Chris Brown's  'Up Close & Personal'  Tour!

Review & Photos by Lady Cham

The Chris Brown 'UP CLOSE & PERSONAL TOUR' hit Hampton Roads, VA by storm at the end of 2007!!  I, Lady Cham, have not seen so many excited, near fainting, school aged girls carry on in such a frenzy since I went to a Boy George concert in Leeds, England in the early 80's!!! 

It was an awesome concert,  the opening acts were Hurricane Chris, The  Shop Boyz & Soulja Boy and the whole crowd got hype.  Everyone knew each and every line to their songs and of course everyone did the moves to 'Shoot Out/Let Me Get Em' and 'Crank Dat Soulja Boy!'  My three teenage girls had me doing the Souljah Boy moves (a little more difficult than my usual Rock Steady moves!)

After the opening acts an airplane descended to the top of the building and out came 'Bow Wow' who had the girls hearts fluttering with his favorites including 'Girlfriend' which made all the girls he stared at feel like his girlfriend!  He had another rapper on stage with him and they did a combination routine that the crowd loved.

When Chris, who is a native of Tappanhannock, VA, dropped - commando style - from a parachute to the stage, I thought I was going to go deaf from the piercing screams emanating from the crowd!  Chris was home and let all his fans know it!  While he sang "Yo, Excuse Me Miss" security had to hold back the ladies from rushing the stage! 

The concert was well executed with Chris Brown's DJ coordinating the music like the pro he is!  I was amazed at the skills DJ Baby Drew showed as he directed the way the concert flowed; and he did it with fine tuned precision.  I was quite proud of the fact that he is a Jamaican and had all of these hip-hoppers moving to his flow!  Chris Brown was amazing but without a great DJ it would not have come off so smoothly. 

Chris Brown did a virtual duet with Bajan singer Rhianna's 'Umbrella' and the pyrotechnic effects were awesome!  Showers of sparkling flames shot everywhere, he had the special effects all the way through the show. 

 

Chris Brown  and he also did not forget any of his dancers, they were individually introduced to the audience on the big screen and then individually the came on stage and did a 30 second dance piece.  I thought this was a great touch. 

 

Towards the end of the show, both Bow Wow and Chris Brown teamed up on stage and the chemistry was tight, they really worked well together and had the girls feeling faint again.  Chris even did a few acrobatic stunts that were remarkable and left everyone with open mouths.  It was a great concert that left you wanting more, I enjoyed these truly talented artists just as much as the young ladies!     

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