Concert Conundrums

So tonight I was supposed to see Lady Gaga in concert and I have been, no joke, really, crazily excited about it. I snagged a ticket for myself in the first balcony, happened to sit amongst a group of similarly-situated folk, and saw Semi Precious Weapons and Jason Derülo do one set each. AND THEN a poor uni rep, accompanied by a security guard, came on stage and said Lady Gaga is rescheduling due to "sudden illness" and she will perform on January 26 instead.

So. Um. If she is truly ill, I hope she gets better soon? Though I admit, my sentiments are at least partly with the vast, pantsless crowd chanting mean things at the stage. Thankfully the new date (January 26) works for me, but I feel incredibly sad for the people who drove 5+ hours to be here. As well as the third of the audience that came in costume (aside from general pantslessness, there were wigs, feathered masks, little dresses of all sorts, and Misfit-style make-up).

Yikes.

ANYWAY. Semi Precious Weapons is a loud glam band, with a loud transvestite lead singer who very badly wants to be Iggy Pop, but I do have to give props to any band whose main swag happens to be bright yellow T-shirts with the slogan I can't pay the rent but I'm f*cking gorgeous. And while the lead singer did demand to see tits several times, he did also do us the favor of changing costumes on stage. So there is that.

Jason Derülo is very much like Roger Davis, in that he cannot write a song that doesn't remind us of Musetta's Waltz. Aside from "Whatchu Say," which is pretty much Imogen Heap with Derülo occasionally contributing a stanza, his songs also heavily sampled Daft Punk and some classical piece I cannot name at the moment. So, enjoyable, but so derivative it was actually kind of boggling. Also, he tore off his shirt in the last number, which means I am not allowed to take him seriously.

My ears are ringing now.