2More than 20,000 fans packed the Moda Center to the rafters.
Photo: Arthur Hitchcock
3More than 20,000 fans packed the Moda Center to the rafters.
Photo: Arthur Hitchcock
4The show opened with the swelling strings of "Pusher Love Girl"…
Photo: Arthur Hitchcock
5The show opened with the swelling strings of "Pusher Love Girl"…
Photo: Arthur Hitchcock
6Timberlake rose up from a trap door, one man commanding the entire auditorium of screaming fans.
Photo: Arthur Hitchcock
7…and silhouettes of tuxedoed musicians projected onto the giant honeycomb backdrop.
Photo: Arthur Hitchcock
8…and silhouettes of tuxedoed musicians projected onto the giant honeycomb backdrop.
Photo: Arthur Hitchcock
9Timberlake rose up from a trap door, one man commanding the entire auditorium of screaming fans.
Photo: Arthur Hitchcock
10The band had multiple trapdoors of their own, rising onto the stage and sinking away several times through the night.
Photo: Arthur Hitchcock
11Timberlake rocking a very Portland-esque beard
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13The band had multiple trapdoors of their own, rising onto the stage and sinking away several times through the night.
Photo: Arthur Hitchcock
14Six back-up dancers owned the stage, falling into sync with Timberlake for moments of full on choreography, and then breaking off into pairs and solo to work the audience.
Photo: Arthur Hitchcock
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16Timberlake invited the audience to light up their cell phones as a white grand piano rose from the stage for “Until the End of Time.” Can we call it an Elton John moment?
Photo: Aaron Scott
17Six back-up dancers owned the stage, falling into sync with Timberlake for moments of full on choreography, and then breaking off into pairs and solo to work the audience.
Photo: Arthur Hitchcock
18Staircase wings extended from the sides of the stage, allowing Timberlake, the dancers, and the musicians to practically touch the audience..
Photo: Aaron Scott
19Timberlake invited the audience to light up their cell phones as a white grand piano rose from the stage for “Until the End of Time.” Can we call it an Elton John moment?
Photo: Aaron Scott
20Timberlake rocking a very Portland-esque beard
Photo: Arthur Hitchcock
21Staircase wings extended from the sides of the stage, allowing Timberlake, the dancers, and the musicians to practically touch the audience..
Photo: Aaron Scott
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23After repeadetly running from one side of the stage to the other, in the second half Timberlake bent over and grabbed his knees, exclaiming, "I'm too old for this shit. I'm winded."
Photo: Arthur Hitchcock
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26After repeadetly running from one side of the stage to the other, in the second half Timberlake bent over and grabbed his knees, exclaiming, "I'm too old for this shit. I'm winded."
Photo: Arthur Hitchcock
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28After intermission, as the band kicked into the driving percussion of "Let the Groove Get In," a cross-section of the stage began to rise with Timberlake and several singers and musicians on it.
Photo: Aaron Scott
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30The catwalk rolled across the entire arena, Timberlake et al. dancing over the heads of the floor audience.
Photo: Aaron Scott
31After intermission, as the band kicked into the driving percussion of "Let the Groove Get In," a cross-section of the stage began to rise with Timberlake and several singers and musicians on it.
Photo: Aaron Scott
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Photo: Arthur Hitchcock
33The catwalk rolled across the entire arena, Timberlake et al. dancing over the heads of the floor audience.
Photo: Aaron Scott
34The honeycomb back drop served both as a screen and a scrim hiding an incredible array of lights and lasers.
Photo: Aaron Scott
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Photo: Aaron Scott
37The catwalk finally stopped at the back of the arena, where a staircase rose up to meet it. Timberlake and company climbed down to singe several numbers on small stages in the VIP area.
Photo: Aaron Scott
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Photo: Aaron Scott
39The honeycomb back drop served both as a screen and a scrim hiding an incredible array of lights and lasers.
Photo: Aaron Scott
40The catwalk finally stopped at the back of the arena, where a staircase rose up to meet it. Timberlake and company climbed down to singe several numbers on small stages in the VIP area.
Photo: Aaron Scott
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To say Justin Timberlake brought the sold-out audience to its feet last night at the Moda Center for the kick off of the fall leg of his tour would be a misnomer. The audience never sat down. Not even when Timberlake himself took a seat at a pearl white grand piano that rose out of the floor to sing “Until the End of Time” (yes, just one of many surprises to rise from the floor).
The 20/20 Experience World Tour concert was just that: an experience. A full sensory experience. From the opening of the first song, “Pusher Love Girl,” when the swell of strings filled the arena with silhouettes of tuxedoed musicians projected onto the giant honeycomb backdrop, it was clear that Timberlake was going for more than another pyrotechnic-clogged spectacle.
More than bringing sexy back, he brought classy back. Read our full review.
