Disney star Selena Gomez may be cute as a button and boast a sweet personality, but that doesn't make her ready for her own headlining gig.
That seemed clear Monday night when Selena Gomez & the Scene brought its "We Own the Night" tour to a sold-out Fox Theatre full of tween girls.
Gomez, fresh from an appearance at the VMAs Monday night with her main squeeze Justin Bieber, rose up onto the Fox stage wearing a sequined dress that looked like it was inspired by classic Ann-Margret. Surrounded by three video screens of various shapes and sizes that hovered above, the star of the Emmy-winning "Wizards of Waverly Place" delivered 100 minutes of innocuous and unmemorable pop dance tunes.
Not that anyone over the age of 13 expected anything more.
Gomez, who only has a slight presence and voice to match, pointed out she was performing "with" her fans as opposed to "for" them. That distinction wasn't entirely clear as she made her way through frothy ditties such as "Hit the Lights," "A Year Without Rain," "Summer's Not Hot," "Round and Round," "My Dilemma" and "I Love You Like a Love Song."
The reggae-tinged "Spotlight," performed largely in the dark, came with a rap interlude from Gomez, who was surrounded by dancers shining handheld spotlights on her. It wasn't the only hip hop-inspired bit of the night. Her dancers were introduced to the tune of Lil Wayne's "6 Foot 7 Foot."
A burst of confetti, greeted by cheers, accompanied "Bang Bang Bang."
Much of the performance felt like a low-key version of Britney Spears, which was appropriate. During a taped segment, Gomez said her first concert was a Spears show and she was the little girl in the back.
With that, she honored Spears with a medley of hits including "Toxic," "I'm a Slave 4 U," "(You Drive Me) Crazy" and "Oops!...I Did It Again."
The Spears tribute was followed with "Whiplash," a song that sounded as if it was ripped directly from Spears' catalog.
Fellow Disney act Allstar Weekend fared better in its opening set. The catchy boy band, releasing its "All the Way" album this fall, performed songs such as "Blame It On September," "Do It to Me," and "A Different Side of Me," on which the band dreams of being famous.
Mixing it up, the band also threw in a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark," which may have appealed more to the parents in the house than the fans, who instead were all over Allstar Weekend's take on Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"
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