Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Leona Lewis, Liverpool Echo Arena – review


For her long-awaited debut tour, Leona Lewis was inspired by her favourite childhood film, Labyrinth. The 1986 fantasy adventure, starring David Bowie, provides rich pickings for the set designers, but it's the plotline that offers a glimpse into the mindset of the 2006 X-Factor winner – the teenage heroine escapes from a puppet-infested maze by declaring to her captor: "My will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom is as greate ... you have no power over me!"
It's tempting to read this as an allegory for her relationship with a Svengali-like Simon Cowell, but going by the first half of her show, it is an assertion of independence that Leona Lewis has not yet made. The provenance of her fame means that, in some ways, nothing of her talents has been hidden – we all know she is a sweet, shy girl with a creamy, doe-eyed prettiness, an expressive, pure, pitch-perfect voice, but not much of a mover.
With a £5 million budget and the creative direction of William Baker, Kylie Minogue's right-hand man, such shortcomings have been ruthlessly addressed. Dressed in a Minogue-esque cloak and thigh-boots, Lewis moves almost continuously among her dancers, with the mask of an unblinking smile, periodically emitting an hysterically high shriek of “Come on!”
By contrast, her vocals were near inaudible on anything below her top range, yet the audience's proprietorial affections meant that they applauded her efforts but stayed glued to their seats. The inertia really set in when the middle section of ballads gassed the arena like a dry-ice cloud of emotion. Dressed as a fairy-tale princess, her childlike innocence was affecting, and she can certainly convey a trembling, pining heart.
While The X-Factor may not have prepared Leona Lewis for the demands of live performance, it has given her a steady hand for song interpretation, and she threw in pleasing curveballs, from T-Rex's Ride a White Swan to Justin Timberlake's Cry Me a River. But attempting Roberta Flack’s The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – a cover version of one of the most moving cover versions of all time – fatally exposed the emotional limitations behind Lewis’s technical proficiency.
Just when it felt like we were permanently trapped in a maze of polished but stilted performances, a trapdoor opened, strobes flashed and Lewis emerged in strikingly symbolic high-waisted leggings. The effect was startling: she seized control of the music and the audience, ordering them to their feet as she imperiously motored through her final hits.
This tantalising glimpse of Leona Lewis's hidden power suggests that if she wants her to career to really have legs she should wear the trousers more often.
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Monday, June 7, 2010

Leona Lewis uninjured after elevator shaft fall


Is somebody out to get Leona Lewis?
Just last year, the 25-year-old British "Bleeding Love" singer suffered facial injuries after being headbutted by her horse. Then she was punched in the face by a male fan at her October book signing.
Then last Friday, Lewis plummeted down an elevator shaft while performing in Sheffield, England.
Outrageous as it sounds, a rep at Leona Lewis's J Records label confirms that the incident did indeed occur during the first night of the star's UK tour. Lewis later told The Sun newspaper, "We have been having problems with the lift. It had been going fine in rehearsals and then I had a bit of an accident and fell down the lift shaft."
The problem was that the elevator had gotten stuck, causing the "X-Factor" winner to tumble into an empty hole. "I was lucky not to get injured," Lewis told The Sun. "Fortunately it happened during a blackout on set and didn't affect the show and none of the audience saw anything."
Perhaps she better start keeping an eye out for ACME anvils falling from the sky.
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Saturday, June 5, 2010

Leona Lewis still has the X Factor as tour kicks off

Four years since Leona Lewis blew us away on the X Factor, she's on her debut tour - foxier and fiercer than ever.

From the moment she took to the stage at the Liverpool echo Arena last night, this was a super slick performance.

Leona has been working with Kylie''s right-hand man William Baker on her £5million Labyrinth-themed sell-out tour - and all that graft has paid off.

Wearing a black hooded cape, she began the show's Desert segment by bursting on stage through castle gates. For the opening song Brave, semi-naked male dancers writhed around her while dh acrobats dropped from the ceiling on drapes. heRipping off the cloak to reveal a sexy outfit and y o high-high boots,

Leona yelled: "Liverpool, make some noise. Thank you so much for supporting me."

She performed pitch perfect ballads Better in Time, Take A Bow and Can't Breathe, Avatar track I See You, plus amazing covers including Snow Patrol's Run.

Bowing out with Bleeding Love, the night proved she still has the X Factor.

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Friday, June 4, 2010

Leona Lewis 'flashes underpants on stage'


Leona Lewis has reportedly had a wardrobe malfunction on stage.
The singer has admitted that the wind machines, which were meant to blow her hair, were so strong that they exposed her underwear while performing, Contactmusic reports.
Lewis said: "I was singing in front of some wind machines when my dress just blew up! I was only wearing a little pair of knickers, so it was really embarrassing.
"The wind machines were meant to be blowing my hair, so how did it get up my dress? I was like, 'Are you doing that on purpose?' Everyone pretended they didn't see, but I know they did."
Earlier this week, it was reported that Leona Lewis spent thousands of pounds on ensuring that her tour outfits are ethically sound.
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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Leona Lewis The Labyrinth Tour round-up: pics, audio, video and goss


Leona Lewis’s The Labyrinth Tour made its debut in Sheffield last night. We didn’t go. But what we did do was ‘curate’ aka steal video, gossip and even opinion from innocent and not-so-innocent users of the interwebs to create a handy little cheat sheet. Here it is. Hit ‘see more’…
THE SET LIST:
Intro
Brave
Don’t Let Me Down
Better In Time
Whatever It Takes
Take A Bow
VIDEO Cover - T-Rex Ride A White Swan (video cover: Leona didn’t perform this live)
I See You
Can’t Breathe
Forgive Me
Happy
Cover: Could It Be Magic
I Got You
Cover: JT’s Cry Me A River
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Homeless
VIDEO Cover: MJ’s They Don’t Really Care About Us
Outta My Head
Cover: Eurythmics Sweet Dreams
Run
Encore: Bleeding Love
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Leona Lewis has the hots for Taylor Lautner


Former X Factor champ Leona Lewis has confessed that she thinks that Twilight hunk Taylor Lautner is a hottie, says a report.
The 2006 winner met Lautner during the Golden Globes Award ceremony in Hollywood earlier this year.
Lewis told Now magazine: "It was awesome.
"I met Twilight star Taylor Lautner, who I love. He's so hot!
"I never have my photo taken with anyone famous, but I had to get one with him. I was so excited about that."
Leona recently hit the headlines when she revealed that she accidentally flashed her underwear during a performance.
Leona Lewis explained: "I was singing in front of some wind machines when my dress just blew up! I was only wearing a little pair of knickers, so it was really embarrassing.
"The wind machines were meant to be blowing my hair, so how did it get up my dress? I was like, 'Are you doing that on purpose?'
"Everyone pretended they didn't see, but I know they did."
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Leona Lewis spends USD 262,500 on ethical clothing


Popstar Leona Lewis who is an avid animal rights activist, has spent USD 262,500 to commission environment friendly stage outfits for her upcoming tour.
The British singer spent thousands of dollars on ethical clothing by designer Antonio Berardi, who has previously dressed Kylie Minogue and Madonna, reported Sun online.

All of the items she will wear throughout the 16-date tour will meet specific animal welfare standards.
"Leona has been very forceful with Antonio. She has insisted the outfits are as ethically sound as they can possibly be. She's paid for all the clothes out of her own pocket, so she has been quite hands-on in terms of design," said a source close to the singer.

The 25-year-old who shot to fame from poverty after winning the talent hunt 'X Factor' in 2008, will begin her international tour from Sheffield, England on Friday, May 28.

"I'm going to give everything every night. I have put so much love and care into making this over the last six months. I'm going to put on an incredible show,"
Leona Lewis said.
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