Carrie Underwood's “Blown Away Tour” has now expanded into 2013 with a bunch more U.S. dates. Check out this recent concert vid:

Later this week, you can find Carrie co-hosting the 46th annual CMA Awards at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.

Here goes the updated schedule:

Feb. 13 – Colorado Springs, Colo., Colorado Springs World Arena  
Feb. 14 – Broomfield, Colo., 1stBank Center  
Feb. 17 – Boise, Idaho, Taco Bell Arena  
Feb. 19 – Billings, Mont., Metrapark  
Feb. 21 – Spokane, Wash., Spokane Arena  
Feb. 22 – Yakima, Wash., Yakima Valley SunDome  
Feb. 25 – Oakland, Calif., Oracle Arena  
Feb. 26 – Stockton, Cali., Stockton Arena  
March 2 – Las Vegas, Nev., Mandalay Bay Events Center  
March 3 – Ontario, Calif., Citizens Business Bank Arena  
March 5 – Fresno, Calif., Save Mart Center  
March 8 – Rio Rancho, N.M., Santa Ana Star Center  
March 21 – Richmond, Va., Richmond Coliseum  
March 23 – Roanoke, Va., Roanoke Civic Center  
March 25 – Hershey, Pa., GIANT Center  
March 26 – Buffalo, N.Y., First Niagara Center  
April 9 – Portland, Maine, Cumberland Co. Civic Center
April 11 – Youngstown, Ohio, Covelli Centre  
April 13 – East Lansing, Mich., Breslin Student Events Center  
April 14 – Fort Wayne, Ind., Allen County War Mem. Coliseum  
April 16 – Greenville, S.C., Bi-Lo Center  
April 17 – Columbia, S.C., Colonial Life Arena  
April 19 – Augusta, Ga., James Brown Arena
April 20 – Jacksonville, Fla., Jacksonville Veterans Mem. Arena  
April 23 – Houston, Texas, Toyota Center  
April 25 – San Antonio, Texas, Freeman Coliseum  
April 27 – Cedar Park, Texas, Cedar Park Center  
April 29 – Lafayette, La., Cajundome  
May 2 – Bloomington, Ill., U.S. Cellular Coliseum  
May 3 – Milwaukee, Wis., BMO Harris Bradley Center  
May 5 – Toledo, Ohio, The Huntington Center  
May 8 – Charleston, W.Va., Charleston Civic Center Coliseum  
May 10 – Rockford, Ill., BMO Harris Bank Center  
May 12 – Omaha, Neb., CenturyLink Center Omaha  
May 13 – Sioux City, Iowa, Tyson Events Ctr. / Gateway Arena  

Member Review: Carrie Underwood

BPD member Idol Gossip writes us:

Carrie performed on a large stage that sported a circular lighting rig, a semi-circular video screen, a levitating and rotating platform, and eight band members including a fiddler, pedal-steel and banjo player.


Vocally, she hit her stride by the fourth song, the ballad, I Know You Won't, from her 2005 debut, Some Hearts, but attempts at musicianship, like playing an electric guitar during Some Hearts, just rang a little false.


Underwood rebounded by the next song, Just A Dream, donning a pink, sequined, long, puffy, skirt that didn't quite match her black leather bustier leftover from the first outfit, as she sat on swing tied to a cheesy looking tree branch which hung overhead.


By the next tune, the ho-hum Someday When I Stop Loving you, she'd lost the skirt but also some momentum but rebounded yet again with All-American Girl - which she changed to All-Canadian Girl - and strapped on an acoustic guitar.


"Hey, I changed the words around a little bit on this one," she said to applause.


Also noteworthy were So Small; the fiesty Undo It, Last Name, and Before He Cheats; sentimental fan favourite and her first single, Jesus, Take the Wheel, and What Can I Say, which was performed as a duet with opening act Sons Of Sylvia.


Each and every song showed off Underwood's powerful pipes.


She also donned a futuristic lit-up dress for Change and recreated the Grand Ole Opry for an electronic duet with Randy Travis on I Told You So as he appeared on video screens.


But there really is no way to describe the sight of Underwood on an electric blue truck - with her first name emblazoned in sequins on the back - as it slowly flew over the crowd for her cover of John Denver's Take Me Home Country Road and her own This Time.


To her credit, Underwood joked that in the early stages of putting her show together she told the producers that she was afraid of heights.


"I said, 'Whatever you doing don't put me in a flying truck,'"said the singer who was tethered to her microphone stand so she wouldn't fall off."I don't know what happened."


Neither do I, but the audience seemed to love it.


Backstage, I asked her about her Idol experience: "It never ceases to amaze me how one little decision to try out for a television show has lead me to all kinds of places", she answered.


Carrie continues to grow as a performer. Newly married, the world is hers to harvest.


SET LIST


Cowboy Casanova


Quitter


Wasted


I Know You Won't


Some Hearts


Just a Dream


Temporary Home


Someday When I Stop Loving You


All-American Girl


So Small


Country Roads Take Me Home


This Time


Undo It


Jesus, Take the Wheel/How Great Thou Art


What Can I Say (with opening act Sons of Sylvia)


Change


I Told You So (with a video of Randy Travis)


Mama's Song


Last Name


ENCORE


Before He Cheats


Songs Like These

Thanks for the report IG.

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Member Review: Carrie Underwood

Luvstruk just came back from seeing Carrie Underwood. Here's her report:

Carrie's Play On tour, named for her third album, uses an eight-piece band, including fiddle and pedal steel players, and a noticeably bigger production than Underwood's first headlining tour in 2008.

This time, the American Idol/Season Four winner performed on a huge stage, dominated by a circular lighting rig, a large video screen backdrop and a front-of-stage platform that rose up and down with the vocalist front and centre.

There were also numerous changes into some questionable costumes - she still needs a stylist! - and an ultra-cheesy moment where she rode in the back of an electric blue pickup truck that moved slowly over the top of the crowd while she sang John Denver's Country Roads Take Me Home, and her own This Time.

"Oh, yeah - the only way to fly," said Underwood, who was actually tethered to a matching blue microphone stand so she didn't fall out of the vehicle.

And I don't even know how to describe a large leafy tree limb that repeatedly descended over Underwood to evoke a countryside or forest setting with accompanying video backdrops or when she felt like sitting on a swing.

If you've ever watched American Idol, judges like Simon Cowell are constantly talking about the fledgling singers' struggle to figure out what kind of artist they want to be.

I think that Underwood, who unquestionably possesses powerful pipes, is getting closer to establishing an identity but she's still not quite there.

There's the feisty, often angry rocker chick - my personal favourite - on such songs as Cowboy Casanova, I Know You Won't, Undo It, Last Name and Before He Cheats; the power ballad diva who hits some mighty big notes on Just A Dream, So Small, Jesus, Take The Wheel, and Change; and the soulful singer who - finally - brought some real emotion to the heartfelt ballad Temporary Home and the anthemic All-American Girl.

Underwood also came alive during her duets - with opening act Sons Of Sylvia on What Can I Say and a video of Randy Travis on I Told You So which included a recreation of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.

To her credit, she did seem to realize how ridiculous her numerous outfit changes were.

Before her set, she joked with me about it: "Wait until you see the number of times I have to strip."

Now I get it.

SET LIST:

1. Cowboy Casanova
2. Quitter
3. Wasted
4. I Know You Won't
5. Some Hearts
6. Just a Dream
7. Temporary Home
8. Someday When I Stop Loving You
9. All-American Girl
10. So Small
11. Country Roads Take Me Home
12. This Time
13. Undo It
14. Jesus, Take the Wheel
15. How Great Thou Art
16. What Can I Say (with opening act Sons of Sylvia)
17. Change
18. I Told You So (with a video of Randy Travis)
19. Mama's Song
20. Stand by Your Man
21. Last Name

ENCORE:

1. Before He Cheats
2. Songs Like These (with snippets of White Liar, Single Ladies)

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