As the time nears for the show to begin, the crowd starts chanting:
“Adam! Adam! Adam!”
The house lights go down. Wild screams erupt. The stage lights are on as the band takes their places.
(The band is the same except for a new girl with long black hair on the keyboard)
The stage lights go down. More screaming.
Adam enters from stage left and walks to the mic stand. The beat of ‘FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT’ begins. Lit in silhouette by the glow of green laser beams, Adam outstretches his arms to the side. He begins moving in staggered robotic motions.
The spotlight hits him and he begins to sing.
His voice is on and his moves are electric. He is feeding off of the crowd’s love and energy.
Everyone is standing and singing along.
“Do you like what you see?”
Frenzied screams.
The song is awesome and when it ends, rousing cheers
Adam smiles. He bends his elbows, presses his palms together and bows his head in thanks. He takes a drink of bottled water.
He grabs the mic stand.
“You having fun?”
Crowd screams.
“Nice. Alright, guys. Here we GO!”
‘IF I HAD YOU’ starts up and everyone sings along. Adam notices this and it spurs him on.
Voice, moves – awesome.
Towards the end of the song, during the chorus, he scooches sideways, turning his feet inward then outward again and again until he is almost to the opposite side of the stage.
He then rushes center stage and ends at the mic stand.
The crowd cheers and he smiles.
‘WHATAYA WANT FROM ME’ begins. He gets into character and sings beautifully.
(Just so you know, the crowd sings along with every single song. It was very cool.)
The song ends and Adam walks to the drums for a drink.
He drinks some water and asks,
“Are you ready for this?”
The crowd screams. Adam smiles. He moves the mic stand back to the drums and waits for the song to begin.
‘STRUT’ starts.
He flicks his wrist up and down and moves the front center stage. He sings and swivels his hips. He walk to the front of the stage, passes the clamoring crowd and struts the enter perimeter of that stage.
The song ends and screams erupt. Adam exhales a laugh.
That was fun for EVERYONE, him included.
Water break, back to the drums.
Tommy is handed a new bass by a roadie.
Adam takes this opportunity to chat with us.
“So how many of you are actually FROM Vancouver?”
Crowd screams.
“And how many of you actually came here, from out of town?”
Louder screams. Adam nods in approval and slight surprise.
“Nice. Was it a good drive?”
Cheers.
“Who drove?”
Cheers.
“Who flew?”
Deafening screams.
Adam grins. He then puts his hand on his hip, sashays across the stage and faux-sneers,
“Well, strut for me, bay-bayyyyy!”
Wild screams.
“Well, I flew here. And I wore the boots on the plane.”
He kicks up a heel, referring to his fabulous Swarovski crystal encrusted boots.
He then crosses his leg and rests it on top of other, pretending to be sitting on an airplane talking with a flight attendant,
“Can I get a double screwdriver, please?”
He rotates his ankle to make the shoe shimmer.
He chuckles and walks center stage,
“Alright, well, it’s hot in Vancouver.”
He goes to the drum kit,
“At least in this theater. I am sweating.”
He grabs a small black towel and dabs his forehead. He puts the towel down and ‘SURE FIRE WINNERS’ begins.
He brings the mic stand center stage and grooves to the intro. Giving a little shimmy on the drumbeat.
When the song ends, Adam carefully removes his jacket and places it by the drums,
“That’s a bit cooler.”
‘SOAKED’ begins. It’s wonderful.
A roadie brings out a stool. Adam sits down,
“This next one is kinda the same mood as the last one. We’ve actually never played it live before, so here we go.”
The intro to ‘A LOADED SMILE’ begins.
Crowd cheers.
It’s beautiful. Very nice for it’s first time out.
‘MAD WORLD’ begins. Wonderful.
Spotlights hit the giant disco ball, still tucked in the ceiling.
‘BROKEN OPEN’ starts. So gorgeous.
Fractured pieces of light fill the room, giving it a dreamy sparkly feel to match the mood of the song.
The song ends.
‘SLEEPWALKER’ begins.
Adam goes to the mic stand. He grasps the top and middle of the stand and rocks to the beat.
He sings it beautifully but with a more defiant tone then on the album.
“I can’t turn this around…”
He glares and pumps his fist high on the drumbeat.
During Monte’s guitar solo, Adam stands near him.
He watches Monte wail away and can hardly stand it. He narrows his eyes and shakes his head, overcome by his skill.
Adam rushes to the front of the stage and launches powerfully back into the song,
“I’m a sleepwalker, walker!”
He perches his foot on a small speaker (Captain Morgan-style pose).
He runs his hand down his inner thigh and then pounds on the top of his knee with his fist.
Frenzied screams.
The song ends.
Next up is ‘MUSIC AGAIN’. It kicks a**!
The crowd goes wild after it ends.
‘FEVER’ begins.
Adam grabs the mic stand. He drags it with him as he runway-struts and sings.
“Would you be m-mine?”
He unhooks the mic and spots a male security guard. The guard is between the barricade and the stage, facing the crowd. A mischievous smile crosses Adam’s face.
“We’ll never get too far…”
Adam sings and creeps slowly toward the guard. He reaches down as if to touch the guard’s hair.
He slowly crouches down as he sings, closer and closer to him. Adam grins impishly, slowly stands up and walks backwards to the mic stand.
The guard finally turns to the stage to see why the girls in front of him are in such a tizzy. But, by now, Adam is singing and dancing a good ten feet away.
The guard shrugs and turns back to his spot, completely unaware of the innocent fun that has just occurred.
Pelvic thrusts and hip rotations prevalent through this song. Fabulous.
As the songs ends; Adam turns on his heel, looks over his shoulder and flips his hair.
Wild screams as he walks to the drum kit and drinks from the large mug.
Longenu tosses his drumsticks into the audience.
Adam toasts us with his large cup as he walks offstage. He is gone for a bit.
Longenu then walks off but returns with new sticks. He raises his arms, indicating that the crowd should cheer. Cheers erupt and Adam walks back onstage.
Adam flicks his tongue like a serpent as the intro to ‘DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE’ pulses.
As he sings the song, he also dances.
He breaks out the ‘Texas two-step’ and at one point he does this Native American move.
(Think back to Michael Jackson’s BLACK OR WHITE music video, when Michael is dancing with a Native American tribe).
Unreal.
The song ends but the band keep playing. Adam smiles,
“Thank you! Alex on the keys! Monte on the guitar! Longenu on the drums! And Tommy on the bass! Thank you very much! Have a great night, Vancouver! We love you!”
Giving a big wave and smile, Adam walks off the stage.
House lights come on.
Twelve original songs, one cover, no costume changes in one hour of awesomeness.