Last night I went to see the Black Eyed Peas in Toronto with my wife, brother, and his girlfriend. We’d been waiting for this show for some time, since we bought the tickets back in March…

And wow, they sure didn’t disappoint.

We had awesome seats, just off-center to the crazy stage. Then opened up with Let’s Get It Started (surprise, surprise, though I was kinda expecting I Gotta Feeling, which they used as their encore–a whole 2 hours after they opened the show!). And for that whole 2 hours they smashed it. Awesome beats after awesome beats. Good stage presentation, good mix of tracks, with awesome stage presence from the entire group.

Taboo even rode high above the crowd on a TRON light cycle…I mean, how cool is that?

Now, I always thought will.i.am was talented, but seeing him “freestyle” rap–without making a mistake–for over 5 minutes was truly amazing. I couldn’t find a clip of him doing it in Toronto, but I did find one from Sacramento to give you an idea. He gets amazingly fast by the 3:30 mark and blows the doors off by the end.

Now I guess you’re wondering why I haven’t mentioned Fergie yet…well, best for last? Um, yeah. She looked amazing in person, and damn, her voice was powerful and rather–surprisingly–solid live. She even did three of her solo tracks, Fergalicious, Glamorous, and Big Girls Don’t Cry. And of course her outfits were crazy-hot.

Actually all of the costumes were over-the-top, including will.i.am coming out in this funky cylon-like robotic outfit for a 20 minute DJ set–that totally rocked BTW.

Really, the entire show was like one big party and I can’t wait to see them again in September–in San Francisco. Aw, yeah!

I will leave you two of my favorite BEP songs–Meet Me Halfway…

…and Pump It.