My First Muse Concert

Project365 Frame 077 Mar 18, 2013 1000 hrs

Last night,March 17th, I saw one of the most amazing shows that I've ever been. I saw Muse in concert at Mandalay Bay Events Center with my friend and his family. My friend, a big fan of the band has been suggesting to go with him. I was hesitant before because its basically a rock band and I'm not into much of rock music, pop-rock music is much better for me. Anyway, he introduced me to the music of Muse and I began to like it. He gave me all the music files and I've been playing their music on my iPod. When the news came that the band is on US tour for their new album and that one of their stops is Las Vegas, my friend immediately bought our tickets by the time it went on sale. This was last year and the perks of getting the tickets early is that we got one of the best seats in the house in terms of our ticket price. Anyway, we went to the concert venue and even bought some souvenir t-shirts. The show was awesome. I enjoyed their music more that it was live as compared to just listening to their recordings. You can feel the energy. The staging of their show was superb making use of lights, videos and some pyrotechniques but they did not over do these effects so as not to overshadow their actual performance. Overall I was so impressed and would definitely watch them again the next time around.

Zarkana by Cirque du Soleil

I have watched the newest Cirque du Soleil production in Las Vegas the other night. The tickets was given to me as a birthday gift from my best friend. The show was staged at Aria Resort replacing the Viva Elvis show also by the same production. To tell you the truth, I didn't get the plot or storyline of the whole show but I found it awesome, from the acts, music, lights and staging. The show followed the traditional circus format led by the Ringmaster named Zar. They showed various death defying and dangerous acrobatics as if coming from a magical world. The musical accompaniment as well as the singers were superb in providing the magical feel of the show while performing live as what you expect in a Cirque production. The Cirque clowns were also there always starting and ending the show. The staging was also excellent, from the serpent scene to the giant spider webs and other magical scenes in between. Their stage designers have done an incredible job with the video backdrop that blended well to the whole scene. Some other Cirque du Soleil shows that I have seen were too overwhelming for me because there were so much going on inside the theater, not only on the stage area but all over within the theater. This time around, all the action were performed within the compunds of the stage.

Zarkana was a good show worth watching and I would highly recommend this to my friends. The pictures were taken from their gift shop adjacent to the theater and featuring the Zarkana fashion worn by the circus characters.