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"Mimi Rocks the Night Away"
Concert
Review by FTV
8/25/06
It
was a packed house at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville,
Connecticut
on Friday, August 25th.
This was one of the stops for
Mariah
Carey's "Emancipation of Mimi Tour." Over 100,000 people were
in
attendance and ready to feel the vibe.
We knew we were in the right place
when we saw a huge black curtain covering the stage with the purple interlocking
MC on the front. The show was
scheduled to start around 8:00pm that evening, but everyone had to wait
until about 8:30pm for the show to start. The
jumbo screens in the arena lit up with video of a rollercoaster
narrated by Mariah who said “Life is like a rollercoaster, it
has it’s ups and downs but as long as you have faith in your
journey, it will take you to big places.”
This seemed to be the theme to her
concert and career in general. This
was when the curtain came up and Mariah’s elaborate stage was
in full view. We heard that Mariah
was traveling with an opening act of Sean Paul. However,
this particular show didn’t have an opening act.
The music began and you could see
all
the musicians and backup singers were full of energy as they jumped and
danced while playing and singing. Mariah
entered the stage performing “It’s Like
That” with her dancers. You
knew she was on her way out as the moment you heard that unmistakable
voice! There was so much high
energy. The crowd went wild
screaming and cheering the moment they saw her. She
followed this song with one of her older hits,
“Heartbreaker” which started off with Jay-Z doing
his rap part in a bathtub on the video screens. These
songs were followed by “Dreamlover” and
“Shake It Off.” Then
Mariah treated the audience to an exclusive performance of
“Stay the Night,” a song she hadn’t
performed at any other concerts on the tour. This
was a really nice treat.
It
was then time to slow it down with her re-make of the ballad,
“I’ll Be
There” which she sang with her special guest, Trey Lorenz.
At this point, Mariah announced
that
Trey has an album coming out very soon and left him to sing a few
numbers on his own. He performed
the songs “Never Too Much” and “A House
is not a Home.” We really
enjoyed his rendition of “Never Too Much.”
It sounded great and he knows just
how
to talk to the audience.
Also during the show
(and
Mariah’s wardrobe changes), the spotlight would be placed on
the DJ at the corner of the stage. He
rocked the house with some of his old school tunes that had everybody
standing and dancing. He announced
it was time for “His girl MC to come back on the
stage” and she came out rockin’
“Fantasy.” Everyone
from the crowd on the floor seats to the balcony were up on their feet
dancing and screaming.
Mariah started
talking
about the next song she was going to sing as “the song that
fans made very popular”….it was time for the
ultimate breakup song “Don’t Forget About
Us.”
She followed this song with two of
her
older songs “Always Be My Baby” and
“Honey.” Then
she sent out a teaser of her new song “I Wish You
Knew” which left everybody wanting more.
At this point, she tried to pick
out a
few younger kids in the audience to who she wanted to
sing her next song “Hero” to.
It sounded beautiful.
She followed this with “We Belong Together,”
another gorgeous ballad. Then to
everyone’s surprise, she ended the concert, thanking everyone
for coming as confetti in the form of little butterflies were sent into
the audience during the “Butterfly Reprise.”
She left the stage and the band
continued playing for a few minutes more. Mariah
is an amazingly talented artist and she definitely left the crowd
wanting much more.
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