Monday, February 28, 2005
Melbourne: Dazzling Chandelier
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by head blogger @ 1:47 pm
Dazzling chandelier part of Cher's bathroom
Nui Te Koha
28feb05
SUPERSTAR Cher's long goodbye rolled into farewell No. 2 at Rod Laver Arena last night.
Cher, 58, is retiring permanently from the concert stage to let the pop tarts take the spotlight.
In her second Melbourne show -- gig No. 302 of a three-year world tour -- she stayed on message.
She ascended, in a full-length fur coat in a chandelier, to a $3 million production of trapeze, acrobats, jungle creatures and dazzling costumes.
The chandelier is from a bathroom in her Los Angeles mansion, Cher revealed.
"I looked at it one day and thought: 'It would be really cool if I came down in that'," Cher told the Herald Sun.
"I didn't even know if it would scare me. I'd never done anything at great heights, so I never knew."
Cher's show set a cracking pace, covering four decades of hits and memories in 90 minutes.
Her voice is still strong after so much time on tour.
Highlights included a soulful reading of All I Really Want To Do and the disco-tastic Take Me Home.
Believe, the comeback club track that catapulted Cher into Y2K, was an appropriate closer.
Source: Melbourne Herald Sun
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Cher Farewell Tour Australia 2005: 12 shows, 21 days, 5 cities! Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena - 26, 27 February & 1 March; Sydney's Entertainment Centre - 3, 4, 7 March; Newcastle's Entertainment Centre - 9 March; Brisbane's Entertainment Centre - 11 & 12 March; Adelaide's Entertainment Centre - 15 & 16 March; and the Australian Finale at Sydney's Entertainment Centre 18 March.
Dazzling chandelier part of Cher's bathroom
Nui Te Koha
28feb05
SUPERSTAR Cher's long goodbye rolled into farewell No. 2 at Rod Laver Arena last night.
Cher, 58, is retiring permanently from the concert stage to let the pop tarts take the spotlight.
In her second Melbourne show -- gig No. 302 of a three-year world tour -- she stayed on message.
She ascended, in a full-length fur coat in a chandelier, to a $3 million production of trapeze, acrobats, jungle creatures and dazzling costumes.
The chandelier is from a bathroom in her Los Angeles mansion, Cher revealed.
"I looked at it one day and thought: 'It would be really cool if I came down in that'," Cher told the Herald Sun.
"I didn't even know if it would scare me. I'd never done anything at great heights, so I never knew."
Cher's show set a cracking pace, covering four decades of hits and memories in 90 minutes.
Her voice is still strong after so much time on tour.
Highlights included a soulful reading of All I Really Want To Do and the disco-tastic Take Me Home.
Believe, the comeback club track that catapulted Cher into Y2K, was an appropriate closer.
Source: Melbourne Herald Sun
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Cher Farewell Tour Australia 2005: 12 shows, 21 days, 5 cities! Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena - 26, 27 February & 1 March; Sydney's Entertainment Centre - 3, 4, 7 March; Newcastle's Entertainment Centre - 9 March; Brisbane's Entertainment Centre - 11 & 12 March; Adelaide's Entertainment Centre - 15 & 16 March; and the Australian Finale at Sydney's Entertainment Centre 18 March.
