Sasha Fierce is coming.
For those not in the know, Sasha Fierce is Beyonce, who will sing and dance her heart out for all the single ladies June 24 at the Verizon Center. And if you want to check her out, your short window of opportunity to buy tickets starts at 10 a.m. Saturday.
What can you expect from Sasha/Beyonce at the show? Check out the video below of the actual soundboard recording from her Today Show appearance by clicking here.
Yikes! You expect me to pay for that?
OK, OK ... so she really didn't sound like that. But that YouTube video has fooled a lot of people. The clip even made it onto Howard Stern's Internet radio show.
So what happened? Turns out the clip was created by a 26-year-old computer art student from Connecticut who "was just trying to make a point."
"I wanted to show people how easy it is to manipulate someone’s voice," Matthew Zeghibe told Rolling Stone. "If I can do it with a clip I pulled off of TV, imagine what they are doing on records and during live performances. The entire industry has been so manipulated, because there’s such an emphasis on perfection, so when something like this happens, it causes such a stir.”
Quite a stir indeed. The video clip got reaction from Beyonce herself, and even some heated words from her dad, too.
Zeghibe later posted another video explaining why he did it.
So don't worry, Sasha fans. Beyonce's voice is true -- as far as we know -- so don't worry about ear-bleeding at the show.
Tickets are expected to go fast, so when they go on sale Saturday morning, keep those dialing and typing fingers relaxed and loose. Tickets will be available through Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 202-397-7328 or online, and will cost between $20.75 and $125.75.
