heh, ya the water bottle bit was amusing.

She tried to take a sip of her water through a straw that had punctured, so she started talking bout it. She mentioned someone on staff getting fired because of it, then she tried again and those of us up in the front def. saw the water fly out the hole. She said "there it is! did you guys see it?!" or something like that. "What the hell?" hehe good times! Before she finished talking about it, the staff brought out a whole new bottle+straw and some of the people near me were yelling for her to give them the straw. o.O haha

At another time she talked about her worry over performing in Vegas. One time she said it was because she heard it was the only show that didn't sell out and she was worried she'd only see half the room filled, then she asked the people in the balcony if they were OK and if they (the balcony) were falling down. heh.

Also called Vegas (or the people? i forget) weird. "Not good, not bad, just different."

It was, overall, an amazing performance. The management and security of the venue, however, left much to be desired. There were, I'd say, three or four groups of people who showed up and waited in line for several hours. A few hours from the doors opening, someone from their staff came out and told us to move somewhere else. The people in the back of the line ended up first and those of us waiting for a long time got spread out from front to back of the line. The process of gaining entry was basically them telling us "don't run, ten at a time" then opening up the little barricade. Yeah. Don't run. Right. Ten at a time. Right.

I still had some nice peeps save/share a spot at the front gate, slightly to the right.

EDIT: on the Mike Rizzo topic. He's the opening act and the first (of three) hours belong to him. It's not a "technical difficulty filler" as much as it is "part of the concert". Plain and simple.