Just how - or if - Aldean would commemorate the tragedy that ensued during his last show in Las Vegas was a question mark hanging over the lead up to iHeartRadio Fest. There wasn’t much stage banter during this renewed Mac attack, other than McVie asking, “How you doing over there, Neil?,” and Nicks rounding out the last bow with a reminder that “we’re gonna be out on the road and would love to see you - please come.” But the grins during that curtain call suggested that the old and new players believed this reconstituted version of the band had proven themselves ready for prime time. Finn got a full-on solo lead spot with “Second Hand News” and shared duet vocals on “The Chain” and “Don’t Stop.” McVie had “Little Lies” as her unshared spotlight moment, while Nicks fronted an extended version of “Gold Dust Woman” that had her twirling on the catwalk while Campbell and Finn kicked out the dreamy jams back at stage right. The five sampler songs - teasing a tour that begins Oct 3 in Tulsa - seemed chosen to evenly mathematically disperse the lead vocals between Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie and the new kid. There were no vocal emergencies in Fleetwood Mac’s opening set, with Finn proving a suitable fill-in for the fired Buckingham, at least on any practical harmonic level, while Campbell took over the lead guitar duties (with some secondary help in that department from Finn). 1 hit in England with his Calvin Harris collaboration “Promises”) had experienced a loss of voice. No further explanation was given, although sources indicated that the British balladeer (who currently has a three-week No. Those who’d seen the schedule and knew he was supposed to go on before Gambino were puzzled when Glover appeared instead, before Ryan Seacrest made the eventual announcement that “due to unforeseen circumstances which transpired after his rehearsal, it became clear that Sam Smith would unfortunately not be able to perform tonight.” Smith later tweeted nearly the identical “unforeseen circumstances” language in an apology on his account. (Abdul was on hand to introduce Carey.)īringing no noise whatsoever was Sam Smith, a somewhat mysterious no-show, particularly as he’d participated in rehearsal earlier in the day. Seriously bringing the noise, meanwhile, was Jack White, whose set was turned up to such ear-splitting volumes that Paula Abdul was nearly drowned out in the press room as she tried to speak with a handful of reporters. Just to watch his process is beyond amazing.”
“Donald Glover’s a genius,” said actor Ken Jeong, backstage, before going on to introduce Glover/Gambino, “and he’s effortless in his genius too. Childish Gambino performed hyperactively, shirtlessly and all too briefly, confident enough in his set list to not even save “This is America” for the climax.
The typically pop-heavy bill had some rock and hip-hop cred going for it this first night, too. I want to hear those whistle tones.” He then proceeded to break into a pretty good approximation of those “Emotions” high notes that pierced the hallways.
When we posed that question to Panic! At the Disco frontman Brendan Urie, he was instantaneous with his answer: “Dude, Mariah! I want to kiss her feet and the ground she walks on. There was less emotion through the rest of the four-hour-plus evening - although there was “Emotions,” an early peak in the climactic set by Mariah Carey, who was on familiar ground here, having recently wrapped up yet another Vegas residency.įamiliarity does not breed any kind of indifference, at least among fellow celebrities, as virtually every performer or presenter Varietysurveyed backstage named Carey as the artist they were most excited about seeing on the evening’s bill.
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