Cyn in the City Concert Review

by Cynthia De La Torre–

I was fallin…fallin… asleep at the Alisha Keyes concert. The two drinks of hard liquor I consumed were not about to perk me up. I thought about what my mother used to tell me,

“When you feel like buying a concert ticket, buy a c.d. instead, listen to it at home- full blast and you will never be disappointed.”

The audience was anxiously waiting for Keys after Robin Thicke left his “hot mess” on stage.

I thought, why is this clean-cut guy becoming a gangster rapper right before our eyes? It was Vanilla Ice all over again. What happened to Thicke’s piano-driven ballads.

Alicia Keys appears on stage after an hour of making us wait. To my surprise Alicia Keys did not apologize for her tardiness. Have I been out of the concert loop for too long? Is this customary? Keyes did not interact with the audience much. I guess I want some interaction when I’m sitting in the nosebleed section of an arena viewing pictures of my friend’s daughter in ballet, gymnastics, and putting a bowl of spaghetti on her head.

Keyes has unbridled talent- she is an amazing singer and piano player, but when she started dancing hip-hop and shaking her booty it was not easy on the eyes.

The Mandalay Bay Event Center was too big for this venue. Perhaps the Keys concert would have been appropriate for the House of Blues- the atmosphere is a little more intimate and geared towards piano performances.

Afterwards, I did fall asleep, nevertheless it was with a broken heart and I was flat broke too. Drinks are incredibly expensive at concerts!

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