Goodnight and Goodbye

On Monday July 14th the Jonas Brother's performed the the last of their three day weekend performance in Southern California, finishing filming for their 3D movie out January 2009.


The crowd was louder than either of the previous two shows, and the screaming fans made the temperature in the Honda Center anything but comfortable, but the excitement and energy was so great that nothing including the temperature or the late start get in the way of the evening.





Demi Lovato opened the show (unlike the night before) and performed a wonderful set. I was able to sit down for more of her performance for this show than the two previous and she has an amazing list of songs to work with. From the total of 5 that I was there for, there wasn't a single song that I wouldn't buy on ITunes that she sang.





At 15 years old, Demi has a true tallent and gift for performing and working the stage, and her strengths exceed far past her years. Although she went out of tune every now and then, Miss Lovato gave 100% into providing a memorable evening and I was very pleased with her set.






My favorite song of hers is probably Forget, a song about a relationship that ended in which one half is confused at why the other can act like they had "forgotton" the love that the two half's shared. Every show the emotion that she shows through the song becomes less but the song itself speaks with enough emotion on its own and is a helpful song for anyone going through a breakup. Her set provided such an array of choices of emotions there was a song for anyone and everyone present.






Within a few minutes of Demi's opening act ending, The Jonas Brother's took the stage to an unheard of sea of screams.

The second night at the Honda Center was far different from opening night with less makeup breaks, less entertainment from their hosts (videos from the hosts working the crowd on Jonas Sunday Post), less time on stage, more energy, but as well, more mess-ups.

On more than a few occassions, Nick and Joe forgot words to their lyrics and would just pause and smile. The audience hardly took notice or cared but after a few times it comes off as unprofessional and that they were ok just getting through the performance rather than providing a wonderful night to the best of their ability. I was singing along, and simply happy to see them, but I definatly took notice. It was interesting because I have never seen them forget their lyrics before, but there's always a first time for everything.

The show went on for just over an hour with no fans jumping on stage, no technical difficulties like the night before, and Big Rob didn't even fall on stage! Fans that had attended the previous two shows like ourselves noticed that the lyrics were starting to stick, and many fans were able to sing along to Lovebug, Pushing Me Away, A Little Bit Longer, as well as to their other new songs.

The Jonas Brother's had special guest Taylor Swift peform with them to Should've Said No around half way into their set. It was done well although many of the moves mimiced almost perfectly those that Demi Lovato just performed with the Jonas minutes before, and lacked the distinction to set herself apart and to show individuality.

Then, right after she performed Should've Said No with the Jonas Brothers, she came right back to sing the same song all over again, with the same moves and still lacking a unique sence to draw the crowds into rooting for her.

I understand that for filming a movie you have to have both performances as close to identical as possible for editing reasons, but as much as I wanted to cheer for her and sing along, her performance lacked energy and many crowd go-ers, including myself with my group sat down the second time waiting for the Jonas to take the stage solo again.

On a positive note, Kevin Jonas stepped up and performed amazing during the show. While he is always full of energy and engaging with the crowd, on Monday night he outshined himself, running around constantly, doing flips and turns and playing his guitar down the catwalk every chance he was given. I can't think of a single time outside of Nick's solo for A Little Bit Longer that Kevin wasn't jumping off of something or running around. At one point at the end of the concert he actually got so close to the edge of the stage that he started to fall, turning it into a leap into the audience where he played in the crowd.

Overall, as a concert, Monday night was the most realistic, exposing their flaws and having story time with Nick talking about meeting a girl with diabeites just earlier that day and owning the stage. It was wonderfully done in the general broad scope and hopefully I get the chance to see them again either finishing the Burning Up Tour or on the start of another. Seeing the Jonas Brothers perform is worth every penny no matter what number of times it has been seeing them live. It hasn't become old yet.