Beyoncé – I Am… Tour 2009 (July 7th, 2009)
Okay, just in case none of y’all knew, I’M EFFING OBSESSED WITH BEYONCÉ!!!
No but really, like I seriously cannot believe the concert was two nights ago. I had heard about it for months and had waited for my tickets and everything. And I can’t believe it came and went by so fast. You don’t even understand. I joined her fan club. I got pre-sale tickets. I learned the Single Ladies dance.
(Make sure you keep it posted, because I’m trying to see how I’m going to make my own YouTube video of me doing the dance. I’m a little shy since I’ve never danced in front of people and I’ve never made a video before.)
I got a little side tracked but I’m back. So we got to the arena, I had huge butterflies in my stomach. I walked into the building with my sisters and my best friend and I couldn’t wait. I find a souvineer stand and right away buy my program book. I made the mistake of not buying it the other time and I wasn’t about to miss out again.
My friend buys hers and I take my sisters to their seats. We sat in different spots. After they sat down my friend and I made our way down to the floor level and sat in our seats. We were close to the main stage, but we sat right next to the second stage. (The B-Stage)
We’re sitting waiting for the show to start and the lights go down. Well, if any of you know, the most loyal Beyoncé fans always find out all the information before hand. So I knew some girl group called Rich Girl came out and performed three songs. They didn’t even last 30 minutes. Personally, I didn’t like them at all. But then again, I was waiting too long for Beyoncé and didn’t really care much for some not popular girls.
After their time was up there was like a 45 minute period that didn’t seem to ever get by. I was sitting there and I couldn’t wait. So get up and ask the man walking around what time it starts. He told me any minute and it seemed like two minutes later the lights shut off and the curtains started to open.
Out from behind the curtain, standing so tall and prepare (so I hope she was), and commanded the crowds attention. She began with, “Baaaaaayyyyyyyyy-bbbbeeee… Seems like ever where I go I seeeeee youuuu… From your eyes, your smile, its like I breatheeeeeeee youuuu… Helplessly I remince, don’t want toooo… Compare nobody to you!” and down the curtains fall and get pulled back to the back and out come the female dancers and Crazy In Love begins.
The way she danced through out the whole song and the whole show made you want to dance. Swinging her hips all around and the big bow on her bottom jumping up and down, you couldn’t do anything but get on your feet and dance.
After a few past album hits, she went into the back and had her first wardrobe change. Meanwhile, the dancers were doing all the dances to Get Me Bodied.
They finished and the mood changed to a bit more slower and calmer mood. The huge screen behind where she stood turned into a vast ocean that expanded end to end with waves crashing down against each other. Slowly she rose from the ground and began singing Smash Into You (one of my personal favorite songs). “Heeeeeaaaaddd down, as I watch my feet take turns hitting the ground…” I was amazed. The wind they had blowing lifted her all white robe up so nicely, making it flow just like the waves behind her.
She ended the song and bells started ringing. The background scene changed from a bright ocean top to a dark ocean bottom. She stands in the middle of the stage and begins singing her next song. In the middle of her singing it, they take her robe off and begin to put on what looks like a wedding dress, except for the fact that its wide and sticks out very wide. They put her crown on with the veil down her hair and back. She continues to sing the song, beginning to hit the high notes, “Aaaaaaaavvvvvvvveeeeee Maaaaaarrrrriiiiiiiiiaaaaaaa…”
She went back and put on a somewhat silicone looking outfit after she had finished singing with her wedding like outfit. It was a very tough looking material and put she on her dark, mirror-like sun glasses and began singing If I Were A Boy with such attitude, that you would have thought someone just recently treated her like dirt.
After the more calm tone ended she went back stage and changed into what I like to call her Diva outfit. She had a long black, leather looking robe on and under it, the plastic accessories that light up. She danced in the dark, not showing she was a bit afraid she may trip and fall. She later one removed the coat and played a little home video of her when she was little. Through out her performance of Radio she had clips of it playing. Dancing almost exactly the same as she did then.
After her fierce performances, her next outfit changed. They began playing a video showing Beyoncé flipping a coin in the air and Sasha Fierce catching it. That’s when Sasha Fierce really took center stage. Out came Beyoncé, lifted up high in the air. She began doing a few poses and flips as she was carried over to the B-Stage all while wearing her ballerina heels.
She landed and continued to command attention. She began with some more previous album hits. Check On It, Irreplaceable, Suga Mama, and Upgrade U.
(For the sake of your eyes I’ll move a little faster.)
She went back for her next wardrobe change which was this long, beautiful somewhat tan color dress. She began to sing At Last and Listen. (I was actually gone. I had ran out to see if I could find some water. No luck.)
After she finished he went back and had her last wardrobe change. Meanwhile, they started playing Single Ladies videos from YouTube. All different kinds. After they were finished playing all of them, that’s when Beyoncé came out in her beautiful black dress with jewels covering many different places on her outfit. (I was still out finding water when they began playing the videos but got my ass over back to my seat just in time, almost tripping down the stairs.)
She came out and that’s when you knew, one, it was the end of the concert, and two, she was going to be so amazing till the very end. She sang so strong and powerful, it made you dance just like her.
She finished that and began singing Halo. She walked through the middle of the aisle and sang while shaking people’s hand. She had such an amazing voice hitting such a high note even though she’s spent 2 hours singing.
She finished the song and it seemed like that was the end. But the screen behind her changed into a picture of Michael Jackson. She began saying a few words and then sang Halo but changed the words from, “Baby, I can feel your halo…” to, “Michael, I can feel your halo…” The tribute was just amazing and was filled with sadness.
She finished that, and ended the concert with saying, “I Am… I Am… I Am… YOURS!!” She did the HOV sign as she was lowered down under the stage.
In my opinion, it was better then the last one, The Beyoncé Experience and by far the best concert I’ve ever been to. I say, money well spent. I have a ton of pictures and if you ever want to see any of them just go to my MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/alexissegura or check out my Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/princebasil
Thanks for reading. I greatly appreciate it. This is the longest post I’ve wrote. So please tell me what you thought. It took me a long time. Thanks.
Prince_Basil
You had a blast!!! LOL, Good deal!
So I read it all…now where's my kiss?? lol jk Aww I'm so happy you had such a good time! Still wish I could go see her when she comes to Michigan, but I'll catch her next time. Maybe destiny's child will make their last CD sometime next year, and then go on one last tour…who knows lol
Cheapest ticket I saw was $75 so I passed up that opportunity