Well it only took a few days but the bad press is spreading, and im sorry, I love Mariah but i cannot cut her slack on this. She has 10+ albums, 17 number ones, and yet she played 11 songs in connecticut, during a 60 minute set that included at least 3-5 costume changes, 3 songs for her back up singer Trey Lorenz and countless old school spins by Dj clueless. Now i saw her at MSG and she put in about 2 hours, it was a good show overall, my main problem was that she has so much work and still there was Sean Paul opening the show. Well now the shit is hitting the "fans" so to speak. Now if Mariah was sick or under the weather, she can be given slack ONLY if she cancels the show and refunds people, but since she played these people got ripped off, and in good faith she should return to the venue and do a free show or refund these people their money, come on MC you got tons of cash, I mean EMI gave 50 million to leave.

Heres some of the Feedback

The people at Mohegan Sun got robbed Friday night.

It wasn't the people at the gaming tables or those in front of the blinking slot machines, but everyone sitting in the arena for Mariah Carey's concert.

Oh, where does one begin? How about she was a half hour late coming to the stage? Or that she did three costume changes in a matter of minutes? Or maybe that her deejay played more songs than she performed.

No, I think you really want to know that many of Ms. Carey's fans shelled out $150, that's ONE HUNDRED FIFTY smackers, for a show that lasted barely an hour. Don't believe it? Here's how it went down:

8:34 p.m., the curtain comes up and the audience is treated to a two-minute video about how Ms. Carey's life is similar to a roller coaster. She performs "It's Like That," "Heartbreaker," and "Dream Lover," the last with a hot Biggie Smalls remix to "Juicy" before she leaves the stage. While she's gone, no music is played and the audience just sits and waits.

Ms. Carey returns wearing the same outfit, but has added a pair of dark shades to the ensemble. What was the point in leaving? One more song, and then she leaves again.

Her deejay plays nine or 10 old school cuts, then she returns and performs two more songs, including a duet with Trey Lorenz.

Then, by this time I could barely contain myself, Ms. Carey had the audacity to leave the stage. Again.

Lorenz takes over and performs three songs. Ms. Carey returns to perform four more songs, then there's another deejay interlude. The Diva reemerges to sing the last verse and chorus of "How I Love You, Baby" along with "Hero" and "We Belong Together." At 9:45 p.m., the chorus of "Butterfly" comes on, Ms. Carey tells the crowd how much she loves us and exits. She should have just rolled her eyes, snapped her fingers and said, "Don't even think about asking me to sing another song!" Then, we really couldn't have been mad at her because she warned us.

But she didn't. Not only did her backup singers and band walk off the stage, but the house lights came on.

No chance for an encore or for the fans to chant or shout her name. All you saw were mouths hanging open and heads shaking in disbelief. A sampling of the exit polls:

"I spent $300," said the couple sitting behind us. "I could have lost that on the table, brother."

"We came for Mary J. Blige. She did two hours and barely left the stage," said another lady.

Ms. Carey, you did a disservice to your fans. The next time you think about coming back to the Constitution State, think about the sour taste you left in our mouths. Everyone in that audience deserves a refund. And you owe Connecticut an apology.
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On a quick about shows and how long you should play, i think a given rule is you have to play 2 hours, especially if you that many albums. One time i saw Bon Jovi at a Benefit show to kick off their Crush tour, they played 3 hours, you couldnt get these guys off the damn stage, and their was only one change, outside of the usual encore which was 45 minutes (longer than Mc's show!)

http://www.prince.org/msg/8/200528

http://www.prince.org/msg/8/200381 (which you easily could've added this entire spiel to as opposed to starting yet another thread)

lastdecember said:

Hello!? To do another line of course.

minneapolisgenius said:

See those org thread links above