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Matt Peterson is a Miley fan who asked her to prom - she couldn't go due to tour dates so invited him for a prom date at her Arizona date instead and slow-danced with him to 'Adore You'.
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From the review of the show:Miley Cyrus Bangerz Tour more fun than shockingThe most shocking thing about the Miley Cyrus Bangerz Tour may be the fact that anyone would find what Cyrus did at US Airways Center Thursday, Feb, 27, all that shocking in 2014, decades down the road from “Like a Virgin.”
Yes, the show began with Cyrus sliding down a giant tongue that snaked out of an even bigger video projection of her face. And yes, she rode a very phallic hot dog through the air.
But like most of the sexual content in the Bangerz show, it was done with a wink and a smile, a point that should have been clear from a glance at the gleeful expression on Cyrus’ face as she came down the slide in a skimpy red leotard.
At 21, Cyrus is certainly celebrating her sexual independence after four seasons of “Hannah Montana,” a Disney Channel series whose squeaky-clean image she’s desperately trying to shake. But there’s something inherently campy and, at times, cartoonish to the way she’s gone about it — cavortng with furries and a dancing horse in a red-and-white-checkered-tablecloth pattern whose tongue is also hanging out. Even the part of the show that found her frolicking with dancers on a giant bed — the male dancers in boxers, the women in nighties — felt more like a scene from “Grease” as filtered through Madonna than anything that should be causing panic at the PTA or being called an “orgy.” It was kind of cute, like most of what she did.
Speaking of cute, among the more endearing moments of the show was when she introduced a “special guest” — Matt Peterson, the Phoenix teen whose video inviting Cyrus to his prom went viral. Peterson had shown up in a tux jacket adorned with tongues, which he took off for Cyrus to wear. By the time they started slow dancing as Cyrus sang “Adore You,” all he was wearing were boxers, a necktie, socks and shoes.
Considering she’s in the process of a wholesale image overhaul, it came as no surprise that Cyrus put the focus squarely on her latest album, “Bangerz,” holding off until the encore for the album’s biggest singles, “We Can’t Stop” and “Wrecking Ball.” She did reach back to 2010 for “Can’t Be Tamed,” but that made sense considering that single was her first attempt at growing up — and by growing up, I mean sexualizing — her image.
The Hannah Montana catalog was kept on the same shelf as the long blonde Hannah wig, but she did flesh out the “Bangerz” songs by rapping Mike Will Made It’s “23” and performing a handful of covers on a stage at the back of the arena. That set of covers included a soulful rendition of Bob Dylan’s “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go,” which she recorded for a tribute album; OutKast’s “Hey Ya” in a more subdued arrangement not so far removed from local singer Obadiah Parker’s version; and “Jolene,” a classic by Dolly Parton, who happens to be her godmother.
Although she didn’t twerk much, Cyrus’ backside was rarely concealed. And she did pay tribute to the MTV Video Music Awards performance that so scandalized the nation by spanking a large Black female dancer’s bottom as the woman’s cleavage spilled out of her corset and having two dancers dress as big foam fingers. Her use of that black dancer as, at best, a prop (at worst, a fetishized embodiment of racial stereotypes) seemed even more unsettling now that it's been pointed out on more than one occasion in the wake of her performance at the VMAs. But in a show where everything, including Cyrus, was presented in its most cartoonish light, it's hard to say how much we should be reading into that.
Toss in a dwarf in a reefer costume, a dancer in a giant Big Sean head, video animation by John Kricfalusi of “The Ren & Stimpy Show,” Cyrus humping the hood of a golden SUV, an enormous dog and a full team of dancers, and
Cyrus’ show was a state-of-the-art pop spectacle that, coupled with the star’s charisma, more than held its own against the Katy Perrys of the world. It wasn’t as high-concept or provocative as Lady Gaga’s tours but it did mark Cyrus as the latest young contender for Madonna’s throne. And she has the cult of personality to pull it off with vocal chops that make it hard to write her off (although her vocals were occasionally overpowered by the mix). Hearing her sing “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” before powering her way through “Wrecking Ball,” you couldn’t help but feel that Cyrus has a long career ahead of her, with or without the provocative stunts.She also performed 'You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go' in the show (I don't think she's performed this for about two years?)Source
