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JT and Hubby  getting ready for concert

I’m wearing my suit jacket, suit jacket, let me show you a good thang. Word wrapping in my Suit and Tie remix.

My hubby and I just came back from a whirl-wind trip to Memphis, Tennessee and we enjoyed every minute of it. I recently won a trip to the land of the delta blues to see Justin Timberlake perform in his home town. I entered my article, Take Back The Night With JT In Memphis! in an Alive Magazine/Memphis Convention and Visitor’s Bureau (I Love Memphis) contest back in October and I won. This is so exciting for me because I have never won anything like this before. Alive Magazine created the image below for Bubbling with Elegance and Grace for winning the contest.

BubblingwithEleganceandGrace.com wins Memphis trip!

http://BubblingwithEleganceandGrace.com wins Memphis trip!

The concert was Monday, November 18 at the FedEx Forum, in the heart of historic downtown Memphis, on Beale Street.

FedEX Forum

FedEX Forum

The tickets were held for us at the box office. My hubby and I picked up the tickets early so we would not have to wait in line later when we arrived to the concert. The FedEx Forum was conveniently located only two blocks from the Peabody Hotel, where we stayed for two nights. The hotel stay was also a part of the contest package.

JT at Concert

I am a Missourian; but on this night I felt like a Memphian because I was in JT’s hometown. Actually, I found out that he grew up in Shelby Forest, just outside of Memphis.
Anyway feast your eyes on the tickets.

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Monday, November 18, 2013 Justin Timberlake concert tickets

Our seats were in one of the box suites, more than enough room to dance the night away. We even got to meet the contest winner who won from the drawing. She had her husband with her and they were very nice.

Box suite

I had not been to an N’SYNC concert or a JT concert; so I was very curious about how this night was going to be.

The pre-show included a DJ mixing tunes and using some #$@&%*! words a couple of times until JT kicked off the show at 9p.m.

When Justin sung Summer Love he said, “Why are y’all sitting down, don’t let me call you out.” Too funny!

JT used some #$@&%*! words here and there throughout the show also.

JT opened the show with a white Tom Ford Tuxedo suit.

His hair is straight and not curly, just like on the cover of the CD. The hairstyle gives JT  a mature look and a change. I have seen some who have had curly hair and started wearing their hair straight: Mariah Cary, Taylor Swift to name  a couple.

I wonder does he have it flat ironed before the show or has he had his hair chemically straightened? I think about these things because I am curly girl myself.

photo from:  fashionably-early.com

JT with curly hair photo                                             from:fashionably-early.com

The JT set list below included total songs, partial songs and song covers. Some of the my favorite tunes that were featured at the concert that I workout too are Future Sex/ Love Sounds,  Rock Your Body, My Love, TKO, Cry Me A River, Tunnel Vision, Let The Groove In,  Cabaret, Take Back The Night which is so Michael Jacksonesque, Suit and Tie and Sexyback.  All these songs will make you sweat.

Strawberry Bubblegum is a cool jam and Mirrors was one of those songs you could hold a candle to.

When the crowd heard JT and a couple of his back up singers sing Bell Biv Devoe’s cut Poison, they jumped up high. I could tell this crowd was over 30.

The Memphis Justin Timberlake Set list

Pusher Love Girl /Rock Your Body
Don’t Hold The Wall
Future Sex/ LoveSounds
Like I Love You
My Love
TKO
Strawberry Bubblegum
Summer Love
Lovestoned
Until The End of Time
Cry Me A River
10 Minute Intermission
Only When I Walk Away
True Blood
Drink You Away
Tunnel Vision
Senorita
Let The Groove Get In
That Girl
Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis cover)
Not A Bad Thing
Human Nature (Michael Jackson cover)
What Goes Around…
Cabaret
Take Back The Night
Murder
Poison (Bell Biv Devoe cover)
Suit and Tie
Sexy Back
Mirrors

There was no N’SYNC songs at this show. JT had more than enough music for the night.

My favorite part of the night was when JT sang Let The Groove Get In. During the song a portion of the middle of the stage elevated up and started moved forward to the other side.
JT and the back up singers moved over to the other side of the concert hall to be more up close with the crowd. In Let The Groove Get In, I heard a short cover of some Gloria Estefan and the Sound Machine.

Oh ay Oh ah! Oh ay Oh ah!

JT and the back up singers were moving on that contraption and I didn’t see any safety nets. Yeah baby, having fun now! I noticed that he changed  to a black suit  and  converse like chuckies because he would of been sliding with the dress shoes he had on earlier.

JT and backup singers on moving stage.

JT and backup singers on moving stage.

This was a cool night my hubby and I enjoyed the JT concert from our box suite. Oh yes we did.
I would like to thank JT, the band’s music director, the 11 or more piece band, 4 back up singers, 6 dancers, audio, sound, roadies, the concert bus driver, everyone because they all were working it hard.
I have to mention everyone.
The concert was 2 hours and 40 minutes with a ten minute intercession.

Styling JT T

I would like to thank Alive Magazine and the Memphis Convention and Visitor’s Bureau for the tickets to a show that otherwise my hubby and I would not have been able to attend.
I am humbled and grateful to have this special opportunity.

Justin Timberlake concert

Let The Groove Get In To YOU!

After the JT concert my hubby and I enjoyed the sights and sounds of Beale Street.

JT in Memphis Beale Street

JT Day in Memphis
Beale Street

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