I'm a Belieber, or Chardonnay Shortage Hits Everett!

So, my kid has me wrapped around her little finger. Want me to prove it? I took her to the Justin Bieber concert in Everett last night: three hours of awkward, tween-aged dramatics outfitted in every shade of Claire’s eye shadow and nail polish that has ever been sold at Alderwood Mall.

Read the full review after the jump.

The show was a huge production – there were at least four semi trailers out back for gear and at least EIGHT tour buses.

How do I know this? We left during the very sweet encore (not sure how unplanned it was, but Justin returned to the stage alone and sang a cappella before asking his dancers and back up singers to join him) and when we saw Sean Kingston riding down the street on a Segway, what else could we do but chase him to the back door, screaming? And then we had to wait back there in case Justin came out, you know? 

I actually enjoyed the show. It was very theatrical: lots of set and props, four dancers, four back up singers, full band, a giant, steel swing in the shape of heart that Justin sat in and sang with his acoustic guitar as he seemed to float over the crowd, some skyscrapers that popped up so he could scale down Spider Man-style and tag them with spray paint (naughty!), a big egg-like steel contraption that carried him (again) over the crowd while images of hot air balloons floated over the back drop.

All in all, a tween-aged girl’s fantasy rock show come to life.

Justin was full of energy, sang every note and was very professional when his wardrobe malfunctioned during the first set (his pants were slung a little low, but just low rise, not doing the "gangster-hang." And they kept slipping. He had to hold them up, while he was dancing. I felt sorry for him).

Hint to Justin: Throw a couple of unicorns and rainbows in there and you can definitely retire before you hit 17.   

Other notes:

1) There was a huge rush on Chardonnay at the corner pizza parlor before the show. Moms were getting their drink on.

2) Cell phone concert photos are crap.

3) Duff McKagen from Guns ‘n Roses was there with his family (their ride was parked inside the gate with the tour buses). When they walked to his SUV to leave, he looked out at the crowd and no one seemed to recognize him (but me). It was a little sad. Love you, Duff! Rock on!