Diana Ross

In the competitive business that is divahood, it seems to be harder and more claw scratching than ever to get to the top. But when Diana Ross walked on the stage at Casino Rama on Wednesday night, the entire audience was swiftly shown how the Queen of all divas takes over the definition of fierce.
As is what seems customary with all divas, Ms. Ross arrived 70 minutes late due to travel delays, but the audience didn’t seem to mind. Opening with her 1980 hit and gay anthem "I'm Coming Out", Ross enters the stage wearing a green sequin dress and a boah heavily sparkled coat that easily looked to be 20 pounds... classic Diana Ross.
The crowd, a diverse mix of youths and the elderly, many black women and a nice sparkle of gays (looking completely refreshed from the world pride festivities and ready to party), all of whom stood with cheering ecstatically to the Boss.
Ross, who just turned 70 in March, kept her performance quick and swift to a 75-minute set list of 19 songs and four of the most extravagantly beautiful costume changes. The days of the Supremes have not been forgotten by the icon, Diana performed six #1 hits of the 1960's girl band that launched her to international stardom. A notable mention of the quick set list was that the majority of the songs were not sung fully, but would rather be missing a verse or turned into a medley, as was the case with a jazz sounding Love Hangover with her 1995 single ‘Take Me Higher’ as well as the Theme from Mahogany with ‘Ain't No Mountain High Enough’. Still, at 70 years old it seems that Ross' voice is more powerful than ever before. One of the outstanding performances of the evening would be her performance of her 1971 hit “Touch Me In The Morning”, her band playing this with a beautiful jazz melody that really complimented Ross' soaring vocals throughout the song. Her band consisted of 12 piece electric jazz focused band was heavily involved throughout the concert and were all very entertaining, often doing various singing and instrumental routines that kept the crowd moving during Ms. Ross' costume changes.
There was truly never a dull moment throughout the concert, not just because Ms. Ross’ set list allowed such little time for talking with the audience but also because after more than 50 years in the music industry, Diana Ross can most definitely still woo and sway an audience better than any other female version of a hustler.
Setlist: - I'm Coming Out - More Today Than Yesterday - My World Is Empty Without You - Stop! In The Name Of Love - Baby Love - You Can't Hurry Love - Love Child - The Boss - Touch Me In The Morning - Upside Down - Love Hangover - Take Me Higher - Ease On Down The Road - Look Of Love - Don’t Explain - Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Do You Know Where You’re Going To? (Theme From Mahogany) - Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - I Will Survive

I had the Honor to witness this Living Legend perform in true Diana Ross style. With elegance, style and class personified. At 75 years of age, she sounded just as wonderfully as she did in her early years. I was so amazed and danced all night. It took me back to the 80's when I saw her in New York City and she had the crowd on their feet. As I looked around at the crowd, I could see that everyone felt the same way. Her daughter Rhonda Ross was her opening act and she also held her own. I also met Ms. Ross years ago when I was a very young woman and she had her two sons with her at Kennedy Airport in NYC. She was just as gracious as she was at this concert. She did not have security or an assistant with her and I walked them to their flight. She asked me my name and told me I was a beautiful young woman and talked to me all the way to the gate. And again that Grace and Class has made me her GREATEST FAN. LOVE YOU MS. ROSS the TRUE BOSS!!

On Saturday August 16,2016 at approximately 8pm an unidentified flying object was spotted sailing accross The Hollywood Bowel. It appeared to be from another planet, perhaps a Supreme being. One onlooker shouted "look it's a bird, another marveled "it's a plane and another screamed "no its Diana Ross on a swing!". The whole audience applauded wildly with cheers while watching Diana Ross desend from heaven.
When she was lowered to the stage and unharnessed, she broke loose with a repertoire of golden oldies and sexy smoldering hit songs. The crowd quieted and were all seemly captivated when she sang Muscles and when we thought there would be a lull in the show, she brought the audience to their feet again with songs from the movie "The Whiz"and we all eased on down the road with more hit songs from countless genres. What a memorable time with "super dupper" Diana Ross at The Hollywood Bowel!

Being a fan since the mid 60's, I was afraid I would be disappointed. In the years of seeing her shows, probably 20 some times, I saw some spectacular shows. There was always an electricity that went through the audience. On Saturday night in NYC MSG, I had no disappointment. Neither did the audience, who was moving constantly, based on the many times I looked back in the room and listening to the exiting comments. If there are any flaws in Diana's voice they weren't in the least apparent. She sounded great. She also stayed with the songs we love; even singing 'Reach Out and Touch'...the only thing missing was the visit into the audience. Prices are higher than I can afford at this point in my life...but after hearing the reviews from previous shows, I couldn't pass on it. I'm not at all disappointed.

As usual, Diana Ross gave 110% to her fans. She took us on a journey from a few hits with the Supremes followed by her hits over the years and a tribute to her film Lady Sings the Blues. From ballads to up-tempo songs, she had the audience wanting More. 5 costume changes and each outfit showed off the beauty of this woman. At 76 years old, Diana Ross looked like a woman in her 50's. Singing, dancing and playing with her fans. The entire evening was truly Supreme :) Having not miss a show since 1978, she proves time and time again she IS THE STUFF THAT ICONS ARE MADE OF.

Absolutely fabulous! I've been for many concerts but this was iconic. Diana Ross sounded wonderful and looked stunning in her outfits. She took us back to the flashy days of Motown. She smiled, joked, danced, waved the whole show. Amazing to think she's about to turn 76 years old! I loved singing along to so many of her songs from over the years.

My only disappointment was that the show was only about an hour long. I wish it was longer. However, well worth the ticket price which was not too expensive.

I would definitely see her again!

Ms. Ross was awesome. She looked great in all her of different costumes. Her voice is still perfect. It was like seeking her live for the first time even though I have seen her before. I can never get tired of hearing her solo songs as well as the Supremes song's. Her daughter opened for her and she was great as well. Whenever I heard "The Boss" it is like I am hearing for the first time. The venue was nice....small and intimate Thank you Ms. Ross for giving us great music and still out here touring. Looking forward to seeking you again!

We had a great time,

The production values need a lot of improvement as for those of us lucky enough to be close to the stage there was distortion.

Hadn't known about the daughter being the warm-up, strong voice but NOT Diana.

We had a number of people standing in front of us for much of the performance which made it difficult to see the stage for us who were unable to stand for long periods. The ushering staff should have sorted that out!

The concert itself was great. She puts on a remarkable show.

We had VIP third row tickets so it was an exceptional experience.

The venue however was a little drab and it seemed that once the spotlights came on - the auditorium got very hot pretty quick.

I heard more than a few complaints of the heat in the auditorium. Which was unfortunate.

Other than that - it was phenomenal.

The show was excellent. I smiled throughout the whole show. I was accompanied by family members and they had a wonderful time as well. Diana Ross kept the audience engaged she was wonderful and sang all my favorite songs. I am so happy I went but actually this was my sister’s idea because she is such a Diana Ross fan.