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With Ariana's fantastic, catchy music and meteoric rise - to say I was excited about going to see her live was an understatement.
And she definitely didn't disappoint!
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| Me and my friend in the car on the way ... cat ears at the ready! |
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| The cat ears and phone lights in full effect! (Apologies for poor pic quality, thats my old phone for you lol!) Photo credit: Jenny Hunter.
As soon as the music began, the crowd went wild as it was obvious which song the petite songstress was about to sing. Opening with the massive hit she featured on with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj, Bang Bang really got the crowd warmed up and ready to dance the whole night away.
Throughout the show Ariana was really warm and friendly, seeming extremely at ease with the massive crowd in front of her. Ariana was constantly engaging with the audience much to the delight of her adoring fans.
A stand-out performance for me was definitely her live version of the album track, Tattooed Heart....man that girl can sing live! It showed just what a set of lungs Ariana has on her for such a small thing - she could rival Mariah, she's that good!
(Video credit: Jenny Hunter)
As the show went on it became more and more obvious just how good of a show Ariana had come up with for her first headline UK tour. She had really thought about everything from the song choices and background videos to the staging and costumes. Her and her team had also thought of the fans with the light up ears that constantly changed throughout the show to go with Ariana's stage lighting and colours - it really was fantastic.
  
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Another of the brilliant things during the show was Ariana's middle section where she jazzed it up a little. Arriving in a chandelier, Ariana looked amazing for her throwback to the golden times and fans were clearly impressed with this section as the noise seemed to go up a notch.
  
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The time soon came for Ariana to finish her set, much to the audiences dismay. Most of them probably knew she would be back for her encore and most had probably worked out which song she was going to sing for it.....
.....PROBLEM!
This song really catapulted Ariana to where she is today....touring all over the world to millions of dedicated fans who not only follow her music, but also wear her signature cat ears, dress like her and wear their hair in the same half-up/half-down do that Ariana loves to sport.
Problem was not only liked by Ariana fans, but was well received by the music loving public which saw it shoot to the top of the charts. As you can imagine, live it's even better. You just know when that beat comes in that you're just going to want to dance and sing (probably leaving you voiceless and aching for the next day, but you really don't care!).
     
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When the show had finished you knew you'd had a brilliant night. You definitely knew you had been to a proper 'pop' concert because that exactly what it was - a night of pure pop music, some infused with different genres, but a night where you could sing-a-long and dance till you could dance now more.
I would definitely go and see Ariana again and would recommend her to everyone, she has so much energy on stage, how she dances in them heels I will never know! Rumour has it she will be going into the studio soon to work on some new stuff (who knows maybe she already has!), when it comes out I hope its a progression from her previous music but I hope she keeps the same pop vibe infused with all of her influences because it works and it works well.
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