Tuesday 29 July 2003

Carey carries during Las Vegas performance

If one looked at Mariah Carey's Saturday night show at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace as a bid for her own Celine Dion-style Vegas extravaganza, she did well. Like Celine, Mariah sang a song while suspended high above the stage. Like Celine, Mariah was joined onstage by generally extraneous people, some dressed as circus performers. Like Celine, Mariah can really belt out a song.

Also like Celine, the media takes its shots at Mariah, but she chooses to focus on the love shown by her rabid fans - and there was plenty of that. One man in a Honey B. Fly shirt - that's Carey's official fan club - bum-rushed the stage, but wanted only to stand near her and profess his love, which he did. Carey shooed security away and asked the fan his name, which was Sam. She immediately started quoting Dr. Seuss, the whole "Sam I Am" thing. The capacity crowd exploded at her impromptu act.

Carey's voice was not at its usual strength; after most songs she'd sip from a cup and tell the crowd, "Little tea, little tea." But her fans hardly cared. It was Carey's first show on the U.S. leg of her "Charmbracelet" world tour, and she said from the stage that she was glad to be back on familiar turf. She entered the hall like a boxer, coming down the center aisle, singing to the folks sitting on the aisle as she passed. She had the crowd at "Hello".

(Las Vegas Sun)

Many thanks to Mariah-Carey.org.



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