Jacob Whitesides at Studio B, Minneapolis (07 Jun 2016)
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Shane Harper: Like I Did
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American singer/songwriter, actor Shane Harper opened up the show with a brief 25-min set, playing some tracks from debut 2012 self-titled album, but also included brand new songs from his new Like I Did EP, including the title track and ‘See You Around’.
Like I Did is out now on Virgin Records.
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Jacob Whitesides
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Jacob Whitesides, smartly dressed, is a teen idol from Knoxville, Tennessee. He’s currently touring in support of his latest single ‘Lovesick’ (Double U Records). After appearing on The X Factor in 2012, he got national attention, and got a record deal with BMG Records to release A Piece of Me. The EP debut on the Billboard 200 chart at #26 (#9 on the Digital Albums chart).
His main market is Radio Disney, which named Whitesides as their ‘Next Big Thing’ artist. Of course, that meant that his audience is mostly teenage girls (and some boys).
As soon as Whitesides took the stage, almost everybody on the dance floor raised their cellphone in the air to record and snap a photo of Whitesides, as he launched into ‘Rumors’.
Whitesides, although young at the age of 18, is a natural performer. He really knew how to respond and handle his loving crowd. He gave them his full attention and awkwardly accepted any gifts his fans gave him.
Whitesides would often joke around, for example, when his band screwed up, Whitesides announced, “If you can barely play my songs, then you can join my band!”
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Setlist
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He mentioned on stage that he wrote ‘Not My Type At All’ after breaking up with his girlfriend (which the audience called out “Bea Miller”), which was at a time in his life when he was on the rebound by chatting up with all these girls… only to realized that it wasn’t him at all.
His hour long set included some new songs on his forthcoming debut album, which he said may land this September. New songs like ‘Focus’ and ‘Open Book’ were about his ever-changing emotional life.
Highlight of his set was a Weeknd cover of ‘I Can’t Feel My Face’, which was song of the summer last year. Everyone in the audience knew it, and they had a great time singing back the catchy lyrics, “I can’t feel my face when I’m with you, but I love it… yeah I love it.”
Instead of exiting the stage for the encore, Whitesides remained on stage after the set finale, ‘Secrets’, to introduce his new song ‘Let’s Be Birds’ as the finale song.
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Jacob Whitesides at Studio B, Minneapolis (07 Jun 2016) |