My beloved and I finally saw the fantastic Adele at the Greek last night. The show was originally scheduled for the Warfield (which was too small) then for the Greek in June, then Miss A got sick and cancelled. Well the wait was worth it. It was a beautiful night, warm with no fog rolling in, almost a full moon.
We made it to the Greek and stood right at the stage and while it hurt my neck after a while, the show was well worth it..
Her opening act was 73 year old Wanda Jackson, former paramour to Elvis (for a minute), former country western star and currently produced by Jack White of the White Stripes. This woman has been making music for longer than I have been alive and I've been around awhile - sad to say.
She was great in her little bollaro jacket with the pink fringe that moved as she shook her booty.
Show started right on time (give or take 5 minutes) Ms. Jackson sang a few songs, the road crew came out and broke down her set and put Adele's set together in less than 10 minutes and out she came. On time and looking, well like Adele.
This is what a concert should be, the performer, a couple of backup singers and a few musicians and nice stage and great music.
There were no dancers, no crazy sets to run around on and no phony overproduced lip syncing.
She was there to sing and did she ever. She was there to interact with the crowd and she really did, as my beloved said she was cheeky. She was there to entertain her fans and we were entertained.
My only complaint was that it ended too soon.
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