CONCERT REVIEW: Ashlee Simpson....

[KiwiCoromandel]

Luckily for Ashlee Simpson, her fans don't care about things such as nose jobs and tabloid gossip and, you know, talent.

To the delight of about 4,000 mostly pre-pubescent girls who triggered their own ear bleeding with their incessant shrieks, the newly blonde pop starlet made her first Richmond appearance last night.

Let's graciously call it a just-push-play show. No, not in that way. She did sing. Or something like it, anyway. But what Simpson presented for about 80-minutes was nothing more than an extremely well-orchestrated illusion.

Opening with the rock-leaning "I Am Me," the title track of her current album, Simpson screeched the "I won't change for anyone" chorus while bouncing on scary-skinny legs and flailing her arms like a very motivated P.E. instructor.

It's ironic that so many of her songs speak to her young demographic with bravely honest and heartfelt lyrics about finding your own identity ("Shadow") and accepting imperfections ("Autobiography"). What do we call that again? Ah, right. Hypocrisy.

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[moodyblue]

She was at the Woodlands Pavilion not too long ago, didn't work the show myself. A friend who did, said that there was only about 1200 to 1500 tickets out for that show. In a place that holds up to 17,000!!