Nicole Scherzinger had Carnegie Hall in the palm of his hand.
Dripping in diamonds, the Pussycat Doll turned Broadway phenomenon took center stage on Wednesday, October 8 for her first-ever concert at the prestigious New York venue, where she received seven standing ovations throughout the evening.
Taylor Swift may be the showgirl of the moment, but for an hour and 45 minutes, Scherzinger, 47, was the embodiment of the word as she ran through an 18-song setlist that included dazzling covers of classic tunes from the show’s catchy tunes. Sunset Blvd. soundtrack and, yes, a stunning encore of the pop hits that made her a household name in the mid-2000s. Talk about range.
Scherzinger opened her show – part of a three-night-only series that she began at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Monday, October 6 and concludes at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on October 30 – with Funny girl“Don’t Rain on My Parade” before taking a tearful moment to soak it all in.
“I’ve been lucky enough to have been able to make so many dreams come true over the last few years, but I don’t know if I’ve ever dreamed this big,” she marveled. “Ever since I was little, I’ve said, ‘One day. One day I’m going to perform at Carnegie Hall.'”
Nicole Scherzinger
Rebecca MichelsonScherzinger’s first act focused on jazzy musical numbers like Shirley Bassey“Diamonds are forever” and Follies“Losing My Mind,” while the second took a more personal approach; in addition to relaunching Sunset“With One Look” and “As If We Never Said Goodbye” from “With One Look,” she paid tribute to her late mentor. Prince with “Purple Rain” and debuted an original song about not waiting so patiently for your now fiancé, Thomas Evansto propose, which she hilariously titled “Bulls***”. (Scherzinger later acknowledged it had been “84 years” since she released music, but promised “something” was on the way.)
During the concert, Scherzinger’s sense of humor was as much on display as his powerful voice. At one point, while listing her ancestral roots, the Hawaiian-born singer crudely joked that she “has a little bit of English in me too — and his name is Thom.” Elsewhere, she pulled out her Tony and Olivier Awards seemingly out of nowhere and proudly presented them to the crowd while singing the final note of Cabaret“Maybe this time.”
Sparks flew between Nicole Scherzinger and Thom Evans the moment they first saw each other in late 2019. The couple met on the British set of The X Factor: Celebrity, which the Pussycat Dolls singer judged alongside Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh. The former rugby player took part in the star-studded spin-off of […]
For her final act, Scherzinger ditched the sparkly dresses and jewelry for a see-through bodysuit to run through the Pussycat Dolls’ “Buttons,” “When I Grow Up” and “Don’t Cha,” followed by her 2011 solo banger “Don’t Hold Your Breath.” Carnegie Hall has a strict no-phone policy, but that disappeared as soon as the medley began. Fans of all ages were on their feet, dancing and filming the woman of the hour, who – just like her Sunset the character, Norma Desmond – thrives when the cameras are on her.
With such a wonderfully chaotic setting, you might think at first that this couldn’t be the same room in which Judy Garland organized the biggest evening in show business. And yet it made so much sense.
