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Fergie and company made their way through a snow storm to deliver an incredible show at the BOK Center in Tulsa. Michelle had been begging me to see them in concert since they opened for U2 last year in Norman. And while this is not my favorite genre of music, I knew I would at least be entertained. Ludicrous opened the show and came on stage during the encore, but served only as an accent mark next to the delivery of the Peas. The band started the show with the catchy "Let's Get It Started" coming out in laser-enclosed pods and utilized a variety of visual effects to enhance some of their bigger hits like "Rock That Body", "Meet Me Halfway", and "Imma Be". The show took a turn in the middle as each of the four members were highlighted in a variety of ways ranging from the Filipino musings of Apl.De.Ap to Taboo on a Tron-like motorcycle suspended from above the stage. Fergie of course was the crowd favorite performing "Fergalicious" and "Glamouous" before slowing the tempo down with "Big Girls Don't Cry". She even took a moment to explain to the crowd how Rodgers and Hammelstein's Oklahoma had inspired her to become a performer as a small child, before urging the crowd to sing along with the title song from the musical. In my opinion though, will.i.am stole the show with his elevated free-style D.J. set mixing the crowd and his own voice over tracks from Michael Jackson, Nirvana, G 'n R, Chili Peppers and even Journey. Although very talented, Will never took himself too seriously on stage, which made him even more engaging.

The lights and audio were amazingly crisp and filled the whole arena with energy (the energy never dies, they claim). But all good things come to an E.N.D. and in this tour that was the two biggest hits from the new album, "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling". The song came to a wonderful finish with Fergie polishing off the chorus from "With or Without You", a fitting tribute to the band that gave them a chance to expand their musical stylings to non-Hip Hop fans like myself.