Jamie passion and passionfruit!

Not a film but the concert!  Sticky and Sweet tour!  Yes, I saw her in her last night in Buenos Aires.  She is amazing in her athleticism, and her energy.  The concepts, the technological side with videos to complement the music was excellent and something I had seldom seen the like of and not to this extent.  The crowd on the field was ecstatic, perhaps a little more up and down were those like me upstairs in River stadium what with the threat of a thunderstorm too!

The music itself was perhaps the weakest part in that people obviously wanted more of her greatest hits and less of the latest album which has some good numbers and other forgettable ones. The remakes of some songs were also weird like the Romanian gypsy hijacking of La Isla Bonita which is clearly now an island off Dubrovnik!

Personally I liked Devil wouldn’t recognise you and most of the rest I had reservations about.

Reservations too about the lack of empathy with the audience.  It is all a little too calculating and planned, right down to the Don’t cry for me Argentina implant and the lampshade engulfing her.  That warmth so common in Latin artists was what was missing and meant that a good experience failed to be great!

Am I being churlish? No.  I admire her a lot but I don’t necessarily like her!