Lifetime dream was to see Mary J in person and finally got the oppurtunity to in
Thackerville, OK drove all the way from DallasTX to see her. Have heard numerous great things about Mary and how she put on a great show--people described her show in Vegas as AWESOME. Mary gave us a hour and fifteen minute show and the only reason why it was the fifteen minutes over an hour was because she did a wadrobe change.
I have read some reviews that say it was the venue and that is untrue, I spoke with a security guard at the venue and he stated in his 3 yrs working for Winstar that is the shortest performance by an artist he has witnessed. He stated that Enrique Iglesias did an almost four hour show the week prior and a comedian the night before extended his set when the venue called time and spoke with management at the casino and they stated the time is totally up to the artist and what they would like to do--so Mary gave a short performance because SHE WANTED TO.
Then on top of the short performance, half the time the audience did the singing; I paid to see Mary sing! and of course many of her hits we did not get to hear. As huge fans of MJB, we paid for shirts, thats not including the cost of gas, a room and food for the night. We were really expecting something big and to be blown away.
You could tell that she was going through something though, from her look on stage to her being very winded and drinking a lot of water while on stage you could tell it wasnt Mary J at her best.
very upset and Mary has lost a longtime fan. Heard she killed it the night before in Houston and from the reviews she did her best in Mississippi.