2012-11-13 Cape Town, South Africa

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Cape Town (2012-11-13).jpg Date: November 13, 2012
Event: South Africa Mini Tour (Trespassing Promo)
Type: Concert
Televised: No
Venue: Grand Arena, GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World
City: Cape Town
Province: Western Cape
Country: South Africa

Highlights

This is the first of Adam's two South African mini-tour concerts. The gig features a heavily reworked set complete with new songs, new costumes, dancers and props (including a straitjacket)!

  • The new/reworked songs:
    • With "Cuckoo" now performed early on the set, it no longer contains the band introduction but is performed in full.
    • "Pop That Lock" is no longer performed as a mashup.
    • The first live version of "Underneath" is sung with great emotional intensity.
    • The bridge of "Broken English" is once again performed with the "siren wailing" like the Napa concert 10 days earlier.
    • "Outlaws of Love" is performed in a reggae style, and as part of a medley with "Is this Love".
    • David Bowie's "Fame", which Adam once performed every night for the Idols tour makes a reappearance, serving as a nice treat for early and new fans.
    • "Strut", which was last performed publicly in Canada in 2011 (though has been performed privately later) also makes a reappearance.
    • A cover of Lenny Kravitz's "Are You Gonna Go My Way" is performed for the first time.
  • The dancers:
    • The gig marks the return of Terrance Spencer who danced for Adam during GNT.
    • The new addition to the team is Johnny Rice.
    • Both have a long history of friendship with Adam, and performed with him on "Kiss and Tell" at Club 740 years ago (November 21, 2008).
  • The costumes:
    • For the first part of the set, a blue suit with lightning bolt emblazoned on the back of the jacket. The background singers (Reyna and Traci) wear blue wigs of the same colour.
    • Straitjacket over the blue outfit for "Cuckoo".
    • Jeans, black tank top and vest for the middle, slower section.
    • Fringed arm sleeves with a black tank top, vest and lace-up crotch leather pants; the background singers sport black Afro wigs.
    • A black and yellow striped leather jacket custom-designed by The Blonds, with yellow pants spray-painted with black stripes for "Trespassing". The dancers sport yellow Afro wigs.

Setlist

  1. If I Had You
  2. Naked Love
  3. Cuckoo
  4. Never Close Our Eyes
  5. Pop That Lock
  6. Whataya Want from Me
  7. Chokehold
  8. Underneath
  9. Broken English
  10. Outlaws of Love / Is This Love Medley
  11. Kickin' In
  12. Fame
  13. Strut
  14. Fever
  15. Are You Gonna Go My Way
  16. Shady
  17. Encore: Trespassing

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