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Concert review : "Idol" Top 10 give fans a fun, fresh show

Misha Berson

Quote :: If the number of earsplitting screams and shrieks erupting from every mention of his name or glimpse of his face on the JumboTron was any indication, glam rocker Adam Lambert was the superstar of the "American Idols Live!" 2009 summer tour's concert Tuesday night at the Tacoma Dome. But the rapturous response to Lambert, runner-up in this year's version of the guilty-pleasure TV talent marathon "American Idol," did not convey the whole story of a show that's better paced, better designed, better backed up and, overall, better sung than last year's Idol blowout in Tacoma.

American Idols Live, Show #2: Tacoma, Wash.

Brian Mansfield

Quote :: The American Idols now have their second show under their belt. I didn't stay in the Pacific Northwest for Tuesday's show in Tacoma, Wash., but my new friend Richard Rushfield did, and he made a great observation in his Los Angeles Times' Idol Tracker blog:

"One is struck by how much better each one of these gladiators of song is here in a genuine concert setting than he or she ever was on the TV show. Which leads one to wonder, does the competition so brutalize the contestants that we never really know what they are capable of, or is the competition truly meant as a prologue to the tour that follows and their careers to come?"

Tacoma farewell: The Idols Live Tour rides off into the sunset

Richard Rushfield

Quote :: On the second night of the American Idols Live: 2009 Tour, the 10 were settling comfortably into their lives as wandering rock stars. At 3 p.m., the day was gray, frigid and windy outside the Tacoma Dome. The subdued crowd of a hundred or so leaned in eerie silence against the metal barricade as Megan Joy walked down the row singing autographs and posing for pictures.   Inside, the ancient Dome seemed like it was just waking up, a universe away from the frenzied hub of activity around the tour kickoff at the Paul Allen-built Portland stadium. In a cafeteria-like room set up with round tables and folding chairs, half the Idols came to visit the four members of the press corps on hand.