Review on Julieta Venegas

I'd wanted to see Julieta Venegas for a few years now and I finally got the chance to last night. I went with a few friends and ended up having a couple of extra VIP tickets that I, nor my buds, could sell or  give away. The funniest part of it all was that 5 of the folks that wanted to go were guys. The problem for each of them was their wives. Interesting....

Julieta Venegas was scheduled to perform at 8 p.m. at the Black Pearl outdoor event. 9 passed by, then 10 o'clock, and then 11. Still no sign of her. Luckily there were tons of port-a-potties to take advantage off while everyone waited surprisingly, patiently. At about 11:20 p.m. her band members assembled onto the stage as she followed closely behind. She was solemn and VERY pregnant. She didn't direct her attention to the crowd but instead headed straight to playing on her keyboard. She sang a couple of songs before addressing her fans, flashing a smile and saying hello to EP landers and J-town folks. The girl went from her keyboard to her guitar to swinging her ponytail, while she danced to the folklore music surrounding her. Her band members also switched instruments throughout her entire performance and, additionally, sang backup vocals for her. She spoke of immigrants and the AZ laws. Her concert lasted 1 hr and 10 minutes, which included her 2 encore songs. There was no opening act for her.

I still like her songs, but I probably won't go to another of her concerts. Her concert was very mellow. It was like going to hear a local band that lacks performers. I didn't appreciate having to wait over 3 hrs for the diva to perform, much less pay for a $92 VIP ticket, given that it mathematically came out to more than $1 per minute of her performance. In all reality, I'm not certain who was to blame for the lack of respect: the venue or her.