Rising international pop superstar Lorde made her Milwaukee debut this past Friday, September 26th at the BMO Harris Pavilion on the Summerfest Grounds. The opening act was Majical Cloudz and they were not so great. Lorde could have had a bigger name opening for her. The group consisted of 2 men from Canada - one wearing a white t-shirt who paced back and forth across the stage shouting lyrics into a microphone and the second played a keyboard in the background. They were very loud and played an alternative music style that I would not recommend to rush to download. I didn't hear them give their names but at one point he said they were from Canada. Not Canada's best export. After the opening act the crowd waited 35 minutes for the main act to come on.
Lorde finally came on at 8:35 and had the crowd standing on their feet clapping and cheering. When all the crowd was finally standing she began doing her first song and some type of interpretive dance involving jerky movements and flipping her hair without ever introducing her drummer and keyboardist. There also appeared to be no background singers on stage, but there was background singers in the songs that she played so it could have just been prerecorded. In between the first half of the songs she didn't really say much except "I love Milwaukee" and reminding the crowd that we were right by Lake Michigan which we could see it from our seats. The last few songs were much better and her Zumba-like dancing calmed down. Some of the later songs included "Royals," "Team," and a cover of "Heavenly Father," by Wisconsin's own Bon Iver. She also later talked about how all of her songs catalog her life as a teenager. Even though her songs were better in the second half of her set, the over use of strobe lighting distracted a bit from her strong vocals.
Overall, her concert was amazing because after all she is only 17. I would definitely recommend this show.
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This is a very well-written review, Caroline. You sound like Piet Levy! My wife was at the concert as well, and she really enjoyed Lorde's performance, but like you, didn't care so much for the opening act. Isn't it amazing that Lorde is only 17 years old?
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