Glee - Live Tour

A bit late, but here goes...

Yes, I was one of the adorning fans who travelled to London's O2 Arena to see the Glee Live tour.

My verdict: Awesome!

Although I would consider it to be a very, very short show (1 hour 20??!!), it certainly lived up to my expectations...and then some.

Someone defined Glee as 'glorified karaoke'.

That person...was right.  It IS glorified karaoke!  That's what the show's fans love about it.  Songs that they know and can sing along to, and are being performed wonderfully.

Whilst waiting for the show to start, there were a number of Cheerios running through the crowd, handing out what looked like pieces of paper.  (I was up in the Gods and even my binoculars could not see that far into the floor seats)

A video came on the screen showing Butt Chin (sorry, I mean Will Schuester) and Sue Sylvester; Sue explained that the 'pieces of paper' were in fact...sick bags!  Hilarious.

The show kick-started with the original six (Rachel, Mercedes, Tina, Kurt, Artie, and Finn) performing the song that shot them to super-stardom: Journey's Don't Stop Believing.  Classic.  They even incorporated an introduction to the later members of the Glee Club who all joined in the latter part of the performance.

A couple more songs and we were shown another video of Will and Sue.

Brittany S. Pierce dancing to Britney Spears's Slave 4 U was AMAZING.  That girl sure can dance.

The cast then continued throughout the show with a number of fantastic performances; my favourites being Dog Days are Over, Firework, Teenage Dream (The Warblers), River Deep/Mountain High, and the climactic Somebody to Love.

The utilisation of the mini-stage within the crowd was a stroke of genius.  And Kurt performing the dance routine to Single Ladies on it was just absolutely marvellous.

The show pretty much based its set list around the songs from the second series - this would have been acceptable had the UK been given a tour last year which was based on the songs from the first series - and, like I said previously, it was deemed very short by my standards; but there is no denying that these actors and actresses are extremely talented and are perpetually going from strength to strength with regards to their vocal abilities.

However, I am probably being picky as I can just never get enough of...