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Happy birthday Aretha (60,819) by MC1989 from Spain By the way happy birthday to the queen of soul. This is a fan favoutite performance. So epic. Mariah did an amazing job that night. (Saturday 26 March 2016; 9:49)

Re: Cancellation of Belgium show (60,810) (60,818) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Completely agree. This would have been a major risk and would add a lot of pressure. Plus with all the tension, even Mariah would probably not have been able to pull off the best she has to offer since she would be nervous too, after all, all the people would be gathered there, taking the risk for her concert. It is also very possible that people would not go to the concert altogether. I do hope, for the sake of the fans in Brussels, that she manages to reschedule it for another time. (Saturday 26 March 2016; 9:47)

Cancellation (60,817) by MC1989 from Spain First of all, and with all my respects, I don't agree at all with Mariah's team decission, it's obvious it's not hers. If they had announced it on Wednesday I wouldn't mind, but I think it's so wrong to cancel a show two days before. A lot of fans are dissappointed because they even flew in from other countries and spent a lot of money. Apart from that, terrorists can attack everywhere. Brussels is not less safe than London is right now. It isn't wise to think that avoiding the concert will keep them safe because unfortunately it isn't less likely to have an attack in other European city. All we have in our developed countries is a fake appareance of security, but you can't have everything under control. However Brussels these days is "besieged" by the army and the police (for those whose calm depends on that appereance of security) so probably, from that point of view, the safety at a concert could be guaranteed better than before the attack. I hope they add more dates to the tour so that she can perform in Brussels. That's the best compensation. (Saturday 26 March 2016; 9:22)

Meghan Trainor - Watch Me Do (60,816) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines Gotta say I'm really loving this feistier new Meghan. Whe she first came out, I remember thinking she's not your typical pop star, but she's certainly sassy. Loved her debut album, but wondered how she was gonna grow from that sound. When she won Best New Artist over Tori Kelly, I'm one of those who actually thought she deserved it. (People tend to dismiss pop stars whose hits reek of top 40 calculation.) As much as I like Tori and think her talent is undeniable, I've always found her music a bit faceless and her voice a tad indistinct. Meghan's sound may not be original (I mean these days, whose is?) but at least she's got a ton of spunk and personality to back it up. And it's she's not just a manufactured product, she can actually sing. And with her latest single as well as another new release from her, she's giving me late 90s to mid 00s urban pop realness. If No sounds like a cross between Brit and Destiny's Child, Watch Me Do production-wise sounds like a collaboration between The Neptunes (the the the the for JT's debut album) and Rich Harrison (Amerie's 1 Thing, Beyonce's Crazy In Love, Toni Braxton's Take This Ring, JLo's Get Right). She actually has the swag to pull off this material and make it sound interesting. I can't say the same for a lot of artists today, especially not anyone from her peers. (Saturday 26 March 2016; 9:11)

Re: Cancellation of Belgium show (60,810) (60,815) by enwar00 from usa I don't disagree with Marissa or anyone else. And I do get the sensitivity aspect. I'm just not sure I understand, do people feel it is more likely that another terrorist attack will happen in Belgium now vs. another city or country she will perform in while on tour? (Saturday 26 March 2016; 5:07)

Brussels (60,814) by Andrew from UK I didn't want Mariah to cancel Brussels. I really didn't. Fudge the murderers (the term "terrorists" is ridiculous, it moves them to a level on which they wish to exist, but, essentially, they are losers who murder people who can't defend themselves). Fudge them with a c and a k. I saw Mariah singing in Brussels and telling everyone to stand tall and keep going. Never get on your knees, and all that. But it's Mariah's choice. She's the boss. And the thought of a massacre while you're on a chaise longue is going to make most say "fudge it". Belgium is not the United Kingdom or United States or France in its military, intelligence services, wealth etc. It's a small member state. And it has serious issues because of the lack of such things. I get that it's under pressure. (Where the fudge are the rest of the powerful member states, including mine, to help and assure that life goes on? What is the purpose or the I'm ashamed of the EU.) I respect Mariah for saying no. I just feel like we've lost something here. I feel that Europe needs to look to the United States (rarely say this) for a "fudge them, don't mess with us" attitude. What good is the EU if we don't enforce our way of life in the face of those who would seek to destroy it? It's on its death bed. How ridiculous. I wish Mariah were singing on Sunday for the Belgians. It's a deep shame on all the EU that she is not. I hope Mariah plans a one-off down the line. You guys deserve it. (Saturday 26 March 2016; 4:28)

The Lopez lobotomy (60,813) by Andrew from UK Just in a straight pub in London walking past a group of gays on the way back from the bar and heard "Mariah Carey". Naturally span around and asked about the concert. Non Mariah fans. Didn't go. They were laughing at Mariah because of the "J.Lo" post. Googled it and saw that it's a bunch of bollocks. I'm happy J.Lo responded as fast as she did but the "another artist" label has pissed me off and I'm usually nonplussed about these things. Bit Lopez is winding me up. I criticise all I like, I invested my life in the woman. But I'm irritated. Her name is Mariah Carey. I respect the rapid response. But her name is Mariah. She's not "another artist". Lopez, you're a dancer. If Adele, who has sold more records than you have used squares of toilet paper to wipe your [censored], can call her by name, you can, also. This assertion that they are on a par is beyond. (Saturday 26 March 2016; 3:56)

Re: Belgium show (60,811) (60,812) by Will from England Engaged, that should say engaged lol. (Saturday 26 March 2016; 0:56)

Belgium show (60,811) by Will from England I don't blame Mariah at all for cancelling the show. If they can hit a small show in Paris, then a rich American woman, married to a white billionaire, with 8000 people in one area would be too much of a tempting target. I do feel sorry for the fans that traveled and spent a lot of money to get to the show, and maybe on a certain level, I do feel that announcing the cancellation of a show the day before, is a bit late. But I like to think that Mariah exhausted every possibility to make sure that the show could go ahead, until the last minute. And when the docu-series comes out, I'm almost certain that this will be a highlighted episode and we can see what went on. (Saturday 26 March 2016; 0:41)

Cancellation of Belgium show (60,810) by Marissa from USA I support the cancellation of this show. I do feel bad for the Belgian fans but we have to weigh the pros and cons here. I don't think a concert is worth putting so many people's lives at risk for. Thousands of people and an American international superstar all tightly packed in one location would be the perfect target for an attack and for extremists to make a statement. I'd rather everyone be alive and safe then people get hurt or killed to prove a point of not being intimidated by the recent tragedies. Sometimes it's better to give in than to be dead right. (Friday 25 March 2016; 23:30)

Re: Adele praises Mariah again (60,789) (60,809) by Andrew from UK The bit you didn't understand is: "Did you see the article the other day when Mariah Carey called the lighting 'abusive'?" Adele has a pretty strong accent. (Friday 25 March 2016; 21:30)

Re: The O2 (60,801) (60,808) by Warren from Trinidad & Tobago Hello again. Thanks a bunch. I know you're deemed the harshest critic here but I read what everyone says and think hearing a balanced view is always best. I've seen her twice before as well, including CB tour so if you say it was better then that is indeed high praise. I actually wanted to come up simply to have that pre-drink with the much reviled Andrew to be honest, but I'm from the Caribbean and only come to London when it's Wimbledon. (Friday 25 March 2016; 20:40)

Ariana Grande (60,807) by Giovanni from USA I still don't like Ariana. She can definitely sing and she has a couple of songs I enjoy. "The way", "Baby I" and "Just a little bit of your heart". But she seems [censored], [censored] and [censored]. And what is up with that ridiculous Halloween atttire she is wearing lately? (Friday 25 March 2016; 15:14)

Stella's daughter (60,806) by Giovanni from USA Why oh why are Stella's girls with Mariah on her tour? I saw a clip of Mariah arriving in London. And guess who was right behind her? You guessed it, Stella's older daughter. You can tell she loves the camera. (Friday 25 March 2016; 15:06)

Mariah in Cardiff (60,805) by Giovanni from USA She slayed that night. "Against all odds" was phenomenal and probably the best performance of the song so far. Definitely better than in London. I'm going to need her to continue doing whatever she is doing that is making her voice sound good. Because she wasn't even sounding this good in Vegas. I noticed that Mariah sounds hoarse in Vegas. (Friday 25 March 2016; 15:01)

Re: Ariana Grande genuinely loves Mariah (60,792) (60,804) by Musti from UK I liked Ariana when she first came out and really enjoyed her first album, even though practically every song on her debut can be traced back to some 90s song (mostly Mariah's). Then I heard her singing live. Her high chest belts sound like nasal shouting and I found that very annoying. On top of that there is the copycat singing everytime she covers someone else's song. I'm glad she's finally finding her own style and holding back on the shouting. I have no doubt her similarity to Mariah's style at the beginning was a deliberate marketing move. Clearly it backfired with most lambs. But since then she's really trying to distance her sound from Mariah's. For one thing, whistles are noticeably absent from her second album even though we all know she can go there. I think Mariah wishing her good luck was more an advice to find her own voice rather than shading her. I still like Ariana. The music industry needs more singers who can sing. To get back to your point, I agree with you that she probably fangirls everytime M releases new material. She's obviously a lamb at heart. (Friday 25 March 2016; 14:03)

Re: The O2 (60,800) (60,803) by MC1989 from Spain Thanks for posting your review. You made me laugh with your comments, specially the one about the dancers. It's interesting that without even going to the show I felt similar emotions and had very similar thoughts while watching each and every clip from the concert. I'm jealous. Wish Mariah comes to Spain again because it's been a while. The last concert she gave here was in Madrid in 2000. After that she came in 2001, 2002 and 2005 but just to do some promo. I think that this has been a mistake for her career since the lost opportunity of "There's Got To Be A Way", I mean that she should have visited and performed in Europe much more, because I feel she and her team focused too much in the US where she is like the queen in many aspects (number ones etc.) while here her success had been much more moderate. Still, she has achieved the status of someone legendary, that I hope she keeps forever with hard work and good music. By the way sorry for my English. I still have to improve a lot. (Friday 25 March 2016; 13:51)

Mariah in Cardiff (60,802) by Anthony Basco from Cardiff, Wales So Monday night was my second time to see Mariah in the UK, the first being in Birmingham in 2003 (when I was 14, Lord save me) and also the night my opinion of her changed forever. If I thought it was impossible to love someone more, I was wrong. I was completely floored by this concert, and this almost new and improved Mariah. Not only did she look amazing and sound phenomenal, gone was the awkwardness and stiffness of previous performances, replaced with a woman who laughed freely and loudly, interacted with fans like old friends and simply entertained. Although the stage production was minimal, this only added to the experience, as there was nothing to distract from the woman wonder that is Mariah Carey. To those in the media who have said she has no stage presence, well, I can assure you this is quite false; it is electrifying to see one of the worlds last megastars of a bygone era so up close. Being in the second row, I was able to witness just how much was live, and believe me, that was the majority of the concert. If the voice ever left the building, it decided to come back to stay. The lows were staggering, the highs triumphant, and Mariah has, in my eyes and in my heart at least, fully cemented her legacy. Thank you Mariah for truly making dreams come true. I love you. (Friday 25 March 2016; 9:46)

Re: The O2 (60,790) (60,801) by Andrew from UK Hey, so I just did what you asked but I also just realised, after posting it, that it's properly long even though there's so much more I could have said. It may not be posted. If it's not, I didn't ignore you. (Friday 25 March 2016; 5:19)

Re: The O2 (60,790) (60,800) by Andrew from UK Hey, mate. I [censored] love Mariah [censored] Carey and I don't care if people don't think that my truth is the right one. I know it is. Twenty three years later and she still had me fan-girling out. It's so amazing to party with 15,000 people with the songs you can sing in reverse playing that loud. I kinda didn't wanna pick it apart because I seriously enjoyed myself. And it reminded me that watching something on YouTube highlights [censored] you just may not notice or even give a crap about when you're actually there. But since you asked nicely, sure. It really was one of the most enjoyable nights of my life that didn't involve sex. It was a bizarre start to the show with her lipping (almost) all of Fantasy remix. It was blatant and when most people had finished screaming because she was, you know, right there, it seemed a bit weird because, you know, nobody had heard her sing anything yet. Anyway, Emotions saved it because it was done really well and the whole arena was going electric wild. When I saw the setlist I wished she would do Make It Happen instead of Emotions as it has a wicked beat to dance to, and it's easier for her to sing, but Emotions was awesome and in re: the vocal, my friend and I looked at each other and beamed at the same time as if to say "this is gonna be good". We were dancing like crazies. And anyway, when she looked up to the cheap seats (that is one big mo-fo arena) and did her "I see you up there" it was Make It Happen enough for me. I instinctively shouted out loud "just for the nostalgia" and paused before laughing at myself, hating on myself a little bit. Always Be My Baby was absolutely banging and Heartbreaker was seriously, seriously fun. Little bit fed up of hearing the remix-into-original cut, though. It was cool to hear Loverboy and Mariah genuinely looked like she was having fun. For the most part the show was really well paced (twice as good as Rainbow and Charmbracelet). It does seem at times the music overpowered the head voice vocal and some of her banter. Her banter was actually funny - I can't remember what I was laughing at but it was genuine laughter. I had really good seats, level with the stage about a quarter of the way back and anyway the arena was designed for excellent sound everywhere so I guess the very slight sound issue was her technicians' fault. It really wasn't as bad as I'm probably making it out but she may wanna introduce the sound guy's face to her new rock. What I was really grateful for is that the volume of the pre-record vocal and volume of the live vocal matched. You'd have to be pretty expert to know when she was flipping between the two here. Yes, there was a lot of interspersed lipping and I still think for a hundred pound sterling a ticket people deserve totally live performances but I was buzzing too much to give a [censored]. Her voice was probably the best I've heard it in ages. Having the video of MJ was nice but seemed to me like a bit of a cop-out at the time in terms of singing the power part of I'll Be There. But When You Believe was something else. I got goosebumps and the tears were streaming down my face (Whitney reference there if you know I love the Lord - which I saw her sing live on tour, ironically sending tears down my face). Mariah kinda ruined Hero for me by practically mocking it - again - before singing it, calling it "schmaltzy" etc. It's universally loved so to be negative about it before singing it is ridiculous. I sometimes feel it's just a story to slip in the fact that she wrote it. And I don't known what the crap was going on with Touch My Body. A guy was taken on stage to sit on the chair, and he looked like he was going to either wet himself with excitement or shit himself with fear, it was brilliant. But unless I was busy dancing or drinking at the point (I had 'em lined up) where she lap-danced him, when I was looking she was stage right the whole time and the dancers were behind him doing weird dance moves. Still it made me laugh reminding me that Mariah is, at times, bat-shit craycray. And I think probably every gay guy and girl in the arena wanted to take the dancers home so no harm done. In terms of her look, I think everybody could do without the leotards, the black one looked like it was giving her a camel-toe lol genuinely. I hope this didn't come across like I'm being overly negative about the show, I didn't expect it to be perfect. Tweaking the sound and outfits, and a few song alterations and it might have been. But the highlight, I have to admit, was the sparkling "ensemble" she was flashing like a friggin' Christmas tree. It really made her look quite majestic. My friend and I were talking about it between songs. At one point, "She looks like a [censored] queen", said I, and then put my head in my hands, this time hating on myself rather a lot. (Friday 25 March 2016; 5:09)

Re: Fourth of July live (60,797) (60,799) by Deedre aka MiTodoChop @HBF from Canada Oh wow. I can't thank you enough for posting. Butterfly is my favorite album. (Friday 25 March 2016; 3:26)

Re: O2 (60,793) (60,798) by Musti from UK Will, Emotions was the best moment of the night for me. She absolutely floored me. She was having so much fun with that one. I recorded it on my phone and have been listening to it all day. My friends came out talking about When You Believe, My All and Against All Odds, but Emotions was my favourite. I wish I could go back, press replay and do the whole thing all over again. Enwar, she did sing a single line from Fourth Of July which almost brought me to tears as it's my favourite from Butterfly and she also said that she will do a concert of obscure songs one day just for the lambily. She has said that before. This time I hope she meant it. Wherever in the world she decides to do that, I'll be in the front row. (Friday 25 March 2016; 1:16)

Fourth of July live (60,797) by enwar00 from usa I just read that Mariah sang some of Fourth Of July at the O2 concert. I just can't. I wish she would just do it. That may be my favorite song from my favorite album Butterfly. Now more than ever I wish she would do an Anti tour like Kylie did and just sing album tracks. I searched for it and found this which I can't stop repeating now. (Friday 25 March 2016; 0:27)

Re: O2 (60,793) (60,796) by enwar00 from usa Will I love your post and am happy that you enjoyed it in so many ways. Emotions is honestly one of my all time faves so I agree it's a thrill to hear it live especially the first time. (Friday 25 March 2016; 0:08)

Teens and 90ies music (60,795) by Liz Archer from Sweden So, on YouTube there is a channel that tested a few teens if they recognised some songs and artists from the 90ites. When Mariah came with One Sweet Day, I was horrified. Some of them knew it was Mariah, but said they didn't listen to her. Some said they had no idea. One even referred to Ariana? I mean, is this why it has gone so badly for Mariah in selling albums/singles in 00s? How do you change that? Is it because Mariah sings ballads and that is not "hip"? (Thursday 24 March 2016; 22:35)

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