Unlike at a traditional concert, expect the fourth wall separating performer and audience to be broken repeatedly.
At this concert, expect a stageful of quick-witted musicians, a few puzzling gimmicks (including, perhaps, an afro wig and a motion-sensitive synthesizer) and -- of course -- one extraordinary voice.
At this concert expect him to celebrate in the only way he knows how: with rambling rhymes that echo the unpredictable rhythms of conversational speech, and with plenty of cheerful exhortation.
The alternative concert expects to have local poets, singers and rap bands performing in a public garden.
The concerts, expected to start in October, will probably focus on the presidential campaign's swing states.
Mr. Jackson's first 10 shows sold out on Wednesday morning, The Associated Press reported, and his new dates, also at the O2 Arena, will take him through Sept. 10, with still more concerts expected to be announced.
The band is to finish its four-night stand at Irving Plaza with these two concerts; expect to hear songs from the next album, which should be released next year.
At these two concerts, expect the Shins to put on a casual but thoroughly engrossing show -- and here's hoping Mr. Mercer has had enough time to write some more deceptively slight songs.
Near the close of the concert, an expected guest stepped onstage: Lou Reed, Ms. Anderson's longtime partner and, as of a few months ago, her husband.
An estimated attendance of 40,000 people at the beginning of the concert was expected to rise to 60,000 by the end of the night.
