CONCERT: 'Idols' appearance at Arena a wild success Not a seat was left at the Arena at Gwinnett Center for the Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken show Wednesday night. "The show was sold out, totally," said Arena booking manager Jerry Goldman. The crowd? More diverse than expected. A mix of children, teens and adults came to see the former "American Idol" contestants perform. ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
First of all, the weather in Atlanta was the pits - freezing and raining. It took us nearly 2 hours to get from one side of the city to the other. Anyway - it was a full house tonight folks! 14,000 people and it was 90% Clay fans from what I saw. We had FANTASTIC seats. Third row - the stage was so close to the first row of seats - it was incredible. I could the pupils of his eyes!!! I could see his freaking shoe laces!!!!!! I think the majority of the folks sitting in the first few rows got in on the RCA presale - and they were all Clay fans up there. Simon charge was in the first row, Pipe Dreams, Invisible926 and love you clay were sitting right behind me. We had such a good time! He sang the same songs as last night - starting with Kyrie Elesion. I'm not sure where the heck he came out from because everyone was expecting him to come out from the side of the arena like he did last night, so everyone down front was standing on their dang chairs. And then we saw the spot light near the very back of the arena. He walked all the way down the aisle to the stage. I couldn't see him, but the electricity in that place was just overwhelming. He did add the full version of I Survived You tonight (thank you, Clay) and When the Doves Cry gave me heart palpitations. I don't know if it was just me who noticed, but he must have had something spicy for dinner cuz he kept burping!! Only I would notice something like that. One of the girls in the second row brought this big stuffed monkey. Clay saw her and motioned for her to throw it up on the stage. She did and he was making these faces like "hurry up and take a picture of me with your monkey" (he was in the middle of singing a song). It seemed like it took her forever! Then he threw it back to her. I thought she was gonna explode she was so excited.
Why did he not sing This is the Night and Touch??? Why? These are two of my favorite songs especially Touch.