I Just Read About That…

[ATTENDED: October 8, 2017] Noah Cyrus

When I looked up to see if Katy Perry would have an opening act, I was mildly disappointed to see that Noah Cyrus wa opening.  I had never head of him, but I assumed he was part of the Cyrus clan. Well, I was right and wrong.

Noah Cyrus is part of the Cyrus clan, but Noah Cyrus is a girl–younger sister of Miley.

When I looked her up to see if I might know her songs, I learned a far more interesting fact: she was the voice of our beloved Ponyo in the English language version of the movie!

We were told she would go on at 8:00 but by 8:10 there was still no sign of the opening act–and the ladies behind us were so drunk and so obnoxious–that we decided to go buy some merch. As we came back from that insanity, Noah was just going on stage.

She sang six or seven songs to a largely empty front of the stage.  She had a lot of energy and her first song was pretty catchy.

Noah is 17, and while the NC-17 isn’t exactly a rating, it is an amusing abbreviation for Noah Cyrus 17.

And yet it was weird hearing talk about how much “relationships suck” and how the new song was about a relationship she just ended.   Crazy.

During her set she did two covers, one from Lady Gaga and one from Selena Gomez (if the drunk ladies were right).  She did not sing anything from Ponyo.

She seemed to enjoy herself and did get he crowd going a bit.  Although it’s hard to ply to a huge arena when you don’t have a big stage show (or use of any of the projectors).  The biggest cheers she got were when she mentioned Katy Perry.

I imagine in a smaller venue she might have had a better reception.  Her original songs seemed to rely on some big bombastic drums and chords (her band was quite good).  But somehow they just kind of felt a little hollow in this cavernous place.

Amazingly, someone has posted her set list online.  There’s no mention of Selena Gomez, but Noah did say that fifth or sixth song was a cover, so…

1. Stay Together
2. I’m Stuck
3. Million Reasons (Lady Gaga cover)
4. Almost Famous
5. It Ain’t Me
6. Again
7. Make Me (Cry)