Christina Aguilera Overcomes ‘Beautiful’ Technical Problems

Anders Smith Lindall of the Chicago Sun-Times reviewed the B-96 Halloween Bash at the Allstate Arena on Thursday night, which included a performance by Christina Aguilera. Lindall said, “Aguilera’s appearance strengthened her claim to the title of pop songstress who can actually sing. Her pyrotechnic prowess was on display in ‘Impossible,’ a bluesy jam that she penned with fellow charttopper Alicia Keys. And when her canned backing track began to skip in the middle of ‘Beautiful,’ Aguilera didn’t melt down. ‘Stop the track, stop the track,’ she demanded off-mike, and then sang a verse, chorus, bridge and several refrains entirely a cappella.”