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She covered The Black Keys, The White Stripes, The Kings Of Leon, Alanis Morrisette, and Patsy Cline. She called the industry types at her record label "a bunch of assholes." When her voice cracked she used it as proof she didn't lip sync her act. Through 90 minutes at Rosemont Theatre Kelly Carkson reminded us why we love her; of all the pop divas she truly is the one we could sit down and have a beer with. And sing drunken karaoke with.
Clarkson delivered material from throughout her catalog, depending heavily on the hits -- and she played all the big singles -- but also trotting out lesser played songs like "Sober," recently added to the setlist from the mostly overlooked My December. Clarkson used the more intimate space at the Rosemont Theatre to her advantage, delivering bracingly honest chatter between songs and doing her best to connect with the all her fans, whether they were seated in the VIP section just in front of the stage or the furthest row in the back of the balcony. Clarkson's appeal lies in the combination of her otherworldly pipes delivering on the promise of an amazing voice and her honest-to-god "I'm just like you" charm.
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I was there. She is awesome and her voice sounded incredible, paricularly on the Black Keys ("Lies") and Patsy Cline ("Walking After Midnight") songs.
Rosemont Theater sort of sucks though.
Well, I wasn't pleased they stopped selling beer the second Clarkson hit the stage, but otherwise I like the joint. Great sound, terrific sightlines, and an incredibly friendly staff!
See I thought the sound was terrible, at least where we were sitting (in the balcony). Got better with the acoustic songs, but her chit chat was hard to hear/make out.
Plus they don't allow beer in the seating area. Boo.
Major boo.
Solid show. Calling the execs 'assholes' twice was pretty funny. One thing I noticed, she doesn't seem to quite have the banter part down yet In the end, it was pretty endearing, genuine, etc, but it seemed she was really nervous and kinda rambled. Minor qualm. Anyway, solid show and it was fun watching Tankboy stand stoically through each song while all the kids around us jumped up and down screaming all the lyrics.
She has the same style of banter as Rachael Yamagata. Totally genuine and you frequently feel she's just as surprised at what came out of her mouth as the audience is. I love that.
And I was having a lovely time, I just don't lose my shit at show anymore. Kinda wish I could.
next staff karaoke outing, we're dueting on "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
I'll start drinking honey tea and limbering up my range.
Great show. However, I didn't think the sound was that great and for that matter, I think the venue sucks. Probably great for a Broadway show, but not for a concert. Not being able to bring a drink to your seat blows and what's with the cutoff of liquor sales so early???
She does have pipes and a collection of great songs. I enjoyed myself, but I'd rather see her at the Chicago theater or basically just not in the burbs :-(
Yeah, Chicago Theatre would have been a terrific venue!
However she didn't sell out Rosemont, and I'm pretty sure Chicago Theatre is bigger, so it probably wasn't feasible. I blame Miley Cyrus for playing the same night and drawing away some of the Clarkson fan contingent!
However I can't really hate on Miley. Without her we wouldn't have this.
Kelly did play Chicago Theatre a couple years ago (I think right after My December came out).
Seriously? No mention of the opener? Jason Mraz R-O-C-K-E-D the clap.
[inside joke] Tweens love the clap. [/inside joke]
ha...i'm totally not a part of this inside joke, cus that'd be weird, but I definitely kept elbowing my friend to inform her that he was acting as a caricature to Mr. A-Z...
You're inside enough to get the gist!
I think th sound at Rosemont Theater is pretty good though its been awhile since I have seen a show there (Radiohead)
I am surprised at the number of covers that Clarkson played. I am going to have to track those down and listen to them.
My last show there was Bowie and I thought the sound was phenomenal for that one.
Such a great show ... man, now I'm jonesin' for Bowie to tour again!
(Three points if you catch the joke / ref I just made there.)
Hey Sujal - can you recall which year Radiohead played Rosemont Theatre? I was looking for the setlist and I can't find it.
As a fan of theirs I just want to see what I missed!!!
1998. Spiritualized opened, right?
Awesome, thanks Tankboy. Found it! 10/4/1998
We're talking about Kelly Clarkson, right? Sorry just can't get into that.
Every time I see her I think of "The Monkees".
Both started out as good little company moppets and both went on to do some interesting stuff once they weren't as under the thumb. Mind you, if Clarkson does anything nearly as awesome/fun as the movie "HEAD" I will eat my hat.
My delicious, delicious hat.
I love that movie. I taped it in the '80s when they'd run it on cable like once every four years and just about wore that VHS tape down by the time they finally released it on DVD.
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