It sounds like the apocalypse.
Blood-curdling, stool-loosening cries from some 40,000 fans of America's biggest band - *NSYNC (2.4 million albums sold in the US in the first week of its release), shocking the airwaves for miles around for nearly two hours.
And yet after what seems like costume change number 18, Justin Timberlake, Britney's beau, unbelievably pauses to ask their biggest ever audience for more as the huge video screen behind him shows a mock-up of doe-eyed and boyish Lance Bass appearing on 'Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?'.
One question away from a million dollars (like he needs it), "Which one of the following is not a Pokemon?" proves too difficult for poor Lance, and he decides the only way to win is to poll the audience. When you hear the right answer, to help our hero, says Justin, "Scream like a maniac. Scream like you've never screamed before" - like anyone here needed encouragement. A mere "hello" already reduced thousands to tears of joy. No, really. We oblige, Lance wins and from behind a screen, out pop all five lads to cover
One peaceful moment reigns, albeit brief, when their seasoned amiable harmonies on the uber-cheesy 'God Must Have Spent a Little More Time On You', coo dreamily in the temperate California evening.
Everything else though, creates banshee wailing chaos, especially belted out takes on 'Tearin' Up My Heart', and 'Space Cowboy (Yippie Yi Yay)', choreographed with groin tugs and floor humping.
The climax, though, remains the band's latest hit, the fist pumping, crotch grabbing, floor sliding swingpop-lite perfection of 'Bye Bye Bye', which induces 60,000 hypnotised punters to mime every word and copy every move. At which point, *NSYNC prove that the San Andreas fault isn't the only thing that can make the earth tremor round here.
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