Anyone who still thought that an Anastacia concert was a spontaneous event will be put out of their dreams on the bonus DVD of Live At Last. An experienced force has been hired for every part of this show, every dance step and every piece of clothing has been thought through. The lady who presented herself as a street singer in the clip of her first hit single Not That Kind (2000) has grown into a
… professional entertainer five years later, leaving nothing to chance. Before this tour in 2005, Anastacia had hardly any experience in the live circuit. For someone who is thrown into the deep end like that, she does fine. In her mix of soul, pop and rock ('sprock' as she calls it), the emphasis is more than ever on rock, the music that is ideally suited to play large crowds. Above all criticism is Anastacia's clean vocals, which sound just as powerful and mean live as on CD. (MS)more