LeAnn Rimes Comes To N.C.

LeAnn Rimes performing "Blue" at Meymandi Concert Hall Thursday | Photo: Chris White

After having some bad experiences with personnel at the DPAC - in fact I may never go back to a show there but that's a story for another day - it's nice to go to Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh to see a superstar perform. Better yet? How about with the amazing N.C. Symphony?!?

This was the same setup as the Boyz II Men concert I went to a couple months ago and it was just as awesome.

LeAnn has now been in the music industry for 20 years and is releasing a new album this Tuesday entitled Spitfire. An album in which she wrote the majority of its tracks.

She performed new songs off the forthcoming album but also some of those classics that got her to where she's at today.

Songs like "How Do I Live," "Can't Fight The Moonlight," "Nothin' Better to Do" and - of course - "Blue." She also did covers of Sir Elton John's hit "Rocket Man," the Leonard Cohen classic "Hallelujah" and finished off with an acapella version of "Amazing Grace."

She talked a lot about her new album - which sounded like it'll be incredible - as most if not all the songs are extremely deep and heartfelt, tapping into events that happened in her own life.

Two Grammys, multiple accolades and acting credits to her name. She's definitely a star and I was so glad to see her live. If you've never seen her live, find a way to! You won't regret it!

P.S. It was nice to take my grandma along with me. For one, she's always loved LeAnn Rimes and remembers when she first started out in the industry. Plus, it was her husband - my grandpa's - birthday. He would've been 90 years old. It was good for her to go so she could get out of the house and her mind off that. I know my grandpa would loved to have gone as well.