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MARIAH'S SECOND CONCERT IN TUNIS

 

For her second concert in Tunis on July the 24th, Mariah choose a best of compilation, most singles and remixes of the best hits from her albums. One and a half hours of happiness where you could enjoy her vocal performances, full voice and high notes.

Was Mariah able to attract a big audience despite the heath wave in Tunis? Oh yes. A huge crowd waited in the heat to enter at the concert. The long awaited moment occured and Mariah appeared, there was a big ovation. The show started with a video footage of a roller coaster on a giant screen.

It's Like That, Heartbreaker (remix) where the diva sings freestyle, then Dreamlover and My All before a break where the dancers put the stadium on fire. Mariah came back and sang Honey, Breakdown, Shake It Off, I'll Be There, Fly Like A Bird, Fantasy, Don't Forget About Us and I Know What You Want. It was almost the same setlist as for the first concert. Now Mariah was wearing a black dress and sang Thank God I Found You remix, One Sweet Day, Hero, Vision Of Love and Make It Happen.

 

(Heroes of Mariah)

 

"COMEBACK" SUCCEEDED FOR MARIAH CAREY IN TUNIS

 

A golden voice and a toned body: American singer Mariah Carey performed for two concerts in Tunisia, marking her return to the international music scene after an absence of three years. Under the slogan "Mimi in Tunisia", the New York native with 160 million albums sold worldwide gave two shows on July 22 and 24, attended by some 60,000 spectators at the Olympic Stadium of El Menzah in Tunis, lit up by thousands of lights.

Showing off her legs lasciviously, reminiscent sometimes of a cabaret, very much at ease despite the heat, Mimi gave a great show of songs from her biggest hits "Butterfly" and "The Emancipation of Mimi", her last album which sold over nine million copies.

"It's Like That", "My All", "Honey", followed by "Don't Forget About Us". "Dreamlover", "We Belong Together", and she treated fans to "Shake It Off", "Breakdown", and "Fly Like a Bird". With her strong and silken voice, alternating between romantic ballads and club bangers, the diva tooks breaks between songs to say "I love this crowd", or "How do you feel?", "I love you Tunisia".

She's fantastic!" was the opinion among concert-goers, some of whom attended both shows. "Mini shorts and in great shape!" Said Francesco, 21, who came from Italy especially to see Mariah, referring to her "too sexy" outfit of micro shorts and a tiny top on Saturday. Monday night the diva performed in shorts and a bikini top, much to the enjoyment of the young Tunisians and fans from France, Italy, and Canada.

"She's fantastic! I never thought I would see her in flesh and blood," repeated Fatma, 17, from her perch in the stands. Mariah "accomplished her return to the stage with success," said one radio personality, remembering that the diva had a rough patch in earlier years before renewing her success and racking up three Grammy Awards last February. The star launched her tour for the first time in Africa, before heading to the US and Canada, and later Japan, under the slogan "The Adventures of Mimi".

 

(Yahoo! France - Mariah Daily)

 

Some pictures from MCArchives:

 

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Anyone who finds other reviews and pictures please post them in this thread.

I'm gonna make a new thread for the videos from the tour unless you want them posted in here Tim? :unsure:

I'm gonna make a new thread for the videos from the tour unless you want them posted in here Tim? :unsure:

More threads mean more views so I'm happy with that.

 

Up to you entirely.

More threads mean more views so I'm happy with that.

 

Up to you entirely.

Right well i'll be posting the performances up later.

I'm still confused as to WHY she went to Tunisia for 2 gigs, has she snubbed them for before then and is now maing it up to them? :unsure:

 

Just seems an odd place to do 2 gigs -_-

I'm still confused as to WHY she went to Tunisia for 2 gigs, has she snubbed them for before then and is now maing it up to them? :unsure:

 

Just seems an odd place to do 2 gigs -_-

I agree with that sentiment, Tunisia but no UK? :unsure:

Exactly, touring (in this modern age) is about ticket sales and therefore cash isn't it? Surely she'd be able to make more money here and have bigger gigs? What other strange places in the world is she peforming? Papau New Guinea? The Marshall Islands? Madagascar? -_-

Skegness? -_-

If only :(

 

Where is she off to on the next step of her "world" tour? Any ideas? Or is shaping up to eb a world tour of the US? -_-

Well in the other Tour thread we have, there is some news stating that Mariah will be touring the UK in early 2007. :P

Well I will be going :wub:

 

I can't see the other thread :( Is it confirmed or just speculation? :unsure:

The article from the thread is:

 

Paolo who attended the Tunis concerts was able to speak to some of the Mariahs dancers about a possible European Tour.

 

The dancers revealed to him that there were plans afoot for a tour in early 2007 for Europe.

 

Yesterday, tunisian paper, "Le Quotidien," also talked about a european tour!

 

 

Source: MariahConnectionUK

 

:D

I'll believe it when it gets confirmation, these "dancers" sources have had a knack of being wong about things in the past, not Mariah as such but when mentioned in media. Much like a "close friend" tells the papers something during a celebrity scandal ;/

 

If its true I cannot wait, then an album for Autumn 07 :wub:

If I saw her on Tour it would make me day year LIFE.

Great reviews, thanks for posting. Let's hope the rest of the tour goes as well.

If I saw her on Tour it would make me day year LIFE.

When it happens, you'll have to keep reminding yourself you're not watching MTV and that Mariah is in fact in the same room singing for you. I know I had to.

When it happens, you'll have to keep reminding yourself you're not watching MTV and that Mariah is in fact in the same room singing for you. I know I had to.

Don't say that Tim you'll have me in convulsions. :lol:

Some reviews from the American dates....

 

Here is a life lesson Mariah Carey apparently missed during the Adventures of Mimi: the harder you try to make people like you, the less they will. It's understandable the Glitter-girl has some issues after being criticized, ostracized and written off for forgotten in the past few years. But those critics were not among the fans who paid from $19.50 to $129.50 to see her show at the American Airlines Arena on Saturday night.

The fans wanted to watch the diva resplendent in high notes and high heels, basking in the glow of her deserved and surprising comeback. They wanted to see Ms. Mimi singing her heart out, not ceding the stage for up to 10 minutes at a time to let DJ Clue spin other people's hits like it's a South Beach club.

They wanted to hear her breathe new life into the 17 No. 1 hits that rank her second to only the Beatles. She's too talented, too successful, too weighed down by Grammys to be anything but a star on stage. But on the first night of her tour, she opened her set with a video of a roller coaster and a monologue about the ups and downs of life. She apologized repeatedly for minor gaffes in the act, such as sipping water and asking that the fans be turned on and the music turned up.

She showed video skits of women trash-talking her in a club, and then in a toilet stall. News flash, Mimi. No one cares anymore. Your life is on the upswing. Forget the story line so we can concentrate on the good times. The music stands for itself. She took us back with Always Be My Baby and Hero and Dream Lover and her Jackson 5 remake, I'll Be There.

She kept us going with chart-toppers from last year's The Emancipation of Mimi album, Fly Like A Bird, Shake It Off, We Belong Together and, the opener, It's Like That. And the audience especially liked it when she relocated from the stage to a platform surrounded by fans on the floor. She looked poised and confident ó so close, riding the range of her vocal skills. Her smile looked genuine. It was all about the music.

The show didn't end until close to midnight, largely because it took Carey almost an hour to get on the stage after Busta Rhymes finished his opening set. The break was so long, in fact, that the distracted stadium completed 7½ revolutions of the wave.

Busta, whose career has lasted almost as long as Carey's, was an entertaining opener with everything from Scenario, his 1992 duet with A Tribe Called Quest, to his 2003 hit with Carey, I Know What You Want.

 

(Palm Beach Post)

 

The Mariah Carey saga is one of the most intriguing stories in pop-music history: After riding her five-octave voice to become the best-selling female performer of the 1990s, she suffered a spectacular public meltdown in 2001. The songbird signed an $80 million deal with Virgin Records, but quickly sabotaged her success by posting suicidal messages on her website, appearing on MTV's Total Request Live dressed in a T-shirt and nothing else, and starring in the universally ridiculed movie Glitter. Virgin ended up eating $28 million of her contract just so she'd go away.

Carey's personal life never dipped so low as that of her diva rival Whitney Houston, but until last year's chart-topping comeback album The Emancipation of Mimi, Carey had become a laughingstock in the music business.

Saturday night at downtown Miami's AmericanAirlines Arena, Carey showed a near sellout crowd that she and superstardom definitely still belong together. This kick-off date of her Adventures of Mimi tour had plenty of glitter, but only the good kind.

The only negative was the hourlong wait after opening act Busta Rhymes energized the already packed house - but Carey's fans didn't seem to mind. Just before 10 p.m., the crowd roared as a radiant Carey, classy, composed and in complete control, kicked things off with her lively new hit It's Like That.

Unlike her 2000 tour, which opened with a 10-minute video featuring Carey's evil twin Bianca, who tries to hurt the "good Mariah", her Mimi show emphasizes substance over inane skits. The sequined singer - even her microphone was decked out in matching sequins - took her adoring fans on a tour through all her biggest hits, including Dreamlover, Honey, My All, Shake It Off, Fly Like A Bird, Fantasy (during which she ventured out into the crowd), Thank God I Found You, Hero and her soaring cover of The Jackson 5's I'll Be There.

But she wasn't done: For her encore, Carey came out in a sparkling "Miami blue" dress she said she bought especially for the Magic City and closed with a bang, singing her monster hit We Belong Together and Butterfly - a fitting ending that represented her metamorphosis from washed-up diva to reborn superstar.

Busta Rhymes was a fitting warm-up, performing Give It To Me (his duet with Mariah) and peppering his rapid-fire rap set with shout-outs to Don't Cha (his hit with the Pussycat Dolls) and the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Give It Away.

 

(Miami Herald)

Great reviews! :cheer: