Post by Chilehead on Jan 27, 2008 21:11:52 GMT -5
Michael Jackson isn't the only one singing 'Dirty Diana.'
The folks of the beautiful island of Jamaica are singing the same tune about Diana Ross, who showed locals what she really thought of them – during her main attraction headlining gig of the "2008 Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival."
And in true-to-life form, the Caribbean natives showed her what they thought of her too.
Throngs of audience members, estimated at 40,000, heckled and booed the Motown diva throughout her hour-long set last night at the Acquaduct Rose Hall in Montego Bay.
What was the beef?
Well, "to honor Miss Ross' wishes," unscrupulous concert promoters shut off gargantuan-sized television monitors, which broadcast every other concert performance throughout the three-day event -- believed to be the largest staging of the festival.
No one could've imagined the brevity of what the "wish" would entail, when they first heard the announcement there would be no videotaping Ross' set. Folks located in the nether regions of the venue (which is the size of soccer/football field) couldn't see any of the aging diva's set from their vantage point.
For decades, the Grammy Award-less chanteuse has been known to put on one-hell-of-a show replete with ostentatious costume changes and a litany of music that was once considered the soundtrack of America.
Too bad most couldn't hear the mucho-maned singer bellowing out old Supremes hits.
Check out the rest of the story here. Her kids were there too. www.blackvoices.com/blogs/2008/01/27/diana-ross-jamaica-funk/
The folks of the beautiful island of Jamaica are singing the same tune about Diana Ross, who showed locals what she really thought of them – during her main attraction headlining gig of the "2008 Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival."
And in true-to-life form, the Caribbean natives showed her what they thought of her too.
Throngs of audience members, estimated at 40,000, heckled and booed the Motown diva throughout her hour-long set last night at the Acquaduct Rose Hall in Montego Bay.
What was the beef?
Well, "to honor Miss Ross' wishes," unscrupulous concert promoters shut off gargantuan-sized television monitors, which broadcast every other concert performance throughout the three-day event -- believed to be the largest staging of the festival.
No one could've imagined the brevity of what the "wish" would entail, when they first heard the announcement there would be no videotaping Ross' set. Folks located in the nether regions of the venue (which is the size of soccer/football field) couldn't see any of the aging diva's set from their vantage point.
For decades, the Grammy Award-less chanteuse has been known to put on one-hell-of-a show replete with ostentatious costume changes and a litany of music that was once considered the soundtrack of America.
Too bad most couldn't hear the mucho-maned singer bellowing out old Supremes hits.
Check out the rest of the story here. Her kids were there too. www.blackvoices.com/blogs/2008/01/27/diana-ross-jamaica-funk/