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These are just a few tasty news tidbits Beyoncé Knowles, 22, has inspired in the last month. Now, the ubiquitous R&B star is stealing headlines with her Ladies First Tour, a 26-city event that aims to turn the male-dominated R&B industry on its head.
Last night's show at the Target Center was all about the ladies, in the crowd and on the stage where Beyoncé, hip-hop producer-rapper extraordinaire Missy Elliott and neo-soul-classicist Alicia Keys performed.
The Target Center crowd was as diverse as the performers. Young girls in mini-skirts, men in perfectly pressed pinstriped suits, tweens with braces and dudes looking hard-core in their "Original Gangster" shirts threw elbows and waved their hands in the air for the three Grammy-winning performers.
Bob Bateman, 35, of Minneapolis, considers himself a big George Michael fan, but he considered Thursday night's event the perfect melding of musical influences and fans.
"I think it's cool," Bateman said of the all-female lineup. "Everyone who comes here likes different artists, so it kind of brings everyone together."
Prince Jamal Phillips got a belated birthday present last night. The 11-year-old has been waiting since his birthday Feb. 24 to see Beyoncé. "She's cute," he gushed.
Prince's mother, 31-year-old Oloyah Johnson, has albums from all the performers, but her favorite singer is Alicia Keys.
Scott Frampton came to the Target Center to see Keys, too. He brought along 8-year-old daughter Kahtjana.
"Of course getting to see Grammy-winning artists together is a big deal," he said. "Beyoncé, unlike Britney, you know, has talent."
Despite the fun, family-friendly vibe, Missy Elliott's show included a girl dressed in her skivvies doing some acrobatic stripper writhing.
It didn't matter, though, because Elliott's show was a flashy and thrilling street party that included chest-exploding beats and a dozen dancers who split shifts performing in cowboy, cheerleader and skeleton costumes. One even gave props to Rerun of "What's Happening."
Elliott seamlessly segued between hits, creating a remix medley that showcased her supa-dupa fast rhyming skills. During "Work It," Elliott gave a shout out "to the ladies!" and weaved her way through the crowd, bodyguards in tow, of course.
Alicia Keys was an explosive musical powerhouse, even though her lilting piano ballads would suggest otherwise. "Rock Wit You," was a funky affair with tributes to James Brown's "Get on Up" and a little bit of Kool and the Gang's "Jungle Boogie," performed by Key's backing six-piece band.
When she sat down to perform the women-scorned scorcher, "How Come You Don't Call Me," she turned the enormous Target Center into a smoky jazz lounge. Men and women sang along like the choir in the Church of the Broken-hearted.
When Keys asked, "How many real men in the house?" a few admitted it. But when she asked the same thing of the ladies, the Target Center erupted.
Queen Bee Beyoncé was carried out on a silk bed like Cleopatra, tossing flower petals into the crowd.
"Ladies, you can't love a man until you love your self first," Beyoncé said before launching into the female-empowering "Me, Myself, and I."
Not content to play entire songs, Beyoncé preferred to play the best parts of her best songs, including "Independent Women," "Jumpin' Jumpin' " and "Survivor," which she said was a tribute to all the women in the house who have had any dramas or hatas in their lives.