His voice is beautiful and pure. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s easy to forget how young he is! His Stand By Me was amazing and I loved the longer bit of Beautiful Girls thrown in.

Loved your recap, Vagabond! I see we shared many similar opinions. I also loved Jason’s set, but it was the shortest of the show. He should have had 4 songs! Regarding your comment about David A., for me this was the highlight of the show. I didn’t expect Archie to sound so good and look so confident. WOW! This was probably the longest standing ovation of the night.

Your review sounded more like a REAL person. Mine sound like a journalist critic. LOL. Thank you for sharing and thanks for the photos!

We were pretty lucky in Detroit because the number of people out there pre-show was not huge at all. After the show – that was another story – it was crazy!! By the time we left the venue the crowd was so big it was probably five or six people deep and lined actually down the street. Now you gotta give them props for coming out and dealing with a huge group of people like that.

Thanks to everyone who read my recap, I’m flattered you liked. it. If you want to send me to more shows I’ll write more! LOL!!
Have a great weekend everyone.

OK…what incident in Chicago? A couple of you mention past incidents in reference to David C. and fan interaction. What happened?

Whatever is was, David’s still cool — not to worry. He’s just pressed for time and the girls are all giggly and annoying and he can’t let it show that they are gettin’ on his last nerve.

Jason looks like he’s eating ice cream.

The fans do come in droves and i am sure that it is quite overwhelming when you step off of a bus and see all those fans throwing things at you to sign etc.
I know that DC has had to say some things to fans who push and throw things in his face. Good for him-that is just NOT cool.

I love DC so much that I dont pay much attention to the nit pickyness either because I would probably never go stand in a bus line to meet them, but I just hope that he didnt get a bad taste in his mouth from some of the unpleasant happenings at past venues. Do you all know what I mean? I hope it hasnt made him more cautious or hesitant to come see all of his fans- and I know that he would do it no matter what- tired or not. I hope to see more fan videos and interations for the rest of the tour especially with DC- those are my favorites.

Which garnered him a pirate puppet. Which was pretty funny. Thumbs up to whoever got him the puppet.

As an aside, not to take anything away from any of the Idols who have been giving tons of time to the bus lines. Given that the bus signings are not officially required, the fact that the Idols are giving so much of their time when they could be doing other things, or napping, or whatever, is awesome.

As word has gotten out that the Idols are pretty much guaranteed to come out and meet the fans, the fans have been showing up in droves. There are tons of people to get through. In Chicago, the line was 3 deep all along the length of the parking lot fence. And it was hot as hell out there.

I have to say I’m impressed with this crew’s efforts to connect with their fans informally. Don’t forget–they’ve also got those formal meet and greets before and after the show. That’s a lot of autograph signing right there.

These M&G’s have to be a little stressful for all of them, because one off moment or a fan whose expectations aren’t met, and they get badmouthed all over the internet. To be honest, I don’t pay much attention to the nit-picky “so-and-so didn’t smile at me…so-and-so didn’t make eye contact–so-and-so didn’t spend enough time with me” stories.

Just the fact that they are willing to greet the fans at all when they could be do other things…like say oh..NAPPING…is enough for me.

Where did you meet him- did you stand in line before the concert? Lucky you.

All i meant was that when that incident happened in chicago- i wonder if it made him more cautious (no doubt) and it just seemed from the last 1 or 2 fan videos i have watched that maybe he just was in a very big hurry to try to get to everyone, whereas earlier in the tour he seemed to have or take a lot more time. I hope that incident didnt ruin it for him or the other fans who havent seen him yet. It could also be that there seem to be alot more fans at each venue. I will say though that DA is awfully busy and he seems to take way more time and not care what TPTB say- LOL. I love DC and the Mavid that they do so I would never say anything bad about him. I want everybody to see the guy that we all know that he is and I hope it never changes.

I have loved many of the recaps posted here, but this was one of my favorites because it would be like one I would probably write if I get the chance. I have my faves, but I truly appreciate all of the idols this year in some way or other, even that pandering KLC, lol. I mean you gotta use whatever you have at your disposal to set yourself apart. Even the freaking war and the flag.

I wouldn’t be one of the bus fans, it’s a little more committed than I am inclined to be. I do appreciate the effort of those who wait in the blazing sun, and for them sharing this idol experience, and I also appreciate the idols who take the time out of a very tight schedule to do so as well. Kudos to all.