I had not seen Aaron Carter since 2001 when I was in first
grade. When I found out that he was coming back to Birmingham for the first
time in over 10 years, I found myself a little too excited. I think I can
attribute to most of my excitement to this show being in a smaller venue. The
first time I saw him was in an amphitheatre. This time it was in a bar. The
girl to guy ratio was expected, but if my memory holds correct, there was just
as much noise in the bar as there was in the amphitheatre. The crowd appeared
to contain the age group of girls (and a few guys) that never had the
opportunity to see Aaron when they were younger, so they decided to express
their nostalgia by attending this show. The first musician to perform was
Aaron’s manager, Brandon. I instantly liked him because the first song he did
was a cover of Use Somebody by Kings Of Leon. That got a great crowd response.
He started to play one of his new songs called Rebel Kids but before he did he
asked us if we wanted to hear the song in tune or out of tune and said that he
asked because he was making a joke out of his technical difficulty. Someone
yelled autotune and responded with “No, I definitely don’t use autotune.” He
had a perfectly fine voice without it. After him was Alexis Babini from New
York, also recently signed to Aaron’s new company. He covered 22 by Taylor
Swift. He told us how on this tour he visited children’s hospitals and played
songs for the kids. He then covered Let It Be by The Beatles and half of the
crowd freaked out, including me. Then he did a mash up of a song from the 80s,
90s, and 2000s that consisted of Like A Virgin by Madonna, Jumper by Third Eye
Blind, and Teenage Dream by Katy Perry. I always enjoy a set of good cover
songs. I also enjoyed his stage set up. It was Alexis with his guitar and his
“drummer” who sat on a box drum with a tambourine under his foot and a set of
shakers beside him. The simplicity was stunning. But by the time they were
done, the Aaron Carter fan girls were getting restless. His DJ came out for
sound check and played songs over the speaker and the crowd went insane. Aaron
ran out on stage and started the show with the song Another Earthquake. Fog
machines went off and the back up dancers were killer. The dancers in
themselves were something to see. They were always in sync and they mimicked
Aaron very well. The coolest thing I saw them do was a series of backflips and
followed them with flipping Aaron over. I was excited to see some tumbling.
Afterwards he played
America A O
When it Comes to You
Bounce (yes!) / I Would / Iko Iko / To All The Girls (my
jam)
I'm Looking for a Girlfriend (pulled up 5 girls on stage and
sang to them. just about all of them cried)
My First Ride
Everything You Want (Vertical Horizon cover. Favorite song
from the 90s)
That's How I Beat Shaq (can we say nostalgia? He changed
into an old school Shaq jersey when he played for the Lakers)
I Want Candy
Aaron's Party (Come Get It) (Best crowd response of the
night by far and I would not say I got emotional but like I said earlier, I was
a little bit more excited than I should have been.)
At some point during the show, Aaron went to three parts of
the crowd and took pictures with us for Instagram. As of right now mine is the
only one that got posted. Yay! I would totally go see Aaron again because it
was a fun, nostalgic show and I know I will remember it longer than the first
time I saw him.
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