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Demi has fans throwing bras on stage - Concert Review
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LONG ISLAND, New York —
The shrill shrieks of young people piercing the ears of those around; best friends leaning on each other for support when emotions grew too overwhelming; sobbing teenage girls giving up their fight against tears for the night.
If we hadn't known any better, we'd have thought we just stepped right into a "Hunger Games" reaping. But upon closer observation, those shrill shrieks were from pure excitement, those best friends were embracing because they were so happy to be experiencing this moment together, and that girl sobbing one row back was crying tears of pride as her idol urged her to stay strong. That's right, this was the Neon Lights Tour.
While I would love to recap the entire night — from Lovato playing drums, guitar, and piano, to the singer belting out her version of the Oscar-winning "Frozen" track "Let It Go" — I'll settle with presenting the top moments of the Neon Lights Tour.
Let us be the very first to say it: if she hadn't tweeted that she was sick, we would not have guessed it! Lovato's vocals were up to her usual standard, hitting her high notes, falsettos, and all around incredible range like she could do it in her sleep. In fact, the first and only sign of her being under the weather came when the singer took a moment to speak intimately to the crowd, and her hoarse throat can be heard clearly.
Never has it been more acceptable for an arena packed with tween girls to flip the bird than when Lovato sings "Really Don't Care." As the singer triumphantly sang "I'll walk right up to you and put one finger in the air," she was met with no fewer than 15,000 middle fingers. And that was just the first sure sign of Lovato's teenage fans showing that they have a grungy side. Bras and the occasional trucker hat was thrown onstage, and when Lovato let her Shakira-like hip motions take center stage, I could've sworn I was in a sea of growing boys.
But when the pink-haired "Heart Attack" singer took a moment to soak in the crowd, she let us all in on a very personal detail: it was at this very Coliseum last summer while here for "The X Factor" auditions that she got the news that her father had died. Lovato sang "Nightingale," a song she said took on new meaning after that. No fewer than two songs after that, the singer sat behind a piano to sing her emotionally raw song "Warrior," and the fans that managed to make it that far into the night without tears broke down — yes, even me.
But no moment was more powerful than the video of news clips of when the singer first announced she would be checking into rehab. The packed Coliseum grew quiet, perhaps even solemn, as the clips played. The mood quickly shifted as the news clips skipped forward to when Lovato made her healthy comeback, appearing at all the interviews with a brave smile and an open heart. Lovato walked onstage at that moment to sing her triumphant "Skyscraper," and is lifted above the crowd to show that she has truly risen above all she has gone through.
Lovato has 11 more shows here in North America before packing her bags and taking the Neon Lights Tour to South America.
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http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/172...our-bras.jhtml
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