Jingle Ball Has The Hits, But Not The Fire

Natalie Nichols of the Los Angeles Times reviewed the KIIS-FM Jingle Ball which included bref sets by Mariah Carey, Kylie Minogue, Destiny’s Child, Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys, Justin Timberlake of *NSYNC, Avril Lavigne, Kelly Osbourne, Paul Oakenfold and the Goo Goo Dolls. Nichols says, “The assortment of divas, crooners and sassy teens amounted to little more than a few trinkets (and a lump of coal or two) wrapped up in a giant, flashy package topped with cascades of glittery fake snow. Almost everyone mined ’80s music in some way, from pop to new wave to rock. But the more distressing commonality among these disparate acts was a general inability to take their slick favorites to the stage.”