Sunday, March 9th Promotion
MILEY DOES SURPRISE SHOW IN WESTFIELD SHOPPING CENTRE
Westfield Shopping Centre is London’s most popular mall and just when Miley had nothing to do for the day… she decided to make something to do in front of a large audience. Contacting the event coordinators of the mall and security, around 2pm a maintenance crew began to set up a closed walkway around a little fountain where people would throw in pennies for good luck. Lots of shoppers were asking the crew what was being set up, but the crew didn’t have to let them know. The electronic banners in the mall suddenly broadcasted Miley’s ‘My Truth’ album shots with a countdown. The crew set-up quickly in fifteen minutes, as the countdown read that there was fifteen minutes until a little surprise show. The shoppers and Smilers began to go crazy over the event, as many Smilers tweeted each other… and by the countdown’s end a staggering three thousand more people stopped by the area to see Miley perform. It was showtime.
“How are you all feeling today?” — the lights of the mall dimmed in that area and a spotlight showed Miley walking in with a few dancers. They held her hand, escorting her like a Queen. She waved to the audience as everyone went to their places. “On the Radio” began to play, as the dancers pumped their fists and clapped, stomping to the beat as well. Miley began to sing effortlessly, strutting around the red carpet laid out all in many directions. She performed some pumping, energetic choreography, lots more than the TV performances. And for the first time, she rapped Macklemore’s verse herself, doing a great job. She ended by jumping in the fountain and dragging some dancers with her. Laughing it off and shaking as much water off as possible, Miley took back the microphone to perform “Bitch Like That”. A ton of sirens played in the back and some lights flashed red and blue all over the floors. Miley and her girls ran away from the cops, her male dancers dressed as them, throughout the performance. She served Uma Thurman/Kill Bill teas in some of her choreography while Lindsay Lohan’s parts in the song played. She ended up handcuffed sitting on an escalator. The lights dimmed further as a spotlight became more distinct. The escalator moved very, very slowly up as Miley sang “In Your Eyes”. She sat there, singing her heart out in a very controlled manner. She made the audience emotional with the song, as Miley reached the second floor where fans squealed over her. A dancer unlocked the cuffs and Miley headed to a microphone stand on the edge of the second floor where the glass barrier protected people from falling. The instrumental played as Miley shouted: “Last song, let’s go London!”. The music hit and Miley began to sing “On Top of the World”. The dramatic drumbeat played as Miley leaned forward to make her microphone stand closer to the ground. Her vocals pierced through the song, hitting the nail with the hammer on almost every single note, glowing with radiance and determination, She ended throwing her microphone stand to the side and jumping off the second floor down to the first, with her dancers catching her. “Thank you so much Westfield, you can catch me tonight on Graham Norton and I’ll be back here for the tour!” — the audience gave her massive applause, with many cheers and screams, even meltdowns from dedicated Smilers.
The Best Buy at the mall then became invaded with many UK Smilers and lots of General Public members to purchase her album. Although there were a couple of hundreds of copies of ‘My Truth’ on the shelves, they sold out within minutes. ‘My Truth’ was also able to get a bit of a push to #1 on UK iTunes as well as “On the Radio” jumping from #9 to #6 from the quick inflation of purchases. Miley is set to appear on Graham Norton tonight, where she will perform two tracks from ‘My Truth’. The singer will also host a Hyde Park fashion show in support of her H&M collection tomorrow, as well as perform on Strictly Come Dancing this Tuesday before heading back to the States to continue promoting there. It has been rumored that Miley left a bit early in order to meet in a studio to wrap up the video for “On the Radio”.