Wow.
That’s pretty much all I can say. Today, I just got back from my first trip to Boston. It was cold and rainy for the most part but a very interesting city.
I was in the walking city because Inflowential, an artist I manage, won first place in an mtvU competition to open up for Wyclef Jean at UMASS. It was my first time seeing Wyclef perform and it was definitely the most exciting concert I’ve ever been to.
He is the most passionate performer I’ve seen live and everything he did was with such amazing ease.
He kept us on our toes for the entire performance with the surprises of:
- Playing the guitar behind his head
- Bringing his wife on stage — a beautiful lady who I had never seen before and who he admitted didn’t come to a lot of his shows
- Inviting 50 audience-member “Shakira’s” on stage to perform “Hips Don’t Lie” with him. (I had to be one..)
- Undressing down to his T-shirt in what felt to me like 40 degree weather and convincing the audience to do the same. (I did as well)
- Climbing the scaffolding
- Mixing his own vocals from the DJ booth
The picture above that I took from backstage shows right where he got everyone to take off their coats as well and wave them above their heads as we chanted “O-O-O-O-O” to a particular tune in support for Barack Obama.
The video below is very simple but touches my heart. I put together a quick video of two of my favorite clips of the concert, one from the beginning and one towards the end where his head was steaming in the chilly weather.
I had never seen something like this before.
I really hope you get to check out his live performance one day, it’ll be well worth it.