her, hard htting, energetic, loud and fun set opening for Katy Perry at MSG on Wednesday belied our bad press. Singing in frot of a drummer a synth player and a keyboard ist while banging a drum mid stage, Ellie was a little ball of dynamite
It wasn’t particularly good music, but it was particularly good entertainment. Much better than Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” tour and the little girls squealed but in some ways more maturely then they did during her dreadful set at Jingle Ball last year
A good set by two of the biggest stars in the universe and I don’t think anybody went home complaining. Me? I’d have preferred to have seen a solo West but, certainly, Jay-Z hasn’t sounded so fresh since 2004.
Both rooms are closed for the summer
At three and a half hours, it wasn’t long enough
The Strokes won’t give you their phone number
