The Aaron Carter concert tonight, February 24th, at the Blind Pig, was sold out and full of college students (mostly girls) who were excited relive childhood memories.
Before the concert, I was a little bit worried because of the negative reviews that I read on Ticketmaster before seeing the show myself. Unfortunately, this concert left me with the exact same complaints as some of the reviews. The concert started 40 minutes late. I always assume that concerts at large venues such as the Palace will begin a little late because the sets there are usually so big but I didn’t anticipate this long of a delay for a concert on a small stage at the Bling Pig. After the 40 minute wait, the Ann Arbor native, Daniel Henig, opened up for Aaron Carter.
Daniel played the electric guitar, beatboxed, and sang tonight. He was talented in all three areas so the ladies loved it. He started off playing guitar and covering popular songs, such as “Drunk in Love” by Beyonce. He carried himself with confidence and interacted with the crowd very well. He played some songs from his new album after he got the crowd involved. I personally thought that his voice sounded the best when he was singing his own songs rather than covers of songs. Though his songs were great, it was hard to attract the crowd when nobody knew the words. After giving the crowd a taste of his own music, he switched back to singing covers. He caught the audience’s attention when he started playing the tune to “Sorry” by Justin Bieber on his guitar. The audience was engaged by singing a familiar melody again.
Support this upcoming, talented Ann Arbor native by subscribing to his YouTube videos or going to his FREE concert tomorrow at the Michigan Theatre. He sang the song featured in his new video, “Hostage.” This song had a catchy chorus so he was able to maintain a connection with the audience even though they didn’t know the song.
Overall, Daniel Heing’s performance was great and he was definitely a crowd pleaser but I think that I would have enjoyed the performance a little bit more if it had started closer to the “start time” of 9pm. Check out his YouTube channel here.
Aaron Carter finally came on around 10:30. I was shocked that it took an hour and a half for him to come on stage. He strolled onto the stage but once the music started playing, he was full of energy and performed throughout the entire concert with the same amount of enthusiasm. His first three to four songs were from his new album that he is trying to promote. Succeeding that part of his performance, the mood completely changed. He started rapping and singing along with a few of his favorite throwback tunes. I think that he did too many of these since most of the people came to hear their favorite throwback songs of his own. Finally after about five songs, he announced something similar to, “Let me take you back to why you guys fell in love with my music.” This preview made it clear that his next song would be one of his most popular and well-known. The crowd began to cheer and he started singing “I want candy.” Oddly, he only played the song for 45 seconds, maximum. I saw a few girls look around, confused about why he cut it off so soon. Soon after he did other favorites such as “Aaron’s party,” he was already finished.
The concert was certainly an interesting experience. I think that the experience would’ve been much better if the concert had started on time and if Aaron Carter didn’t only play “I want candy” for 45 seconds. I was confused as to why the Daniel Heing had more time on stage than Aaron Carter when it wasn’t even advertised that there would be an opener when I bought my tickets.
Nevertheless, if you are still interested in seeing Aaron Carter, there is a show on Friday night as well (Maybe show up around 9:30pm rather than 9:00). The information for that concert can be found here.
