She was fucking incredible.
She has the audience in the palm of her hand all night. There is a slow section in the middle, but because she had created this sort of “welcome to my secret back room cabaret” atmosphere it all worked. Lots of audience interaction and participation.
The biggest reactions were for Freak Me Now, Begin Again, Remember Where You Are, Free Yourself, Spotlight and the Cher cover. It was VERY new album heavy - I’m not normally a fan of tours when they play every song from a new album at the expense of some signature tunes, but I will say that the T!FG album is absolutely made to perform live - every song was elevated by the performance of her and the band.
I think she’s straining her voice a bit on the tour and hopefully she’ll be fine for the rest of it - she sounds slightly scratchy on the quieter notes, but she never missed a note, hit all the big notes easily and sounded absolutely flawless.
I’ve seen her before so was not surprised but the thing you really notice is that she is born to be on the stage. A natural in every sense. And considering she’s not at the level of the icons, the effect she has on some gays is crazy, they really do worship her like they’re witnessing Streisand or something. And a really varied audience which was nice. All ages, lots of women.
We even SHARED OXYGEN at one point when she came through the crowd, I’ll see if I can share the video
It knows me WELL.