of the small LED panels come to life showing static. It’s a breathtaking visual. Each individual panel coming on with the individual piano notes. When the rest of the band crashes in, the stage lights burst on and the static fades from the screens and is replaced with images of war and riots and unrest, mirroring the song’s lyrical content. Shawn keeps his playing tight but still angry. His voice carries that same impassioned anger. The lights are all deep reds and oranges making for a fire like glow throughout the performance. When the guitar solo comes in, steps away from the mic and really lets loose. It’s almost as if he’s unaware of the audience’s presence, instead intently focused on his playing. He comes back to the mic to finish the song off. At the song’s conclusion, Shawn throws his guitar pick into the crowd and goes off stage for a guitar change. While this is happening, the main screen and the two dozen smaller screens take on images of soldiers at boot camp. Shawn returns to the stage as Sunday Bloody Sunday begins. Throughout the performance, the screens follow these soldiers through boot camp and then all the way to their fighting in the war. Like the previous song, Shawn delivers the music with fevered energy. His vocals take on the raspy but still strong tone that they do on the album version of the song. At the songs conclusion, the screens move to showing a military graveyard, revealing that the soldiers the video followed died in the war. When the song ends, all of the screens and lights go out.

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A spotlight comes on Shawn who talks to the audience. “Las Vegas how are we doing tonight? Thank you so much for coming out to spend the night with Nicki and I. It’s been a while since I’ve been in Vegas and and I forgot just how much fun you all are! I’ve been overseas for a while so it’s good to come back here and spend a little bit of time with all of you before heading back. Now tonight I want you all to have the time of your lives okay? We’re here in the moment. We’re here to make some noise, to blow the roof off this place. I know you’ve got it in you. Let’s show everyone what Sin City’s capable of okay? Alright here we go!”

The spotlight goes out and it’s in the darkness that Just A Mistake begins. As the song’s introduction comes in, part of the stage below Shawn begins to slowly raise up with him and his mic on it. By the time the vocals begin, the platform has Shawn about 15 feet above the stage. From below that platform below the stage, a young woman crawls out onto the stage. She appears disheveled, almost erratic. She’s a drug user (of course it’s just an actress), assumed to be the same user the song talks about. Throughout the song, she is all over the stage appearing to be having serious withdrawals from the drugs. The screen visuals are distorted and there is an effect on Shawn’s mic that makes his voice distorted as well. Toward the end of the song, the platform begins to lower back down. Shawn takes his guitar off and stands with his back to the woman. She comes up to him and hugs him but is seen reaching into his pocket for Shawn’s wallet, of course to get a new fix. Shawn takes her hand away and walks to the back of the stage up the small set a stairs up to the small elevated part of the stage. The woman collapses to the floor in anger as the sound of police sirens are heard and police lights glare from the sides of the stage. She is lowered below the stage, ending the song. It is at this point that the two dozen LED panels raise back up and out of sight. Shawn is handed another guitar and he begins Only the Lonely. For this song, Shawn remains on the small elevated platform. His guitar however is no normal guitar. At the most pivotal dramatic moments in the song, the guitar emits plumes of smoke. Shawn’s band members’ instruments do as well. By the mid point of the song, the stage is covered in this dense fog. For the iconic guitar solo, all of the lights except for lights at the back of the stage go out. The lights at the back of the stage are blaring white. This allows Shawn’s silhouette is casted on this smoke in the room making his shadow large and imposing. It’s a breathtaking effect. As the song moves toward the conclusion, small fans in the stage begin to blow that smoke away. At the song’s conclusion, the smoke has dissipated. Shawn steps down onto the main stage as the lights at the back go off to leave the back elevated platform in darkness long enough for stage hands to bring a piano on.

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As this happens, Shawn talks to the crowd once more. “This next song comes from Revelation. It’s a song that means something completely different to me now than it did when I wrote it. When I wrote it, the song was about finding my way in the world alone for the first time in my life. But now, it’s taken on something else. Now that I’ve been out for so long and I’ve seen so many different people and heard so many different stories and been in so many different situations. Now, this song to me isn’t about finding one's way out in the world alone, it’s about finding one's way through the barriers they put up for themselves. We’re all our own worst enemy sometimes and sometimes the biggest thing we have to overcome is ourselves.”

With that, lights illuminate the piano on the elevated platform. Shawn’s band has left the stage seeing as this ia piano only song. Shawn goes and sits at the piano and begins Oasis. There isn’t any huge effects on this song, rather Shawn, his piano, and his voice are the main event for this song. As Shawn beautifully delivers the song, a tranquil video of Shawn walking on the surface of a calm and soothing ocean however that visual is contrasted by storm clouds rolling in in the skies above. Shawn’s voice is haunting. There are slight sound effects on the mic to make Shawn’s voice echo throughout the room as he sings. At the song’s conclusion, we see the clouds on the screen open and begin to pelt the screen version of Shawn with rain. We linger on the rain falling as Shawn begins the song Rain, one of the emotional center pieces of Revelation, written about the death of one of his closest friends to cancer. The two screens on the side of the stage continue showing rainfall but the main screen on the stage now shows photographs of Shawn and the friend the song is written about throughout their time as friends. The photos start with the earliest memories and they move forward in time as we watch Shawn and this friend grow. We enter the time clearly after the cancer diagnosis and we see the friend losing weight and getting a bit more frail. By the end of the song, we see a simple photograph of a headstone with flowers all in front of it. Shawn keeps his vocals soft but it’s full of so many emotions: sadness, fondness, confusion...but it just ads to the weight of the moment. As the song comes to an end, Shawn lets the last note ring out and echo as the friend’s name is displayed on the screen.

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The crowd cheers at the conclusion, solidifying the breathtaking moment. Shawn smiles at the crowd before speaking to them. “It’s been a long time since I’ve played that song and I forgot what it felt like. Thank you for allowing me to take that moment to share that with all of you. This next song is the first single released from my most recent album. It’s a song that I debated on whether or not I would include it. It’s the most intense song I’ve ever written. When I was younger, around the MAGCON days, I developed this crippling anxiety that did quite a number on my emotions. I never came to the point of attempting to take my own life, but the what if question came into my mind. And I know that millions of people do in fact try to take their own life. This song’s about those thoughts, those feelings...it’s a song that I hope continues to bring awareness to the subject.”

Shawn’s band returns as Barely Breathing begins. The opening of the song is piano only so they are taking their spots while Shawn sings. The screen throughout the entire performance shows statistics of suicide and depression around the world. Before the full band crashes in, Shawn stands from the piano and is handed a guitar. He heads back down to the main stage level just in time for the full band portion which flows through the rest of the song. Shawn is intensely passionate for this song. You hear the weight in his voice. You really feel that emotional wave coming over him and it’s magnetic. You can’t take your eyes and ears off of him. At the song’s conclusion, Shawn once more throws his guitar pick into the audience for a lucky fan. Shawn talks to the crowd.

“I was going to play another song up next but in light of recent events, plans changed a little. On Wednesday night in California, a man walked into a crowded bar and opened fire. In the end, 12 innocent people were dead, dozens of people injured...and a further countless lives of survivors, families of victims, friends of victims forever changed. It’s familiar to us all. Different details...but the same story. But that still doesn’t change our hurt, our shock. I want to take this time to honor those lost. I also want to take this time to insist that we all don’t respond to this tragedy with hanger. Hate cannot fight hate. We must combat this horror with love and unity. Love overcomes anything that stands in its way.”

Shawn goes back to the piano. On top of the piano are 12 candles, one for every life lost in the shooting. Shawn delivers a beautiful tribute to the victims with a cover of The Beatles’ Let It Be, a universal anthem for recovery in the face of tragedy. The audience joins in. The entire room lights up with the audience’s phones. Shawn keeps his vocals calm and controlled. There is no screen content. Just the candles and the audience’s lights visually accompany this song. At the song’s conclusion, Shawn stands from the piano as the candle’s are burned out by hidden fans, ending the song. There is around 30 of darkness as the crowd cheers. Then, the sound of waves and the beach is heard. The screen comes to life showing a beach as Every Breaking Wave begins. Shawn’s band is of course back on stage and Shawn is at his place center stage at the mic. Throughout the song, the screen shows a video of someone dancing on the beach as the tide comes in. The crowd screams the lyrics to this song, one of Shawn’s biggest hits. Shawn is totally amazed with their singing and he smiles the whole way through the song. At the song’s conclusion, the screen shows the tide coming in and covering up the camera. Shawn smiles as the crowd cheers wildly.

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He goes to start to talk but the audience’s cheers grow even louder. Shawn can’t help but just smile and marvel at the crowd. He throws his hands up in the air and makes a heart with his hands. Shawn finally gets to talk to the crowd.

“First of all, thank you so, so much! You all are absolutely incredible! I know not all of you are my fans. I’d wager that half of the people in this room are here for Nicki so I really appreciate the love you all are showing me tonight. It truly means the world to me! Before I do this next song, I’ve got to take a moment to speak about the person it’s written about. He’s in the crowd tonight somewhere, I’m not sure where. But I’m gonna say this no matter where he is. So it’s no secret that I’m in a relationship with someone who’s been such an important part of my life for a long time. We fell out of contact for a time, something I’m very guilty for. But he’s back in my life and he came at a time when I needed him most. After everything that happened with Nick, I fell into this hole of sadness and anger. It got me sick as you all saw in my film. It beat be down much harder than I ever thought I could be. I fell apart for a time and lost a grip on so many aspects of my life. My happiness for one. But then he just seemed to come from out of nowhere. Seemed to just walk through the smoke and made it all clear. He listened to my fear and my sadness. He held me when I just had to let that emotion come streaming out. He picked up the pieces of me that I had let go and he put me back together in a lot of ways. And I’m forever going to be in debt to him for that. Cam...thank you for helping me make sense of the world again. This song’s for you. It’s about how you changed me back then and it’s about how you’ve changed me now!”

Shawn goes back to the piano and begins “I See the Sun”. From above the stage, three large white projection sheets unravel. They reach the stage floor but they are tall and rectangular, not that wide; the way they unravel, Shawn and his band can be seen between each sheet. On the sheets throughout the song, footage of Shawn and Cam throughout the time they’ve known each other, especially the MAGCON days, is shown projected on the sheets. Shawn, as he always does with this song, is completely giving it all he’s got. Even though he’s at the piano, he’s keeping his energy up. He’s able to see the projections through the otherside of the sheets and he’s seen taking glances at them and smiling. As the song approaches its end, the sheets fall away. On the main screen we see a sun rising. Suddenly though it all goes dark. All of the lights, the screen, everything goes off. Then a single light at the back of the stage illuminates Shawn from the back: we only see his silhouette. He stands from the piano and walks down to the main stage level. Suddenly, the inside of his shirt on his chest in front of his heart, a light comes on and it appears to the audience like his beating heart illuminating. On the screen behind him, an image of Cam is shown with a beating heart on his chest as well. They beat together, a beautiful reference to the love the two of them feel. This stops and the lights go off again, completely ending the performance.

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Spotlights come back up on Shawn and he talks to the crowd. “I don’t know where you are out there tonight Cam, but I just want you to know what you mean. Now before we get going on this next song, I’ve been seeing some of the signs that some of you have brought. I wanna see them a little closer.” Shawn points to four different people with signs for him. “You four come on up here!” The fans all come up onto the stage. The stage lights are all turned on so everyone can see. Shawn takes a minute to talk to each of them, signs their posters, gives them all a guitar pick, and takes a few photos with them before helping them down off the stage. “Thank you all so much for your signs, to everyone else that has them that didn’t get to come up here I see them and I love you all too! And to all you all out there without signs I love you too! Alright so this next song was my first single and it not only kicked off my career, but it kicked off controversy. And in light of some recent developments, I’m sure it’ll cause more. I just wanna say that you are you and you don’t have to change who you are, who you love, or how you feel for anyone. For anyone out there that’s come across someone who wants to berate you and call you all kinds of things for the simple reason of who you love...f*ck ‘em. They’re not worth the hurt.” The crowd cheers!

Shawn and the band then launch into Boys and Boys. The lights are all shining in different colors of the pride flag. But for this song, all of the venue lights are turned on as well. Even those that are there for Nicki seem to know this song. With the venue lights on, Shawn can see the whole crowd and they all sing along to every word with him. As soon as the song ends, all of the lights, stage and all, cut out and the room goes immediately dark. In this darkness there are around 30 invisible wires that are lowered from above over the audiences heads, each wire having 30 small lights on them. They illuminate and it looks like a field of stars. A single spotlight illuminates Shawn at the piano as “Lights in the Sky” begins. Shawn stays at his piano for the piano only first two verses and first two chorus. It’s only his spotlight and the lights on the wires through these parts. However when the crescendo up to the full band part comes in, Shawn stands from his piano and takes his mic with him. When the full band part crashes in, the wires are raised back up and all of the stage lights come on. Shawn gets off the stage and runs through the audience as he energetically delivers the final two choruses with the full band accompaniment. Shawn then runs through the entrance he came through as the band plays an added instrumental bridge. Shawn then appears on the second balcony level as the song comes to an end.

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“I wanted to come see you guys up here! How are you all doin’ up here?” They cheer. “Good! I’m glad. So I’m gonna do the next song up here with you guys. This next song isn’t one of my songs, it’s a song by a close friend of mine. Now, I’ve always loved this song, but since all of what happened with Nick happened...it’s taken on a new significance for me. I’d like to dedicate this song to anyone and everyone who’s been affected by domestic violence...it’s a hard thing to face but it’s possible to move on. You’re strong. We’re strong.”

On the stage, a large projection curtain lowers and covers the entire stage. Shawn’s guitarist stays on the stage behind the curtain and plays the acoustic (Shawn can’t because he’s on the second level). It’s an acoustic cover of Britney Spears’ Stronger. Shawn sits on the stairs between the isles on the second level and sings the song. Projected on the curtain is a cycle through of around 50 people, all victims of domestic violence, holding signs that say “I OVERCAME. YOU CAN TOO.” As the song draws to its end, the number for the Domestic Abuse Hotline is projected as Shawn makes his exit from the second level and quickly makes his way back down to the stage.

As he arrives at the stage, the curtain lifts. Shawn goes to his mic. “Before this last song, I wanna do something special for the most special woman in my life. Two days ago, my amazing mother celebrated her birthday. I made it here just in time to celebrate with her in person but she’s here tonight and I want all 2,500 of you to help me celebrate her just a little bit more. My Mom has been my biggest supporter for my entire life. She used to drive me around Toronto to these little gigs such as birthday parties, coffee bars...all over. And she did it without ever complaining. And she does that even today. In fact she drove me here tonight because I left my wallet at home in LA before I flew out here.” The crowd laughs. “So Vegas can you help me sing my Mom the biggest Happy Birthday you’ve got?” The crowd cheers and Shawn leads everyone in singing to her. The crowd then cheers for her. “Alright Vegas this is the last one! Here we go!”

Shawn and the band then launch into the final song of his set, Forever Young. The performance doesn’t feature any big effects or anything. It’s just Shawn, the band, and the crowd all having a good time. The crowd surprises Shawn by being well versed in this song as well so they sing it all back to him. At the song’s conclusion, Shawn and the band all deliver a big bombastic finish. On the last note, all of the stage lights come on.

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Shawn’s band members put their instruments down but stay where they are. Shawn takes the time to introduce them. “Before we go, I gotta give the spotlight to these 4 incredible guys behind me. They’re the best band on the planet and they just so happen to be 4 of my best friends in the whole world. First up is my incredible rhythm guitar player. Let me hear you scream for Matthew Morlan!” The crowd cheers as Matthew comes forward and stands next to Shawn. “Up next is my bass player and the oldest guy on this stage at the ancient age of 23.” Shawn and everyone laughs. “It’s Paul Pitcher!” The crowd cheers as Paul comes forward and stands next to Shawn on the other side. “Next is my keyboard and backup piano player, the amazing Alex Coe!” The crowd cheers as Alex comes forward and stands next to Matthew. “And last is the first person who came to the band and a guy I’ve been friends with since I was 13 all the way back in the school days, Austin Eldridge!” The crowd cheers as Austin comes forward and stands next to Paul. “And she had to leave right after she was up here but the actress who played the girl in Just A Mistake is Janet Cross and she’s amazing too so give it up for her!” Shawn and his band then all bow together. Shawn throws the last few guitar picks on his mic stand out into the crowd before blowing a kiss and leaving the stage with the band as the crew comes and starts setting up for Nicki’s set.

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NICKI'S SETLIST

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1. Snatching Crowns
2. Half Back
3. Rich Sex / Apesh*t
4. Good Form
5. LLC
6. Games / Hurt You
7. Adore / Senseless
8. Majesty
9. Barbie Dreams
10. Wrong
11. Switch Up
12. Thought I Knew You (with Shawn Mendes)
13. Anaconda
14. Super Bass

NICKI'S SET

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The performance began with the lights in the venue going down. The crowd were screeching at the top of their lungs because they knew Nicki was about to come out. As the lights were still down, snippets from a few YouTube videos could be heard through the speakers.

"This all begs the question: Is Nicki Minaj still the Queen of Rap?"
"Can you really be the Queen of Rap when all these other girls are breaking records?"
"She needs to let this Queen thing go. Sit down, be humble"
"We have Kash Doll now, we have Cardi B now, we have Miranda Sings now. We don't need Nicki Minaj anymore" - Wendy Williams

Headlines then show up on the screens, with writing such as..

"MIRANDA SINGS BREAKS FEMALE RAP RECORD, SURPASSING NICKI MINAJ"
"NICKI MINAJ EMBARRASSES HERSELF WITH BRIT AWARDS PERFORMANCE"
"NICKI MINAJ DETHRONED AS QUEEN OF RAP"
"FORMER QUEEN OF RAP NICKI MINAJ RESPONDS TO MIRANDA SINGS"

The lights then go out again and you can hear Nicki saying "Did somebody call for the Queen"

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Smoke suddenly covers the stage and Nicki rises out onto the stage through a slider, wearing Dior undergarments, an iced out Barbie chain and a clear jacker, hat and thigh high boots. The beginning trumpet riff for Snatching Crowns played on repeat a few times, while Nicki was entering the stage and the crowd was screaming their lungs out for her. Nicki was looking down as she came up and she raised her head as her cue came in. She confidently and fiercely rapped "Guess who the f*ck just came back in town? / I heard a few girls are profiting off my sound". For the next few bars, she went from fierce to sarcastic and witty with her vocal tone. After "Ya big nose isn't looking cute on ya big head..", she walked to the left side of the stage and then kneeled down a bit to get the lyrics out to the crowd. She then got up to get to the centre of the stage and you could see her dancers getting onto the stage. Two guys and four girls all got in formation. The female dancers were wearing matching undergarments with Nicki (but without the clear accessories) and the guys were wearing matching boxers, as well as a see through jacker (so their entire chest can be seen) and a matching hat to Nicki. They're all wearing black shoes to suit them while they're dancing. From the verse to the chorus, the visuals on the screen changed from pitch black to visuals from the Snatching Crowns video. For the chorus, they're all doing a pose on each hit of the snare, and then the dancers are doing choreography while Nicki freely moves around during the "Just know that whatever you give comes back around / I'm bout to school these bitches, here's ya cap and gown". For the second verse, the dancers were doing their own thing with the choreography in the background while Nicki was front and centre, rapping the lyrics. To blend in a bit with the dancers, Nicki started walking to the back of the stage and stopped at around the centre, before turning around to rap again. Similar choreography came back for the chorus, but with Nicki and all the dancers being in different places than where they were during the first chorus. Nicki walked back to the front of the stage to get ready for the bridge, where her and her dancers all got into some ratchet choreography over the 808 breakdown. A few sound effects were added into the instrumental to over-emphasise a few of their moves. As the Melodic part of the bridge came, Nicki gave up on singing and just said a few "Cmon"s as she realised she can barely be heard when she's singing so low. She then joined in for the second part of the bridge, sitting at a higher octave. The dancers all posed with their hands on their hips as Nicki said the last "Throne". Nicki then elegantly said "Many Queens have their Crowns stolen but only real queens know how to snatch theirs right back ... VEGAS, LET'S GOOO". Nicki was very chill during the last chorus. She didn't drop the mic in this performance, since she needed to use the same mic for other songs this time around. She turned around and strutted over the final parts, then turned around on the last beat and all of the dancers were down on their knees, hailing their Queen.

The opening riff for Half Back played a few times as Nicki picked up the mic and walked closer to the crowd. "Good evening, Vegas. Welcome to this once in a lifetime show, Headlines by me and my boo, Shawn Mendes. I see Team Minaj and Team Mendes in the building tonight. So much power in one room. Are y'all ready to feel powerful?".

You could hear "Work hard just to get half back.." through the backtrack and the crowd was screaming the lyrics. At this point, the boys had left the stage and it was just Nicki and two girls. Nicki waited until the beat dropped to get into the song. The choreography for the chorus consisted of them raising their hands to one side, pushing it out to the beat of the song and then jerking around to the other side as "Back" was said in the lyrics. The dancers were doing some generic trap choreography while Nicki was walking around the stage, rapping the lyrics out to the crowd. "I'm the trophy of the game, everybody trynna win me". During the "Mirror, mirror, who's the fairest?" part, Nicki turned to the screen at the back of the stage and you could see a video of Nicki in the same outfit, in front of a black backdrop, lip syncing to the mirror lines. The "Would you rather move weight.." part was skipped again so they went straight into the chorus. Nicki then rapped out the second verse and did it more confidently and animated than she did with the first verse. Nicki quite fiercely screamed out "I AIN'T NEVER HAVE TO STRIP TO GET THE POLE POSITION / HOES IS DISSIN, OKAY, THESE HOES IS WISHIN? / YOU'RE IN NO POSITION TO COME FOR O'S POSITION". The performance ended after the final chorus, with Nicki and the dancers doing their weird waddle dance move. Nicki threw her arm in the air on the final beat to end the song.

The dancers then walked off the stage and Nicki said "Thank you to my girls" as the instrumental for Rich Sex started to play. "Who's ready to party it up in Vegas tonight?" said Nicki as she took of her jacket and threw it on the ground. She then started rapping the lyrics in her ratchet voice. The screens behind her were showing shots of money being thrown around. Nicki got on her knees and started to hump the floor as she rapped the seductive lyrics. "Ass out, puss* fat / Point me to a rich *****". If you were sitting at a good angle, you could see her ass cheeks clapping to the beat as she rapped "Imma help him f*ck the cheque up, imma run a business". Two of her male dancers also got on stage at this point with two cash cannons and were throwing money at her ass. Between you and I, this was lowkey supposed to be Cardi shade :tehe:. She then got back up for the end of the verse. There wasn't any proper choreography for the chorus. The boys were already backstage (with one of them taking Nicki's jacket off stage for her) and Nicki was just by herself having fun. The final "Rich Sex" was used as a transition into Apesh*t. Nicki went straight into her verse and was doing it herself on stage. Visuals from the music video were shown on the screens behind her. Nicki stood still in the middle of the stage as she rapped out the final four bars of her verse and four male dancers (Two that hadn't been seen before in this performance) came on stage to get ready to dance to the chorus. They were all doing regular trap dance moves that you would expect to see in any Instagram video with a Migos song playing in the background. Nicki was just enjoying herself in the centre of the stage, as Kash Doll was heard through the speakers. The sound of a bomb went off to end the song.

"Give it up for my sexy boys in the building tonight .. and I wanna hear y'all make some noise for Kash Doll and CupcakKe. That was APEsh*t. We got the #1 song in the country on iTunes. I was surprised because people have been saying lately that I can't get #1 hits *giggles*. Anyway, this song is for my girls. I want my girls to come out. Let's go".

The girls then walked out as Good Form began. As the beat dropped, the girls all bent down and were twerking to the beat of the song. Nicki was in the centre of the stage, shimmying around as she rapped the lyrics. The screens were showcasing a lyric video for the song. The girls then stopped twerking after Nicki's second "Hol' up.." part and they turned around to do some choreography. The 'Good Form' choreography consisted of them facing one side (either left or right), and waving their arm around over their thigh as if they were going to slap it. They do this four times on each side, matching the beat of the song, and then they wave their arm in the air before switching to another side and doing the same choreography. As the best got more ridiculous, the dancers then did some moves as if they were doing jump rope, but without the ropes. Nicki stopped rapping and let the backtrack do the talking for "Run me the money", with the lyric video being set up as if she wanted to crowd to sing "RUN ME THE MONEY" at that time. The dancers went back into some hardcore choreography for the chorus, with Nicki rapping in the centre. Nicki and the dancers then all did some synchronised choreography, by spinning their arms around as if they're steering a car during the "Back of the Bach.." breakdown. They all stand still as the beat calms down a bit and then everyone on stage bends down as Nicki says "I tell him eat the cookie cuz it's good for him" and they then do the pat my puss move, patting their vagin*l areas to the beat of the song. They then do the same slapping choreography before but with their puss*es and not their thighs. Nicki then stood up for the next verse and her dancers are running around the stage, to eventually get into different positions. As Nicki says "I'm in that new new De La Renta channeling Bugs Bunny". Her and her dancers do some more steering wheel choreography, but they get their legs and knees involved this time, bending to one side on each beat. The same choreography then comes back for the chorus. The girls then calm down for the final part of the song, before breaking into the slapping thigh choreography as the beat keeps building up. For the final instrumental part of the performance, Nicki struts to the back of the stage and her and her dancers do some simple moves, as if they're modelling, and taking a break from the over-the-top choreography. They all pose on the final beat.

They all paused for a few seconds, to give the girls time to regroup and give the crowd some time to cheer. Suddenly, the chorus for 'Truffle Butter' kicked in and the girls were already doing some choreography. Nicki strutted her way to the front of the stage to rap her verse. She was being as animated as possible and was able to get more words out than in the Good Form performance, because she wasn't dancing around this time. "Man, this that 100 million singles sold / I ain't gotta compete with a single soul / I'm good with that ballpoint game finger roll / Ask me how to do it, I don't tell a single soul / Pretty women, what's up?". As the chorus came, she let out some ad libs to the crowd as the girls behind her were dancing. The girls were all strutting off the stage as the instrumental outro was playing. Nicki thanked them for coming out and doing their thing and the outro for Truffle Butter started to slow down a bit and then get a lot slower.

The song then transitioned to the "Stop playing games, games, games, games" part of Games. Nicki went straight into her verse as she was alone on the stage. "Ayo, baby, why can’t you just tell me what’s up? I really feel like I’m falling in love / But you say one thing and then another thing the next, you treatin’ me like I’m a Pawn and this is a game of chess / I’m out here looking for somebody that can really be my best, I wanna get a couple birds inside my nest / But it’s like you only want me when you’re takin’ off my dress, why can’t you be like Usher and just confess?". After her smoke, Nicki sang along to the bridge with Demi on the backtrack, then doing some twinkle movements with her hands as Demi belted out "Yoououurrsss" and then danced by herself on stage to a bit of the bridge. Right after the "Two could play" part, the track merged into Hurt You, blending together as both are over trap beats. Nicki went straight into her verse. "Talking to all these girls but me and calling me the one / It’s n**s like you that make me lose my faith in finding love / Cuz you only claim me when you put too much in your cup / Playing hockey with my feelings, never passing me the puck". Nicki then swayed a bit to the chorus, feeling all swoon as she heard her man sing to her through the backtrack. Nicki then looked out to the crowd as they all sang the chorus to her.

"Make some noise for The Weeknd tonight, everybody. He's out there in Europe making his money. Make some noise for my girl Demi Lovato too. Those were two #1 hits, y'all really seemed to like 'em. Now, I got two more #1s for y'all".

The beginning chords for Adore played and the crowd went wild. Nicki rapped her verse alone on the stage. "I wanna spend all day in your Benz / I wanna show you off to all my friends / So I can show them how lucky I am / To be able to call you my man". Nicki looked out to the crowd as Ariana's chorus came and they all sang along to "YOU GOT ME SCREAMING MYY MY MYYYYYY MY MY MY MY". Her female dancers then slowly made their way onto the stage and did the regular choreography for the song as the beat dropped, including the whip, nae nae and everything that seemed new and fresh when the song came out. The song then transitioned to Sensless after the first chorus and Nicki was sensually rapping along to the lyrics. "Once upon a time, there was a little bad bitch / She was getting paper, she had ambition / Once upon a time, there was a boy in her village / He had a really nice face and a really big dick". Nicki and her dancers then got into the choreography as the rock-style chorus came and everyone in the crowd were banging their heads like this was a metal show. Nicki and her dancers then got into some really ratchet choreography for the bridge as Nicki was screaming "Shake your fat ass girls, shake your fat ass girls / Shake your fat dick boys, shake your fat dick boys". She screamed "ONE MORE TIME, LET'S GOOOOOOO" as the chorus came back and the lights went out right as the show ended.

The lights were off for approximately fourty seconds to give Nicki and her dancers time tog et off the stage and keep the audience waiting in participation for Nicki to come back.

After those fourty seconds, a video interlude was playing and showing footage of Nicki posing in high fashion. Nicki could be heard through the speakers, explaining what a Queen is..

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A Queen is ... an individual. She follows her own rules and follows her own path. She never has to conform to what society wants her to be.

A Queen is ... resilient. When you become royalty, everybody wants to take you down. A true Queen gets up every time and gets to watch her naysayers eat their words

A Queen is ... showstopping. She turns heads whenever she walks in a room. Not because she's covered in make up, not because she's wearing the craziest of fashion, but because you can feel her aura.

A Queen is ... fierce. She'll never give up to get what she wants and never settles for less. She takes everything she earns and will not allow herself to leave empty-handed.

A Queen is ... powerful. She's worked her whole life to get to this position and you can't tell her nothing.

I am a Queen

You are a Queen

We are all .. Queens

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The lights went back out again as Majesty started playing. Nicki made her way to the centre of the stage, although most people in the venue could not see her. As Labrinth's vocals came in, Nicki's four male dancers started making their way onto the stage and stepping to the beat of the song. They're dressed as her servants and can only be seen because four solo spotlights are following them. As the piano starts slowing down, the servants all make a pose on each hit of the piano, thrusting their hips as Labrinth sings "Hey, hey, hey, hey". The spotlights then go off, making the venue dark, and the servants all stand around Nicki. The lights go on right as the beat drops and shows Nicki being protected by her servants. She's wearing the dress from the picture above and is now wearing a Britney Spears microphone, hooked up to her ear. She's rapping the lyrics and looking fierce as she does so. As Labrinth's chorus comes back, Nicki walks out in front of her servants and they then circle their bodies from side to side to the beat of the song, looking more thug than ever as Nicki yelled out the lyrics. After Nicki said "His misses like Sippi now", she walked to the front of the stage and her servants left the stage. She made a pose on the four hits of the piano in the chorus, shaking her hips for the "Hey, hey, hey, hey" and then doing a sensual move for "Boom shanga lang a lang". A big boom came through the speakers as the song ended.

The backtrack then immediately went into Barbie Dreams. "Make some noise if you love yourself some Biggie. This one's for him. Let's go". Nicki then rapped the song by herself on stage, interacting with the crowd. Right as she mentioned Weezy, an image of him showed up on the screen, followed by images of Dave East as Rae Sremmurd as they were mentioned in the next few lines. Nicki continued to rap her lines as all the men she mentioned were showcased on the screen behind her. She also switched it up by adding a gif of a cartoon Drake crying as Nicki said "But I don't know if the puss* wet or if he cryin' and sh*t". She also showed a video of Meek looking infatuated by her as she screamed "FACE ASSS". An image of Young Thug in a dress was shown as she mentioned him. Nicki was whining her hips and doing some freestyle choreography to the chorus, while snippets of a bunch of hip hop music videos from the last twenty years, mostly showing the male rappers in the videos being shirtless as a way of objectifying him. Going into the second verse, she moaned and made a movement with her hands as if she was shoving a dild* up her puss* after saying "Young M.A. and Lady Luck, get the strap in this puss*". A shirtless photo fo a fat DJ Khaled was also shown as she said "Ain't no fat ***** tellin' me what he ain't eatin'". The performance then looked as if it ended after the next chorus but Nicki stood still in the centre of the stage, preparing for the beat drop. She then rapped along to the breakdown as the beat came in. To match the beat, some lights were implemented on the sides of the stage to flash on and off to the beat of the song. Nicki got incredibly louder and more animated as her parts got faster and faster and faster. A big bomb sound went off after she screamed "BRING THE LUBE IN" and she made a crazy Roman face and pose, making the audience scream.

Nicki then calmed down a bit and said "Okay, you guys, we're gonna slow it down a little bit. This next song is off the ONIKA album and it's one of my favourite music videos I've ever done. This song means a lot to me because I've always felt like I was an underdog. People told me female rap would never come back and I'd never be able to make it ... but look where I am. A #1 album and multiple #1 singles nine years into being signed and my Barbz are still as strong as they were back in 2009. In fact, they're even stronger. This one's called Wrong"

Footage of Nicki performing on The Come Up DVDs in 2006 and 2007 were shown on the screen to show how far she's come as she rapped out the lyrics. "You told me that no one would ever sign this girl from Queens / You told me nobody would pay me for my sixteens / You told me I’d never get to make my own CD / And you told me my wrist would never stay on freeze You told me nobody would would wanna hear a girl rap / You told me nobody could even put me on the map / You told me that my talent wasn’t ever gonna sell / And you told me that my music wouldn’t make it on the shelves". Nicki moved around a bit on the stage as she then sang the chorus. "That you were wrong / You were so wrong, nothing you said was right / All you said to me was wrong / You were f*cking wrong and, baby, now I own the throne / But thank you for telling me / I wasn’t good enough / Cuz I wouldn’t have made it this far / If you were never wrong". After singing the chorus, Nicki let out an emotional speech to the people in the crowd.

"I want you guys to promise me you'll never give up on your dreams. You only get one chance to live out your dreams and live your life to the fullest and y'all are still so young, so precious and you've got so much spirit. You've got your whole life ahead of you and it's never too late to accomplish your dreams. If you're in school, I want you to stay in school and get your education. I wanna see y'all walking out with your graduation caps on. No matter what anybody is telling you, know that I believe in you and you are so worth it. Make some noise for yourselves this evening".

Nicki then sang the chorus once again, while the crowd was waving their hands from side to side.

As the song ended, Nicki was close to tears but she pulled it together to get through the last few songs. She even asked one of her dancers to come out and take the dress off of her outfit, leaving her with only the tight sparkly leotard on. Nicki spoke to the crowd as she made her way to the back of the stage. "This next one is currently the #3 song on Billboard. If you know the words, lemme hear y'all make some noise".

Like with other performances, Nicki was standing in front of a silhouette of herself. The bass was soaring through the speakers as she sang "Gave you everything / Think I need to take it all back". Nicki got more animated as she sang the next part of the chorus and she moved her body from side to side as she sang the first verse, with the silhouette on the backdrop mimicking every move she made. "I can't hide who you are / I can't lie, it's too hard / I need more than what you got for me". Nicki then brushed up against the screen and swayed her body from side to side, with the silhouette doing the same. This was done in a sensual manner to match the sultriness of the chorus and Nicki's vocals. She then went back to the animated Nicki Minaj for the rest of the chorus. The backdrop then faded into blackness and Nicki no longer had her silhouette behind her as she walked to the front of the stage to rap her verse. "Give up on 'em / I don't even wanna get up on 'em / And I ain't trynna work it out / But I'm at the gym on a mat, doing sit ups on 'em". It started off pretty calmly, before strobe lights were implemented on either side of the stage as the beat got more bassy and loud. Nicki was also rapping a lout louder and with more angst and anger, while also moving around the stage and doing her regular hand gestures and facial expressions that match her iconic persona. She got progressively more angry, up until the song ended.

"Okay, we're gonna pick up the pace a bit" said Nicki as Thought I Knew You started playing. Once again, Nicki was on stage by herself and she played around as she sang the chorus. There was playback for practically all of her parts but it was put down to a low volume so that you could actually hear Nicki's voice. Out of nowhere, Shawn Mendes ran onto the stage and started singing The Weeknd's bits. He and Nicki were singing to each other on the stage and interacting. The four female dancers had already come out at this point and were doing some choreography behind them. Nicki was scowling at Shawn and acting like he was the bad boyfriend she's singing about. Nicki then switched up a bit to hype Shawn up as he sang the second verse. He played around with the notes and added some harmonies throughout the verses as some of Abel's parts were too high for him. When we got to Nicki's verse, Shawn stepped to the side and the male dancers were all bringing chairs out to the stage. One of the male dancers grabbed Shawn and told him to sit on the chair that they put behind Nicki. Nicki was still rapping the verse, out to the crowd and the girls were doing some ratchet moves when they got their chairs. As Nicki's rap verse ended, her and the dancers were doing some synchronised choreography, ending with them walking towards their chair with the sound effect of a tape going backwards playing as they walked. Nicki got next to Shawn on the chair and her and her dancers were doing some sensual dance moves next to the chair. It became clear at this point that Shawn was about to get a surprise lap dance. The "I just want some dead presidents" refrain was playing in the background throughout all of this. To kick it up a notch, Nicki stood in front of Shawn, facing him and slowly made her way closer and closer to him before placing her ass onto his thighs and shaking it, while having her hands going up and down his chest. She then did a Chun-Li kick, having her feet fly past his head so that she could turn around and then bend over, with her ass poking out towards Shawn's face. As we got to the "De-de-de-de-de-de" breakdown (which was cut from the album version of the song), Nicki started shaking one ass cheek at a time to the beat of the song, then thrusted her body up and down Shawn's body, ending with her clapping both of her ass cheeks right where Shawn's dick is, ending with her doing another kick over his head so that she can get back up, sit on his lap and give him a kiss on the cheek to end the performance. Shawn was extremely sweaty and was freaking out, trying to process exactly what just happened. Nicki screamed "GIVE IT UP FOR SHAWN MENDES, EVERYBODYYYY!!!". Cameron Dallas then ran on stage, pretending to be mad and snatching Shawn away from the chair, although Nicki had asked both Cameron and Abel for permission to do this with Shawn during the show.

"Are y'all having fun? .. Cuz we're about to get even sexier with this next song. If you got a big fat ass, lemme hear y'all one more tiiimmmmee".

The chairs were still on stage as the next song was Anaconda and they'd be used for this song as well. The dancers got closer to Nicki so that they could do some simple choreography as Nicki rapped the first verse. The girls then all walked to their chairs during the pre-chorus and did some sensual moves on the right side of the chair before sitting on it and doing the leg choreography to the chorus, starting off by kicking one leg in the air then spreading both of their legs open before getting down to crawl around their chairs. One of Nicki's male dancers then came out to dance with her as she rapped the second verse. He was practically naked, wearing just a pair of short shorts. All of the female dancers took their chairs off the stage, with one of the male dancers coming out to take Nicki's chair. Nicki and her dancer were practically grinding on each other throughout the whole verse, doing the same choreography as back in 2014. The guy got off the stage for the pre-chorus as the girls came back and did some separate choreography for the next chorus. Nicki then turned around and twerked throughout the breakdown as all the guys and girls were dancing on the stage. Nicki then did turned around and did the choreography where she throws her arm out to the side on each "Don't" and then shakes her hips to the rest of the bridge. She then screamed "EVERYBODY IN THE BUILDING, MAKE SOME MOTHERf*ckING NOOOIIISSSSSEEEEE" as the next chorus came. The song ended with two of the male dancers picking Nicki up and holding her in the air.

The male dancers then walked off as Nicki said "Okay, you guys, I got one more song for you tonight. It's one that I'm sure all of you know so there's no excuses. I wanna hear every one of y'all singing along. Let's go.

The iconic riff of Super Bass then came in and Nicki rapped the first verse on stage, with the female dancers behind her doing some corny choreography to match the state of pop music in 2011. "He ill, he real, he might gotta deal / He pop bottles and he got the right kinda build / He cold, he dope, he might sell co*ke / He always in the air but he never fly coach". Nicki and the dancers then got into the fist choreography for the chorus, as Nicki belted out "BOOM BA DOOM BOOM BOOM BA DOOM BOOM BASS", finishing with some more moves to the rest of the chorus, with just the playback so Nicki can focus on the moves. Nicki then rapped the second verse once again, being super animated and moving around, changing her tone and delivery every now and then. The next chorus then came back and all of the girls stood still for the bridge. Nicki screamed "I WANNA HEAR Y'ALL SING" and the instrumental played for a bit as Nicki got the crowd to sing the bridge. Once she could hear them all, she sang along. "HEY, BABBYYY / BOY, YOU GOT MY HEARTBEAT RUNNING AWAAYY / DON'T YOU HEAR THAT HEARTBEAT COMING YOUR WAY?? / OH, IT BE LIKE BOOM BA DOOM BOOM BOOM BA DOOM BOOM BASS", then screaming "CAN Y'ALL HEAR THAT???". Confetti then fell out of the ceiling and onto the crowd as the chorus came back. Nicki then threw her arm in the air to end the performance. Her and her dancers were posing for a bit as the crowd cheered for them.

The instrumental for Super Bass then came back and Nicki called everyone to come out, including the male dancers, Shawn, Cameron, his band and everyone involved at the show. They all joined hands, then bowed for the crowd and were dancing a bit to Super Bass, while talking to each other and congratulating everyone on the show. Most of the people on stage slowly made their way off, with just Nicki and Shawn being left. They realised everyone else had left and blew a kiss out to the audience, before leaving to either side of the stage to end the show.

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The Loose Lips World Tour
Artist: Miranda Sings
Date: OCTOBER 8 - December 23rd
Venue: Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States

Capacity: 15.721/15,721 SOLD OUT

Miranda Sings has just embarked on the Loose Lips World tour to promote and celebrate her highly commercialy successful record breaking album of the same name! Loose Lips has spawned 3 #1 singles and 8 top 10 singles. Miranda has also been promoting her ucoming album Happy Holedays which include #1 single Rip and top 5 Cranberry Sauce which she performs on this tour! This tour is full of zany stage designs, costumes, and visuals that you would or wouldn't expect at a Miranda Sings show!

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SETLIST

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Loose Lips
Chicken Nugget
Look Who's Flopping
Milk
Im Sorry
Dont Touch My Hairs
Shook
Ridin Daddy
Haters Back Off Blues
Miranda Shake
Sausages
Jesus Loves You
Pregnant Virgin
RIP
Spooky SZN
Cranberry Sauce
Gratitude

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There was a ginormous pair of lips on stage. Red and pink lights started flashing and fans started going ballistic. Thousands of fans dressed as Miranda Sings were in attendance and it looked like some sort of Miranda cult ritual! As the lights flashed, these Mirfandas started to scream their heads off! Then the giant pair of lips began to open up (as if a mouth was opening) and out rolled a giant pink tongue slide!!!

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The fans went even crazier. The instrumental to Loose Lips began, and right as the first verse came...out came Miranda Sings!!!! She was inside the big lips wearing sparkly bedazzled red paints and a matching shirt. She began to rap on cue and slid down the tongue slide to make her grand appearance! This performance was probably the most extra and crazy opening for a concert!! There were animated lips playing on the big screens, there were dancers with giant lip masks that wore blue button up shirts and red sweatpants, there were giant lipstick props on stage, and there were lip balloons falling from the sky!

Miranda wanted to make sure everyone knew this was the Loose Lips tour so she started off with a lip themed bang!!! Dancers had bags of lipstick from Miranda's Loose Lips Covergirl Collection, and as she performed they would walk around the stage and toss them to lucky fans in the crowd! This was a very fun and energetic performance and was a perfect introduction to the Loose Lips Tour!

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Next, dancers dressed in big Chicken nugget costumes came out of the giant mouth on stage and the music to Chicken Nugget played! These chicken nuggets were decked out in bling and gold chains. Miranda started rapping her #1 single and got the crowd hyped. Video clips of Trisha Paytas played with red "x"s edited over them. Also, there were lots of images of chicken nuggets playing on the screen. This was once again another kooky performance wtih lots of energy! Everyone was dancing and singing along as Miranda rapped and swung around inflatable chicken legs.

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Next, a big bowl was rolled out on stage. It was a giant cereal bowl filled with cereal and Miranda was inside. The music to Milk began and Miranda started rapping while sitting in the cereal. Miranda would twirl around, kick cereal out of the bowl, an even grab handfuls and throw it. There were dancing milk cartons and dancing cookies that joined her on the stage. But the big finale happened when a giant cow came onto the stage! It was like on stage! (it is like those chinese dragon costume things at parades that are operated by people). The giant cow would move about the stage as Miranda and her milk and cookies would perform the choreography! This was a very visually heavy performance with so many fun things going on!

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After all these diss tracks, things took a serious turn. A red piano with Miranda's face was center stage and Miranda walked over to it. A man started to play it and Miranda sang I'm Sorry. This performance was all about Miranda's vocals. Miranda was super dramatic and over exaggerated everything as she sang. She was giving her "Adele" moment. It was just her, the piano, and her vocals. She made sure to be super expressive and added lots and lots of vibrato. Images of Miranda looking sad played across the screens as she sang this "emotional" song.

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Then after that a giant bathtub was on the stage. Miranda got in the bathtub and started to sing Don't Touch My Hairs!! This was another "emotional"/dramatic performance! However, it was a lot stranger. Dancers dressed in hair came out on stage! Yes! The dancers were covered in hair from head to toe!! They did interpretive style dancing as Miranda sang in the bathtub.

After these slower/moody performances, Miranda wanted to bring the energy back up. So she performed Shook next! This performance was very flashy!! There were stars flashing on the screen and her dancers were dressed in colorful 90's style street wear. They performed a 90's style hip hop choreography as Miranda rapped her verses and chorus. It was a very colorful performance that didn't have all these crazy props or costumes. It was fresh and the colorful visuals and effects really made it pop!

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Next, things took a big twist and dancers dressed like horses came galloping out on stage!! The stage was set up to look like the wild west! A dancer brought out a pink cowboy hat that said "Uncle's Girl"on it and placed it on Miranda's head. The music to Ridin' Daddy began to play and Miranda instantly started to rap! Miranda would gallop around the stage as she sang the song.

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This performance was definitetly one of the highlights of the show because Miranda and her dancers went all out! The horse dancers swung around rope lassos, got down on all fours and let Miranda ride them with a daddy saddle, and hyped up the crowd with their horse dancing moves!

However the best part of this performance was when they brought out a mechanical uncle (pretty much a mechanical bull but it was designed to look like her uncle) and Miranda got on top of it and rode it as she sang the last chorus!!!!

After this crazy performance, Miranda decided to do something that wasn't as extravagant or crazy. She started to play the harmonica and the music to Haters Back Off Blues played. Miranda sat down on one of the steps and pretend to get all bluesy. She would rest her head on her fist and nod her head as she rapped this song. Images of hate comments from social media and negative news articles played on the big screens as she sang sitting on the steps. This performance was kind of comical since Miranda made light of all these haters and it was also funny to see what the haters would say to her!!

After this moment, things got intense again! All the lights started to flash like crazy, almost as if you were at an EDM rave! Then The Miranda Shake started to play!!! Miranda told everyone to get up on their feet and do the Miranda Shake!! This performance was really just one big dance break!! The light visuals were super cool and Miranda just danced around don stage doing super random dance moves!! She did every dance move possible but with a Miranda twist!! It was fun for the crowd cuz they got to copy her dances and just let loose for a moment!

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Up next, Miranda decided to surprise her fans and play one of her first big hits...Sausages!!! Big hot dogs came walking out on stage!! Also, there were big inflatable floppy dancing hotdogs that would flop around due to the air being blown through them. (Look up inflatable dancing man if confused :greenface:) This performance was all about sausages!! Images of sausages played on the screen and Miranda wore sweatpants that said "I Love Sausages" on the butt!

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After that sausage fest :greenface: things took a holier turn. A choir started to hum and lights flashed down looking like lights from heaven! Images of clouds began to play and smoke filled the stage!!

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Miranda came out wearing a long white robe looking like Virgin Miranda! The choir started singing and the music to Jesus Loves You But He Loves Me More played! Dancers dressed like Jesus came out and did ballet like dance moves. Miranda acted like a holy Virgin as she rapped this song.

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Then, after the first chorus the music switched to Pregnant Virgin! This was a very fun mashup of these two gospel-like rap songs!! A giant church choir dressed in silk white robs joined Miranda and the Jesus dancers and took everyone to church!!!

After that performance, things got spooky!! The lights flashed to pitch black and smoke filled the stage! Then lights that mimicked thunder flashed and we see glowing pumpkins on the stage! Finally dark purple lights came on and the stage was set like a graveyard!

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Miranda started to rap RIP as zombie dancers rose from their graves!! This performance was like her televised ones except the staging was more elaborate and decked out!! Their were big gravestones that zombies would pop out of and the lighting was so cool! There were special hologram lights that made it look ghosts were dancing on stage!!!

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After RIP the halloween theme continued, except this time it was a halloween party!! Black lights instantly came on and everything on stage started to glow in the dark!! Everything was neon and more monsters filled the stage!

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We had werewolves, witches, mummies, vampires, and anything else you could think of! The music to Spooky SZN played and the party got started!! This performance was so much fun! It was like the most fun looking halloween party took place on stage. There were so many neon/glow in the dark halloween decorations and props on stage! Plus the choreo and costumes really sold this monster mash!!

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After this performance the stage was cleared and a new setting was set. A big silver platter was on the center of the stage and Miranda was laying on it. She was surrounded by giant food on stage like mash potatoes, turkey, pumpkin pie, and of course cranberry sauce!! The stage was set to look like one giant table with giant life sized food!!

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The dancers were also dressed as food and as silver ware! Miranda rapped to Cranberry Sauce as her and her food dancers flexed! They showed off some giant gold bling and would throw out fake money. As the song came to an end, canons shot out money confetti into the crowd!!

After that it was time for the final performance of the night. The stage was cleared and it was just Miranda! She wanted to end this tour on a serious note. The music to Gratitude then played. This performance was simple but very sweet. Miranda wanted to end the tour with a song that is about thanking her fans. Miranda sang this song with so much passion and it really came from the bottom of her heart. She would walk around the stage and touch fans hands and sing lines to them.

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Also, the cool thing about this performance is that the big screens would display video of fans in the audience! The camera would film different audience members singing along to the song and plaster it on the big screen! This moment was really a way for Miranda to show love to her fans and to bring them even closer!! The performance ended with sparks flying and red confetti shooting into the air!! Then, balloons with Miranda's face fell from the ceiling! The audience erupted in applause and Miranda took her bow!

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Britney Spears

Bare: The World Tour

AUGUST 4 - FEBRUARY 11

T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States

Capacity: 13.829/13.829 SOLD OUT

Opening Act (North America Only): Kash Doll

Britney Spears follows the success of her #1 Album, Bare, which spawned 4 official single releases, one going #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, 3 making into the top 10, and all 4 peaking within the top 20. This tour includes some of Britney's biggest hits through here career, fan favorites, and some of her personal picks from this album and albums before. On this tour we see Britney perform in a way she hadn't in the past as she uses limited set props allowing the main focus to be on her and the performances. Along for the first leg of the tour that takes place in North America is upcoming and widely successful rapper, Kash Doll!

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SETLIST
Hurtin’ Me
B.A.N
Bossy/Game Over
Nann
No Drama
Love Letter
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The night starts off with the stage empty. Smoke begins to fill the stage as the dancers make their way to the stage and the “Hurtin’ Me” instrumental begins to play. The background screen showing newly shot colorful visuals of Kash Doll on a beach. Kash Doll then begins to ride a neon multicolored low rider bike onto the stage and the crowd begins to go crazy. As she gets off the bike, one of the dancers move it off the stage as she address the crowd. “You guys ready to turn the f*ck up tonight?” The crowd screams. She then says, “Let’s Go Then!” And begins to get into the song, “Heard you got a new girlfriend, and it’s hurtin me.” The performance was very colorful and dancehall filled.

Before she gets into the next song of the night she walks to the end of the stage to address the crowd. “How y’all feeling? Imma need y’all to let loose and just vibe out.. Can you do that for me?” She then walks back to center stage very sasilly switching her hips before getting into a cute little “Rock Your Hips/Swag Surf” mashup dance break. During Swag Surf she gets off the stage and goes to the barriers and begins to instruct the crowd to swag surf with her. Afterwords she runs up the stairs just in time to get into “B.A.N”. She delivers an attitude filled sexy chair routine with her two dancers on each side. "You thought you was slick, but you slippin'/ Almost had me thinkin' you was different/ Now I'm out here wildin' with my nigg*s/ Now I'm out here wildin' with my nigg*s"

As the instrumental for “Bossy” comes on some male dancers, wearing some referee inspired outfits, make their way to the stage carrying a throne. Kash Doll then starts to recite the intro, “Aye Yo…, You don't have to love me…, You don't even have to like me…, But you will respect me…” as she makes her way to sit on the throne. As soon as the begin to pick up the throne she sings, “You know why cause I'm a boss!”. The instrumental suddenly transitions into "Game Over". The female dancer then begin to do some cute basketball inspired choreography (dribbling, shooting the ball, etc) on the stage as Kash Doll gets carried through the crowd as she recites the lyrics. "I could be the only lady here and still be the realest nigg* in the room/ I break the internet, top two and I ain't number two/ My body, my ice, my cash, all real, I'm a triple threat." Often reaching her hand out to the fans. At the end of the song she makes her way back to the stage.

She then addresses the crowd. “Y’all know I couldn’t do this tour without doing the bop that started it all, right? Ayo Trina… Where you at boo?” Trina then makes her way to the stage and the crowd goes crazy. Kash Doll then asks Trina, You wanna do the honor?” As the instrumental for Nann begins to play Trina replies, “Why, of course!”. Trina then begins to start singing the hook, “You don't know nann ho uh-uh, Don' been the places I been, Who can spend the grands that I spend, f*ck bout 5 or 6 best friends”. The dancers then starts twerking up a storm as Kash Doll and Trina pace back and forth across the stage. They slay the performance and the crowd cannot contain themselves. Kash Doll thanks Trina and hugs her.

"(Insert City) How the f*ck are y'all feeling tonight? I hope y'all are having a drama free night, because we don't want No Drama chile...." The crowd instantly goes crazy. The instrumental begins to play as a visual of a black SUV going down a never ending road shows on the LED screen before switching to newly shot beauty shots of tinashe lip synching to the refrain as Kash Doll and her dancers walk in a single file. When it comes to recite the first verse the dancers move to the side and do some cute choreography as she squats down near the end of the stage and the crowd sings along. "Don’t want no drama/ So save that sh*t for your mama/ I’m Michelle but not looking for my Obama/ Too worried about myself and trying to chase these commas" Towards the end of the verse she stands up and hops backwards to meet the dancers centre stage to do the official choreography to the hook as she ad libs the last of each line. "Don't want no drama-ma-a (Drama)/ We pulled up in that ooh la la (Ooh La La) / And backed out in that oh my god (Oh My God)/ Don't want no drama-ma-a (No Drama)" She then skips to her 2nd verse and recites it while walking back and forth across the stage. "Switching my flows like I switch up my weaves/ If you ain’t feeling me you’s a f*cking dweeb/ I only f*ck with go getters, not wannabes/ I think its my time, I already gave the girls time to breathe" She then ends the song with the hook one last time, but this time she simplifies the choreography so she can sing the hook with perfect breath control.

The instrumental then flawlessly transitions into Love Letter. Newly shot visuals of Kash in a luxury mansion begin to play on the LED screen as she begins to sing. "Every time you wrote me a love letter/ Had me thinkin' that you could do better/ But I'm calling all night and you ain't pickin' up this time" You could barely hear her because the crowd was singing along so loud. As she got into her first verse she begins to start walking back and forth across the stage. "Thinkin' about all the things you've done/ See, I done went to the point of no return, son/ Cause I can't take my actions back now/ The love is so lost, what are we gonna do now" Kash begins to get emotional as she sings the chorus, "Every time you wrote me a love letter/ You had me thinkin' that you could do better/ Calling all night, but I ain't pickin' up this time" She then pulls it together and recites the second verse super animated to where you can feel every emotion, "Thought we’d be together forever babe/ But you f*cked up and now things will never be the same/ See I ain’t gone let you take all the blame/ Me being busy and neglecting you, made you feel like getting back in the game" When it came time for the final chorus Kash sang the first line and then let the crowd sing the rest as she instructed them to put their phones up and wave them side to side.

“Thank you guys and Britney so much for having me… I've had the best time ever! The last song of the night is a fan favorite...” The crowd then starts screaming! Kash doll then says, “Ayo DJ play that sh*t!” The instrumental to “Check” begins to play and Kash Doll hops off the stage to the barriers to interact with the fans as she sings who are singing along with her so loud you can barely hear her, ”Now it's the dolly, not Parton, But pardon my french…” The crowd already knew the hook as well so at the end of every line she pointed the mic out to the fans to say "Check"! “Still pretty? CHECK!, Keep hoes in, CHECK!, Run up a, CHECK!” They then strike a pose and end the night.

WARDROBE

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ACT ONE
CAL Tours | Create A Label (144)

ACT TWO
CAL Tours | Create A Label (145)

ACT THREE
CAL Tours | Create A Label (146)

ACT FOUR
CAL Tours | Create A Label (147)

(after the act she unzips the top part revealing what's underneath)

ACT FIVE
CAL Tours | Create A Label (148)

ACT SIX
CAL Tours | Create A Label (149)

ACT SEVEN
CAL Tours | Create A Label (150)

SETLIST

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Act1.
Bare (intro)
Welcome To Me
Sugerfall
Breathe On Me

Act 2.
Strangest Love
Make Me
Perfume

Act 3.
Baby One More Time (Jazz)
Slumber Party (Jazz)
Ouch

Act 4.
911
Get Naked
Slave 4 U

Act 5.
My Prerogative
Do Somethin
Rockstar

Act 6.
Baby Boy
Everytime

Act 7.
Look Who's Talking Now
Money, Love, & Happiness
Toxic

Encore:
Gimme More

THE SHOW

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Before the show starts, the lights in the house go down which makes the crowd erupt in cheers as they know the start of the concert is about to begin. The crowd settles down as the large screens above the stage come to life. The first images we see are of two large wooden doors closed until a hand pushes the doors open. As the door opens the sounds fades in and we hear the first "Don't You Wanna" from "Bare". The screens are engulfed in white light as the doors are completely opened up and it takes them a second to focus on the large marble room. As the camera pans across the room we see showcases, mannequins, and other items on display as if they were a private collection. The camera, following the beat of the song, cuts to a mannequin dressed in the sexy schoolgirl uniform from "Baby One More Time", on beat again the camera cuts to the infamous pink wig - the symbol of the beginning of Britney's career and the symbol of what many believed that would be the end of her career.

As the song progresses to "Over Me" the camera cuts to the backside of a woman with flowing blonde locks run her fingers over a glass showcase containing different bits of memorabilia. The woman is wearing white lingerie and the camera catches the designer tag which reads "The Intimate Britney Spears". The woman moves to the first mannequins and the camera catches the side of Britney's face as she touches the outfit.

Following the beat, the camera has a few jump cuts from Britney undressing the mannequins to her wearing different outfits in the mirror. The first outfit she wears is the school uniform, as she looks into the mirror she smiles a bit and then the camera cuts to her putting on other outfits which included the 2001 VMAs outfit which she added a fake snake, the infamous denim dress, here she just gave a "what was I thinking" look and a few others. The final look Britney tried on was one that many thought would be the end of her career. As "Bare" went into the final verse of the song, Britney put on the pink wig accompanied by the same sweater that she wore the night of the umbrella attack with it she held the umbrella as well. Looking into the mirror Britney's expression changed and a tear rolls down her cheek. Britney tossed the umbrella aside and removed the wig. As she did this, the music lowered and Britney's voice came over saying, " "My life in the spotlight has been a roller coaster ride. I've shared my highest highs and lowest lows with the world, but I wouldn't trade it for the world because it's shaped me to be the person I am today." As the voice over played Britney is seen removing the sweater, the camera zoomed onto Britney's face, "It's also taught me that no matter good or bad as long as you stay genuine to yourself and bare it all for everyone to see and feel, love will find you. I know this because it's found me." As these words are spoken, Britney wipes away the tears from her eyes and gives a hopeful smile. With the outfits back in place, the camera cuts from behind Britney walking out of the room completely Bare. From here the video fades back to white and then black.

With the intro ended the audience cheers and on the screen, the words "BARE" are written across them.

Within a few seconds, the stage lights came up as the sexy breaths and whispers from Welcome To Me began to play which immediately made the crowd erupt in cheers once again. As the music began to play the stage began to fill with a light fog. The instrumentals and sexual breaths at the start of the song played an extended intro as the large wall in the center of the stage began to spin around revealing a raised platform with stairs descending to the main stage. As the shifting of the stage took place, Britney began singing the first words of the song as she came into full view of the audience. Britney was kneeling in a large bed that had red coverings. As Britney sang through the song she began rolling in the bed as she let her hands move around and touch her body. As the tempo picked up Britney crawled to the end of the bed as she grabbed the metal frame and whipped her hair.

As the song progressed Britney stood in front of the bed as she once again used the metal railings to increase the sensuality and sexuality of the performance and song. Spending most of the performance alone, a male dancer then joins Britney on stage as he picks her up. He dips her head back as her legs grasp onto his waist. When the last few lines of the song played, the male dancer put Britney back onto the bed as he acted as if he was sexually biting her neck which would make her moan.

As Britney sat up on the bed, the music for Sugerfall began.The lights at first only spotlighted Britney and as the song started up it spotlighted the dancer as well and then the entire stage came back to life in color.

The male dancer that was with her is now sitting on the other side of the bed as she sings the first verse of the song. Standing up she makes gestures with her body that match the lyrics, as the song played the stage screens showed images like sugar falling and when Pharrel's parts played he was shown singing to a woman and other clips of them in a club grinding to the song's beat. At the same time Britney and the male dancer she was with would continue to move closer to one another. During this time as well more dancers moved onto the stage and began dancing to the song. Britney and the dancer she was with were now face to face at the top of the stairs. As Britney sang "sugerfall" she and the dancer held each other as she wrapped her leg around him and he dipped her. At the bottom of the stage the other dancers followed suit in the choreography which was a bit less sexual as the performance before, but still matching the tone of the song. As the second verse started, the male dancer began making his way down the stairs with Britney following. Making sure to keep in time with the tempo, Britney reached the bottom of the stairs and then made her way down the middle catwalk as dancers took the other sides. As the chorus hit again they all danced in sync but Britney broke away a bit early as she pushed the dancer that was with her bit. Making her way back down the runway she followed the dancer as her movements and expressions matched what the song was saying. Britney and her dancers once again did some choreography to the chorus of the song while doing different moves and dances during the verses.

As the song ended Britney quickly got to her next position as the crowd cheered. The cheers only got louder as the music for Breathe On Me began to play. Once the song began at the end of each runway, the center floor opened and three poles rose from under the floor and locked into place. Two of Britney's dancers headed to the poles, one on either side, while Britney began to sing the first verse. As she did so she was accompanied a male dancer from behind who began rubbing his hands on her body while she moved her body sexually to the beat. Britney then turned to him and the two moved their bodies together in sync as she sang. Britney and the dancer would then move around the stage as they teased the audience with the scandalous performance. At the same time the female dancers that had gone to the poles were dancing on them and swinging around to the beat. When the chorus started, more dancers appeared and Britney joined them as they performed the choreography. As the final line of the chorus was about to be sung, one dancer got on his hands and knees while another laid Britney on his back and as she sang "Oh Baby just Breathe On Me" the dancer standing over her got on his knees and pretended to be giving Britney oral sex. This scene only lasting for a quick second ended as Britney used her foot and pushed the dancer away.

Going into the next verse Britney matched the beat of the song and began walking down the middle runway to the pole. As she kept singing Britney took hold of the pole and began to dance around it swinging her hair at points. Using the pole Britney and the other two dancers put their asses to it and then slowly slid down until their bellies were touching the floor. As the chorus came They each then flipped over and pulled themselves up and then going into a split on the stage. Getting back up Britney and the other dancers did one last spin around the pole before they headed back to the main stage. Once back the end of the song was near and Britney and her dancers ended it with their sexy choreography. Once the song ended the poles went back under the stage.

The crowd cheered as Britney broke away from the group of dancers and began talking to the crowd, "How's everyone feeling tonight?! I'm having such a blast being here with you all and I hope y'all enjoy the rest of the show! Let's go!"

As Britney turned away from the crowd and headed off stage for a bit while her dancers kept the audience entertained. Once back on stage, Britney went to the center of the stage, the stage lighting changed to a more purple and bluish color as the music for Strangest Love began. As the music began to play, the stage screens began to show images of sparkling and shimmery twinkles fell on a field of fuchsia flowers with a twilight sky behind them as they swayed in the wind . During this time as well, Britney had disappeared for a short time before reappearing in a new outfit. Britney walked to the center of the stage as she started to sing the first verse of the song.

As she sang each word Britney walked forward slowly as she became almost entranced into the song. At first it seemed as if Britney was alone on the stage until the lights on the stage brightened and from above Britney dancers came down from the ceiling as they performed tricks and acrobatic moves on the ribbons. Locking eyes with one of the dancers, he lowered himself till he was on the stage just as she started singing the words, "thought I would die, till you looked in my eyes." Britney turns away as the dancer grabs her arm turning her back to him. As she goes into the second verse Britney walks away again as the other dancers continued flying above her and moving to the beat.

As the second chorus started to build up Britney turned back to the dancer. As the chorus started the dancer grabbed onto Britney and two were pulled back into the air. Now in the air the two spun around quickly and then slowly. At the same time on the first beat of the chorus from behind Britney, the middle part of the stage had turned around without anyone noticing. As Britney sang the first line of the chorus, the lights behind her lit up as a choir sang the backing vocals adding another dimension to the song.

For the third verse Britney stayed suspended in the air as she was face to face with the dancer. The two stood on the ribbon which had formed a U shape and the two floated above the stage. The choir continued to sing in the background but lower than before until the final chorus played. As it hit Britney sang out the notes holding them out as the choir sang with passion and soul. Britney and the dancer began to descend back to the stage along with the rest of the dancers.

As Britney and the dancers reached the stage, the choir’s sound began to fade as the lights followed suit until the back of the stage was black. Without missing a beat the instrumental for Make Me began to play as Britney moved forward along with her dancers. Behind them in the darkness, the moving platform turned again hiding the choir to the backstage.

As the music continued, Britney began to sing while the lights of the stage followed the beat of the music. On each slow snare drum hit the lights across the stage would brighten then dim as if following a dance. At the same time, Britney and her dancers performed choreography that matched as well as the song progressed. This included Britney doing a spin into the arms of one of her dancers by her side and them dipping her before spinning her back to her spot she was before.

Moving her body with the beat Britney set herself up for the chorus which as it played had the stage come alive. As the tempo quickened a little and the beats became heavier the lights on the stage flashed with different colors to it first at the left, the middle, and then the right which during this time wherever the lights flashed the dancers on stage in that spot would hit a move in time with the beat each time as Britney did her own moves to each beat at the center of the stage. Once the build up moved on to “make me ooh” part the dancers across the stage moved their bodies to the beat as Britney held her arms out she rolled her body while backing up until she touched her dancers which made them follow her moves as well.

Going into the second verse Britney tapped the dancers on the side of her one at at time which made them move into position and lift her up as she held out her arms and then walk forward a bit until setting her down. Here Britney rubbed down the two men as she squatted lower and then did a hair flip. Britney then came back up and rubber her body on the dancers a bit as the dancers in the background did their light choreography. As the chorus of the song began to play again, Britney moved forward in front of the dancers and led them all into a small dance number that matched the song’s tempo as she sang.

As the song ended after the second chorus and as Britney stood in the center of the stage the lights dimmed except for a spotlight that shone on her a hand mic was given to her . She smiled to the crowd before taking a breath to speak, “This next song is something I feel we all at one point go through. We’ve all felt jealous, anxious about someone, and just in our own heads about a situation where we over thought it. Well this next song I feel really speaks to that feeling. I hope y’all like it.”

At this point he background dancers had left the stage and after she finishes speaking the music for Perfume started and Britney began to sing out the song with her live vocals. As she sings, the lights of the stage change slowly to different colors of blues and purples and the stage floor begins to fill with smoke covering it giving the performances an even more mystical feel. Britney stood in her place as she sang as she held the mic letting her vocals and facial expressions help tell the story of the song as it progressed. As the song continued the screen had shimmery lights sparkle across it light stars in the night sky and the screen then turning into a night sky. As Britney continued singing, she moved towards the audience where she reached down touching some of the fans’ hands and smiling at them. She continued to move around and interact with the crowd in small ways keeping them in it. Singing out the last few notes Britney smiled to the crowd as they applauded and the lights dimmed making the stage black.

As the dancers finished making their ways out, the red lighting kept the stage alive until the large middle platform turned around slowly revealing a jazz club like the one from Britney’s Ouch music video. Britney’s sensual voice rang out into the venue saying “Oh Baby Baby” which hyped up the crowd without her being on stage. Waiting a few seconds after singing, the door at the middle of the ‘club’ opened and Britney walked into it continuing the song Baby One More Time but in the jazz version of the song. Britney moved through the bar as some of her backup dancers stayed behind keeping up the act of the bar. As she sang, vocals of backup singers followed her voice on certain words of the song adding to the jazzy vibe of the sound and scene. Putting on a show for the people, Britney sensually moved across the stage allowing her presence and song arrangement entertain the audience as at one point of the song she hit a high note. This kept up through the song as Britney would move around the stage hitting a move or two on the beat of the song.

As it ended Britney kept the act up as she spoke, “Fellas let’s get this joint pumpin a bit shall we?” The dancers behind her nodded their heads in agreement and from the cases by their sides pulled out some trumpets and began playing a tune. Once one started, another joined and then another and then another. Once all four were prepared they counted 1,2,3,4. Blowing a few notes together they then started playing a jazzy uptempo version of Slumber Party to which Britney and her other dancers moved their bodies too. Sitting on of the prop tables set on the stage, Britney began singing the first verse of the song. Moving off the table Britney met up with a few of her dancers as they made their way down the center catwalk in the beat of the music. As they reached the end, the chorus of the song was about to start when before “like a slumber party” was song one of the horns rang out which made Britney turn to them and the other trumpets stop for a second and then going again and Britney then sang the song. As the chorus played, Britney and her dancers did the choreography of the song as they rolled on the ground, moved their bodies to the music and so on until the second verse began.

As Britney began to sing this part of the song she and the dancers made their way back to the main stage. Here Britney flirted with a dancer a bit with her moves and body before moving onto the next. She did this until the chorus started again and then she and her dancers hit the choreography again this time with more stunts and sexual moves on the floor. As Britney sang the last parts of the song she and her dancers moved back towards the middle platform where the jazz club stage setup was and continued their dancing as they did so. As the song came to an end, Britney ended up at the center of the jazz stage and her dancers in chairs looking at her.

Standing in her spot alone, the lights of the stage changed color giving the effect of a black and white movie shot as the music for Ouch started to play. Moving her hips to the music, Britney began to sing the first verse of the song as she exaggerated her movements as she moved her hand up and down the microphone stand and her body. Until the second verse of the song came up where during this time she slowly and sensually walked down the jazz stairs and pasted the men sitting in the chairs. Behind her one of the men followed her to the front center of the stage where he rubbed his hands on her body before she pushed him away. Using an extended version of the song, the chorus played female dancers joined her from the wings of the stage and they began doing some sexy dance moves in sync with one another as the male dancer who was pushed away watched. As the song came to its end, Britney and the female dancers turned away walking back to the jazz stage door exiting leaving the man alone and confused before the lights on the stage went dark.

As the interlude finished, the sound of police sirens rang out into the venue as flashing blue lights light up the stage and on the large screens a white mercedes raced in front of the camera followed by 15 police cars. Suddenly the screen changes to a phone and we see fingers press the keys 911. As the buttons are pressed the sound rings out with the sirens. The music for 911 begins to play as the moving wall turns and it shows several female dancers who are leaning on the bars, some with their hands hanging between the bars and others just leaned against them while male dancers stand guard. The cell doors open and from the center cell Britney begins to walk out along with the other inmates. As Britney begins to sing the female dancers behind her move across the stage into their formation as some of the male dancers follow. Once everyone is in their places, Britney moves towards the center of the stage in beat with the song. As the song progresses, she and the dancers are in sync as they bend down letting their hands rub their thighs as the male dancers watch and then spinning their heads as Britney sings “every little touch you take me deeper in my mind”.

As the song progresses Britney and her dancers keep moving to the beat of the song with the dark sexual energy. Britney moves around the stage as the chorus plays and then walks down the middle catwalk as she sings the second verse of the song. She is followed by a few female dancers as they dance with Britney. Dancing to the chorus Britney and the female dancers with her sexually dance on one another one rubbing down Britney’s back and down her legs. Cutting this short, Britney heads back to the main stage where she hits the center of the stage as her dancers male and female get into their formation behind her. Here Britney begins to speak sing the third verse of the song as she and her dancers began doing an intense dance break as Britney led them through it. Hitting each move in sync the crowd began to cheer louder. Part of the routine included Britney doing a quick split and then standing back up without missing a beat. As the verse ended, Britney and her dancers kept up the high energy moves until the sound of a phone line going dead was heard which ended the dance on beat.

The next song started as Danja’s voice blew through the speakers. The dancers on the stage all moved to the beat of the Get Naked as they each did their own thing at first but then dropped to their knees giving a hair flip and then slid their bodies from their chest to the pelvises to the floor before turning onto their sides and rolling their bodies from top to bottom before getting back up.

During this time Britney stood in the middle of them looking to the left and right. As she began to sing, she began to join the dancers as they moved towards the front of the stage, their steps in beat with the song. Once at a certain point two female dancers moved away from the crowd and each went on the catwalks on either side of the stage and two poles rose from the trap doors. There they began to do expert tricks on the pole such as swing around with their legs as their bodies hung off and much more. Meanwhile the other dancers began to move their bodies to the beat of the song as they twisted their torsos, rolled their bodies and more. At the same time Britney had two male dancers by her sides that danced with her. They had a back and forth where Britney pushed one back as she walked forward and the other followed. Britney pushed both men aside and moved back towards the center of the stage flipping her hair at points and doing a spin as well.

Once the first “Get Naked” began Britney pulled her hair from the ponytail and in sync with the song, she began taking off parts of her costume just as the song said to. Once she finished, Britney turned back to the audience and the dancers behind her had gotten up and Britney led them into another high energy dance number. Going on for a bit, the dancers and Britney matched the music as it suddenly slowed and they did a forward dip in slow motion with the song. The slowed music played as smoke filled the stage and Britney’s dancers moved into different spots of the stage following the beat of the music. In the music playing we hear the words from the start of Slave 4 U playing and then Britney begins singing a slowed version of the song as she makes her way down the center catwalk to the pole. Here Britney circles around it at first with one hand holding on to it. As she continues to sing, Britney does a few different moves on the pole like wrapping her leg around it and using it as she moves down and other moves like hair flips. After she danced on it a bit, Britney moves away from it and back to the main part of the stage. The music stops once she reaches it as a loud bang is heard which is the pyrotechnics going off. The music starts up again wasting little time this time the song is at it’s normal tempo and it starts back up at Britney saying “Now Watch Me”. Britney and her dancers begin doing the iconic dance routine from the music video which makes the crowd cheer and the song ends after with Britney saying “Like That”.

Britney continues to wave and smile at the audience as she moves closer to the front of the stage, “Everyone having a good time?” She asks as the audience cheers in response, “Good! I wanna keep this party going, but first I wanna know which side is having the most fun. When I point to your side of the room I wanna hear you scream! Ready?” Britney then moved to the right side of the stage first and pointed as they cheered and she then moved to the left and pointed and they cheered, “Oh Wow...that was a too hard to tell, let’s try it again okay?!” Britney repeated her actions and consulted with her dancers for a quick second, “It sounds like the right side won this time, but barely! Alright guys let's keep this show going!” She said moving back towards the center of the stage.

As Britney took her spot, the lights on stage dimmed a bit and her voice echoed through the venue, “People can take everything away from you, but they can never take away your truth. But the question is can you handle mine?” Britney sang the first line of the song acapella and when she finished it the beat hit and the lights flashed in time with it and then dimmed back just as the music stopped. Singing the second line of the song again acapella the same thing happened again which caused the crowd to cheer loudly both times. Before moving onto the next line the beat hit and stopped as Britney hit a pose for the three times it did this and then proceeded to sing the next line as the music played My Prerogative.

Britney stayed in her spot as she sang “they say I’m nasty” then hit another pose as the beat stopped once again and then continued on singing the song. Britney’s dancers joined in with her as she continued through the song. Britney moved from her spot on the stage as her dancers performed their routine. She did a bit of dancing herself as the screens behind her plastered different headlines about her one after the other until they began filling up the screen. As the chorus started Britney’s movements embodied the song as they expressed sass, anger, and passion while she moved across the stage. As the chorus ended Britney moved her body like a cobra being charmed by the instrumental playing and as the second verse started she made her way back to the front center of the stage and as she sang “spreading myself around” did a body roll that ended with her doing a hip trust. Going into the second chorus Britney danced with the dancers before going back into snake charmer dance until the song’s breakdown started. With each beat hit, and her dancers each hit a synchronized move as the pyrotechnics also went off at the same time. As Britney started to sing again her dancers formed around her comforting her until the chorus came up again and she blew them away like a bomb. Britney danced with the dancers and ended the song with a hair flip and a pose.

Within a few seconds, the music for Do Somethin’ began to play and following the music, the lights on the stage came alive as colorful lasers danced across the stage and then the screens showing a shattering effect as glass rained down from them. At the same time one of Britney’s dancers quickly helped her put on some a pink fur jacket and a pair of sunglasses as she and two other dancers got together as if a cliche in a club. As Britney began to sing she and the two other dancers began to do exaggerated steps as they placed one foot in front of the other matching the beat only stopping to do chest pumps when she stopped singing and with the beat. Britney and her dancers did this for a small time until the chorus came and then they began to dance to the music until another dancer came along pushing a rolling prop in which Britney climbed onto and the dancers began pushing her around the stage while others danced to the song. On the moving prop, Britney danced on the bars as she moved her body and added a few hair flips. Getting off she and the dancers reunited as the “na na na na”s played. They once again did the little walk and stopped as she sang “can’t you tell I’m having fun” to which they each shimmed in different directions and then proceeded to do a few dance moves. As Britney started singing again she moved her body around with the beat of the song flipping her hair and letting loose until the end breakdown came in where she spun in slow circles as she twirled her hair around ending the song with her throwing the glasses off.

As the crowd cheered Britney smiled and waited a second for the cheers to die down a bit before speaking, “So since we are having such a fun time, I’ve thought it would be really cool to do something different and so hopefully you guys like it!” Once Britney finished talking, the large revolving set piece turned once again and this time the set was changed to accommodate a live band. It was stripped down with one raised platform for the drummer and in front stood a guitar and bass player who stepped forward onto the main stage giving themselves room, “Let’s go boys.” Britney said as she walked back towards them. The band began to play the music to Rockstar. Britney began moving to the beat of the music before moving her headpiece mic up and taking hold of a regular microphone. Letting out a few adlibs Britney prepared herself for the first line of the song as she walked around the stage. Just like the song, Britney started the song by talk-singing the verse while she moved around the stage in the beat while doing some slight dancing. Keeping this up, Britney picked up her dancing when the chorus of the song started she began rocking her body to the rhythm getting into and letting the attitude to flow from her voice and body into. Moving through the song Britney made her way down the catwalk touching the hands of a few fans. Britney kept moving across the stage as she sang through the verses she began making her way back to the center of the stage meeting with the band players. She circled around them touching them as she did so smiling with them. As the final chorus came, Britney sang the verse and then instead of bleeping it out said “shut the f*ck up” which the crowd seemed to love. Britney stood by the guitar player as he did the guitar riff and she mimicked him for a second before dancing with him as she sang the final chorus of the song. Once the song ended the crowd cheered and the Britney and the band moved back onto the moving platform and disappeared from the view of the audience.

The lights come up on the stage and smoke covers the floor of it as it rolls off the edge but the lights only stay up for a few seconds before they switch off and only a spotlight shines onto a large music box prop at the center. The top of the music box opens as the music begins to play and in the box is Britney. At first she stands up like a ballerina and the bottom of the box spins her a bit and then stops as she begins to sing the first verse of Baby Boy. Stepping out the box, Britney moves out of the box and onto the stage as the spotlight follows. As she walks slowly the fog around her feet swirls a bit and floats up causing a smokey and more dark ominous scene fitting to the song. As Britney sings the light hits her face and on her cheeks are diamond drops which shimmer and look like tear drops falling from her face. During this time, the screen behind Britney shows a partially broken ballerina in a music box twirling around in black and white. As Britney continues the song, her voice cracks a bit as she conveys the emotion and pain behind it making it that much sadder. As she sings the final verse, the box closes and sinks beneath the smoke thanks to a trap door and then the recorded conversation plays and Britney puts her head down just as the song ends.

Lifting her head back up Britney looks out into the crowd and gives a faint smile, “The next song, like that one, is deeply personal and I wrote it sometime ago. It was a way of expressing the emotions I had deep inside that were eating away at me and building up to the point where I wanted to burst. I was lucky enough to find an outlet in writing music, and I want you all to really understand that. If you have strong emotions that are bottling up inside you, you need to find an outlet. Allow those emotions to be felt and to be freed from you because nothing ever good comes from holding them in too long. Write, sing, dance, anything...just let them be felt.”

The crowd cheered as Britney finished speaking and the lights on the stage came up but washed the stage in blue light while also revealing a piano sitting at the edge of the stage. Britney moved to the piano and placed the microphone in it’s holder before sitting down and taking a breath. Laying her hands on the keys, Britney began to play the music for Everytime which the audience recognized immediately. Britney started to sing the song and any sound that was being made was silent now as the audience listened to each note that came from her mouth. As Britney moved past the first verse of the song, the audience began to sing the chorus with her as she continued to play the piano. As Britney continued through the song, she looked to the audience and smiled shyly before giving them a little wink. As she continued to sing, Britney’s voice purposely cracked in certain spots to once again make the emotions of the song hit harder. As she finished the song Britney looked up from the piano and smiled at the audience as they cheered.

After the interlude, the stage stayed dark for a moment until the instrumentals of Look Who’s Talking started to play and then syncing with the beat colorful laser lights danced across the stage and then stopped just as the music did. The music started again so did the light show across the stage and as the music progressed, the lights followed suit as the drums hit which caused the stage to light up and then fade again. Coming from seemingly nowhere Britney began singing the first verse of the song just as the lights illuminated the stage. She stood on an atop a 3 tiered elevated platform that sat in the direct center of the stage. The elevated platforms were circular and the bottom lowest one stretched to about 1/3rd of the way to the end of the stage and the others layered atop it left enough room between each stop that a dancer could dance comfortably on.

As Britney continued to sing her dancers that were standing at different levels did some light choreography at first as Britney played in the spotlight for the first verse. As the song started to progress into the chorus, Britney was helped down onto the main stage floor by her dancers. As she sang the chorus, the stage was lit up with fire from the back of the stage, above the stage, and on the sides. Only one went off at a time as it followed the beat of the “heys”. During this time, Britney and her dancers did a bit of choreography giving the audience a little taste of what was to come. Going into the second verse, a male dancer bent down on his hands and knees and Britney sat on his back sideways and pretended to drive a car as she made a laughing face as if she and her dancers were just being a bit silly. Britney quickly got up as she made her way down the center catwalk making sure her strut was in beat with the song. As she did this she began to going into the chorus once again, now at the end of the runway Britney threw her hands into the air in time with the “heys” and this time the pyrotechnics started at the front of the catwalk and with each hey traveled down it until they met at the end and hit which made a beautiful affect around Britney as the sparks rained down onto the floor but not on the stage.

Britney danced a bit more and then as the third verse played Britney did a solo dance as she moved her body in sexual ways and touch her body only to end it with and innocent look and a wink. As the final chorus played Britney made her way back to the mainstage where she ended the song with a kneeslide and then her bending backwards laying flat.

As the song ended, Britney stood back up and just as she did so the next one began to play. Moving back towards the platforms Britney stopped and then turned back around to face the audience as she began singing Money, Love, and Happiness. Britney’s dancers raced up to her like fans trying to get close to her as she slowly walked in between the human barricades as she made her way to the front of the stage where she began singing the the pre-chorus. Behind her the dancers moved into position for the chorus as Britney acted out a version of a big egoed celebrity as she sang. As the chorus played, Britney and her dancers danced to the beat of the song. As she started the second chorus, Britney walked away from the dancers throwing a ring and rolling her eyes as she sang the “like a band of wedding rings”. Britney did a little dance before turning back around as her dancers moved from their place and met her in the center of the stage as the chorus played. They danced a bit more and as Britney begant the third verse of the song she moved herself into position and when she sang “Ow” the music changed and as did the lighting. As the music’s tempo increased the lighting of the stage darkened at the top, but at the front of the stage lights turned on giving a different effect on the people on stage. Britney and her dancers into a high energy dance break. As they danced, the dancers did different acrobatic tricks on the stage like flips and cartwheels while the others stayed in sync with each other. Nearing the end of the dance break, Britney positioned herself and did a back handspring which made the crowd erupt into cheers. Finishing the dance break with the dancers Britney hit a final pose and the crowd cheered even more.

Taking just a second to catch her breath, Britney prepared herself as suddenly the crowd’s volume shot back up as they heard the iconic intro music to one of Britney’s most well known songs, Toxic. Britney, who had made her way back up the platform and had her back towards the audience, quickly turned around in beat with the song and then with a quick pace to match the tempo, walked down the platform and towards the front of the stage but before she reached her spot did a little spin. Britney began to sing the song as she danced to the music. Behind her her dancers matched the energy and followed the choreography. As the song continued Britney and her dancers kept the high energy as they hit every move perfectly. As this all happened the stage lights above them changed with each hit of the beat. Moving with the song, Britney’s backup dancers pushed out a rolling prop and sat her onto it blindfolding her as Britney pushed the male dancer’s head between her legs as the altered vocals rang out. Pushing him up and away Britney didn’t miss a beat as she stood up on the platform after removing her blindfold as her dancers pushed her across the stage. Once they reached the middle two helped her down and immediately she began walking down the runway with the dancers close behind. As the final chorus of the song played, Britney and the dancers slowed the walk to match the song as they performed the choreography and ending the song in a pose as the audience went crazy. Britney smiled and laughed a bit as the lights went dark.

After this, the audience began to chant “Britney” through the venue and just as they thought it was over a voice rang out from the speakers “You looking for trouble? You came to the right place.” The lights on the stage then came back up and there was Britney standing at the top of the elevated platform with her dancers in different spots layered around her. “You lookin for trouble? Look right in my face.” The crowd cheered as the music for Gimme More started, but were shocked when they went to sing the iconic phrase and it was missing, instead the song went right into the first verse of the song. As this happened, Britney and her dancers danced to the beat of the music in their spots for a bit before they moved down to the flat stage. Not doing much choreography, Britney moved across the stage down the center runway where she danced and sang as the crowd joined in with her. As the song went on Britney did a few hair flips and other movements that matched the song’s beat and tempo, but as the song drew to the end the song’s instrumental played on a bit longer and once it ended Britney called out, “It’s Britney Bitch” while at the same time the screens on the stage lit up with “Britney Bitch” plastered across them. Britney looked out into the audience and smiled and waved before making her way back down to the main stage just as the lights dimmed and the show was over.

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MADONNA
SINNER'S SYMPHONY WORLD TOUR
JANUARY 20, 2019 - JULY 19, 2019 | OCEANIA, AFRICA, ASIA, SOUTH AMERICA, NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE
SHOW 1/70
ANZ STADIUM, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA | 81.355/81.355 [SOLD OUT]

COSTUMES

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ACT ONE

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LIKE A PRAYER

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HOLY WATER, DEVIL PRAY, PAPA DON'T PREACH

ACT TWO

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NOTHING REALLY MATTERS, PARADISE NOT FOR ME

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DEVIL WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU, MONA LISA'A LULLABYE

ACT THREE

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ISAAC, WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL

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AMERICAN LIFE

ACT FOUR
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CIRCUS! CIRCUS! (BEHIND THE MASK)

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JUSTIFY MY EROTIC LOVE, HEAR MY NAME, FINGERS

ACT FIVE
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STRONG ENOUGH, PROMISE TO TRY, OH FATHER

ACT SIX
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ATTENTION/SNATCHING CROWNS/SHE'S NOT ME/ATTENTION (REPRISE), CONTROVERSY, LIKE IT OR NOT, GIRL GONE WILD

ENCORE
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HUNG UP

SETLIST

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ACT I: CATHEDRAL
The Messiah (Intro)
Like a Prayer
Holy Water
Devil Pray
Papa Don’t Preach

ACT II: DARK FOREST/FAIRY TALE
Bedtime Story (Interlude)
Nothing Really Matters
Paradise (Not For Me)
Devil Wouldn’t Recognize You
Mona Lisa’s Lullabye

ACT III: MIDDLE EASTERN
Frozen (Interlude)
Isaac
What It Feels Like for a Girl
Hollywood (Interlude)
American Life

ACT IV: CIRCUS/SIDESHOW
The Girlie Show Theme (Interlude)
Circus! Circus! (Behind the Mask)
Justify My Erotic Love
Here My Name
Fingers

ACT V: STORM
Rain (Interlude)
Strong Enough
Promise to Try
Oh Father

ACT VI: REBEL REVIVAL
Gang Bang (Interlude)
Attention/Snatching Crowns/She’s Not Me/Attention (Reprise)
Controversy
Like It or Not
Girl Gone Wild

ENCORE
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THE SHOW

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ACT I: CATHEDRAL
Before the show and during the opening act, there is a large curtain that covers the main stage and that curtain stays there until it’s indicated to raise up in the show.

The show begins with the sound of church bells ringing. At the end of the runway on the b-stage, three people in hooded robes with long crucifix necklaces. From below the stage, a black man who is implied to be Jesus raises to the stage. With him is a man in armor who is holding a whip. The sound of Catholic chants are heard as the man in armor appears to whip the Jesus figure and forces him to start slowly crawling along the runway toward the main stage. When they reach the main stage, the man in the armor slightly opens the curtain for them to walk behind it. At the end of the of the runway, 6 nuns raise from below the stage. The bells ring a few more times as “God?” from Like a Prayer is heard. Then Like a Prayer actually begins with an extended intro. The curtain slowly raises and we see the Jesus figure crucified on a tall metal cross, surrounded by more men in armour. A large confessional starts to lower down from the roof built over the main stage. Madonna’s silhouette is seen as she starts singing the song from inside the confessional. It stops halfway above the stage floor and a tall staircase rises out of the floor to make up the distance. The confessional opens and Madonna steps out in a black costume with some red in it. She makes her way down to the main stage. Through the song, Madonna and the nuns dance to the song, but M focuses most on interacting with the Christ figure. As the song comes to an end, the Christ figure appears to die. The cross is raised up into the roof structure with a spotlight on him like he’s ascending to heaven, ending the song. As this happens, three upside down crosses with men dressed as nearly nude preists lower from the roof structure as crucifix shaped stripper poles appear all along the runway. A spotlight hits Madonna as Holy Water begins. She removes the top and skirt of her costume, revealing a revealing and sexy nun inspired costume. The nuns also remove clothing down to under garments. The whole song is performed on the runway. Madonna and the nuns all head to the stripper poles on the runway and through the song, do sexually charged choreography that also displays some impressive skill. One of the pinnacle moments of the song’s performance sees Madonna climbing to the top of one of the poles and wrapping her leg around the side, allowing her to spin down the pole. On the main stage, the nearly nude priests on the upside down crosses appear to touch themselves as they watch what’s happening on the runway. At the song’s conclusion, Madonna and the nuns arrive to the main stage as the runway crosses are removed and the upside down crosses with the priests are raised back up. The nuns all leave the stage as Devil Pray begins. From below the stage, male dancers in long black priest robes appear. Madonna stands center stage as one of the priests puts a rosary around her neck. The whole idea of the performance is these priests all fighting for Madonna’s soul after the “sinful” actions of the previous song. They pick her up and attempt to carry her away, some spinning her slowly above their heads. She gets pulled and dragged around (her metaphor for the aggression associated with religion). But it’s all to no avail, as Madonna continues to fight for herself. By the song’s end, she’s at the end of the runway and the priests all abandon her, realizing they won’t be “converting” her. The sound of church bells ring out as Madonna stands at the end of the runway, stunned from her ordeal with the priests. Then, a much more modern and darker sounding remix of Papa Don’t Preach begins. Lights illuminate an altar on the main stage. Madonna spends the first half of the song on the b-stage, doing light but very sharp and expressive choreography. She works her way back to the main stage and kneels at the altar. She then steps up onto the altar as a bright white light, the light of heaven, shines her. She reaches up to it but as the song ends, the light goes out, leaving Madonna in the dark, rejected from heaven. The altar lowers below the stage with Madonna on it, ending the first act.

ACT II: DARK FOREST/FAIRY TALE
The second act begins immediately after the end of the previous song. Old, leafless, ragged trees come from below the stage as fog rolls in from the sides of the stage. Dancers are hanging from the trees. The screen begins showing an interlude video as a haunting piano remix of Bedtime Story plays. The interlude video shows various reimaginings of fairy tale characters but much darker, more sinister. Madonna appears on the screens in the video walking among the dark forest. There are closeups of her eyes which appear almost animalistic. Lights then reveal that on the branches of the trees are dancers who wear costumes that have slashes in them, almost like claw marks. The music transitions into a darkly remixed version of Nothing Really Matters begins as Madonna is raised from below the stage at the end of the runway with a long red cape like Little Red Riding Hood. As she sings the first verse, the stage below her begins to move, it’s a conveyor belt below her slowly moves her toward the main stage. She has her back to the main stage so she is being moved backwards. As soon as she reaches the main stage the verse ends and the music stops. The dancers slowly creep out of the trees and crawl over toward Madonna menacingly. Two of them reach up and remove her cape revealing a gold and black outfit with chain mesh on it, a modernized version of knight’s armor (in keeping with the theme of this section of the show).. The music returns. Madonna and the dancers move around the stage through the trees. The dancers seem to be chasing Madonna, but she avoids them. Her avoiding them comes in her choreography which is pretty intense. At one point she grabs one of the tree branches and pulling herself up while a dancer runs underneath her. By the end of the song, Madonna has been chased to center stage right as the song comes to an end. The trees disappear and a majority of the dancers leave the stage. Two stay behind, two male dancers that are dressed to act as wolves (it’s subtle, most of it is implication but it still appears menacing and is in theme with this section of the show). Paradise (Not For Me) begins. Madonna slowly starts walking down the runway with the two dancers following on all fours. When they reach the end of the runway, the b-stage below them raises up. On a platform that’s hidden below the b-stage appears underneath the now raised b-stage. On that platform is a dancer in a black robe that covers their face. It’s a manifestation of the evil characters from Grimm’s fairy tales, a sinister entity. The dancer in that robe steps forward and the b-stage comes back down. The two dancers who were with Madonna flee as Madonna stands in front of this dark entity as the song ends. Devil Wouldn’t Recognize You begins. Madonna follows the dark entity to the main stage. Two more dark robed figures appear coming from below the floor. The three of them are then raised up on a platform to where they stand above Madonna as a male dancer dressed like a prince (nothing too fancy, not even a crown) appears. Madonna and the prince do a dance on the stage together that simulates the songs lyrics of a love ending. The dance is very expressive and almost ballroom like in presentation. As the song approaches its ending, the platform with the dark entities lowers back down and they surround the prince. They then disperse and reveal that the prince is gone. They took Madonna’s love from her. These dark entities are most closely related to old fairy tale representations of death. Madonna is left center stage alone to talk to the audience. “Let me hear you Sydney! Are you having a good time? Welcome to the sinner’s symphony. Tonight, we’re gonna express our bad sides, express our bad sides. And not give a f*ck what anyone else has to say about it! This next song is about one of the strongest, I don’t give a f*ck kinda attitude people in my life. My daughter Lola. Will you help me sing to her?” The crowd cheers as Madonna smiles. Mona Lisa’s Lullabye begins. The song is performed by Madonna on stage alone. The screen displays footage of a little girl (implied to be a young version of Madonna’s daughter who inspired the song) reading through a large book of fairy tales. Madonna moves around the stage slowly, taking glances of the screen. She also touches hands with some people in the audience. This performance is a purposeful stark contrast to the previous performances of this act, seeing something positive take hold of the dark aspects. A happily ever after.

ACT III: MIDDLE EASTERN
The third section of the show begins with a video interlude of a remixed version of Frozen. The video shows the sands of a desert with Madonna walking through it with a heavy winds bustling the sands around. On the stage, three female dancers wearing Middle Eastern burkas appear rising from below the stage. Madonna then appears rising from below the stage as the interlude music morphs into Isaac. The song hasn’t been performed since 2006 so the audience is absolutely thrilled to hear it return. The video screens continue showing video of Madonna walking through the desert. But the main focus is on what’s happening on the stage. Madonna and the three dancers in the burqas are performing incredibly intricate but beautiful choreography to the song. The beautiful fabric of the burqas are being blown by fans in the stage. The choreography is inspired by traditional Middle Eastern dancing. At the song’s conclusion, the three dancers disappear from the stage, leaving Madonna on stage alone. She talks to the crowd. “Thank you, Sydney. Before we do this next song, I want to bring to attention to what you’ll be seeing on the screen behind me. In the Middle East, there are thousands of young girls who are fighting to go to school, to get a good education. But they’re met with nothing but opposition. And in some cases, they are killed for their desire to learn. On the screen you will see the journey of a very brave young woman who fought to gain her education and succeeded!” The crowd cheers as What It Feels Like for a Girl begins. The song is performed with Madonna on stage by herself backed by her band. The screen shows footage of a young woman who beat the odds and got her education despite threats and near attacks on her. The song ends with Madonna being lowered below the stage as the video shows the woman standing smiling in front of her new home in California where she is continuing her education to become a doctor. This takes us into another interlude. The interlude is set to a remixed version of Hollywood. The screen shows real footage of soldiers overseas mixed in with filmed footage of look alikes of several prominent politicians such as Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, and George W. Bush among others sitting on a couch watching the war footage while pointing and laughing like they’re entertained by it all. As the video approaches it’s ending, the main center screen raises up revealing a tank behind it that’s pushed forward onto the stage by unseen stage hands. Standing and hanging off the tank are dancers dressed in camo outfits. Madonna appears in a similar outfit stepping up onto the top of the tank as American Life begins. Madonna jumps down from the top of the tank as do the dancers. Some of them are carrying rifles and some have grenade belts. Madonna and the dancers move all over the stage like it’s a war zone. The screen continues showing politician looks alikes. During the songs rap part, jets of flame and sparks start shooting out from the stage while plumes of smoke come out of the tank’s gun like it’s being fired. The screen shows all of the politician look alikes starting to kiss and grope each other, turned on by the violence of the “war” happening on the stage. Four dancers come out with cash guns and shoot cash bills into the crowd that has a heart with a slash through it in the place of where the president would be. Madonna and the dancers all climb back up onto the tank as the main screen lowers back down in front of it. We see all of the politician look alikes on the screen laying among each other naked (we don’t really see any nudity) and passed out like they’ve just had an orgy, ending the song and the act.

ACT IV: CIRCUS/PEEPSHOW
The Girlie Show Theme, used in the tour of the same name, starts as a dancer dressed as a ringleader of a circus appears at the end of the runway. He starts walking toward the main stage as lights come up dancers appearing on the main stage dressed in circus clothing such as the strong man outfit, showgirls, and even some clowns. There’s a fire breather as well. Some of the clowns have oversized bubble wands and are blowing bubbles. There’s a cage suspended above the stage that has a dancer interacting with an animatronic lion that’s only half the body and the head but the audience can’t tell, to them it looks like the whole lion (one of the most expensive props of the show). As the theme music nears its end, Madonna appears at the end of the runway dressed in a white shirt and black pants. One of the dancers runs to greet her and Madonna hands the dancer some money like she’s buying a ticket to the circus. Circus! Circus! (Behind the Mask) begins. Madonna walks to the main stage and interacts with some of the clowns. While she’s performing, two dancers bring out a target wheel with a dancer strapped to it. Madonna walks over and spins the wheel as a blindfolded dancer throws knives at the wheel, of course all missing the dancer but just narrowly misses the dancers crotch. Madonna then moves over to dance with some of the showgirls. The cage that’s suspended lowers down and a dancer opens it. Madonna walks inside and sits on a seat that’s built behind the half body of the animatronic lion like she’s sitting on the lion’s back. She then exits the cage and goes center stage to deliver the final chorus. The cage raises back up and out of sight. The song ends and the lights go out. The sound of heavy breathing is heard as a single spotlight shines on one of the show girls slowly stripping off her costume. She has flesh colored underwear bottoms but is totally topless. Lights come up on some of the other showgirls who are also topless as Justify My Erotic Love, a mashup of Justify My Love and Erotica begins. The clowns are seen stripping some of their costume off and smearing their makeup as they’re wiping it off. The performance is very sexually charged. Throughout, Madonna and the circus performers continue to strip. They also get close and touch all over each other. The lion tamer from before is seen appearing to whip some of the dancers. Madonna strips down to a body stocking. As the song ends, a bed is raised from below the stage. All of the dancers except for one male leaves the stage. Madonna momentarily leaves the stage to get a headset mic put on. The male dancer sits down on the bed as Hear My Name begins. Madonna appears on stage again and joins the male dancer on the bed. Things start lightly with just the two of them touching each other and teasing. But it quickly heats up as the song intensifies. The male dancer kisses down Madonna’s body and she ruffles his hair. He picks her up and sits her on his waist as they continue to rub all over each other. However as the song approaches its end, the dancer throws Madonna down on the bed and walks away. Madonna sits up on the side of the bed. She says “Sometimes...you can please yourself more than anyone else can.” She winks as the crowd cheers. She leans back on the bed as Fingers begins. On the sides of the stage and on at the end of the runway, some of the male circus performers, still stripped down from earlier, appear like they’re spectators of a sexy sideshow Madonna’s putting on. This being a song about self love, Madonna is seen touching herself slowly but this amps up as the song continues. She gets into Blond Ambition territory as she mimes masturbation. Most of the male dancers acting as spectators are seen touching themselves as well, some with their hands in their underwear at the end of the song, the lights go blindingly bright, an implication of org*sm, and then go to blackout, ending the song and this act of the show, the crowd cheering wildly.

ACT V: STORM
The next act begins with a video interlude of a new version of Rain playing over a video of a crying Madonna laying on concrete ground in the rain. Some dancers on the stage perform an interpretive dance holding umbrellas with lights in them. At the end of the interlude, the dancers disappear as a piano is raised on stage with a band member playing it. Madonna is sitting on top of the piano. Strong Enough, Madonna’s song in tribute to the victims of the AIDS epidemic of the 80s and 90s as well as a scathing call out of all of those who refused to help due to prejudice. Madonna is wearing a very simple beautiful black outfit. She sings the song with emotion and power as the screen shows footage of AIDS marches from the 80s as well as footage of actual AIDS patients, highlighting the real horrors of the disease. At the end of the song, Madonna gets down from on the piano as the crowd cheers. “Thank you. This next song is one that I’ve never performed before. I’ve never performed it because I never thought I could do justice to the emotions I felt when I wrote it and recorded it. But since becoming a mother...I have often thought back to my own. And those thoughts have led me back to this song. In many ways, I’ve never quite gotten over losing my mother. But I’ve gotten better at sorting my thoughts out about her. I’d like to dedicate this song to both my mother and my younger self, two women lost and waiting to be reunited.” The crowd cheers as Promise to Try begins. Madonna walks slowly down the runway as the screen shows photographs of her late mother. It’s an incredibly vulnerable moment in the show, Madonna wearing her heart on her sleeve. At the song’s conclusion, there’s an image on the screen of a young Madonna next to her mother, showing how similar they looked to each other. On the mainstage, the piano and it’s player disappear. A couch with a male dancer laying passed out on it holding a string of pearls, a photograph of Madonna’s mother sitting under the light of a lamp on a side table. Oh Father begins. Madonna walks back to the main stage and takes the pearls. The man wakes up and mimes screaming at Madonna. He rips the pearls from her hand, breaking them, mirroring a scene from the song’s video. The man then sits on the couch and cries, leaning over occasionally to pick up some of the pearls. In anger, he breaks the photo of Madonna’s mother. He then stands and he and Madonna engage in a dance that displays both sadness and anger. This dance takes them down to the end of the runway where they are lowered below at the song’s conclusion.

ACT VI: REBEL REVIVAL
An interlude set to Gang Bang, her 2015 hit single, begins. Dancers appear on stage, some of them portraying cops, some portraying criminals. The criminals are in handcuffs and shackles. The dance interlude sees the criminals breaking out of their cuffs and chains, overpowering the cops. The cops flee the stage in fear of the criminals. Madonna appears on the mainstage in a red and black outfit as Attention, her Miranda Sings diss-track begins. Madonna and the criminal dancers do some choreography on the stage until a dancer dressed as Miranda Sings, lipstick and all, appears on the stage. The Miranda look alike is wearing a crown, a reference to her many claims of being a queen. Madonna comes up to the Miranda look alike as Madonna moves into the chorus and some verses of Nicki Minaj’s Snatching Crowns, set to the music of Attention. Madonna literally snatches the Miranda look alike’s crown and snaps it in half. Some of the cops wheel out an electric chair on the stage and the dancers overpower the Miranda look alike and force her into the chair, strapping her down. Madonna takes some lipstick and draws all over the Miranda look alike’s face as she sings some of She’s Not Me, again still set to the music of Attention. A light comes up on the switch to the electric chair and Madonna walks over. The music suddenly cuts and the sound of a heartbeat is heard. Madonna grabs the switch and pulls it. The Miranda look alike shakes as she’s “electrocuted”. Madonna and the dancers then enter the reprise of Attention as the Miranda look alike and the electric chair are quickly removed from the stage by the cop dancers. At the song’s conclusion, Madonna and the criminals freeze. Madonna breaks the freeze to hype talk the audience. “I just put the world out of its misery. Some queen she was, huh?” The crowd cheers. “ Do you bitches want some more?” The crowd cheers. “Do you bitches want some more?!” The crowd cheers louder. “I said...DO YOU BITCHES WANT SOME MORE?!” The crowd roars louder than ever! Controversy begins. The song is performed mainly on the runway making use of the conveyor. Madonna and the dancers do choreography while on the moving conveyor. Some other dancers appear popping up on the side of the stage from in the audience taking photos like paparazzi, catching Madonna and the criminals doing the scandalous choreography. The screens show various headlines of controversy throughout Madonna’s career, her totally embracing her bad girl side. Madonna sits her mic aside and does an added dance break on the runway, really giving it 110%. The song ends with the conveyor stopping, all of the criminals in line one behind the other with Madonna at the front. Like It or Not begins. The song is performed at the end of the runway. Three of the criminal dancers stay with Madonna but the rest leave the stage. In a callback to the Confessions Tour, the song is performed with Madonna and the three dancers doing chair choreography. But it’s much more complex than on the Confessions Tour. At one point, they all flip the chairs in the air, catching someone else’s chair, and then bringing it back down to the ground to continue dancing on it. An added outro is played as they sit the chairs on the runway and then sit on them as the conveyor takes them back to the mainstage as they sit. As soon as they get to the main stage, Girl Gone Wild, from her 2016 album of the same name, begins. There are no males on stage for this song other than the band but all of the females are out. The song is performed with complex choreography. It’s some of the most impressive of the night, including flips, high jumps, and even some hand walking from some of the dancers. At the song’s end, Madonna and the dancers are suddenly pulled down below the stage on fast moving elevators, sending everything into darkness.

ENCORE
There’s about a minute of blackness as the crowd cheers for Madonna to come back. Suddenly, spotlights hit 6 large disco balls hanging above the main stage. Hung Up begins in a more disco inspired arrangement as the main screen lifts revealing Madonna and every dancer in bright 70s inspired clothing. The song’s ABBA sample is emphasised in this newer arrangement. Madonna and the dancers do disco inspired choreography to the song. In the slow breakdown in the middle of the song, Madonna and the dancers slowly walk onto the runway. Madonna is all the way down at the b-stage and in line behind her are the dancers in single file all the way down the runway. When the song comes fully back in, the b-stage and the entire runway then raise up into the air revealing they’re both on lifts! The crowd roars with excitement while they dance up in the air. The stage then lowers back down and everyone makes their way to the main stage for the final chorus. The main screen raises again and Madonna and the dancers dance to the back of the stage. The screen lowers back down and by the last word is all the way down. The screen displays the words SINNER’S SYMPHONY on it, ending the show.


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The Minajesty TourCAL Tours | Create A Label (175)Date: February 11, 2019
Venue: TD Garden, Boston, United States
Capacity: 16,444 / 16,444 SOLD OUT

Nicki Minaj has officially kicked off her highly anticipated The Minajesty Tour across North America. The tour kicked off on February the 11th at the TD Garden in Boston and the leg will finish on April the 26th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Nicki has also confirmed that a different tour is in the works for dates overseas.

The tour includes a total of 37 songs within the setlist (many of which are shortened) and there are five total acts of the show. The first one being the "royal section", which begins with Majesty and continues with some of Nicki's biggest rap hits, such as Beez In The Trap and APEsh*t. The second act is a huge skit for Wanna Minaj Airlines, where Nicki and her dancers travel around the world and perform a song for each city/country they follow. The third act is the ass shaking section, where a huge bed is located in the centre of the stage and Nicki and her dancers gyrate across the stage to some of Nicki's sexiest cuts. The fourth act is the pop hits section, where Nicki and her dancers act as a splash of colour all around the stage as they perform some of Nicki's biggest hits, such as Super Bass and Starships. The final act is an encore performance of Ganja Burn and Snatching Crowns.

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STAGING

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The main stage set up involves three total screens. Two are on either side of the arena and are there to give people at the back of the arena a closer look to what's happening on the stage, as a camera crew will be taping the whole show. There is one huge screen at the very back of the stage, which is either used to show video interludes, more of the show, backdrops for certain performances or colour sequences to match the colours of the lights during certain parts of the show. The actual stage set up is fairly simple. There's a narrow platform at the very back of the stage, followed by three small steps (all of which have lights on them, which showcase different colours throughout the show) and a large square stage is placed at the edge of the steps.

During the royal section of the show, the back platform is occupied as a shiny throne is placed in the very centre and two horses are placed on the edges to fit the royal aesthetic.

For the ass shaking section, a huge platform takes up majority of the square space of the stage with a bed on it, which spins during certain parts of the act.

For the encore performance, the shiny throne returns at the very back of the stage but the horses ended up being absent.

COSTUMES

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ACT I : THE ROYAL SECTION
For the royal section, Nicki is wearing a wavy blonde wig and a shiny golden one piece. The one piece is super gliterry and has a few rubies and gems stuck onto it. The one piece is shaped much like a swimsuit but is cut to be slightly more modest, showing off less cleavage and covering more of her ass. Nicki’s also wearing golden stilettos and will be holding a gold mic throughout the act. The dancers are also wearing similar outfits, all of which are gold.

ACT II : THE WANNA MINAJ AIRLINES SECTION
For the Wanna Minaj Airlines section, Nicki’s main outfit is a swimsuit with the Trinidadian flag printed on it and some black stilletos. Nicki wears a bunch of oversized jackets and jumpers throughout this section to match all the different locations, which are thoroughly explained throughout the set outline below. Nicki’s also wearing a long and straight black wig throughout this performance.

ACT III : THE ASS SHAKING SECTION
In the ass shaking section, Nicki’s wearing a very beachy and curly black wig (similar to one she wore recently at DJ Clue’s birthday party) and a hot pink lingerie one piece, fit with some pink slides, which she’d take off before getting into the bed. The pink is hot but not too hot to make the crowd go blind. The hot pink is meant to contrast with the lighter pink tone of the bed she’s dancing on. She dancers are wearing matching lingerie, but in a lighter pink to go along with the bed.

ACT IV : THE POP HITS SECTION
In the pop hits section, Nicki is wearing a straight and long pink wig, an orange jacket, a green crop top, some light blue leggings and yellow stilettos. This set was supposed to look as colourful as possible. The dancers were wearing similar outfits, but all of them had mix matched colours (so, for example, one had a blue jacket and the other had a green one).

ACT V : ENCORE PERFORMANCE
For the encore performance, Nicki was wearing the same outfit she wore in the Ganja Burn video and, in a complete contrast to the royal section of the show, the dancers were wearing some more worn down clothes that resembled rags to match the desert out in the middle of nowhere scenery.

SETLIST

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ACT I : THE ROYAL SECTION
1. "Majesty"
2. "Half Back"
3. "Beez In The Trap" / "Truffle Butter"
4. "Yourself"
5. "Barbie Dreams"
6. "APEsh*t" / "LLC"

ACT II : THE WANNA MINAJ AIRLINES SECTION
7. "Flawless" / "Feeling Myself"
8. "Big Bank"
9. "Itty Bitty Piggy"
10. "Chun-Li"
11. "Whip It"
12. "Turn Me On" / "Hey Mama"
13. "Hold Yuh" / "Letting Go (Dutty Love)"
14. "Coco Chanel"
15. "Muder She Wrote" / "Tear Off Mi Garment" / "Temperature"

ACT III : THE ASS SHAKING SECTION
16. "Rich Sex" / "Send A Pic"
17. "Dance (A$$)"
18. "Good Form"
19. "Senseless"
20. "Anaconda"

ACT IV : THE POP HITS SECTION
21. "Switch Up"
22. "Adore" / "Side To Side"
23. "Thought I Knew You"
24. "Moment 4 Life"
25. "Super Bass"
26. "Starships"

ACT V : ENCORE PERFORMANCE
27. "Ganja Burn"
28. "Snatching Crowns"

THE SHOW

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ACT I: THE ROYAL SECTION (handheld mic)
As the lights mysteriously went off in the arena, the entire crowd started cheering for Nicki. A projector was used to show a video on the curtains. The video begins with the Queen logo being shown and, suddenly, the backing kicks in and we’re taken to the desert from the Ganja Burn video. We see Nicki looking dead in the sand, before immediately waking up and walking her way around the desert, wondering how she got there. As Nicki walks around, her narration comes through the speakers. There’s also a lot of white noise in the background to represent the sand blowing in the wind. "People ask me all the time ‘What does being a QUEEN mean to you? What does the word QUEEN mean to you? To me, a Queen stands her ground. She never settles for less than what she deserves and fights for her rights. A Queen is confident. It takes a while for a true Queen to gain her confidence but, when she gets it, she shows it off with pride and never lets anyone tell her that that makes her a bitch or too co*cky. Many are intimidated by confident women but, if that makes me intimidating, then I’ll be that. A Queen has her loyal supporters but also has her avid haters and doubters. They’ll do anything to knock a Queen off her throne or snatch that crown off her head. With being a Queen comes POWER and with power comes the jealousy and greed of others that wish they were in your position. That’s why every Queen creates their own lane, has their own ambitions, has their own talents, has their own sense of self expression and identity and doesn’t need to rely on anything, especially not no motherf*cking man, to get what she wants. I am a Queen. Call me ... Her Minajesty." A zooming close up is shown of Nicki and "THE MINAJESTY TOUR" logo being displayed on the screen. The beginning of Majesty then kicks in. We can see a yellow square through the projector that’s moving around the curtains to the beat of the song and flashing on and off in the centre of the curtains to match the piano keys Labrinth is playing. A big boom comes through after Labrinth sings "Boom shangalangalang" and foam erupts from either side of the stage as the curtains fall to the ground and the beat drop for ‘Majesty kicks in’. Nicki is sitting in the golden throne at the very back of the stage and there are four shirtless male dancers on the stage, all wearing golden hammer pants. They’re doing some choreography to the beat as Nicki is sitting in her throne and sassily rapping out the lyrics. As Labrinth’s part comes back, two of the dancers come up to Nicki to take her hands and help her down the stairs for the rest of the song. The two same dancers also grind on her, from both the front and the back, as Nicki raps the seductive lyrics such as "I’m thicker than peanut butter, he nuttin’ like Skippy now / He want me to be his wife, his Mrs. like sippy now". Nicki then screamed out to the crowd as the chorus came back. By the time Labrinth was singing "I want your love..". Nicki and the four dancers were standing in a triangular motion and posing on each beat, before making jerking movements to the "Hey, hey, hey, hey". Nicki threw her arm in the air over the final beat.

The music then immediately transitioned into Half Back. Nicki screamed "What’s good, [city]? Are y’all ready to turn up toniigghhtt??" as four of Nicki’s female dancers strutted their way onto the stage and got in formation with the men. As the beat kicked in, the dancers were all doing choreography to the chorus and Nicki was singing in the centre of the stage, making some sassy movements to the song. Nicki stopped dancing and just walked around a bit, looking as confident as ever, to rap the lyrics out to the crowd. "Just last week, I told ‘em the crown is mine / I bust shots, don’t duck if it don’t apply". By the time Nicki would say "Mirror, mirror, who’s the fairest?", two of her dancers had wheeled a royal looking mirror onto the stage so that Nicki could look behind her and see herself in the mirror, responding with "You the motherf*cking fairest, Nicki". The dancers then wheeled the mirror off the stage and Nicki walked over to the steps. She sat down as she said "You got bars and still broookkeee?". Two female dancers were situated higher on the steps, behind her, to bop along to the chorus with her. The rest of the dancers were on the main stage, doing more of the choreography. For the second verse, Nicki was sitting on the steps to rap out the first part of the verse but she made her way up as she got more aggressive with the verse and walked her way towards the front of the stage. "Look at my knock offs / I told ‘me knock it off / Everything that Nicki do, you know they knock it off / Put my crown on again and imma knock it off". Nicki had the facial expressions and hand gestures to match everything she was saying. She held the mic out to the crowd so that they could all scream "I AIN’T NEVER HAVE TO STRIP TO GET THE POLE POSITION". Nicki then upped the energy and screamed out the rest of the verse before the chorus came back. Nicki and her dancers ended the performance by doing a jig, where they were leaning to the left and right and making their way either backwards or forwards, depending on where they were on the stage. Nicki finished the song by saying "Just last week, I told em the crown is mine" and the words "I bust shots, don’t duck if it don’t apply" showed up on the screens. One big boom came out from the speakers to put an end to the song.

"Good motherf*cking evening, [city]? Welcome to The Minajesty Toouurr!!! My name is Nicki Minaj and I’ll be your hostess for this evening but, of course, you could just call me Her Minajesty if you’d like. Where all my motherf*cking Queens at in the building tonight? And do they got a king that’s treating them right in the building right now? Or another Queen, you know, whatever floats ya boat. I wanna dedicate this very first part of the show to powerful women because we are DANGEROUS. They’ll do everything in their power to take us down but they will NEVER succeed. This next song is a bit older and the people that like this song the most are the people out here, getting money so, I want y’all that got the most money in the building to scream the loudest, okay?

The beat for Beez In The Trap then kicked in. Nicki then yelled "Oh, oh, oh" and was doing some ratchet movements in the centre of the stage as the beat kicked in. For this performance, it was just her and four females behind her. They were all adjusting their outfits and doing their hair like true bad bitches before the hook kicked in. They then got into the regular BITT choreography for the chorus. Nicki then moved around the stage and rapped the first verse to the crowd. "Man, I been did that / Man, I been popped off". As the bass really kicked it for the second part of the verse, Nicki joined the girls and they slowly made their way to squat down, whilst twisting their hips and making more seductive movements as Nicki rapped lyrics like "Might spend a couple thou just to bust that open". Nicki then got into the "Damn, damn, what they say about me?" part but mostly relied on the crowd to scream out the lyrics. Right after "I’m sh*tting on your whole life", we could hear a really faint and distorted version of the Truffle Butter beat playing, which eventually kicked in to normal as the drums came in. Nicki and her dancers were swapping positions, meaning the dancers at the back made it to the front and Nicki made it to the back. As the chorus played, they were making movements and clapping on each beat, to encourage the crowd to do the same. Moving further, they all shook their hips on three beats in the second half of the chorus, with added instrumentation to emphasise their moves. Nicki then made her way to the steps and sat down to rap the lyrics to the crowd. She was very focused on her hand gestures throughout the verse, as the dancers were doing the movements. She made her way back up as the chorus came back and shouted "Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!" as she got back up. She made her way to the front of the stage as the beat ended.

The trap beat for Yourself then slowly kicked in and Nicki introduced it with a little speech: "I wanna dedicate this next song to all my Queens in the building and I don’t give a f*ck what you got in between your legs, if you wanna be a Queen tonight, you’re welcome to be a part of my kingdom. I want y’all to express yourselves and show me who y’all truly are in this song because god made you beautiful and it’d be a shame for y’all to be hiding your true selves from me tonight". The dancers had walked away at this point and Nicki was alone on stage, to rap the lyrics to the crowd. As the chorus eventually kicked in, Nicki and her dancers all broke into some choreography, as Nicki’s chopped and screwed vocals played through the speakers. "Girl, what can you be if you can’t be yourself? / Boy, what can you be if you can’t be yourself? / I’ll worry about me and you worry bout yourself / Cuz what can you be if you can’t be yourself?". For the second verse, the screens at the sides of the stage showed a lot of the people in the crowd, celebrating themselves. She rapped the second verse in the centre of the stage, interacting with the crowd and getting them to join in. Nicki and her dancers were feeling themselves for the next chorus and the ratchet bridge and kept dancing until the song came to an end.

"Where all my men at in the building, make some noise! If you got some motherf*ckin’ good dick, make some motherf*cking noise!! ... *switches from hood Nicki to girly Nicki* Well, I wrote this song about a few boys I may or may not have a thing for. They’re all in this industry and, you know, when I came into this industry, it was so cool for all these rappers to make songs about how much they wanna f*ck Nicki Minaj, they wanna sleep on my ass like it’s a pillow so I was like ... why don’t I make a song to objectify y’all? You can’t expect me to be presented with such thick, fat, juicy dick that y’all got going on and not have me rap about it? So that’s what this song’s about. If you know the lyrics, sing along".

This was obviously an introduction to Barbie Dreams. Nicki was being super chill on the stage by herself and spitting the bars in the beginning of the song to the crowd. Suddenly, one of Nicki’s male dancers came onto the stage dressed as 50 Cent from the ‘Get Rich or Die Trying’ cover. He came out right before Nicki mentioned him so she could look towards him and feel his abs as she rapped "I tried to f*ck 50 for a powerful hour". She then grabbed his head, pushed it down and shoved his head into her puss* to the beat of the song as she rapped "Step ya banks up like you moving that ya-yo". Suddenly, another dancer came out and he was dressed as DRAKE. He was wearing a boring black shirt and trousers, like Aubrey always does, and he cries into Nicki’s titt*es as she rapped "I don’t know if the puss* wet or if he crying and sh*t". Before we knew it, a Meek look a like was already on the stage. Nicki gripped him from the side as she said "Duck him" and the Meek look a like lip synced to "I uSeD tO pRaY fOr TiMeS lIkE tHiS" and Nicki gripped Meek’s dick to begin stroking it as she screamed "FACE AAAAASSSSS" (which was a parody of her feeling his dick during a show on The Pinkprint Tour). The final rapper to make an appearance was Young Thug. One of the dancers dressed up as him with his tattoos and signature dreads but he was wearing a gold dress that Nicki wore to the 2014 VMAs, as a play on Nicki’s lyric "Caught him in my dressing room, stealing dresses and sh*t". Nicki and the four rappers all did some old school hip hop choreography to the chorus and Nicki took a break from rapping to let the backing track do the work this time around. She went back to rapping for the second verse. This time, all of the rappers were doing the choreography on their own and Nicki walked her way around the stage as she rapped the second verse. Instead of having the rappers actually come out this time, she had pictures of each rapper she mentioned showing up on the big screen behind them. Each picture was accompanied by a line pointing to their lips with the words "Where my puss* belongs" written next to it. It was purposely made to look like it was done in Microsoft Paint. Nicki made her way back to the centre of the stage to dance with 50, Drake, Meek and Young Thug until the song ended. They all walked off as the beat faded out but, before we knew it, Nicki picked the mic back up to rap "You know I’m all bout them dollars" and the beat switch came on. Nicki rapped the outro to Barbie Dreams to the best of her ability, with full animation and movements across the centre of the stage.

As the energy intensified at the end of Barbie Dreams, the equally intense beat for APEsh*t kicked in. "All my bad bitches in the arena tonight, let me hear y’all scream!!". After Nicki screamed this, the beat kicked in and Nicki and her dancers broke into a generic trap dance break for the chorus, as Kash Doll’s vocals played through the backtrack. Nicki took a break to spit her verse and the dancers were doing their jobs around her. She started to bop a bit more as she said "I’m the Queeeeennn". She then asked "She think she the Queen?" to her dancers, to which they responded "Girl, you know she luhhh to dreeeaammm". Nicki then finished the verse and, right as it ended, APEsh*t transitioned into the breakdown for LLC. Nicki and the dancers did some ratchet choreography to the breakdown, which eventually transitioned into the very beginning of the song. Nicki didn’t pick up the mic until her verse started. She rapped the verse at the front of the stage, with her dancers behind her. Once again, she took a break from rapping for the chorus and joined in with her dancers instead. She then skipped to the third verse of the song and the choreography intensified for the "Push the limits, I’m a pushy bitch" part and Nicki got more co*cky and girly with her tone as she spit out the rest of the verse. Nicki and her dancers all paused and posed as the backtrack said "To you, he’s rich and famous but he’s just a guy to me" and they went back to some choreography for the final hook. The lights went off on the last beat of the song.

ACT II: The Wanna Minaj Airlines Section ((headset mic)
After only a few seconds, a video was being played on the screen behind the stage. It was a video for a flight company, Wanna Minaj Airlines, which would be played before each flight. "Welcome to Wanna Minaj Airlines. Before we take off, we ensure that you all fasten your seatbelts and prepare for the ride and, if necessary, add a little extra wig glue to your scalp to ensure everything’s okay over there before we take off. There may be quite a bit of turbulence throughout our flight. Prepare for take off. We are about to land at our first destination ... Houston, Texas"

On the very last part of the slide, a map of Texas was shown, with a star where Houston is. Very quickly, the lights for the stage came on and they were creating a very purple aesthetic. Two of Nicki’s female backing dancers ran out on stage, wearing a purple bomber jacket, sneakers and shorts. They were meant to look super street. They ran on stage as ‘Bow Down Bitches’ by Beyonce played and they were doing choreography to the beginning of the song. Beyonce sang the first verse and chorus through the backtrack and, suddenly, Bow Down Bitches transitioned into Flawless (as it does on the self titled album) and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s speech about feminism played. Before we knew it, Nicki came onto the stage through a slider. She was wearing a curly black wig and an oversized purple sweater with the words "HOOD BITCH" printed onto them to match the girls. She started to rap her Flawless verse: "Looking Trinidadian, Japanese and Indian / Got Malaysian, got that yacky, that wavy Brazilian". During Beyoncé’s little part of her verse, Nicki screamed "IF YOU LOVE QUEEN BEY, MAKE SOME NOISE". For the rest of the verse, Nicki walked around the stage and spat her bars out to the crowd, starting off extremely calm and getting more aggressive and animated as the verse went on. By the end of the verse, she was in the centre of the stage and Feeling Myself started playing. Nicki started to move around and rap her verse as the girls behind her made some sexual moves to match the lyrics. As Beyoncé’s chorus played, Nicki and her dancers squatted down and patted their puss*es on "Feeling my, feeling my". Nicki relied on the crowd to sing Bey’s next part and she went back as they ordered the world to carry on. Nicki and her dancers did some more sexy choreography to Beyoncé’s next verse and upped the ante for the next chorus. As Nicki’s bridge came, her and her dancers did the regular choreography, consisting of them spinning their heads around and waving two fingers in the air. As the dancers took care of the dancing for the very last verse, Nicki focused on rapping out to the crowd in her confident and Queen-ly tone. The dancers ended the performance with four fingers up for "Bitch is on her fourth flow".

After the song, we could hear the sound of a plane flying and Nicki said "Hold on, hold on, it sounds like we’re taking a small pit stop somewhere on Wanna Minaj Airlines. Where are we going?" Nicki, through a backtrack, answered “COMPTON, CALIFORNIA”. The beat for Big Bank then immediately kicked in. Of course, the whole hood aesthetic was continued but stock images and videos from Compton were showcased on the screen. After her dancers did some super old school and hood dance moves to the chorus, Nicki stood still and rapped her verse over the beat. She turned around for the very end of the verse and shook her ass a little bit to “Show my ass like a stank hoe” and the dancers were slapping her ass as she did it. The dancers then alternated between doing their own solo dance moves to the next chorus and Nicki was hyping them up. We took one final pit stop in the hood setting. The next stop was New York and the beat for Itty Bitty Piggy immediately kicked in. Nicki’s OG fans screeched the second they heard the beat and the dancers broke off into some more hood choreography. Nicki screamed “HEY, HEY, HEY” a bunch of times and was goofing around with her fans until it was time for her to spit her verse. “Flyer than a kite, I get higher than Rapunzel / Keep the Snow White, I could buy it by the bundle / Step ya cookies up before they crumble / Don’t be actin’ like the Cardinals and gon fumble”. Nicki continued to rap, while making a few gestures that fit the lyrics (e.g. swerving as she said “Whe-whe-whe-wheelers, I’m a big deal”). As we got to the most iconic part of the song and Nicki’s entire career, she said in a super girly and sarcastic voice “It’s like I just single-handedy annihilated, you know, every rap bitch in the building … WHO AM I [CITY]?!?” The crowd responded, screaming “i’M NICKI MINAJ, NICKI LEWINSKY, NICKI THE NINJA, NICKI THE BOSS, NICKI THE HARAJUKU BARBIE” and Nicki came back in to scream “GIVE IT UP, IT’S ME, I WIN, YOU LOOSSEEE” and did a little cute and co*cky dance as she repeatedly screamed “I’m a bad bitch”.

The lights then went off as Itty Bitty Piggy ended and we were taken back to a video for WANNA MINAJ AIRLINES. Nicki’s team ran on stage while the lights were still off for an outfit change. On the screen, the Minaj Airlines hostess (so Nicki) said “We are setting on route to Asia and beginning our journey in China. To introduce you to China is our representative, Ivy. The singer Ivy then appeared on the screen and sent a message in her mother tongue, with English subtitles under it. “China: land of the red. Fueled by the hard-working hands of the 1.404 billion Chinese people, the People's Republic of China is an indisputable superpower of planet Earth. You are invited to one of the human race's earliest civilisations, streching back to the ancient times of 7000 BCE. I promise, you have never experienced a land more golden and ripe.” The message ended with her saying “Enjoy your stay”.

Immediately afterwards, the lights came up and the aesthetic was now red. On the screen behind the stage was a red dojo and you could see Nicki on the stage, now dressed in a robe to make her look like Chun-Li as the song Chun-Li began. Nicki stood there for the beginning of the song with her hands on her hips as she rapped the lyrics. Four new backing dancers, all of which were of Chinese descent and dressed with chopstick buns in their hair (one of Nicki’s favourite looks since the ‘Playtime is Over’ era) came on the stage to dance in front of Nicki as she bopped to the beat and screamed the lyrics of the chorus, alongside the backtrack. As the chorus ended, the dancers were in a praying position and Nicki confidently strutted her way from the back of the stage to the front, eyeing down the crowd as “WELL, IT’S THE LAST TIME YOU’RE GONNA SEE A BAD GUY DO THE RAP GAME LIKE ME” came through the backtrack. Nicki came back for the rest of the beat and her and the dancers were doing some simple choreography for the next part of the verse, before breaking into some choreography where they pounded their chests whenever Nicki said “King kong”. Nicki then confidently screamed “THEY NEED RAPPERS LIKE ME SO THEY CAN GET ON THEIR f*ckING KEYBOARDS AND MAKE ME THE BAD GUY, CHUN-LI” to the crowd and did some dances all by herself to the chorus. She was looking stylish and sexy as the Chinese dancers walked around while Nicki sang the bridge. She then turned around and walked to the back of the stage as she sang “I need a Mai Tai..” and turned around to pose with her dancers on the final beat. Lights were flicking for the final part of the song to match the thumping beat.

Suddenly, the lights went off again and Nicki’s team RAN on stage as this next interlude was fairly short. The next Wanna Minaj Airlines message came through: “To continue our trip around Asia, we’re taking a small pit stop in Tokyo, Japan. The city of the future, where everything looks pretty and every single resident has a bomb sense of fashion. Sit tight and enjoy our next ride across Tokyo, Japan”.

The lights then went up and were of all colours of the rainbow. Nicki was now wearing a jacket literally made up of teddy bears and stuff you’d find in a generic Japanese toy store or arcade. The song to represent Japan was Whip It. Two of Nicki’s non-Asian dancers walked on the stage in similar costumes. Nicki said “Hey, you, jump in this ride” and grooved along to the beat, while Nicki’s dancers were doing some cute side steps and whatever behind her. Nicki whined her hips and made some sexy facial expressions as she sang the pre-chorus. She let the backtrack do the work for the chorus and screamed out to the crowd “DO Y’ALL KNOW THIS ONE?”. Nicki and her dancers made some literal whipping moves right before the chorus came and foam erupted from either side of the arena as the drop came through. Nicki then got a whole lot more animated as she rapped the second verse. As the next chorus came, three of Nicki’s shirtless dancers came on the stage to join the girls. They all did some choreography as they flirted with each other and danced together, which ended with them forming a grinding conga line where they all grinned on each other. Nicki posed as the song came to an end and the lights went off again.

Wanna Minaj Airlines: “As we leave Asia, we enter the continent of Europe and, tonight, we’ll be visiting Paris, France. Oui, oui. Home of the beautiful Eiffel Tower, baguettes and sexy boys with accents that make me wanna drop my panties the second I hear ‘em speak. Paris has many famous exports, some of my personal favourites being Chanel, Dior and Givenchy but my personal favourite export coming from France would have to be a man by the name of David Guetta”

Turn Me On started playing as red, white and blue lights created a French atmosphere on the stage. Nicki was wearing an oversized jacket with the French flag printed onto it. She started singing Turn Me On by herself on stage and knelt down to make shade some sexual faces and movements, as if she was having an org*sm, during the “OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH” part. She then belted out the chorus to the best of her ability and, as the drums came in, two shirtless male dancers came on stage to dance behind her. As the chorus of Turn Me On ended, it turned into Hey Mama and Nicki got up to switch straight from sexy to badass. She sang the first verse, with the boys behind her doing some hardcore choreography. Bebe’s vocals came through the backtrack for the chorus and Nicki and the dancers were doing some simple dance moves to her vocals. As it came to an end, Nicki screamed “WHOLE, WHOLE, WHOLE, WHOLE” before the beat came in and she got into her rap verse. She wined her hips and winked to the audience as she sang “Give me the word, I’m no good, I’ll be bad for my baby”. Nicki and the dancers danced again for the final chorus. Foam erupted from either side of the stage as the song came to an end. Instead of there being a video interlude this time, the dancers walked off and Nicki talked to the crowd.

“Whew, wasn’t that fun, you guys? We got to visit Houston, Compton, New York City, Shanghai, Tokyo, Paris, we’ve been able to celebrate different cultures and places around the world that I love and have been inspired by in my music and, now, I think it’s time I share my own culture with you. I’ve always been a very proud island girl so right now, ladies and gentlemen of [city], I wanna take you to my home of Trinidad and Tobago and we gon celebrate some of our neighbours while we’re at it.

Hold Yuh started playing as six of Nicki’s dancers, two men and four women, came out in island inspired gear, with the Trinidad, Barbados, Bahamas and Jamaican flags printed on them. Nicki got ready for this segment by taking off her jacket and showing what she was wearing underneath those oversized jackets and jumpers this whole time, a swimsuit with the Trinidadian flag printed on it. To go along with it, one of her dancers handed her a huge jumper with the Jamaican flag on it and she wore that to rep both Trinidad and Jamaica. The dancer took her French outfit and took it backstage. Her female dancers all got in formation and did some regular Caribbean and dancehall inspired dance moves to the song. The lights this time around were red, black, white and green. Nicki was bopping along in the centre of the stage as she rapped her verse. “Styled on ‘em, Jamaican tip / All I do is sign boobs and be taking pics / Got the new Benz the colour of bacon bits / Got a spot in every state, Dalmatian bitch / Cuz it’s Young Money, old money, real good money / Ain’t do a feature that wasn’t on Billboard, honey”. Nicki then joined in for some really sweet moves as Gyptian sang the romantic chorus through the backtrack. The mood then switched a little as the backtrack switched to Letting Go (Dutty Love). Nicki and her dancers were wining their hips and getting down to the beat before Nicki calmed it down to rap her verse. “Ayo, Sean, you Mr. Kingston / You say you have it, Louie it and then some / Look how you gwan on in all your ice / You pretty and you nice / Ya dun know say Nicki a ya wife”. Nicki and her dancers got back into the choreography and wined their hips, having a good time and getting down to the beat as Sean Kingston sang the chorus through the backtrack.

The mood then changed as the beat switched to Coco Chanel. The lights were altered a bit to make the atmosphere darker and Nicki and her dancers were doing some sexy dance moves with very serious faces on them, like they mean business. This was a female-only performance. They continued this with some choreography throughout the chorus. Nicki said the first half of each line live, with the backtrack taking care of the response parts. Nicki then stopped the choreography to rap the first verse of the song, while her dancers were still doing some choreography in front of her. Nicki felt her fingers through her hair as she said “She got the Nicki bundles, worth a stack on it”. For the next chorus, Nicki took a break from the vocals to do some choreography with her dancers over the chorus. Foxy’s verse was then cut off to go straight to the third verse. The dancers went backstage a bit to each grab a (fake) gun and after Nicki said “Got real shooters, better D up, guys”, they shot black and red bits of confetti into the crowd (obviously an homage to the Trinidadian flag, as Nicki and Foxy are both of Trini descent). The song then ended after the final verse, where Nicki shouted out some of her favourite Caribbean artists like Vybz Cartel and Spice.

As Coco Chanel ended, the beat for Murder She Wrote by Chaka Demus and Pliers, which Nicki sampled in ‘Freaks’ by French Montana kicked in and four of Nicki’s shirtless male dancers came in. They came in wearing flags from the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad on their backs with pants with the flags printed on them to match. The ending of the Caribbean part of the performance turned into a dance party. They were all just enjoying themselves on stage and celebrating to the song, as Nicki encouraged the crowd to do the same. Nicki screamed “I KNOW Y’ALL CAME HERE TO LET GO AND HAVE SOME FUN!! LEMME SEE Y’ALL DANCE” before Tear off Mi Garment by Beenie Man kicked in and Nicki and her dancers were shaking their asses to the beat. Nicki decided to end this little dance medley with a song the American audience might’ve been more familiar with, Temperature by Sean Paul. About a minute of the song was played, with everyone dancing, and they ended the performance by posing. The girls were all kneeling down next to Nicki, staring at the audience and the boys were posing with their backs to the audience, so you could see all the flags. The lights went off for a few minutes to prepare for the next video interlude.

ACT III: THE ASS SHAKING SECTION (headset mic)
In the next video interlude, it was Nicki’s time to be the Victoria’s Secret model she always dreamed of being. As Nasty Naughty Boy by Christina Aguilera started playing, we saw shots of Nicki strutting through a hallway in a robe. She was posing and making a bunch of sexy movements as Xtina played in the background. As she song ended up skipping to the part where she belts her lungs out, Nicki opened a door, which lead her to a bedroom, which included a bed with roses sprinkled onto it. Nicki took the robe off to reveal a pair of pink lingerie. She got on the bed to bend down and make a bunch of sexy poses and movements, with her wavy Brazilian weave flowing around everywhere. She signaled for the camera man to leave as the song began to come to an end and he walked out. Before closing the door on him, Nicki took one of her stockings off and threw it at the camera. We could hear the door shutting super loudly before the lights went up and everyone could see the new stage set up.

There was now a huge circular platform located in the middle of the stage and, on top of it, was a large pink bed, much like the one in the video interlude. The pink lights came on and shined to an extended intro of Rich Sex. The riff played quite a few times until Nicki began to come onto the stage through a slider at the very front and centre of the stage. She was making a Beyonce pose in her lingerie one-piece and was SERVING with her black wig. As the beat began to drop, she rapped “I know what these [expletive] like and it ain’t my charm”, turning around on the word “charm” to flaunt her (practically) bare ass to the crowd. The song paused right after the word “charm” so Nicki could violently grab her right ass cheek and slap it. As the song came back, she strutted her way onto the platform and made her way onto the bed. Four of her female dancers, in similarly sexy outfits, also made their way onto the stage during this time. Nicki was squatting down on the bed by the time she could say “Ass out..” and, at the same time, the platform that the bed is on began to spin slowly. Nicki was squatting on the bed and humping it, as if a guy were on the bed, as she rapped her lyrics. The girls were all on the far ends of the stage (to avoid the spinning platform of course) and doing some typical ratchet choreography. Nicki was still squatting by the time the chorus came and she was doing a cute little dance, like she was shimmying her body from left to right, on the spinning bed. The bed stopped spinning right after the last “Rich sex” and it was framed so that Nicki would be facing the crowd in the centre of the stage by the time she stopped. For the “If you let that broke [Expletive] f*ck, we tellin’”, she further extended her body on the bed and, as she was in the face down ass up position, she grinded her puss* deep into the bed to the beat of the song. She slowly made her way up as ‘Rich Sex’ immediately transitioned into Send A Pic. The beginning riff played for one too many times since Nicki used this to introduce this part of the show. “WHO’S OUT HERE IN [CITY] READY TO FEEL SEXY TONIGHT?!?! WHO’S SITTING NEXT TO SOMEBODY THEY BOUTTA f*ck TONIGHT? WELL, THIS PART OF THE SHOW IS FOR YOU!! I SEE SOME SEXY BITCHES IN THE CROWD. IF YOU GOT GOOD puss*, MAKE SOME f*ckIN NOISE!! IF YOU GOT GOOD DICK GAME, MAKE SOME f*ckIN NOISE!! AND, IF YOU AIN’T OLD ENOUGH, SHUT THE f*ck UP!! *cackles* I ASKED Y’ALL TO SEND ME SOME SEXY PICS OF YOURSELVES AND I’M ABOUT TO DISPLAY THEM ON THE SCREEN BECAUSE Y’ALL LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL AND SEXY. IF YOU FEELING SEXY TONIGHT, LET ME HEAR Y’ALL SCREAM THIS ONE”. The bed began to spin again as Nicki rapped the first verse of Send A Pic on the bed. Nicki was really just having fun this time and not putting so much pressure on doing choreography or how she looked. The bed spinning was enough visuals. On the two screens, located on the left and right sides of the stage, were the pics that people sent to Nicki either on Twitter or Instagram with the hash tag #SendAPic[City]. The top of the screen said “SEND A PIC CAM” and the photos were showcased in a polaroid style border, with the person’s Instagram or Twitter names being showcased underneath the pic. As the chorus came, the bed stopped spinning and Nicki was facing the crowd once again. The dancers were doing some ratchet choreography and Nicki was mirroring their arm movements, obviously cutting out the leg work as she’s squatting on the bed. A big boom came out after the last “He wants me to send a pic!”

The dancers then quickly turned around to prepare for the beat of Dance (A$$) to kick in. They all started twerking as the beat kicked in and Big Sean repeatedly said “Ass” through the backtrack. Nicki’s bed started spinning again as the MC Hammer sample kicked in. Nicki rapped her verse on the bed and, right as she said “Bust this puss* open in the islands of Wakiki”, the dancers all did the splits and Nicki’s bed stopped spinning by the time she said “Kiss my ass and my anus” so that she could confidently spit it out to the crowd. It began to spin again as the chorus came back and she did a little bit of twerking on the bed throughout the chorus.

“Alright, y’all. I can tell y’all are feeling sexy tonight cuz y’all have been extra loud for these past three songs *laughs* This next one is my latest hit single. I don’t know why but everyone just seemed to gravitate towards this song, so much so that it’s already been certified quadruple platinum and reached #1 on urban and rhythmic radio. I’d like to dedicate this song to the girls and the gays in the crowd. Or, you know, if the rest of y’all like your cookie eaten every now and then, this song’s for y’all too. No matter if you’re standing or sitting, I wanna see some asses and I wanna see them clappin’. This song is called Good Form”

The bed immediately started spinning as the Good Form beat kicked in. The screens were showcasing the Good Form video and the girls were doing some samurai-esque movements as they were preparing for the beat to kick in and knock. Right as it did, the girls all started twerking on beat to Good Form. Nicki was bopping around on the bed, as it span and she rapped the first verse. The bed stopped on the second “Hol up, hol up, hol up, okay, hol up” and Nicki and her dancers were doing movements with their arms, where they waved their arms in a circular motion on one side of their body, before throwing their arm in the air and then switching arms to do the same movements. As the beat intensified, strobe lights were implemented and the girls were doing some jump roping movements, heading deeper into the back of the stage and signaling “STOP” to the crowd as the backtrack said “Run me the money”. The bed started spinning again as the chorus came and Nicki arched her back a bit to give her cheeks room to clap to the beat of the song. She was sassily rapping all the lyrics, encouraging the crowd to join along. The screens on either side of the stage were switching between shots of Nicki and the dancers and shots of people twerking in the crowd. The bed stopped with Nicki at the centre again so that Nicki could confidently rap “See, a bitch get more coins than a game room / So we ain’t never hatin’ in the shade room”. The dancers were all standing and confidently posing with their hands on their hips as Nicki rapped. As the beat came back, the bed spun again and the dancers bent down to pat their puss*es to the beat as Nicki rapped about wanting her cookie eaten. Nicki played around with this part and spread out on the bed to roll around as she rapped these lyrics. She got back up to rap “Drop the top like nip slips / So he tryna smash like when the whip flips”. She got louder and more aggressive as she screamed “I’M ONLY LOYAL TO THE [expletive] THAT’LL BUST GUNS FOR ME” and, as she did, the strobe lights and jump rope choreography came back. Nicki rocked from side to side to the next chorus, rapping out every word. The bed stopped again for “See, a bitch got more press than a key pad” and Nicki wiped her hand against her puss* as she rapped “Before you suck me off, get a knee pad”. She also did a move similar to the iconic Single Ladies hand choreography during the “freeze tag” part. The bed started spinning again after Nicki started rapping about cookies again and Nicki just rolled around the bed, screaming out about how much she wanted her puss* to be eaten. For the final instrumental part, the girls broke into the more fierce choreography from the music video but one of the dancers stopped halfway to go backstage and pick up a giant cookie. The bed stopped spinning a little bit early so the dancer could get on the platform and hand Nicki the cookie. Nicki took a huge bite on the last beat of the song, devouring the cookie. The dancers eventually joined in and sexily posed on the side of the bed as they took a bite of the cookie.

“That’s a good cookie girls! You know how good that is for you, right?” Nicki then uncontrollably cackles at her own joke before the dancers get off and one of them hands the rest of the giant cookie to the team backstage. “Okay, bae and I might have a little less fun tonight now that I got crumbs all over the bed but it was worth it. Are y’all feeling sexy yet? Well, we’re about to get a little rough. Before we do this next song, I need four people. I don’t give a f*ck who you are but if you’re ready to participate in a twerk contest, put your hands up .. *Nicki then picks four people and picks at least two that she sees wearing merch*. Okay, security can bring all four of y’all up. Before then, we’re gonna start the song a little bit. This was surprisingly my very first #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. I didn’t know America was so kinky! *laughs* Sing along if you know it. This one’s called Senseless”.

For the beginning of Senseless, Nicki was alone on the bed and she was playfully rapping as she continued to roll around the bed and rap the lyrics. As she got to the pre-chorus, all of the twerk contest people were on the stage. Her singing came through the backtrack so that Nicki could speak over it to the contestants. “Once this beat drops, I’ve gotta see y’all shakin’ ass harder than you’ve ever shaken before. Winner gets $5,000 cash! Are y’all ready … GOOOOOOO”. As the hard rock hook began, the lights went crazy and the contestants all threw their asses in the air. Nicki’s bed wasn’t spinning so that she could pay attention and watch all the girls and/or gays twerking. She decided to join in and shake some ass as the most ratchet bridge to ever exist in the history of music came in and Nicki screamed out the lyrics as the contestants were still twerking. “SHAKE YOUR FAT ASS, GIRLS / SHAKE YOUR FAT ASS, GIRLS / SHAKE YOUR FAT DICK, BOYS / SHAKE YOUR FAT DICK, BOYS”. After the crowd screamed “I THINK I WANNA GET f*ckED TONIGHT”, the song stopped for a bit and Nicki said “Hol’ on, hol’ on. Stop, y’all”. The twerkers stopped to listen to Nicki. “Okay, we’ve got one more drop ready. Y’all have been doing a great job warming up but, for this last drop, the crowd are gonna be watching and they’re gonna vote for who gets to win the grand prize. Are y’all ready?”. Nicki then slowly and sensually sang the pre-chorus acapella, giving Whitney a run for her drug money and she then switched back to ratchet to scream “1, 2, 3, 4” as the drop came back and the contestants went back to twerking. Two of Nicki’s male dancers popped out from either side of the stage with cash cannons so that hundred dollars bills could fly off the contestants’ asses. As the song stopped, they all frantically roamed around to grab the money off the floor. “Pick up the money, y’all. You deserve it. Well, you all did a very good job but the audience gets to decide who wins the grand prize”. Nicki then called out contestants 1, 2, 3 and 4 and chose which contestant she thought got the loudest applause. One of the male dancers then came out and gave them a bedazzled briefcase with $5,000 cash in it. Nicki then said “And the rest of y’all get to keep the money you collected. It should be all hunnids. If you find some $1 bills in there, you can cuss out my prop department”. Nicki then gave all of them a hug and congratulated the winner, before they were all escorted of stage”

“Okay, y’all. We only have one song left over in this block so, if there are any parents with their children in the building, you only need to cover their eyes for one more song, okay? *laughs* This one’s a song I put out in 2014 and I put it out to celebrate all my curvy girls. If you a curvy girl, make some noise!! I know y’all know the words to this one, let me hear y’all”.

This was obviously an introduction to Anaconda. Her four female dancers all sassily walked onto the stage for the very beginning of the song. Nicki bent down and sexily rapped the lyrics to the first verse. The spinning bed ended up fitting perfectly as she rapped the fast part of the verse. The spinning stopped as we got to the chorus and Nicki quickly made her way to the edge of the bed, while her dancers all grabbed a chair from backstage, so that they could do the iconic chair choreography to the song. On the last “Oh my gosh”, Nicki turned around and crawled on the bed as one of her shirtless male dancers made his way onto the stage and joined Nicki on the bed. She looked right at him as she rapped “This dude named Michael used to ride motorcycles / Dick bigger than a tower, I ain’t talking bout Eiffels”. They (visually) flirted a bit before Nicki rolled over to give him some room and he grinded into her as she rapped “Bang, bang, bang”. They switched positions so that the boy could grab her leg and throw it in the air as she rapped “Like his name Romaine”. They continued to grind into each other until the fast part of the verse, where the guy lied down on the bed and Nicki got on top of him. She was mirroring the arm choreography of what her dancers were doing and interacted with the crowd for the next anaconda part. Right before the drop, Nicki turned around so that her ass was facing the guy’s face. She slowly moved her body towards him and started clapping her ass right in his face on the second part of the chorus. At the very end, she alternated between her two clapping ass cheeks, swapping from left to right on each word “Look. At. Her. Butt”. As the breakdown came, Nicki wasn’t horny anymore and screamed “GET THE f*ck OFF MY BED!!”. The platform stopped spinning so that the guy could leave the stage. As Sir Mix A Lot screamed “DON’T”, Nicki put her arm out to either the left or right side of the stage, signaling which side of her dancers should be moving at which time. Nicki then shimmied her body around for the “Don’t want none unless you got buns, hon”. Nicki’s bed then went back to spinning and she screamed out to the crowd for the final breakdown. Nicki and her dancers all posed with one arm in the air on the last “HEY!” and then the lights went off to finish the third act of the show.

ACT IV: THE POP HITS SECTION (handheld mic)
The next video interlude was set out like an interview. Nicki was sitting in a seat, in the middle of a studio, talking about feminism, switching between shots of her talking and shots of her doing a photoshoot. “Ever since I came into the game, I’ve always been undermined and not given the full credit that I deserve just because I’m a female. I’d be meeting guys in the industry and they’d talk to me like I’m a peace of meat. I’ve always had people ask me “Do you even write your rhymes, little girl?”. Yes, the f*ck I do and I’m writing better raps than you’ve ever written in your life, little man. People tell me I’m too pretty to be writing raps, I should be singing on the hooks like the cute little girl I am and I’ve always stayed away from that because I believed in my talent and I knew I’d be able to make it in this industry because women are powerful and I want women to know that they are intelligent enough to write down their own thoughts, to be business women, to accomplish their dreams. You don’t need a man to do that for you, no matter what anybody tells you .. and you don’t need a man to be satisfied. I’ve been proposed to by three men in my life and I’ve turned all of them down. Don’t settle. Wait until the right one comes to make that step because he’s gotta earn that. Don’t feel pressure to keep a man if you ain’t found the one worth keeping yet. And, trust me, I’ve had a lot of guys break my heart in the past but I’ve moved through it because I’m a strong, independent woman and I don’t need a man for a god damn thing.”

The video interlude then stopped and we went straight into a performance of Switch Up. Nicki was standing at the back of the stage, leaning up against the screen. A few glitchy graphics of Nicki in the Ganja Burn video were showcased on the screen. You could only see a split second of each clip as the display was meant to showcase the glitchy-ness of the beginning instrumental of the song. Suddenly, Nicki picked up the mic and the bass was soaring through the speakers as she sang "Gave you everything / Think I need to take it all back". The backdrop in the video was a pink colour to mesh well with the orange jacket she was wearing. Nicki got more animated as she sang the next part of the chorus and she moved her body from side to side as she sang the first verse, with the silhouette on the backdrop mimicking every move she made. "I can't hide who you are / I can't lie, it's too hard / I need more than what you got for me". Nicki then brushed up against the screen and swayed her body from side to side, with the silhouette doing the same. This was done in a sensual manner to match the sultriness of the chorus and Nicki's vocals. She then went back to the animated Nicki Minaj for the rest of the chorus. The backdrop then faded into blackness and Nicki no longer had her silhouette behind her as she walked down the steps, all the way to the front of the stage to rap her verse. "Give up on 'em / I don't even wanna get up on 'em / And I ain't trynna work it out / But I'm at the gym on a mat, doing sit ups on 'em". One singular spotlight was completely focused on her walking as she verse started. It started off pretty calmly, before strobe lights were implemented on either side of the stage as the beat got more bassy and loud. Nicki was also rapping a lout louder and with more angst and anger, while also moving around the stage and doing her regular hand gestures and facial expressions that match her iconic persona. She got progressively more angry, up until the song ended. She posed on the very last “Oh” and stayed still for a bit as the crowd cheered for her.

“Okay, y’all, I wanted to give us something to cry to tonight but, after this song, we’re gonna get a lot happier and more up-tempo because my goal tonight was to make y’all have the time of your life. Is it working so far? *smiles* so we’re gonna speed it up a little bit. I want my beautiful dancers to come back for this one. These two are songs I made with my precious little baby, Ariana Grande, sing along if you know them”

Adore then immediately started playing. Nicki rapped the first verse of the song as her dancers slowly made their way onto the stage. As she finished her verse, the dancers all got in formation and she held the mic out to the crowd so that they could sing “YOU GOT ME SCREAMING MYYY MYY MMMMYYYY MY MY MY MY” with Ariana. Nicki and her dancers then broke into a super trappy dance break as the drop came and the beginning of Side To Side kicked in as the chorus ended. Nicki and her dancers all walked around the stage as the beat came in and found new spots. Nicki sat on the steps with two of her dancers next to her. She rapped her verse on the steps, with her dancers doing some more hardcore choreography in front of her. She then got up as Ariana, through the backtrack, sang the pre-chorus and Nicki held the mic out to the crowd once again. As the beat dropped, Nicki and her dancers formed a conga line and grinded on each other to the beat of the song. Nicki sang the final part of the song before it ended, as did the performance.

“Make some noise for Ariana Grande, y’all! Now, I’ve gotta bring somebody on stage. A cute girl or boy that knows how to .. um … sit down .. cuz that’s what I need you to do. Who wants to come up here? You? Okay, security, bring him/her up! This next song is one I made with my boo thang. It’s called Thought I Knew You. I wanna hear y’all sing”

The beat then kicked in and security had a few minutes to successfully bring whoever was picked onto the stage. Nicki’s dancers did some choreography, as Nicki stood in the centre of the stage and softly sang the chorus. She then screamed “Let’s go!” and moved around the stage a bit, making some sassy movements as The Weeknd sang his parts through the backtrack. She then went back to the centre of the stage to sing the rest of her verse and bop around a bit as she sang. Nicki wasn’t doing choreography this time around and let the dancers do the leg work. She screamed out some “HEY”’s and “LET’S GO”’s as Abel sang through the rest of his verse. As Abel sang “Honestly, I think this sh*t excites you”, the dancers broke into some simple choreography so that Nicki could join them. Her dancers then walked off the stage for the next chorus as Nicki went to the side of the stage and whoever was picked for the lap dance was brought out to the centre of the stage, accompanied by a chair to sit on. Nicki rapped her verse to the crowd on the side of the stage as you could see whoever was in the middle of the stage freaking out and getting ready for their lap dance. As her verse ended, she started to dance by herself to the “I just want some dead presidents” breakdown. She slowly made her way closer and closer to whoever was in the chair, grinding her body to the air next to them before moving right in front of them, getting closer and closer to jiggle her ass a bit on their body. She then did a huge kick over their head to turn around, squat, move back a bit and clap her ass to the “De-de-de-de-de-de-de-de” breakdown, right to the person sitting down. Right before the end of the breakdown, she got back up to sit in their lap and hug whoever was there. Nicki asked what their name is and then said “MAKE SOME NOISE FOR [NAME], YOU GUYS?”. She then had some small talk with them, asking where they’re from and why they came. She then got off of them to give them a hug, standing up, and they were then escorted out of the stage, unless they asked for a picture, to which Nicki would’ve posed for a selfie.

“That was so much fun, you guys! [Name] was such a sweetheart. I guess you could say [he/she] was lucky enough to have [his/her] …. Moment 4 Life tonight”.

This was when Moment 4 Life kicked in and Nicki was on the stage by herself to rap the verse out to the crowd, bopping on beat and engaging the crowd with her stage presence. “In this very moment, I’m king / In this very moment, I slay Goliath with the sling / This very moment, I bring / Put it on everything that I will retire with the ring”. Her dancers then came back for the chorus and Nicki joined the backtrack to sing along every now and then. For the bridge, a bunch of harmonies came through the backtrack and Nicki either decided to sing the regular melody or harmonise with herself like the true vocalist she is. As the pre-chorus came, she screamed “SING IT WITH ME, COME ON!” and the vocals were taken out of the track so that the crowd could be heard singing over the strings. The dancers went back to dancing as the beat came back and Nicki sang as she pleased, either with some ad libs or with the regular melody. A big boom came out for the very end of the song.

There was a pause for about fifteen seconds, where Nicki and her dancers were all posing. She figured the crowd needed some time to get ready before the Super Bass riff could kick in. Nicki then picked up her mic to rap out the iconic first verse. “This one is for the boys with the boomin’ system / Top down, AC with the coolin’ system / When he come up in the club, he be blazin’ up / Got stacks on deck like he savin’ up”. Nicki’s dancers then did some choreography as the drums came in and Nicki continued to rap the lyrics out to the crowd. As the chorus came, Nicki screamed “HEY, HEY” over the backtrack and joined in with the vocals as she pleased, either with a harmony or with the original melody. Her and her dancers also brought out the iconic choreography from the music video. For the second verse, most of Nicki’s dancers went to the back of the stage so that Nicki could play around with two of her male dancers at the front of the stage as she rapped the second verse. They all then came back for the chorus. For the bridge, Nicki had an alternate strings section for the backing track, giving it a more orchestral and sweet feel as she sang the bridge, playing around with the melody rather than keeping it all in her high register. For the very end, she screamed “CAN’T YOU HEAR THAT…?” and got the crowd to sing the big high note, before screaming “WOO!”. For the last chorus, the dancers did the dancing and Nicki was hyping them up, along with the crowd and joining in with vocals whenever she felt like it.

Starships immediately kicked in as the Super Bass performance came to an end. Nicki let out a huge smile at the crowd before rapping the first verse in her super happy voice. “Let’s go to the beach, each, let’s go get away / They say what they gonna say / Have a drink, clink, found the bud light / Bad bitches like me is hard to come by”. The dancers did a really cheesy dance routine as the pre-chorus came in to match how cheesy the song is. Nicki then screamed “SIIIINNNGGG” for the chorus and encouraged the crowd to sing along. For the second half of the chorus, she joined in every now and then and either harmonised with herself, did some ad libs or attempted to hit the high notes. Nicki and the dancers then all broke into a dance routine for the dance break. One of Nicki’s male dancers then bent down and formed a car for Nicki to sit on and rock from side to side as she sang “And I ain’t paid my rent this mont, I owe that”. She then got more animated for the rest of the verse and sang along to the chorus, by her own terms, on the stage. Foam then exploded for the second dance break and Nicki was shaking her ass in the middle of the stage, while her dancers were doing choreography around her. She slowly calmed down as the backtrack sang the bridge and Nicki then joined in for the vocals to sing “Let’s do this one more time..”. She screamed “WOOOOO” and walked through the stage as the next chorus came, hyping the crowd up for the final dance break. Foam erupted from either side of the stage at the very end of the song.

The dancers then shimmied their way off the stage and Nicki made her way up the stairs with the instrumental to Starships playing. Nicki gave a small goodbye speech since she knew she’d be coming back for the encore. “Thank y’all so much for coming out tonight, [city]. I’ve had the time of my life and I love y’all so much”. She then gives them a kiss before the slider placed behind the stairs brings her under the stage. The lights then go out for quite a few minutes, as the stage is being set up for the encore performance.

ENCORE (hand held mic)
Before the lights could come up for the encore performance, the beginning of the Ganja Burn video popped up on the screen. The performance was introduced through the beginning dialogue of the video, which basically told a story of a Queen, whose kingdom was slaughtered, before the Queen woke up from her deep sleep stronger than ever.

The music video continued to play up until the song began. That’s when the lights came up and we saw the stage, which was covered in a rug that was meant to look like sand. The aesthetic of the stage this time was very yellow and orange, much like the desert in the music video. There’s also a big, shiny, gold throne on the back platform of the stage, which is covered in shiny and expensive jewels. Nicki came up in a slider as the song began, wearing the same outfit she wore in the video. There were also two African men in the background, playing some exotic African drums that go along with the song. As Nicki rose through the slider, she began to rap the first verse and stood still up until the “They done went to witch doctors to bury the Barbie” part, where she allowed herself to be free and move around. She went through the rest of the verse and slowly walked around the stage, feeling herself and looking sad as she belted out the chorus. “GANJA BUURRRRNN, GANJA BUURRNNN, GANJA BUUURRRRNNNNNNN”. As the beat kicked in, two male dancers dressed in royal attire came onto the stage and broke out into some choreography to match the beat. Nicki was doing a simplified version of the choreography in front of them. The dancers then walked further into the back of the stage so that Nicki could get her time to shine as she rapped the second verse. The dancers then came closer so that they could do some slower movements to the pre-chorus, before going back to the main choreography for the hook. The dancers went off stage for the hook and Nicki kept singing, as a guy showed up with a huge golden electric guitar on the side of the stage and started playing the melody to end the song. Nicki was calmly and softly singing some ad libs and, as the song slowly came to an end, the guitar solo guy was shredding it and getting louder and more aggressive at time went on, ending with a few strums of one big note. Nicki posed on the very end of the song and her “band” (the three guys) all made their way off the stage with their instruments, as Nicki was just posing in the centre of the stage.

“I hope you guys have had fun tonight because I’ve had a blast. I’m very honoured to be able to perform for you tonight, [city]. People have always told me throughout my career that it’s not gonna last, people are gonna get tired of Nicki Minaj after time, people in the industry have even dedicated their entire press runs and entire career strategies on ending Nicki Minaj’s reign and replacing her … but I can never let that get me down and I’m so grateful that, no matter what I go through either in my career or my personal life, you guys have always been there for me and you’ve been there for me since day one. I’m seeing faces in this audience that I remember seeing at my club shows in ’08 and, for that, I thank you guys so much. I called this album Queen because I figured that I needed to let people know what’s up and that I’m still the baddest bitch to ever do this rap sh*t .. no matter how many times they attempt to snatch that motherf*cking crown off my head.”

This was obviously an introduction to the final song, Snatching Crowns. As the beat boomed through the arena, Nicki was walking through the stage on her own and feeling herself, with the energy and attitude on a 10, as she rapped out the lyrics. Every person in the crowd was rapping along to the hit single. As the chorus came, all eight of her main dancers came out on stage and broke out into a dance routine for the chorus. Nicki screamed “HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY!!” as it kicked off and joined in for the co*cky “Just know that whatever you give comes back around / I’m bout to school these bitches, here’s ya cap and gown”. Nicki was confidently bopping along to the beat for the second verse of the song as her dancers were moving around behind her. For the fastest parts of the verse, two of her female dancers were behind her and making crazy facial expressions, along with some fast movements, to encourage Nicki to get all the words out. Nicki took a break after spitting out the very end of the second verse and slowly got back into it, breaking out into some ratchet choreography for the breakdown and twerking on the very last two bars. She confidently strutted her way to the back of the stage as the bridge began and turned around to sing along to the bridge as she made it to her position. She then switched to her speaking voice for “But, unfortunately, only bad bitches can sit in my throne” and, by the time she said throne, all of her dancers were kneeling down and facing her direction, since she is their leader. As they all worshipped her, she said “Many queens have their crowns stolen / But only real queens know how to snatch theirs right back” in her British accent, before screaming “LET’S GOOOO” and the dancers got back in formation to do some choreography. Nicki then slowly made her way to the front of the stage. She then posed as the hook ended and said “Just in case y’all need a reminder, I am the motherf*cking Queen and no bum bitch is ever gonna stop me, LET’S GOOOO”. She then confidently and sassily strutted her way to the back of the stage and sat herself on her throne for the very last beat of the song, with foam coming out from either edge of the stage. One dancer made their way up the steps to place a crown on Nicki’s head, while the rest of the dancers had walked off at this point. Nicki was basking in her Queen-ness for a few seconds before the beat for Snatching Crowns kicked in again.

As the beat came back, Nicki called all her dancers back to the stage and, from her throne, gave them all a chance to shine, calling them out by name and having them bow to the crowd. She then called up her band members or dancers that were in special parts of the show, such as the Asian dancers in the Chun-Li part and African dancers for Ganja Burn. She then called out all of her team that was actually there for the show, like her make up and hair people. She then got off the throne and walked her way to the front of the stage to join hands with her behind the scenes team and they all bowed one more time to the crowd. Nicki then screamed “AND THANK Y’ALL FOR COMING BECAUSE THIS SHOW WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT YOU!!”. Nicki’s team then made their way off the stage and Nicki looked out to the crowd, blowing them kisses as they cheered for her, before the slider took her down and placed her underneath the stage. Eventually, Snatching Crowns was cut off and the lights went back up to instruct everyone to leave.

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DATE: February 22, 2019
VENUE: Estadio River Plate (River Plate Stadium)
CROWD: 60.540/60.540 [SOLD OUT]

TICKET PACKAGES

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STANDARD - $58-100
One (1) ticket for a seat in the lower, middle, or upper bowl of the stadium

GENERAL ADMISSION - $180
One (1) ticket + collectable wrist band to the GA field/floor

SILVER PACKAGE - $220
One (1) ticket into the venue (available for seated and GA), autographed poster, collectable guitar pick, and SM pendant

GOLD PACKAGE - $280
One (1) GA ticket with early entry, autographed poster, collectable guitar pick, SM pendant, and collectable ticket

MIRACLE MOVEMENT DONATION PACKAGE - $340
30% from each ticket of this package goes to the Miracle Movement - One (1) GA ticket with early entry, autographed poster, collectable guitar pick, SM pendant, collectable ticket, Miracle Movement shirt, and Miracle Movement toat bag

MEET AND GREET PACKAGE - $420
One (1) GA ticket with early entry, private meet and greet with Shawn (with complementary photos), autographed poster, collectable guitar pick, SM pendant, collectable ticket

FOREVER YOUNG PHOTOBOOTH + 3D GLASSES

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STAGE

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The main stage consists of an oval shaped main stage. Shawn’s band is present on the left and right side leaving a space in the middle. The stage floor itself holds some surprises. The very back of the main stage can rise up above the stage. There’s a portion of the stage floor that raises up to create a staircase. Present on both the right middle and left middle side of the main stage are two rounded sided catwalks that lead to two round b-stages. On both far sides of the mainstage are two extended portions of stage that are built to follow the curvature of the stage structure. There are two black and red support towers on the sides which hold the bulk of the stages sound system. On top of them are two rectangular screens that will display continuous footage of Shawn and his band playing so people far away can see. The main screen is at the back of the stage. It’s a rounded curve that follows the curvature of the stage. Not visible to the audience, there is a platform at the very top of the screen for Shawn to stand on. The screen is able to split in half. The screen also also has 3D capabilities. 15 rows out from the stage on the very sides of the GA pit are 2 tall rigging towers, 1 on each side. These rigging towers are in place so a long bridge can hang and be lowered above the audience. These towers are present because almost all the venues have no roof so they have to be there in order to allow something to hang above the audience. These rigging towers do NOT block audience view. The bridge can lower down above the audience’s heads and connect to the mainstage. Shawn can walk along the bridge over the audience’s heads to a small round stage at the back end of the floor.

SHOW PREMISE

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The Forever Young World Tour acts as a sort of autobiography of Shawn’s life as a musician. It doesn’t have linear storyline, instead it presents the key moments of Shawn’s growth. It opens with his arrival to New York City and will take the audience through a series of moments both in his professional and private life. The moments presented go as far back as his days on Vine but no earlier as the show’s focus is only on his music life which began with Vine. Throughout the show, the stage, the band, the visuals, and Shawn himself lead the audience through these stories. By the end of the show, audiences will have travelled through time, along the way seeing Shawn in a way that no one has seen him before. The reason the tour is called the Forever Young World Tour is because all of the stories told deal with moments that impact youth and innocence, but also the power of youthful spirit to power through even the worst in life.

KARRUECHE OPENING SET

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SETLIST
one night stand
make love
turnin me on
energy
knock you down
take it all

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On the stage is a white pyramid shaped platform. As smoke begins to fill the stage and the two screens on each side of the stage display a neon pink “karrueche” border graphic while still showing the mainstage on them, five dancers make their way from the side of the stage as the instrumental to one night stand begins to play, “Men go slow…” The pyramid then changes colors from white to blue. There are three male dancers and two female dancers. The dancers then get into formation with three dancers on the stage in the front of the platform (male,female,male) and two (male, female) on one of the platform’s steps. They begin to do some sexy body rolls as karrueche walks up from behind the platform and stands on top and strikes a pose as the music comes to an abrupt stop before starting back up so she can begin to sing, “Tell me how you like it baby… Do you want it fast or slow?” She then quickly turns around in a 360, flips her hair, and does a cute hip roll. The crowd then screams as she and the dancers do some real sexy choreography as she finishes up her first verse. She then begins to start to make her way down the platform and gets into the sexy chorus as each of the women do a cute cat and mouse dance routine with their designated male dancer. After they finish the chorus the ladies then all drop to the floor in a dance break and begin to some sexy choreography before getting back up.

The music then stops and karrueche addresses the crowd, “What’s up (insert city)? How are you guys feeling tonight?” The crowd screams with excitement as she continues, “Welcome to the Forever Young World Tour! I’m your opener for the evening karrueche. I know i might not be someone you’d normally listen to on a normal basis, but let’s have fun and let loose while we get ready for Shawn to come out and do his thing! Y’all ready? We’re going to slow things down a bit....” The instrumental for “make love” begins to play. The two screens on the each side of the stage then begin to display some newly shot visuals of karrueche in a room full of white drapes, galloping around looking very cute, but sexy bordered around the view of her performing. She then begins to get into the song as she sits on the steps of the pyramid platform, “Love… love… love…” As she sings the song two pairs of her dancers slow dance on each side of the stage. The male dancer she was dancing with before then makes his way to her and they begin to caress each other as she sings. As she gets into the second verse of the song she sits on his lap and begins to grind on him as she sings and her continues to gently rub on her body. She then continues to serve a beautiful vocal performance. Toward the end of the song she makes her way back up the top of the pyramid and it now goes from white to pink.

The music then smoothly draws out and begins to smoothly transitions into “turnin me on”. And the popular “Please don’t turn me offfffffff….” blares through the stadium. A bunch of male dancers then make their way onto the stage. She begins to sing the first verse while doing some intense hip hop styled choreography before two male dancers pick her up by each arm and put her on the regular stage and she continues to do some aggressive choreography with the male dancers. Often grabbing them by their shirts and throwing them away. She then chills out during the hook and she performs the fun and flirtatious choreography. For the rest of the performance she continues to go back and forth between aggressive and flirtatious. When it comes time for Lil Wayne’s verse he then hops onto the stage from the side as she dances next him before making her way back to the top of the platform and sitting down.

The music then transitions into “energy” and karrueche begins to do some vocal runs. As she gets into the first verse she does some hand gestures as she sings from atop the now back to white colored pyramid, “I wish i could rip out a page of my memory…” She then begins to belt out the emotional power ballad as two pairs of dancers do some interpretive dancing as she sings. When it comes time to get into the next verse she stands up and begins to make her way down the platform. She then stands on her tippy toes as she sings, “Not even gravity could keep your feet off the ground when your with me…” before making her way to the edge of the stage and continues to sing to the crowd. Often touching the fans hand throughout. She then steps back when she gets into the bridge and dramatically throws herself back on one of the bottoms steps of the platform. She then stands back up and begins to belt out the rest of the song before falling to her knees and looking all defeated.

As she slowly gets up the music transitions into the fan favorite “knock you down”. The backing track then begins to come in “Keep rocking and keep knockin…” as the dancers spread across the mainstage and clap their hands together to the instrumental to try and get the audience involved. karrueche then snatches her male dancers by the arm and begins to sing the first verse while staring in his eyes, “I never thought I’d be in love like this, When I look at you my mind goes on a trip…” Mid-verse she turns to her right side and begins to walk away a little as he follows them she turns and grabs his chin to sing, “Feels like I’m in a race, but I already won first place.” She then sings the rest of the verse while they caress each other. When it comes time to get into the chorus she walks to the edge of the stage and begins to touch fans hands as she sings.

After that the music stops and she addresses the crowd, “Thank you guys so much for giving out with me as we get ready for Shawn to come out. I just want to say thank you to all the staff here tonight, my dancers, the DJ, literally everyone who helped make this possible. As a treat this next song is from my upcoming debut album and it holds such a special place in my heart so I wanted to share it with you all!” A dancer then brings out a mic stand and she walks up to it and places the mic on it as the instrumental to “take it all” begins to start… She begins to do some short, but cute vocal runs before getting into the first verse, “Say you love me for life, I could do you so wrong and be right still..” As she sings the first half of the song she waves her hands side to side to encourage the fans to do the same. The dancers also make their way down the two side runways and try to encourage them as well. As she gets into the second half of the song that’s when she takes it up a notch and begins belting out the song and begins clapping her hands together to the beat and the dancers do as well as they make their way back to the mainstage with her as the stadiums fills with clapping. She then belts out the last line before softly ending it and the music slowly comes to a stop and she smiles. Karrueche then thanks the crowd again and walks off stage while waving to the fans.

SHAWN'S SETLIST

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Brave New World (Intro)
What It Means
Just A Mistake
Smoke and Mirrors
Broken (Interlude)
Wish It Was Over
Rain
I Don't Believe You
Drowning Man (Interlude)
Every Breaking Wave
Bottom of the Ocean
Barely Breathing (Piano and Strings Version)
Only the Lonely
Bridge to Love (Interlude)
Wild Youth
Forever Young
Keep It Together
Bridge to Home (Interlude)
Never Say Goodbye
Ocean Wave Avenue
Coexist (Interlude)
Beautiful
The Path to Acceptance (Interlude)
Boys and Boys
I See the Sun
Grace Under Pressure
A New Beginning (Interlude)
Lights in the Sky

SHAWN'S SET

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For the time between the opener and Shawn’s set, several songs from a playlist made by Shawn play over the PA. As soon as it is dark outside, one last song, Oasis’ classic “Don’t Look Back in Anger”, plays louder than the other songs indicating to the crowd the show was about to begin. The crowd roars with excitement and anticipation. Down on the stage, Shawn’s band is shown coming onto the stage which makes the crowd roar even louder. His band take some to interact with the fans down in the pit before taking their places. When they get in their place, the song fades out to where the only sound is the crowd cheering. Then suddenly, all of the venue lights go down which once more brings the roar back.

After around 30 seconds of just the crowd cheering, the absolutely massive video screen comes to life. The intro video starts in black and white. We see Shawn at his parent’s home in Toronto, packing his bags. His voice says in narration “There comes a time in everyone’s life where they have to step out into the world on their own. To grab their own life by the shoulders and to take control.” Shawn is seen hugging his family and we cut to him on a plane. We see him looking out the window of the plane, everything still in black and white. The voiceover narration continues. “I stepped out into the world at the age of 19. From Toronto to New York. Chasing a dream. Chasing my future.” At this point, from behind the massive video screen, metal structures that are cut to look like New York skyscrapers begin to slowly raised into view behind the screen (controlled via a lift that’s unseen by the audience). In the video, the plane lands and we see Shawn getting into a taxi. The video is still in black and white. In narration, Shawn says “But I wanted to do things differently. I wanted to live a new life without sacrificing who I am and who I wanted to be.” In time with the last word of that sentence, the video shows Shawn stepping out of the taxi into Time’s Square and suddenly the world becomes bold in vivid color. The video shows Shawn taking in the sight of New York. He is then seen walking down a side street, incredibly different from the beauty of Time’s Square. In narration he says “But this brave new world had it’s secrets. And though I should have known, it still took me by surprise. Not everything was bold. Not everything was beautiful.” He walks down this side street in a bad part of the city he sees many things that seem to bother him such as many homeless people begging for food, two men being brutally arrested, and rundown apartments with broken windows. In the narration we hear “Was this the world I was looking for? Had I fooled myself into believing this world was built for happiness and success? Was this what it means to be on your own? Was this what it really means?” Here, the video ends and the screen shows the rundown street Shawn was on as the metal “skyscrapers” behind the screen illuminate in beauty, contrasting the grand and beautiful image of the city with the harsh reality of the city’s secret parts displayed down on stage. We see a virtual Shawn on the screen down at the end of the street walking toward the camera as the crowd cheers. Just as the Shawn on the screen gets right up to the camera, the real Shawn walks through a carefully disguised hole in the screen onto the stage, making it look like he walked right off the screen. He freezes for a moment as a stagehand (unseen by the crowd as the stagehand is behind the drum rider) gives Shawn his guitar. Shawn and the band begin the intro to What It Means. The song, which opened Shawn’s first album, was written about the turbulent state of the world however he uses the lyrics here to instead reference his personal experience of going out on his own for the first time. Shawn arrives to his mic as soon as he sings his first words. The massive screen continues showing the street we saw him walk down which begins slowly filling up with people who look dangerous, highlighting the unfortunate nature of the darker corners of New York. Shawn’s vocals are powerful and his playing masterful. An effect has been added on Shawn’s guitar to make the sound echo through the space. But most impressive is how much Shawn is captivating the crowd. They’re connected to him as well as to the music. They sing every word with Shawn and jump to the song’s driving rhythm. As the instrumental bridge comes in, the spotlights all go out which places Shawn and the band in silhouette against the screen visuals. When the drums kick back in, the lights burst on as sparks shoot up from the two runways on the side. The lights shine bright all along the perimeter of the stage so the stage is totally outlined in bright light. As Shawn comes back in, the lights dim a bit so you can see Shawn. The screen continues showing the visuals of the sinister looking people walking along the street. Shawn is really playing his heart out. His voice is powerful, reaching up to that soaring upper register. At the song’s end, Shawn delivers one last powerful strum that makes the sound truly reverberate through the entire stadium. Simultaneously happening with that is three street light poles coming out of the mainstage floor. On the very last note, the screen and all of the lights go out while the lights on the three street lamps comes on, being only light that shines on Shawn as he lets his guitar hang to his side and looks up. It’s a bit ominous but striking visually.

The haunting intro to Just A Mistake begins. The intro is handled solely by Alex, Shawn’s keyboard player who plays the wind sounds. The back screen shows the front of a graffiti covered wall which remains on the screen through the whole thing but we will see shadows and people and things moving across it. Shawn brings his guitar up and plays the guitar intro as he slowly walks forward to the mic. Shawn sings his first words as we see a girl on the screen walk into frame and lean against the wall. She takes a tourniquet off of her upper arm implying she just shot up. She then walks out of frame. Shawn’s vocals are powerful and forceful, injecting the biting anger present in the song lyrics into his delivery. As he and the band bring the song into the pure rock chorus, the street lights pulsate with the driving beat of the song. Shawn’s guitar has a distortion effect on it, not overused but subtle to give a slight edge to the sound. He’s really playing his heart, proving just how much of a master he’s become on the instrument as if there was any doubt. We see on the screen a shadow against the brick of a woman, implied to be the woman we saw earlier, revealing that the drugged up woman is a mother. We see her putting the baby down and then she walks back into frame with a man who she hands money and he hands her a bag. They then walk out of frame. At this point, we move into the guitar solo. Shawn steps away from the mic and down onto a stack of speakers that’s right in front of the audience so he can really play to them. Shawn turns around to face the screen and suddenly the music stops except for the erie background sound coming from Alex’s keyboards. Shawn lets his guitar slide to his side. The woman on the screen comes back in front of the wall and we see her tying a tourniquet on her upper arm as we hear her baby crying in the distance. Underneath one of the street lights, a payphone is pushed from the back of the stage by an unseen stagehand. Shawn picks up the phone and sings into the phone which has a microphone it so everyone could hear it. There is some effects on the mic to make it sound like it’s coming from a phone. This is a representation of the song’s topic, someone calling the cops on someone they care about after they relapse on drugs. Shawn lets the phone fall from his hand as he picks up his guitar and he and the band crash into song again. As the song draws to its end, red and blue police lights are seen on the wall shown on the screen. The woman’s baby is heard crying as the streetlights individually go out and lower back below the stage out of sight. The screen goes dark as well, ending the song completely.

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There are a few seconds of darkness before a spotlight illuminates Shawn standing center stage. Before he even speaks, the crowd is sent into a roar. They scream for him for a good 30 seconds as Shawn smiles and puts his hand on his heart. Shawn then says his first words to the crowd “Buenas tardes Buenos Aires! ¿Estás emocionado? ¡Déjame escucharte gritar!” The crowd screams! “That’s about the extent of the Spanish you’re gonna hear from me tonight before I embarrass myself.” Shawn and everyone laugh. “Thank you so much for coming to join us this evening. I’ve been waiting for this moment for what feels like a lifetime. This is my first time here in South America, my first time playing in a stadium, and the first night of this tour so there’s all kinds of emotions running through here tonight. Tonight, I’m gonna take you on a trip through my life, telling you some stories about where I came from, where I am. In music, there’s this invisible barrier that exists between the artist and the audience. Well Buenos Aires, that won’t do so in the next two hours, we’re gonna shatter that barrier into a million pieces. Because I’m taking you into my world, I’m gonna show you my story...my evolution. Are you ready?” The crowd screams. “Are you ready?!” The crowd screams louder.

Shawn runs to the side and grabs a new guitar as Austin, his drummer, counts the next song in. Smoke and Mirrors begins. The song’s arrangement has been altered some to put a greater emphasis on Shawn’s guitar work. The screen now shows the side of an apartment building that we saw on the seedy street in the opening video intro, except the wall is removed so we can see inside. Tho the song was written about a story Shawn heard when young about one of his classmates living a violent household, here the narrative has been slightly tweaked to make the son older. We see Shawn on the screen sitting in his apartment which is on the left side of the screen writing what is implied to be a song. We see another apartment on the right where the son, appearing around his early 20s, is a violent argument with the father. This visual continues the narrative of this section of the show which is about the rough part of New York that Shawn stayed in writing his first album. The real life Shawn down on stage though isn’t eclipsed by the visual accompaniment, in fact he’s giving it a run for its money. Shawn’s playing and his vocals are almost otherworldly. There’s an incredible amount of passion in his voice as he climbs into the upper reaches of his vocal range that gives his words a quality of soaring on the very air. On the screen, we continue seeing that Shawn writing as he listens to the fighting and arguing going on in the other apartment. The real Shawn on stage is almost feeding off of the intensity of the fight going on between the son and the father in the video and is putting that directly into his own delivery. For the instrumental bridge, Shawn walks to the right side catwalk and walks all the way down to the right b-stage for the first time. The fans there go absolutely crazy. Shawn plays directly to them before walking back to his mic to close out the song. At the song’s conclusion, Shawn disappears below the stage via a lift, but the screen video continues. We see the song storm out of the apartment, ending the fight. The Shawn in the video leaves his apartment as well and the camera follows him out back onto the seedy street. He walks away out of frame and the camera pans back to show that the seedy street we’d been seeing wasn’t at all the scary and dangerous place that it seemed, in fact it’s rather nice. A park with playing kids, a community garden. This twist reveals that Shawn only imagined the place to be dangerous and scary due to his own fears and nervousness about being out in the world on his own for the first time.

The first video interlude, Broken, begins. As this video plays, the “buildings” that were raised behind the screen are lowered out of sight. In the video, we see Shawn laying in bed looking at the ceiling. His voice is heard narrating: “But what got me to New York? Well...that’s a question that’s hard to answer. I guess that it began with restlessness. Music became a part of my life at a time where my world was uncertain. I wasn’t that kid that could play any sport, or that kid that could make perfect grades. I was just...that kid.” Shawn sits up and gets out of bed. He walks to a small chair in the room and sits down in it, picking up a guitar sitting next to it. “I took to singing and strumming my thrift shop guitar to deal with developments in my life that created emotions that I didn’t completely understand.” Shawn gives a strum of the guitar. “Music ended up being my calling. But it called to me only when I felt I had nothing else. I guess in a way what saved me...was what broke me in the first place.”

In quite a contrast to the high concept opening section of the show, this section won’t feature much bombast and high production because this section is telling stories from before Shawn got signed, therefore a more simple approach is taken because his life was more simple at the time. A spotlight comes up on Shawn as appears on the very far right of the part of the stage that extends out to the stands on the right side of the stadium (the part of the stage circled in red in the stage photo) where a mic has been placed for him.. Wish It Was Over begins. The crowd screams with excitement as this is a fan favorite. Through the whole song, the screen shows live footage of Shawn playing but there’s a filter applied to it that makes it look like vivid animation.

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Shawn once more stuns with his performance. He completely captivates the entire stadium and you can tell that all eyes are on him. This song is one that has an intense subject matter so Shawn really brings that to the forefront. His vocals are raw and it sends shivers down the spine. Shawn is almost in another world, completely wrapped in the music. Because of the lack of overt theatrics for this song, you really get a good look at just how much work Shawn puts in to performing. It’s clear that it’s more than just strumming notes on a guitar. The way in which he plays, and the passion and ferocity in his voice as he delivers the lyrics shows that he’s completely connected and invested in this music. He’s a one man match for the theatrics. For the guitar solo, the mic lowers down and Shawn begins walking to the main stage. When Shawn arrives, he heads straight to his mic where he continues the song. At the songs conclusion, Shawn throws his guitar pick out for a lucky fun in the pit to catch. A black piano with holes in it rises from below the stage on the left side b-stage. Shawn doesn’t walk over immediately, but takes the mic off the stand on the main stage and he talks to the crowd.

“That song was inspired by the violence that went on in Toronto when I was younger. I didn’t live in a dangerous place, not a bad part of town. Bad things don’t just happen in bad parts of town. Bad things happen all over. I was about fourteen when there was a string of pretty violent crimes went on around the neighbourhood where I grew up. It made me really weary of the world. I was nervous walking to school. I was nervous of what was out there. But those nerves subsided when I struck up a friendship with a really amazing guy named Brent. Brent was fourteen too but he was the total opposite of me. He wasn’t nervous about a thing, and he thought it was hilarious how much I was. We became best friends in the span of a summer. When we went back to school that year, just a couple of weeks after my fifteenth birthday, Brent broke the news to me that he had been diagnosed with cancer. He passed away a month later. Around that time, I was starting to get into making music. I wasn’t good yet. But to just kind of vent some emotion, I wrote a verse about the feelings I had after Brent passed away. Four years later, that verse was expanded to a song that appeared on my first album.”

Shawn walks to the left side runway to the left side b-stage where he sits at the piano. “This is called Rain.” Shawn begins Rain. This song is played entirely with Shawn alone on the stage playing. The screen shows clouds rolling in a dark sky with a light rain falling. Shawn is absolutely spellbinding with this song. It is incredible hanting. His voice conveys his heart. He clearly misses his friend and is playing the song as if he’s playing it directly to Brent. The two side screens that are there to offer fans far away a better view capture Shawn’s reactions to the song. Though he’s played the song hundreds of times and this story isn’t new to him, he still hangs onto each word as if it’s the first time, as if his friend had just passed away. The crowd is right there with Shawn the whole way. In fact, they sing along so loudly that they almost overpower Shawn. At one point, Shawn stops singing entirely and just plays, letting the audience sing for a bit. Shawn comes back in and finishes the song. On the last note, he strikes the final key of the song and an effect makes reverberate through the stadium. We hear a heartbeat sound that starts slow and rapidly intensifies. At this point in this section of the show’s story, Brent, the one who really did calm Shawn’s nerves, was gone. And gone with him is that calming sense. Shawn was once more weary of the place he lived due to continued instances of bad things happening around the area.

On the right side b-stage, twelve people are raised from below; they are string players (4 violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos). Shawn is handed a guitar as he walks along the left runway to the mainstage as I Don’t Believe You begins. The song is written about an accident caused by drunk driving. The song’s placement here puts this event among the bad things happening in the area around where Shawn lived. The string players begin the string intro of the song. Shawn doesn’t play until a bit further in so he stands on the main stage holding the mic and singing. He places the mic on the mic stand and raises his guitar up when the guitar and the rest of the band’s part arrives. The screen shows a simple video of two cars that have just collided laying in shambles on a roadway as rain pelts down on them. During the mid-song guitar and string solo in which Shawn plays the same melody as the the string players, Shawn walks down the right side runway to the right side b-stage. The string players are sitting in a circular formation (the b-stage itself is circular) on the outside edge of the b-stage. Shawn arrives and goes to the middle of the b-stage where a mic is waiting for him. He stands in the middle of the b-stage. When he starts singing again, the inside portion of the b-stage where Shawn is standing begins to slowly rotate clockwise while the outer portion of the b-stage where the string players are sitting begins to slowly rotate counterclockwise. As the song comes closer to its end, the two parts of the b-stage stop rotating and being lowering down, taking Shawn and the string players below the stage as the song concludes and the crowd cheers.

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Another video interlude begins called Drowning Man. We see Shawn sitting on an empty beach looking out at the sea. His voice narrates once more. “New York made me famous. The songs I wrote there, the recording I did there...all of it made me a star. It’s something that I’d always dreamt of. But fame isn’t easy and I didn’t realize that until it crashed down on me like a wave of brutal honesty and truth.” We cut to Shawn floating underneath the surface of the water. “I’ve discovered that fame produces two sensations. There’s the sensation of flying on an endless sky, feeling infinite. And then there’s the sensation of being drowned in a sea of expectations.” We see Shawn hit the bottom of the sea. “And when your own fears and the things that happen in your life away from the camera all suddenly become public...you’re drowning. You’re drowning and you can’t stop it.”

This interlude presents the story that this section of the show tells which is about the dark moments in Shawn’s life after finding fame that became publicised such as his heightened anxiety and the abusive relationship with Nick.

The two smaller screens at the top of the stage display a message to the crowd to put on their 3D glasses which they were handed when they entered the stadium. Shawn appears on the main stage as Every Breaking Wave begins. The song talks about a relationship that’s falling apart, a clear indication as to what moment this song is talking about. It is noticed that Shawn’s guitar is completely clear and filled with water.

On Shawn’s first word, the screen begins showing a 3D video. Throughout the song, the video will display underwater images of Shawn being forcibly dragged underwater by hands. The hands grab out at the camera, waves up on the surface as Shawn resurfaces trying to escape crash down toward the camera, all enhanced by the 3D to physically bring the audience into the visual. Shawn himself was actually proving to be a match to the video when it came to excitement. As he usually does with this song, Shawn lets the vibe take over and the music seems to flow through his veins. His vocal performance is the most impressive it’s been for this song, effortlessly hitting the falsetto notes at the back end of the chorus. The crowd is absolutely captivated by the spectacle. This is something that just hadn’t been seen before in a live concert experience. The 3D made the performance totally immersive. At the end of the song, we see one final wave crash down and then everything goes dark, ending the song. As a bit of a surprise for the audience members who are close to the stage, along the front of the mainstage and on both runways, little jets of water spritz some water into the pit right at the moment the wave crashes. It’s not something everyone in the stadium will be aware of, just a cool little bonus for the people that queued outside for hours to get up front.

Shawn runs off stage as a musical interlude plays. At the very back of the stage, an as until now hidden platform rises up and stops at the middle of the massive screen. From the mainstage floor, a staircase hidden within the stage rises up to connect to the platform. The silhouette of a man appears on the screen right where the platform is to make it appear like that silhouette is standing on the platform.. Alex, Shawn’s keyboard player, moves down to the left side b-stage where the piano has returned. Instead of Shawn playing piano for the next song, Alex will. Alex begins Bottom of the Ocean. Shawn returns to the stage wearing a new outfit: a white tank top tucked into black pants. The reason for the outfit change is that, unknown to the audience, there’s some padding hidden within the lining of the outfit which will be important later in the song.

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(this outfit without the guitar)

Shawn has a headset mic. He begins singing as he stands at the bottom of the staircase, looking up to where the platform is. Shawn slowly starts walking up the staircase. We see the silhouette pacing back and forth as if waiting for Shawn. When Shawn makes it up to the top where the platform is, we see the silhouette man throw his arms out as if yelling. Though the silhouette is on the screen through the whole song, forced perspective allows Shawn to interact with it. Shawn sings the song with an even tone, but appears visibly shaken by the silhouette. As the chorus approaches, the silhouetted man makes a slapping motion and Shawn reacts with a sudden head turn as if he’d been slapped. Shawn moves to the other side of the platform and turns his back to the silhouette man. We see the silhouette of furniture appear on the screen with the man and the silhouette man starts throwing the furniture around. Shawn keeps his back to what’s going on, refusing to look. His vocals are absolutely haunting. There’s real pain in his voice. In this moment Shawn, who has always been a pretty open artist, is showing more vulnerability than he ever has before. You can’t help but marvel at how raw and open he was allowing himself to be in front of so many thousands of people. As the song continues, the silhouetted man walks over to where Shawn is and puts his arm out as Shawn scoots himself back, giving the appearance that Shawn got suddenly dragged back. Shawn stands and the silhouetted puts his arms out as if to hug Shawn. Shawn turns away and the silhouetted man is seen pushing and Shawn bumps forward as if pushed. The visual is telling the story as well as Shawn’s words. Shawn himself is making for an excellent narrator. His vocals are still soft, almost close to hurt. It’s obvious to everyone how much what he’s talking about still weighs on him. Toward the end of the song, Shawn stands and walks to the center of the platform. His body language suggests that he’s confronting the silhouetted man, but it enrages the man. At the last line of the song, we see the silhouetted man make a kicking motion and Shawn is sent tumbling down half of the stairs. He stops at the halfway point on the stairs, catching himself. It’s obviously choreographed and rehearsed (this being a stunt Shawn trained for as mentioned in pre-tour interviews about receiving some stunt training), but there’s still an audible gasp from many in the stadium. Shawn stands up and walks the rest of the way down the stairs. The minute he steps down onto the mainstage, he’s lowered below the stage, the staircase begins to lower back into the stage, and the platform lowers as well. The crowd cheers with an earth shaking roar, amazed and moved by what they just saw.

The piano is back on the left b-stage. On the right b-stage, the twelve string players have returned. The string players play an instrumental as Shawn walks onto the stage dressed back into the clothes he was wearing before Bottom of the Ocean. Shawn talks over the piece the string players are playing.

“Before we do this next song, I want to let you all in on the mindset I had writing it. I’ve been open about my struggles with anxiety and depression. This next song was written during one of my lowest periods. I felt alone, I felt afraid, I felt confused. I know that those feelings are shared by thousands and thousands of people around the world each and every day. This song isn’t just my story, it’s the story of so many. This is a cautionary tale.”

Shawn arrives to the piano and sits. He and the string players begin a piano and strings version of Barely Breathing. The crowd cheers with excitement. Shawn plays delicately, but there’s still weight to it. His voice is once more breathtaking. Shawn’s baring his very soul as he sings and plays. The main screen displays more footage of Shawn trapped underwater, unable to breathe. As the song progresses, the string players slowly start to change dynamic and their playing grows louder as Shawn’s piano playing slowly gets overcome by the strings. From the holes in the piano, we can see a fire inside of it. Shawn stands from the piano and takes the mic with him. He steps back as the entire piano is engulfed in the flames. It starts to fall apart piece by piece.

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To match the intensity of the strings, Shawn is delivering a passionate and incredibly raw vocal performance. He embraces the song’s mood and channels his feelings that he had as he wrote it. He arrives to the mainstage and heads to center where his guitar is waiting for him. Shawn picks the guitar up and lets it hang at his side while he puts the mic on the mic stand and continues singing. Rising from the stage floor around him on all four sides are clear walls, trapping Shawn in this cube like structure. At the songs conclusion, everything goes dark and the music ceases. Shawn has been literally trapped in this structure, embodying the feeling of being trapped by the emotions talked about in the song.

From in the darkness, Only the Lonely begins. The lighting for this song is almost sinister. The only lighting comes from underneath Shawn’s feet, illuminating this entire cube structure he’s in. The lighting is designed this way so the cube and Shawn in it are the only things visible and it’s surrounded by darkness on all sides. This is a representation of Shawn’s feeling of being alone as he’s talked about. This whole section of the show is about stories relating to dark moments of Shawn’s life after becoming famous and this is referencing his feelings of being alone and trapped by fame sometimes as he’s been known to discuss. This is a very guitar heavy song (something it was broadly acclaimed for) so Shawn gets to deliver another absolutely brilliant guitar performance. His voice is powerful and full of the drama of the song. During the acclaimed guitar bridge, Shawn moves around inside the cube and kicks against the walls but he can’t get out. He really goes at the solo. Suddenly, the body of Shawn’s guitar illuminates with fire. It’s done in a way that allows Shawn to continue safely playing the guitar, but to the audience, that can’t be totally seen. They can just tell it’s on fire. As the song draws near it’s conclusion, Shawn takes the guitar off and sits on the stage floor where it burts into more intense but still controlled flames. Shawn’s band is playing the outro to the song while Shawn once more kicks on the walls but he can’t get out. He picks up the mic stand and is seen about to throw it at the wall. But right as he does this all of the lights cut out and the music stops. In the darkness we hear the sound of shattering glass (a sound effect only), implying Shawn broke out of the structure.

His escape from that structure marks a defined turning point in the show. It’s representative of Shawn finding a way to overcoming the various emotions presented from the opening of the show until now such as fear and loneliness. From this point onward, things begin moving toward the positive, signifying a recovery from the various things presented in the show so far.

Another interlude, Bridge to Dreams, begins. There are two tall rigging towers on the left side and right side of the stadium. They connect to each other up top and there’s a bridge that hangs from it. This rigging makes it possible to have something hanging above even though there is no roof on almost all of the venue’s the tour hits. The bridge begins lowering down. Shawn’s voice is heard in narration. “When I left Toronto for New York, I thought I was leaving all help behind. But that wasn’t true. I hadn’t realized that there were going to be more people than I could ever imagine who were ready to embrace me.” At this point, one end of the bridge connects to the mainstage while the other end of the bridge connects to a small circular c-stage toward the back of the field. Shawn appears on the mainstage and gets onto the bridge and starts walking out to the c-stage. The bridge has a clear floor so fans below can see Shawn walking over their heads. The narration continues. “The ones that loved me, supported me...the fans. The ones who made me what I am. I have a dream. To see them face to face...to walk that bridge to them to see their love up close.” On the last word, Shawn’s steps onto the c-stage. This section of the show takes place out on this c-stage where there’s no theatrics, just Shawn being close to his fans as the narration talked about.

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The bridge raises back up. The crowd cheers and Shawn touches hands with a bunch of the fans around the b-stage. Shawn speaks to the crowd.

“I wanted to come see you guys a bit closer, is that alright?” The crowd cheers! “For the next few songs, I’m gonna hang out here with you all. This right here is my favorite part of the whole show. To come see you guys so close and sharing the music with you this way is something that I’ve really dreamed about doing for a long time. So, these next few songs aren’t gonna have big theatrics or anything like that. There are 60,000 of you here tonight but I’m gonna do my best to make this intimate and special. All of you here in the back, I told you that you’d get a good view! This next song is one about youth. Now, this tour is called the Forever Young World Tour and that’s not just a throwaway title. This show is all about things that impacted my youth and my innocence, both for the good and the bad. But it’s also about the resilience of youth to overcome darkness and sadness. Youth isn’t your age. You can be 90 years old and live with a youthful spirit. Youth is a state of mind. If you live your life like you’re forever young, you have the power to overcome anything. This one’s all about the fever of living young and living free. Are you ready?” The crowd screams.

Shawn’s band is on the mainstage still but they remain in darkness through this section so the focus is all on what’s happening out on the c-stage. Wild Youth, the opening track of the Glass Castles EP, begins. Shawn’s guitar is covered in writing, messages that were written to Shawn by kids at the hospital Shawn and his charity opened. It’s a personal touch that’s not totally emphasised, but more of a personal thing for Shawn. With the straight simple approach to performing, no mega production, we once again get to see just how proficient Shawn is as a musician. He nails each note and puts so much of himself into the playing as well as the vocals. This is clear cut proof that Shawn is a totally captivating performer with or without the theatrics. Shawn wears a smile on his face through the entire song. That famous smile shows all you need to know. Shawn’s absolutely in love with his job and, most importantly, his fans. A few times, Shawn steps away from the mic and let’s the crowd take over. At the song’s conclusion, Shawn gives a final powerful strum and throws his guitar pick out into the crowd. To his surprise, the crowd sings the chorus one more time to Shawn with no music and without being prompted. They do it on their own. Shawn smiles from ear to ear and applauds the crowd when they finish. “Thank you so much, Buenos Aires. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Okay we’re gonna continue our chat about youth a bit. This next song is about not giving up on your dreams, not diverting from what you want in life only to try and satisfy what someone else wants you to do. You’re the authors of your dreams. See it through. Here we go!”

Shawn counts in Forever Young. The crowd goes wild as this is one of the biggest fan favorites from the new album. Shawn’s got an acoustic guitar while his band plays on the mainstage. Shawn delivers another totally passion driven performance. In the middle of the song, Shawn and all of the band other than Austin (drums) stop playing. Austin keeps a beat as Shawn talks. “Alright here’s what we’re gonna do. I want everyone in this whole stadium to sing with me okay? I want them to hear us down the street, here us all across Argentina, all the way back to home in Toronto. Let’s shake the Earth. I know you’re not gonna let me down Buenos Aires. Are you ready?!” Shawn raises his guitar and the rest of the band comes in. Just as Shawn asked, the entire crowd screams the lyrics. Shawn takes his guitar off and grabs the mic. He sits down on the side of the b-stage and then gets down into the crowd. The only separation between himself and the fans is the barricade. Shawn runs through a path that’s been cleared. He stops sometimes to put the mic out to some of the crowd. Shawn makes his way back up onto the c-stage and grabs his guitar again to finish the song out.

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Shawn speaks to the crowd again. As he does, a drum kit is quickly assembled by some stagehands on the c-stage and some move a clear piano onto the c-stage as well. “So every night, we’re gonna do something really cool. I know how talented the Mendes Army is and I wanna see you guys show off a bit. So every night while you all are waiting outside to get in, I’ve got a special team of people who are gonna come out and see you all. They’re gonna be looking for people that can play guitar or piano or drums or even people that feel comfortable singing. They’re gonna pick one person and that person’s gonna come up here on the c-stage and we’re gonna do a song together. Tonight, my special team found a guy named Santi who’s a pretty awesome drum player. Santi actually learned how to play every song from the new album, so he’s gonna come up here now and show you what he’s got. Santi, come on up!” Santi is comes up onto the c-stage and Shawn immediately takes him in a hug. “How old are you, Santi?” Santi says he’s 19. “Where are you from?” Santi says he’s from La Plata. Shawn takes Santi over to the drums and tells him which song is next. Shawn sits at his piano which is directly across from the drum kit so Santi is facing Shawn and Shawn is facing Santi.

Shawn lets Santi count the song in. They launch into Keep It Together. On the album, the song is only drums, piano, and vocals. That’s how it’s played here. Shawn’s band isn’t on the mainstage since they don’t have to play on this song so they’ve gone to the under stage area. Shawn and Santi are incredible playing partners. Santi nails the entire performance, impressing the audience and especially Shawn. Shawn is also delivering a perfect performance both musically and vocally. This song is about standing up to critics in life and living your life the way you see fit which is something incredibly close to Shawn considering the constant stream of judgement that comes down on nearly everything he does. But in this moment, Shawn’s showing that no matter what is said about him, he’s not going to stop doing what he loves. Shawn smiles a lot at Santi. There’s a really special connection made between the two of them and the audience as well. The crowd was just in awe. Here was this worldwide icon, one of the biggest stars in music, sharing this moment with a fan, giving this fan the spotlight. At the end of the song, Shawn stands from the piano and joins the crowd in cheering for Santi. Shawn hugs Santi again, signs the special pass given to him proving he was the one selected to come on stage, signs Santi’s shirt, takes a photo with him, and lets Santi keep the drum sticks.

The bridge starts to lower back down. Shawn spends his last moments on the c-stage touching hands with fans while the narration returns. “Travelling the world and living my dream made me realize a great many things. It made realize that dreams come true. It made me realize that I had the power within me to overcome anything.” The bridge makes its connection to the c-stage and the mainstage. On the mainstage from behind the screen where the skyscrapers were in the opening, a cut out of the CN Tower, Toronto’s iconic landmark, rises up from behind the screen. The narration continues. “But it made me realize most of all that home was always going to be a part of me. No matter where I was, no matter where I slept, my heart would always find its way back to Toronto. To my parents. To my sister. And any minute I could, I got on that bridge back home. “ Shawn steps up onto the bridge. He is going to perform the next song on the bridge. He doesn’t have to play any instruments for the next song so he’s free to move around on the bridge. He says “This one’s for Aaliyah!”

The crowd cheers as Never Say Goodbye begins. On the screen through the entire song is footage of Shawn and his sister Aaliyah that’s been taken through their lives from when they were little all the way up to Aaliyah’s most recent birthday party last year. Shawn sings the song on the bridge above the people on the floor’s heads. Being on the bridge puts him at eye level with people in the stands so he focuses on performing to them. Though they’re still far away from him on both sides, Shawn does his best to make them feel close to him. He sings directly to them, making eye contact with them. But there are also moments where Shawn takes good long looks at the screen watching the footage of himself and his sister. In just the way he sings and the way he looks at the footage, you can tell how close Shawn and his sister are. They’re best friends just as much as they are siblings. Shawn walks down the rest of the bridge and back onto the main stage. The bridge raises back up and out of the way. Shawn goes down both runways to visit both b-stages. At the end of the song, Shawn runs off stage.

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The cut out of the CN Tower behind the screen illuminates a bright blue. On the main screen we see a street sign that says OCEAN WAVE AVE. Suddenly, the song Ocean Wave Avenue begins. The screen displays the image of a nice suburban neighborhood. This is of course the little play world Shawn made up when he was little. It’s revealed now that the screen is semi-transparent. The real life Shawn is physically INSIDE of the screen and the way it’s semi-transparent makes it look like Shawn is walking down the street of the neighborhood shown on the screen, blending real life and this virtual world. It’s an absolutely mind blowing effect! Shawn has a headset mic so he can walk around inside the screen while playing his guitar. The way Shawn moves within the screen makes it look like he’s walking along this street and into one of the houses there, walking around the house. There’s an obvious sense of nostalgia for Shawn and he’s having the time of his life going through this performance. That’s reflected in his vocal performance which is, as it has been through the whole show, smooth and genuinely wonderful. The crowd is amazed by it all as well. This is just one of many moments in this show so far and to come that just hasn’t been seen before. At the end of the song, Shawn disappears (he uses a staircase hidden behind the screen to get back down backstage unseen). The CN Tower also lowers back behind the screen.

Another interlude, Coexist, begins. The screen shows Shawn standing amidst about a dozen people. They’re all different. Short, tall, black, white, some Muslim, some Jewish. Narration comes on. “Travelling around the world, I’ve met so many people. Their stories are all different. Today, differences are treated as division lines. If someone appears different, sounds different, thinks different, then they get viewed as enemies.” We then see Shawn and the group of people all hugging each other and smiling. “But differences should be celebrated. I’ve found in my time travelling on the road that the differences in people are what makes them all so interesting. Differences are beautiful.” The video fades to show the well known COEXIST symbol.

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Shawn appears on the mainstage as Beautiful begins. The crowd screams for this fan favorite! The string players have returned. Six of them are on the left side runway and six on the right side runway. Their instruments are all glowing red as well as their bows. Shawn appears on the far left side of the stage. Shawn doesn’t play an instrument on this song, so he’s free to move around the stage. The screen now begins showing a specially made film that was captured around the world of groups of different people representing different demographics, religions, nationalities, races, genders, and ages all hugging or dancing or singing with each other. One could call this a political message, but there’s no political motivation in the presentation. Rather, Shawn is choosing to display love and acceptance instead of preaching about how to achieve it. He’s leaving that up to the individual. Shawn makes his way to the mainstage where he stands center stage. This when the instrumental bridge comes in. All of the lights suddenly change into a deep brilliant red. The whole scene is absolutely breathtaking.

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The string players drop out as well as all of the band except for Austin who once more keeps a beat with the drums. Shawn speaks. “I want to take a moment to introduce to you some beautiful people that are up here on stage with me this evening. Without these people, I’d just be a...well a fool with a guitar.” Everyone laughs. “First, here on my left, hailing from Toronto, one of the funniest people I’ve ever met...Paul Pitcher on bass!” A spotlight hits Paul and he does a short (around 30 seconds) bass solo as everyone cheers. “Here on my right, also hailing from Toronto, the oldest member and grandpa of the band at the ancient age of 22…Matthew Morlan on rhythm guitar!” A spotlight hits Matthew and he does a 30 second solo. “Over here to the left of the drums, the odd one out when it comes to origin since he hails out of Montreal, one of the most dedicated musicians on the planet, on keyboards and occasionally piano...Alex Coe!” A spotlight hits Alex as he does a 30 second solo. “And last but certainly not least, the first one I hired, a guy I met back in 7th grade, one of the most amazing and humble hearts in this whole stadium, banging on his drums...Austin Eldridge!” A spotlight hits Austin and he does a 30 second solo. “And I can’t forget about these twelve amazing string players who are from the Toronto Academy of Music. They go by the collective name Serenity Strings and we’re so honored to have them here with us!” Lights hit the string players and they do a 30 second group piece. Austin then counts the song back in. When the song comes back in, Shawn vocally is matched by the thousands of fans in the audience. The happiness in Shawn’s voice is heard as he confidently sings about the beauty and the world. It’s lost on no one that this moment is proof of beauty and love. These thousands of people all coming together for this brilliant moment. At the song’s conclusion, the screen displays the word for “love” in hundreds of different languages as the stage lights go out. In the darkness, Shawn and the string players make their exit from the stage.

Another interlude, The Path to Acceptance, begins. The screen shows a video of Shawn sitting in a room watching a TV that’s displaying various news reports of his coming out. His voice is heard narrating: “Somehow they all knew. And at first, I was afraid. I didn’t know what to do, what to say. There were people close to me that I hadn’t told yet. I was confused. Of course, I loved myself and knew in my heart that I am who I am. I just worried about what the fans were going to say.” We then see the walls of the room Shawn’s sitting in lighting up with Tweets, Instagram posts, and more words of encouragement and love from fans and celebrities alike. “Then I realized that I was in a position to do something incredible. And I could do it with these people that love and accept me for who I am. I could live each day sharing love with the world. No matter who was the subject of that love. Together...we could pave a path of justice and truth...a path to acceptance.” On the last word, the video ends and then everything goes dark. The crowd screams, knowing which song is next.

Boys and Boys begins. Lights come up on the stage but it’s totally empty. Suddenly, the massive screen literally splits in half horizontally in the middle. The bottom half stays put while the top half raises up. Shawn and his band are revealed on a hidden part of the stage in the middle of the screen where Shawn was during Ocean Wave Avenue but now the top half of the screen has been raised and they aren’t covered. Shawn is wearing a stunning rainbow colored suit jacket.

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The crowd is going absolutely insane at yet another display of something groundbreaking. Shawn and his band are standing in line next to each other: Alex is playing his keyboard on the left end, Matthew is beside him playing, then Shawn, then Austin and his drums on the right end. Shawn delivers perhaps his best vocal performance of the song that we’ve seen. The lighting all around the stage displays different colors of the pride flag. The audience is screaming the lyrics right along with Shawn. During the bridge, confetti cannons on both runways and even all the way out on the c-stage shoot off rainbow confetti into the air. As the song nears its end, the top half of the screen starts lowering back down so by the end of the song, the screen has been put back together and Shawn and his band cannot be seen.

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As things settle down, the screen begins showing an video of the sun rising. A spotlight then illuminates Shawn ON TOP of the massive screen that towers three stories above the floor of the stage! There’s a hidden platform up at the top that the audience can’t see. A piano is up there too. Shawn sits at the piano and says “This one is for everyone who knows who they are, love who who they, are proud of who they are! It’s also for a certain someone who’s out there somewhere out there with you all tonight.” Shawn then begins I See the Sun. Though there’s visual spectacle with Shawn all the way up on top of the screen, the main focus of this performance is on the music. Shawn, despite having sung his heart for almost two hours at this point, his vocals are just as strong and beautiful as they were at the start of the show. Through the song, the screen shows the sun in the sky but live footage of Shawn appears in the middle of the sun as he plays.Shawn of course has a deep personal connection to this song and you can see that in the way he’s performing. His fingers glide beautifully through the acclaimed, fast paced piano melody with masterful precision. Many times he’s seen with his eyes closed, totally entranced in the music. He’s displaying artistry in its truest form. After the last words of the song, the band continues playing and Shawn continues playing the piano as the platform lowers down behind the screen. They play this extended outro until Shawn is back at ground level behind the screen where the song ends.

The crowd cheers and Shawn quickly reappears on the main stage. He talks to the crowd. “As I know most of you saw outside there are several photobooths. You got in, took your pictures, they were printed out. I’ve done it too it’s a lot of fun! Well, I’ve got one little surprise concerning that photobooth. Some of those photos have been auto saved and are going to be putting those photos from the photobooths up here on this big screen. If your photo pops up on the screen, after the show, visit ANY of the merch stand. They all have copies of the photos that’ll be on the screen and you can go to any of the stands and you’ll get a free t-shirt and a free set of special guitar picks that only those whose photos appear on the screen get. This next song is a song all about self empowerment. These photos being up on the screen are there to show you all how beautiful you all are, to show the world how beautiful you are. Is that alright?” The crowd screams an affirmative yes. “Oh, and to see just how beautiful you all are...put those 3D glasses back on. Here we go!”

Shawn grabs his guitar and begins Grace Under Pressure, one of the acclaimed tracks from his first album. The crowd cheers in excitement at this as it wasn’t one of the songs fans expected to hear in the show. As Shawn directed, they once more put their 3D glasses on. And it was soon clear why. The photos that fans took in the Forever Young Photobooth are put up on the screen with various visual effects enhancing them such as virtual confetti, snow, fire, etc. It’s all really amazing and quite a cool thing to be seeing. Shawn is once more delivering an amazing musical and vocal performance. At this point in the show, Shawn’s drenched in sweat and must be absolutely exhausted but the pure adrenaline combined with his absolute love for performing allows him to still be delivering 110%! Matthew and Paul come up to Shawn’s side and the three of them play close to each other, all wearing huge smiles and just having the time of their lives along with the audience. At the end of the song, the lights go out and the crowd cheers.

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A final interlude, A New Beginning, starts. The video screen shows Shawn returning to that neighborhood in New York from the start of the show, and this time he sees it as it really is: bright, vibrant, and full of life. Shawn’s voice narrates. “I’m older now than I was when my journey began. I’m more experienced, I’m smarter, and I’m happier. Though there were downs...further down than I’d ever been...those downs made the high I live now seem so much higher.” We see Shawn laughing and interacting with people in the neighborhood. He’s seen playing soccer in the local park, seen watching a movie projected on the walls of one of the apartment buildings. It’s all incredibly different from the way Shawn saw this place at the start. We then see him packing his bags and saying goodbye to the friends he made. “I feel that this is just the start of something even more beautiful.” Shawn gets on a plane and we see him smiling as he’s looking out the window. “This is only the beginning.” This means that the final part of the show isn’t a story about Shawn’s past up to this point, but about his dreams for the future. At the end of the video, a spotlight illuminates Shawn sitting a solid white piano on the right side b-stage. He plays a light little melody as he speaks to the crowd.

“Do you have one more in you Buenos Aires?” The crowd roars! “I want to thank you all so much for coming to spend this evening with me. This is absolutely mind blowing. I never in a million years thought that I’d be playing for a dozen people, let alone 60 something thousand. You all make my dreams come true each and every day. All of this is because of you. So I’d like to dedicate this last song to everyone of you here tonight and to the Mendes Army around the world. I love you, and thank you so much for always being there for me.”

Shawn begins the final song of the night, Lights in the Sky. Seeing as the first part of the song is just organ and piano (Alex plays the organ through his keyboard in the dark on the mainstage). There’s a single spotlight on Shawn, the only light on the stage. But the audience makes a light of their own. They take their phones and lighters out and all light up the stadium.

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When the guitar comes in leading up toward the full band part, Shawn stands up and steps on top of the piano. When the band comes crashing in, Shawn jumps from the piano onto the stage and takes off running up the right side runway and to the mainstage. Simultaneously, fireworks shoot off up into the air from behind the screen, literally sending lights into the sky. Shawn runs around the every inch of the stage floor to see everyone as he passionately sings (and the running doesn’t really disturb his vocals either!). Shawn is center stage as the final, piano only end to the song arrives. On the last note, the piano note rings out. Most of the stage lights come on as Shawn’s band puts their instruments down and all come up front with Shawn. The string players do as well. Then, they all get in line and take a bow together. The screen then shows live images of Shawn’s production team backstage and they bow as well. Shawn gets on the mic for one last comment: “Gracias. te quiero. Tú eres todo mi mundo. Goodnight Buenos Aires!” Shawn’s band land the string players leave the stage and Shawn is alone as he stands center and takes one more bow, makes a heart with his hands, and then leaves the stage. The lights in the stadium come up and “Eclipse”, Shawn’s collaboration with Cameron Dallas, plays over the PA as the audience begins to file out.

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Artist: Aaliyah
Date: May 9th, 2019
Venue: Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States
Capacity: 14.444/14.444 [SOLD OUT]

Aaliyah kicked off her debut tour, Street Thing World Tour! The tour is supporting her debut album + re-issue AANBAN/For All We Know which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 in September '18 and spawned the record-breaking #1 global smash "Back & Forth", and the Top 10 hits "Down With The Clique (feat. Miley Cyrus), "Age Ain't Nothing But a Number", "Happy" & "Throw Your Hands Up (feat. Kash Doll). The entire setlist consists of 17 tracks. Including 9 tracks from AANBAN & 8 tracks from For All We Know.

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ACT I
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SETLIST

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Act 1
Intro
Throw Your Hands Up
Back & Forth
Age Ain't Nothing But A Number

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Act 2
Down With The Clique
I'm So Into You
No One Knows How To Love Me Quite Like You Do
At Your Best (You Are Love)
Street Thing

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Act 3
Get To Know Ya
Inhale Exhale
Girlfriend
Bad Blood

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Act 4
Give Me A Little
Fool To Love
Blue Wine
Happy


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ACT I
The audience have been waiting for this moment since the debut of Aaliyah. They brought their energy tonight and were waiting for the show to start. After several songs was played before the show was started, a countdown appeared on screen seconds after the entire stage went dark. The countdown started counting backwards from 1 minute, as it hit 0 the first visual from the setlist started playing. In the first visual, the camera was showing the inside of a church. It was changing its scenes every 2 seconds, showing the church from different angles. The camera slowly went upwards and showed the choir standing on a platform. The person who's on the lead said "And 1..2..3.." and they started singing the Intro together. As the intro ended, the smoke starts filling the stage and Aaliyah's name showed up in neon effects on the screen. And she appeared on the stage as her name showed up. The crowd went crazy as they saw her.

As Aaliyah said "Let's do this!" the production of Throw Your Hands Up started playing & the different colors of neon lights started showing. And also the second visual showed up on the screen. The visual showed Aaliyah & her crew at the block party, having the time of their lives. (And throwing their hands up, obviously) The dancers walked out to the stage slowly while snapping their fingers. She started singing the first verse. As she starts singing the "bridge" the male dancers lifted Aaliyah up & turn around herself. The camera showed Aaliyah spinning around at the time by the way. As the chorus comes on Aaliyah demanded audience to "throw their hands up" & she started doing the hand choreography with the dancers throughout the chorus. As the second verse came on the female dancers started dancing in sync around Aaliyah and after the bridge came on again, the male dancers lifted Aaliyah up & spinned her around again. There was a whole "party ambience" on the stage and you could see the audience also jamming and singing along to the track. And the lights went down after they did the final choreo while Kash Doll's part was playing in the back.

After a little silence, Visual 3 started playing on the screen. In this visual, the camera showed a clip of Aaliyah walking on the street between thousands of paparazzis. There were flash sounds going off around the arena and the flash effects popping on the screens to make it look realistic. As they left, one pap walked towards the camera and shouted: "But...WHO'S THE L.I.Y.A.H?". That was the moment when the track started playing. As Intro part camr on, the male dancers started doing the ‘Back & Forth’ dance around the girls. And Aaliyah showed her L-I-Y-A-H license plate to the camera (as a symbol) After dancing as pairs and doing some groovy body moves throughout the first verse, everyone started dancing back & forth as the hook part came on. And Aaliyah sang R. Kelly's part right after that. Throughout the second verse, Aaliyah got some "touchy" with her male dancer. As the last hook part came on bright green lights started shining and the ‘dance breakdown’ part started & Aaliyah started dancing with the female dancers. As it ended Aaliyah starts singing the last hook with a high note & the audience started clapping as soon as they heard it! As the song ended every dancer does a ‘death drop’ and we saw Aaliyah as the only person who’s standing.

The lights went dark and the dancers left the stage, it was time for Aaliyah to interact with the audience. "Ooh, what a huge crowd...Gosh...okay but seriously, this might be the biggest moment of my life. I know that y'all have been waiting for this moment to happen. Thank YOU all so much for coming tonight. It's gonna be a special night for all of us here, we're gonna say goodbye to not only this tour but also to this era. I hope y'all have fun tonight, i want to see your love and energy throughout this concert. This next track is...a complicated one to perform. It's Age Ain't Nothing But A Number."

The visual showed the newspapers that included the controversy of the year as its headlines. It showed some clips from the beginning of "Happy" music video where she was crying & terrified. Then it showed the music video for the track. For the performance, she was just standing alone there and doing some hand and body movements to match the tracks lyrics, even though she was looking uncomfortable doing that. But she wanted to show the audience that she embraces her truth so.... She interacted with the audience for the entire song (like...signed autographs, held their hands while singing the track etc etc) After she shouted "y'all know the words, this part is yours", she let the audience sing the final chorus of the track. And the stage went dark as she said "Thank you!!!" from the mic.

ACT II
The first act was ended and another long visual started playing on the screen while Aaliyah and the dancers were changing their clothes. In this visual the camera showed Aaliyah walking on the beachside slowly. Then she realized the camera & started walking towards it. As she stopped and winked at the camera the production of "Down With The Clique" started playing. The dancers started walking to the stage with their island-influenced clothes on. And the stage had some fake palm trees and sun and stuff. The camera started showing her coming to the stage once again. She started singing the songs first verse after waving to the audience. At this part, she came closer to the camera and did some hand movements while the dancers were playing with the ball & making it look like they were really on the beachside. As the hook came on, they did the choreography of the song. She started singing the second verse after that, doing some moves to get one of the male dancers attention (like she did in the songs music video). They did the choreo for the track again then. As the song nearly came to an end they all walked through the runway part of the stage together and Aaliyah demanded the audience to put their hands in the air and wave them with Aaliyah on beat. As the song ended, they stopped doing that and Aaliyah & the performance for the track was ended after the men held the girls close to themselves.

While they weren't changing their poses she screamed "1...2...3...LET's GO!" suddenly and the beat came in while they were on the runway section of the full stage. She started singing "I'm So Into You" without waiting and the audience screamed out loud for the cool transition. She sang the first verse while the dancers were clapping their hands and moving their bodies on beat. "SING IT!" she screamed again and did the choreo for the track as the chorus came on. They got in formation on stage and moved their butts on beat while holding each other. They were really into eachother while doing the choreo. After serving more and more body movements throughout the second verse, they did the choreo once again. Then CupcakKe appeared on the screen, lipping her verse while Aaliyah was randomly dancing with the dancers. She sang the final chorus with a little help from the audience while doing the choreo for the final time. It was ended after they gave a pose.

As the stage got dark again, rainbow-ish colors appeared on stage and the band played "No One Knows How To Love Me Quite Like You Do" instrumental for a minute as an introduction first. As the songs name appeared on the screen, the girls and the boys walked out to the stage with the new outfits. The girls were wearing the same clothes with Aaliyah, the guys were in all black. "Let me hear you say, let me hear you say!" she screamed from the mic to make the audience sing the intro. The boys followed the girls, they were walking on beat while she was singing the first verse. The boys were trying to impress the girls and it was..kinda working. Then they stood in line, walked towards themselves while the chorus was playing. The guys changed their positions and stood behind the girls, doing some hand movements like they were covering them from the rain. (the stage was showing the rain by the way) And they held their hands while Aaliyah was singing "You know how to bring sunshine to my life". (and the sun appeared on the screen as this part came on + the lights went yellow). After doing the final choreo, the performance for the track was over & the dancers left the stage as it got dark. She was on the other side of the stage.

"So...how y'all doing?, are you having fun?" The audience screamed "YEEES". Aaliyah said "So... let's turn the energy down a little, this next track is so special to me and i know that it's your favorite track off my album so.. This is "At Your Best" ".

The blue lights appeared on stage and we saw a guitarist starting the performance with doing a solo while the singer was walking towards him. She sits on the chair and the guitarist that's next to her startd playing the song. A visual of snows falling down played on the screen at this moment. Aaliyah started singing the song with beautiful harmonies and sang the first verse right after that. She sang the chorus in a higher note and the audience applauded her for the effort. As the bridge part came on Aaliyah stood up and the camera started showing the audience holding flashlights in the air. We saw Aaliyah singing her heart out at this moment and the camera then showed some people crying while singing along to the song/the singer was delivering amazing vocals. Fake snows started actually dropping from the top of the stage to match the ambiance. After Aaliyah sang the last chorus of the song, she ended this performance with holding a note and the audience started applauding her....again.

But it didn't end there actually... "No no! Keep going Matt." she said to the guitarist. The lyrics was shown on the screen at this moment and the snow was still falling from the top. And the chorus part played in the background "We've got a street thing going on". The guitarist started playing "Street Thing" while Aaliyah was doing some hand movements to match the tracks lyrics. "I'm gonna let y'all sing the choruses okay?" she said and she let the audience sing along to the chorus with her. They all sang the part with their heart out. She served more hand movements throughout the second verse also and sang the final chorus with the audience. The stage got dark and the snows stopped falling. The guitarist left the stage and Aaliyah made another speech.

"Thank you guys so much. I just...can feel your spirit in me and your energy is perfect tonight. I thank you all so much for being here with me and singing your hearts out to my tracks. I don't know if y'all got bored from this "throwback" sound but...would you like to make the sound "current"?" she said and winked. As she walked out from the stage, the stage went dark again and introduction to the third act started playing on the screen.

ACT III
The camera then started showing stage, one spotlight appeared on the table which was placed in the middle of the stage. It had a player on it. A girl walked out to the stage and put a tape in it. The music player played the intro to the track then, which was the moment the audience realized that it was the track "Get To Know Ya"' intro. Then it stopped, after the girl hit it once, the production for the track started playing. The girl was Aaliyah, and all the lights revealed the stage, which was designed like it was the room from the tracks music video. Red couches, red table, red bed and there were two giant sculptures of "human lips" with a red lipstick on. The lips had "Get To Know Ya" written on them also. There were guys sitting on the couches and the bed. "I think y'all know this one" she said through the mic and walked around the stage. She started interacting with the first guy who was sitting on the couch. The camera was showing them touching eachother while the singer was singing the first verse. She didn't like him and left him there but he got sad and tried to make her mine throughout the first chorus. She pushed him away and moved onto the other guy who was laying down on the bed. Sang the second verse while laying on bed with him. (while singing the lyrics "Cause we're gonna float up to this feeling of a higher place. It's our world") They were looking at the camera (which was showing them at the moment from the top of the stage) (looking at it like they were looking at the stars). But he didn't care about her so she rejected him too after singing the second verse. As we got to the ending of the song she sang "Just wanna get to know ya" to the guy who actually loved her. But she whispered to the mic while looking at the camera "You don't even know me" and she pushed the camera away & the performance was ended. The audience was screaming.

15 seconds after the stage got dark, another visual started playing on screen. It was a full-white room in the video. There was a camera placed in front of the room. As it zoomed into show what the camera was recording, it showed Aaliyah, breathing in and out deeply. And then it replayed it again...and again...and again. Then she whispered, "when i inhale exhale, i'm back again" and the production for "Inhale Exhale" started. Aaliyah sang the first verse while taking steps on beat with the 2 female dancers who were holding her shoulders. They did inhaling and exhaling moves with their bodies as they got to the chorus. The lights were changing colors every second at this part. As the second verse came on, the females went backstage and the guys appeared on stage. They were walking on beat with the singer at this moment and they stopped. They were feeling sad for him while the singer was looking sad to match the lyrics. They did the same choreo again while the lights were changing again. The girls also appeared on stage then and they all held their hands and turned in circles throughout the final chorus. They all fell on the ground as the performance was ended.

As the stage got dark again, there was only Aaliyah standing there. She held the mic stand and placed it to the middle part of the stage. She said: "I think y'all might know this track." and the band behind the screen started playing "Girlfriend". She delivered good vocals throughout the first verse while the music video was playing in the back. The camera was also showing some fans singing along to it on the screen. As she sang the chorus, all the pink lights were held on the singer while the wind was showcasing her beauty. She opened her arms as she sang "To make us....fly". A male and a female dancer then appeared on stage, the camera was focused on them as we got to the second verse. The female was acting like she was so weak to walk, to get up and the male was trying to make her come back to life. He was trying to cheer her up behind the artist. As they got to the final chorus, the band started going AWF like....they were going all the way off on them instrumentals while Aaliyah was serving the vocals the audience needed. Roses started falling down from the top of the stage while the pair was intensely dancing in the back. As we were getting closer to the ending of "Girlfriend". Eight dancers started slowly walking out to the stage. The performance for the track was ended after she held a note for like five seconds.

But while she was doing it, the remix version of "Bad Blood" was playing in the back and its volume was turned up each second. As we reached to the max the music stopped, she looked around and saw the dancers. "Before getting into this remix, can y'all give a huge scream and show some love for these incredibly talented dancers?" she asked. And the audience showed their love by screaming with the top of their lungs. "Let's dance!" she said. She slowly walked around the stage and got closer to the runway section of the stage. The dancers were getting in formation at this moment while she was singing the first verse. The house remix for "Bad Blood" was playing in the back. As the chorus came on, the beat & the lights changed at the same time and then they started doing a choreo for the remix. They were just "vogue-ing" to the beat at first and the audience were going crazy for the performance. They killed it. As the beat changed again they did a death drop to the ground and girls started doing hairography while the guys were doing some intense moves. While the beat was still going on, she sang the second verse. They were doing cat-walk through the runway and posing for the camera. It was so different for this song, especially this performance but the audience lived for it. They all stopped as the chorus came on and a fire alarm appeared on the screen with its sound. A countdown appeared on the screen (counting backwards from five). As it ended, they did the iconic moves for the final time while the confettis were popping at every corners of the stage one by one (on beat). The performance for the remix was ended after Aaliyah made all dancers do a death drop to the ground with her hands. The stage got dark and Aaliyah was the only standing. The dancers left the stage.

"The transition was pretty insane, i know. The third one is done y'all. Here's our final act. Once again, i'm really thankful to see your amazing energy here. Thank you for singing along and having fun with me. It's so special to me. Now...shall we?" she said & she left the stage.

ACT IV
Another visual started playing as we got to the Act 4. A man appeared on the screen, walking in a purple colored room. There was a button in front of him saying "next". As he pressed on it, the visual ended and the doors were opened to the stage. The male dancer walked out to the stage in pink smoke as the production for "Give Me a Little" started. Aaliyah's face appeared on the screen, singing "Give me a little...give me yeah, give me a little, give me your..." She sang the first verse from backstage while the male dancer was dancing in fear on stage. As she sang "Oh-oh, take it from me", the elevator was lifted and Aaliyah made a super quick entrance to do the choreo with the male dancer. The audience was shook while Aaliyah was nailing the chorus with the gorgeous choreo she did with the male dancer. As the part ended, they held eachother and laid down on the ground. They were rolling their bodies (in an artistic way of course) around the stage while the singer was singing the second verse. They did the same choreo again then. A group of male and female dancers appeared on stage as they got to the bridge part. They were closely touching each other every time the beat kicked in. They all did the intimate choreo for the last time. The performance was ended when they all gave a pose.

The stage was dark once again and the crew was placing the piano on the stage in the dark while Aaliyah was getting ready to perform the next track. "Let's slow it down once more." she said. And the camera started showing the pianist playing "Fool To Love" from a different angle on the screen. As it zoomed out, we saw Aaliyah laying down on the piano. She sang the first verse after she turned around and served some hand movements to match the tracks lyrics. As the chorus came on, the camera showed the pianist beautifully playing it. As we got to the second verse, she got up and jumped from it. She sang the second verse with a little help from the audience. The pianist was shown on the screen...once again, gracefully playing the track. Instead of the bridge, it was replaced with a solo. After the pianist served an amazing solo, Aaliyah delivered high vocals, once again. The performance was ended after Aaliyah hit a high note and thanked the pianist for helping her.
The stage got dark again and she stood up and made a little speech.

"You know...there are times when you're sad, times when you're tired of all the bullsh*t, times when you're just over it. But you know what, if you really wait just a little, time will give you the answer you need. Time truly helps you. It heals you. Trust me, it does." she said.

As the stage got dark...again, the elevator was lifted to the stage and there was a 3D giant-sized cube on it. Each sides of the cube had LED screens on it to show the visuals. The screen showed the music video for "Blue Wine" seconds later. Blue smoke appeared on stage while the music was playing. The camera which was placed inside of the cube started showing Aaliyah laying down on the ground, looking like a total maniac. She was "acting" like a maniac throughout the first verse. Throughout the first chorus, we saw Aaliyah rolling around the ground and doing messy movements inside of the cube. The newspapers appeared on each sides of the cube. The headlines were about the R. Kelly situation, people bashing Aaliyah's album, people making fun of Aaliyah's life decisions. Aaliyah was looking at them and actually crying while singing the second verse. These made Aaliyah even more upset and she suddenly fell on the ground. She couldn't handle the pain & the negative energy. As the last chorus came on, she started thinking about how she could avoid all this bad things that control her mind & soul. The spotlight appeared on the cube when she emotionally sang "I'll make it through broken emotion.". The cube was opened from all its sides and the stage was filled with smoke. She just stayed on the ground and didnt mess up her pose. The camera got closer to her as the performance was ended. She was crying. She recieved the biggest applause from the audience after this amazing performance. She jumped from the platform and walked around the stage while the stage was getting ready for the final performance of the night.

"Ooh, it's getting to emotional in here am i wrong? *giggles*. I want to leave this place energetic & happy, do y'all want to be Happy in 3 minutes? Are you ready? Are you ready for the final performance of the night? I want to see you all singing along to the full song. LET'S GO" she screamed from the mic.

The audience went crazy as they realized that she was going to close the show with "Happy" The huge led screen started playing the songs music video seconds after. She sang the first verse with a little help from the background singers. As the first chorus came on, female dancers came on the the stage and started dancing with Aaliyah while making that "happy" gesture to match the song. As the second verse comes on, she sang the verse while walking through the runway with female dancers. (at this time, the male dancers are secretly walking on the other side). As the chorus came on, she sang it with the background singers...again. As the bridge part came on everyone froze and the camera started showing Aaliyah slaying the part with her heavenly vocals. As the last chorus comes on colorful fireworks started to pop and balloons appeared in the venue. The audience were playing with the huge balloons at this moment and all of the dancers started having fun with Aaliyah in the end of the runway stage. The performance ended then.

Aaliyah started crying as the show was ended. She said these final words: "It was an honor for me to bring my creativity and share with every single one of you for 6 months. I really, truly, love each one of you. Thank you for making this girl smile all the time. I'm overwhelmed by your love and support since my debut single. Here's to all the love and success for this tour, here's to my crew who worked so hard to make it happen. Here's to you all, for coming here from different cities. Here's to myself for believing in myself and helping myself achieve all the beautiful things in my life....like you guys. Thank you. Until next time. And well, i think the next one is close....super close. I might have a surprise for y'all.
As a gift. Not gonna tell the time but anyways. Thank you thank you thank you thank you!. Have a great night. Love you."


Last Edit: Mar 18, 2020 21:46:39 GMT 10 by Mr. Mendes

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