Took a drive out to Sun City this weekend to go and see the Black Eyed Peas. And.... they were fantastic. The Superbowl is still, in my opinion, the best concert venue in South Africa. I opted for a seat as opposed to a standing ticket and I'm very glad I did. It was a long show, they blitzed us with their awesome energy for well over two hours.

I like this "band". I like their engergy, I like what they stand for, I like what they do. During their first tour here, they promised they would come back and they promised they would play for the poor people in the gettos. When Will i am, said that, I silently thought that I would believe that when I see it. Well, they stuck to their word and they came back and they played a free concert yesterday in Johannesburg stadium. I couldn't go, and I wonder how it went down? If the Sun City show was anything to go by, I'm sure it was amazing. I believe out of the 40 000 possible free tickets only 25 000 showed - still hats off to them - at least they kept their word.

They opened the Sun City show with Hey Mama, one of my best BEP songs and pretty much just razzled us from there. Shut Up was a highlight (it's a song about relationships) and at the end of the song Fergie stood alone on stage and "merged" Shut up into Sweet Child of Mine (Guns and Roses). It was a spine chilling moment. That woman has a set of pipes on her and can she move. You try and sing, and do one armed flick flacks across the stage at the same time, especially when you are no longer a teenager!! At the end of Don't Lie, Will i am pulled up a guitar and "merged" the song into No Woman No Cry (Bob Marley) - awesome, awesome, awesome. They can play musical instruments - which, in my eyes, makes them even more credible as artists. Clearly they compose and write their own stuff.

Where is the Love. Well..... well...... emotional stuff. They dedicated it to the Indonesian Earth Quake victims and to all poor and struggling people in the world. All the lights including the stage lights were switched off and out came the cell phones. Okay as I write this I realise how corny this sounds, but believe me it was great.

The BEP's have this astonishing cross over appeal. I saw old, youth and very young at this show. Sitting next to me, was a man well into his late fifties with his wife. I thought perhaps he had brought his kids to the show. No way man - he booked the minute he heard they were coming and he was breaking it down. Such fun!

Finally, their style and dress and branding is so interesting. Fergie opened the show in an orange glitter tracksuit. Her name embroidered on the right leg and on each butt cheek she had BEP embroidered. I love it - clever and cheeky(Get it?). Will i am had the most awesome Addidas tracksuit. White with black stripes, and, on the front right hand pocket positon the number 9. On the back in black the bust of Beethoven and in red printed over it, "lovely Ludwig". (Get it? Think about it.) I think it awesome and I soooo want a tracksuit like that. Taboo started with the red workman gear and a smallish Mexican flag sticking out of his back pocket like a cleaning rag. Later he changed into a green, red and white tracksuit with Mexico printed on the shirt. Guess where he comes from? They were a visual feast, great eye candy.
Ahhhhh I had a ball, great show and would love to see them again. Still bouncing from their incredible energy, what a way to spend the weekend!