Like her visually sumptuous videos, Twain gave an entertainingly air-brushed concert. Except, unlike her meticulously edited videos, this effort was devoid of humor, emotion and, most of all, personality. To be sure, there was plenty of flash and fireworks (literally), lots of energy and positivity, and a whole lot of hair-tossing and hometown boosterism (she wore a Vikings jersey for the encore). And the Xcel record-setting crowd of 20,554 -- 204 more than witnessed Elton John/Billy Joel -- ate it up.

Talk about contradicting himself - first he says the concert was devoid of emotion and personality, then he praises her for her energy, positivity and says the record seeting crowd ate it up. Later he gives her marks for her warm, humourous conversations and spontanaety with the kids - I think he liked the concert but couldn't bring himself to say it.