Cher Concert in D.C.

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Cher is such an icon, so as soon as I heard she was going to be performing at Capital One Arena, I bought a ticket. I wasn't sure if anyone would want to go with me, so I just bought a ticket for myself. I wasn't going to miss the chance to see her live!

I met up with some friends for dinner at Bar Deco before the show (Taco Tuesday!), so we missed most of the opener. I hadn't heard of Nile Rodgers or Chic by name, but I definitely recognized their music! They sing songs like I'm Coming Out and We Are Family.

Here are some of the songs I heard them perform:

Le Freak

Good Times

Then there was a LONG break in between the opener and Cher. I mean, we sat around for over half an hour! Cher is 73 years old; why would she want to start the show late? Perhaps because she already knew (while I didn't) that she wouldn't even be performing for 90 minutes. The woman has been in this business for DECADES with SO many hit songs, and she can't even put on a two-hour show? On top of that, she spent a good 20 minutes telling a funny story about her 40th birthday (so...something that happened more than thirty years ago); I liked the story, but again, I would have rather heard it during an interview on The Ellen Show rather than on stage at a concert.

But not everything was a disappointment. As far as her famous costumes and wigs were concerned, they were on point. She looked AMAZING. I'm half her age (not even), and I don't look like that! She rocked so many different looks:

The blue hair was insane. But check out the rest of the outfit! Image found here.

Um, what?! How is she over 70 years old?! She wore a similar look back in 1992! (see below) Image found here.

Not that different even after 20+ years! Image found here.

I want this head piece! Image found here.

She wore this number for Welcome to Burlesque. Image found here.

She sang some of her biggest hits:

A Woman's World (although she wasn't actually viewable on stage for much of this one)

I Got You Babe (She sang the duet along with a video of Sonny Bono.)

If I Could Turn Back Time (definitely my favorite of the night!)

Strong Enough

Bang Bang

After All

All or Nothing

Believe (The dancers were great!)

I will admit that I didn't realize this tour was in association with her ABBA album. I love ABBA's music (I saw a concert all about them earlier this year), but I didn't pay to see Cher sing someone else's songs. She not only sang covers of Waterloo, S.O.S., and Fernando, but she also sang Marc Cohn's Walking in Memphis, Michael Bolton's I Found Someone, and Betty Everett's The Shoop Shoop Song. She has so many of her own hits; that's what I wanted to hear! Here are some of the songs she should have sang:

We All Sleep Alone

Half Breed (although I understand that she may not want to perform such a political song)

Song for the Lonely

Heart of Stone

I still had a fun time, but the concert wasn't exactly what I had envisioned. I'm seeing Celine Dion at the same venue in March. Hopefully she won't sing too many cover songs!

Missed the show? You can watch the entire concert on YouTube.