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It was nice to hear her play so many songs, but a little more flash would have been cool, or at least not as much screaming and relying on her back-up singers, which you can hear in the videos below. The lighting was cool and got more colorful as the show went on, but it seemed pretty simple for the large space - even the video screens remained turned off. The set was bigger, though, with a simple industrial centerpiece that had drummers on the top platforms and steps for her to climb to overlook the crowd. While she had a bigger space to work with, a lot of her new tour was the same, including props (her microphone stand with a giant hand at the top of it, her dancers' big drums, the glitter drum she banged, the pinata) the set list and dance moves (she also ended this set with a cover of the Beastie Boys' "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)" and had the same choreography for "Dinosaur") and the costumes (there was another Americana theme along with those glitter outfits she's fond of wearing). She powered through an hour-and-a-half set that borrowed much from her last tour. You see, Kesha might not be the most intelligent person, or the classiest, but she speaks to her fans in ways that the mostly young women who made up the crowd could relate to - simply, and with a lot of sass. "I hope that song inspires you to be yourself unapologetically fucking always." "Tomorrow I hope you find glitter in places you never thought you would, and it makes you think of me." "There's just one thing that would make tonight perfect - if someone would pour some glitter on my titties." "This is for all those backstabbing bitches who think it's OK to take your fucking car." Some of her best lines of the night included: But any instrumental prowess was trumped by her banter. Kesha did try to prove herself as a musician, as well, playing guitar and piano in-between the silly choreography and pinata busting. Credit the alcohol and adrenaline for for the "party" vibe, but Kesha can sing.
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But during her slower songs, like "The Harold Song" and "Animal," Kesha stripped it down and sang well. It's sort of hard not to dance when you're constantly being barraged by glitter, there are giant penis costumes wiggling around on-stage, and the performers wear everything from dinosaur heads to glow-in-the-dark costumes.Ĭompared to her previous stop in the Valley, Kesha's vocals seemed screechier than ever, especially during the rap portions of the set. For better or for worse, at Kesha's Get Sleazy Tour last night, the emphasis on the show wasn't on the vocals, which took a back-seat to the antics - it was on throwing a kick-arse party that celebrated the entire tour, since the concert was the last of the 30-date jaunt across the country. Her past performance had been so impressive, surely the larger space would give her even more to work with. After a successful sold out first run in North America, she extended her tour into the summer including dates in the United Kingdom and additional dates in the United States.After Kesha's strong show last summer at Marquee Theatre, it was exciting to see what the young singer would bring to a bigger venue and how she would change up the set. Despite Kesha receiving positive reviews her original opener, Beardo, was met with extremely negative reception with multiple critics calling him unfunny. Her charisma and stage presence was also generally met with positive reception. Kesha's vocals on the tour were generally praised although some critics noted the overuse of backtrack on some songs. The tour kicked off on February 15, 2011, in Portland, Oregon, and ended September 29, 2011, in Rio de Janeiro.Ĭritical reception to the tour has been generally mixed to positive. Described by Kesha as "a ridiculously fun dance party", the concerts were presented as underground rave ups drawing inspiration from parties she would attend while growing up in Tennessee. It was scheduled to visit Asia but due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the tour was postponed indefinitely. Officially announced on November 8, 2010, the tour visited the Americas, Australia and Europe. The Get Sleazy Tour (stylized as Get $leazy Tour) was the first concert tour by American recording artist Kesha in support of both her first album, Animal, and first extended play, Cannibal.