day 303

miley in wonderworld

miley cyrus kicked off her "wonderworld" concert tour, featuring her brother's band metro station, last night in portland and she definitely brought it. stepping out of the disney bubble-gum pop concerts of her past, miley is really taking being a performer seriously, which is nice to see. people pay a lot of money to see these shows and if all you do is some pre-packaged choreography and stand at a mic stand, they're going to be disappointed. the video above is miley's performance of "fly on the wall," which comes somewhere in the middle of her set. the performance is really well choreographed - there doesn't appear to be any hesitation or confusion on stage (though i can't say the costumes are all that great - they look like they may have come from cyrus's walmart line). the only thing that annoyed me was miley constantly doing the "kristen stewart," pushing her hair back compulsively. if it's such a problem, tie is back or cut it off. half of it isn't even growing out of your head anyway. other than that, miley's performance is superstar worthy and reinforces why she was selected as one of vh1's divas (which airs tomorrow night). halfway through the "fly on the wall," miley magically flies into the air. to the concert-goer, it probably wasn't all that obvious that some of her dancers/stage-crew were attaching her to a harness so it's quite the concert trick. if this is what miley does during all of her performances, which i haven't watched but are viewable here, then the wonderworld tour is a definite must see. at the end of "fly on the wall," miley and her team pay tribute to michael jackson in a small section of the "thriller" choreography. check the tribute out around the 4:00 minute mark.