My apologies for a somewhat delayed posting. On Friday Night PatriotPartner, PatriotMom and I trekked to the Charlotte Bobcats Arena (Ooops! Now the TimeWarner Cable Arena!) to hear two of the titans of today’s country music: Keith Urban & Carrie Underwood.
The concert was great although Carrie’s portion was a bit weaker due to what seemed to us to be a sound-mixer not doing his/her job; Carrie’s voice was drowned out by the very LOUD band supporting her. It wasn’t her voice because when the slower songs came on (lower background music), that velvety voice of hers filled the Bobcats Arena. She also came out later to duet with Keith Urban and they both sounded great. I’m kinda ticked because while Partner & Mom are more Keith fans than I, I was REALLLLY looking forward to hearing Carrie.  I guess there will be a next time.
Here are some pics from the show.  I’ll upload a couple videos later.
By the way, there’s nothing much to say about Keith Urban’s performance. He was flawless, a great performer, awesome voice, and nice T-shirt!
-Bruce (GayPatriot)
I hate to disappoint you, but Carrie has been the weak link for this entire series of Keith’s tour. She was not on the mark in Hershey, Baltimore or State College. Her costume changes don’t help either because she loses the audience connection with every one of them. She is stiff, fails to interact (why have security keep the fans away from the catwalk?), needs some choreography badly. She has a great voice, but she really needs to study up on stage presence. Keith on the other hand, has many years at this and has never yet let an audience down.
The T-shirt was better when it was sweaty and sexy, Keith is just an adorable man.
Carrie on the other hand does need a lot of polishing. He band, background (some kind of white short pillars) and blue dress was really tacky. She stepped on a light and the underneath of the dress was lit (it was like a Barbie platform). When she sang with Keith, it was great. Her group needs work…..
Who’s Charlotte?
I think all of you are crazy. Carrie Underwood is absolutely gorgeous in anything she wears. She is a phenomenal singer as well. Just because Keith Urban did a great job, does not mean Carrie didn’t. You have to think about it this way…this is Carries first few years. Keith has plentyyyy of years under his sleeve. It pisses me off to see people downgrading someones performance–better saying “comparing” the two..they wouldn’t be touring the world if they didn’t have talent. And you people having bad things to say about either of them..ask yourself this…are you out there doing what their doing? NO. So until you are I think it would be better if you kept your negativity to yourself. You probably can’t even sing. Seriously. I’m not going to continue to go on and on, but stop being so negative. =) Thank you.
We saw the same show at Bryce-Jordan. Carrie was good, although yes, she does need more stage presence, but she’s new on the scene. The Jesus Take the Wheel singalong almost drowned out her band.
I do not believe I was being negative, just truthful. No one said she isn’t a great looking lady. She is touring because he asked her to go along as a lead in. She would not be able to sustain 2 1/2 hours.
I am so jealous!! I am a huge fan of both.
I just came off my keith urban road trip. seen shows in Charlottesville, VA, Charleston, SC, Charlotte, NC, and Raleigh, NC. All shows were great. Carrie and Keith Rock. Three hours of pure entertainment.