Last night Demi Lovato and Hot Chelle Rae played the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand! Hot Chelle Rae started the show strong, differing from the usual setlist by playing old favorites like "Emo" and "Bleed." For the fans who had seen them on the headlining Beautiful Freaks Tour it was a treat to hear these again. Nearly the whole crowd knew the smash hits "Tonight Tonight" and "I Like It Like That" but many in the crowd seemed to love the rest of the songs as well! It's rare to have nearly the entire crowd standing for any opening act and this group had them up and dancing. A personal favorite was the little mash up of Taylor Swifts new song "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" in the middle of HCR's song "Whatever." Ian, Nash, Jamie and Ryan always put on a good show and after seeing them many times, it never gets old. Posted By: Gabi | Following an awesome performance is always hard but Demi Lovato isn't exactly a newbie. Her entire set flowed extremely well (except for a transition from "Skyscraper" to a cover of Chris Brown's "Turn Up The Music"....it just didn't seem to fit). She opened with "All Night Long" and kept the party going with a mix of songs from her newest album Unbroken and many of her old albums as well. The backing band and singers were very talented and she acted like they were part of the show, not just her backup. Demi's vocals have only gotten stronger and all of her music sounded incredible. Her speech about her battle with self harm and eating disorders drove many to the verge tears and got lots of cheering and screaming from the crowd. I have been to many concerts and can firmly say that this was one of the best I have ever seen. |