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Last night was epic as Justin Timberlake OFFICIALLY made his return to the music scene. Of course, priding myself as one of his top fans (hi, since um, 4th grade) I went ahead and forked out $250 for some tickets to his show at the Palladium. And...it was SO worth it.

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Coming from his majorly hyped Grammys Performance, celebrities and die hard fans all joined together inside the Palladium with plenty of drinks in their hands and their dancing shoes ready for JT to take the stage. He opened the show (see setlist below) with his first hit "Like I Love You", and of course, anyone that knows the epic guitar in the beginning of the song knew that JT was about to come out and KILL IT. When he came out...everyone freaked, including me, it was awesome.

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If you remember his last tour-Future Sex Love Sounds @ the Staples Center in 2007, you were definitely suprised by his set up at this particular show. The stage was small, no dancers, no big crazy lights or stage animatronics...just Justin, his band and his perfect smooth and sexy voice. He went classy with the set up, targeting the old school "big band" concert feel.

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His cover of INXS was perfection. He smoothed out the song the way JT does and made the song his own. Also-of course, this is LA after all...it wouldn't be a Justin concert if some big names did not come out. Jay-Z and Timbaland graced the stage and people LOST IT. All you saw was everyone freaking out, bombarding the stage with their cells and cameras out.

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While my friends and I were dancing, we looked around us and saw Ed Sheeran, Selena Gomez and a million "big wig" industry insiders...all dancing and rocking OUT to some JT. Some people even flew in for this show! It was just an all around fun experience, everyone was happy, everyone was smiling, it was just perfect.

FYI-He said at his Grammys interview last night that a tour is in the works. Ah!

Until next time-

Ashley