Madison Beer’s ‘Spinnin’ ’ tour stop at House of Blues endearing to fans
Two days before singer-songwriter Madison Beer took the stage for a concert at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, promoters announced the change from Brooklyn Bowl to the venue inside Mandalay Bay because of “production limitation issues.”
Three songs into her “Spinnin’ ” tour stop, Beer offered a little more robust explanation.
“I wanted to give you guys confetti,” the 25-year-old said Wednesday. “Now we have confetti.”
True to her word, about 90 minutes later, confetti cannons fired during her final song of the evening, and the crowd — already worked up by a night of cuts from her two studio albums, 2021’s “Life Support” and 2023’s “Silence Between Songs” — went wild.
From the start, the show was a love affair between the audience and Beer, who has gained notoriety not only as an artist but as a fashion influencer and social media giant (with 39 million followers on Instagram). Fans crammed the House of Blues floor and lined the upper-level balcony, singing and dancing along with Beer throughout the show.
The stage was relatively stark: A set of white, lighted steps at center stage was the focal point for the singer. Behind the top of the steps, special-effect graphics and videos were displayed on a semicircular screen.
Beer, though, was the main attraction. Wearing a light blue, sleeveless dress with a ruffled skirt, matching leggings and black shoes, Beer primped, pouted and posed while strutting and dancing her way through a set of more than 20 songs. At times she would sit on the steps and sing. Or lay down on the steps and sing. Or kneel on the steps and sing.
The songs — from “Showed Me (How I Fell In Love With You),” her version of the Turtles’ 1969 chart-buster, to “Dear Society,” a fast-paced piece that offers her take on the addictive and sometimes-toxic nature of social media, to the haunting and electric “Make You Mine” — displayed Beer’s musical range and depth.
One of the most touching portions of the show was when she sang “Ryder,” a song about growing up with her younger brother, who was rumored to be in the crowd. She sang sitting down, flanked by two guitarists, while pictures and videos of the siblings were projected on the screen behind them.
Another highlight was the touching ballad “At Your Worst,” perhaps the best showing of Beer’s vocals on the night.
Throughout the concert, the singer interacted with her appreciative audience. She offered birthday wishes to several fans; tossed flowers to others; donned a rabbit-eared hat from one while performing “Follow the White Rabbit” and accepted a tiara from another fan during her confetti-flying finale, “King of Everything.”
Beer, whose “Silence Between Songs” earned a Grammy nomination as “Best Immersive Audio Album” earlier this year, hasn’t received the commercial radio play of other young contemporaries, such as Sabrina Carpenter or Olivia Rodrigo, but her performance Wednesday showed she has talent on par with them.