\n\tThe cheers were deafening inside the arena for the Worlds Collide tour, which features Malachi Barton (Zombies 4, Camp Rock 3), Liamani Segura (Descendants: Wicked Wonderland, Camp Rock 3), Dara Rene\u00e9 (Descendants: The Rise of Red), Mekonnen Knife (Zombies 4), Hudson Stone (Camp Rock 3), Swayam Bhatia (Zombies 4), Kiara Romero (Descendants: Wicked Wonderland) and Alexandro Byrd (Descendants: Wicked Wonderland). Among the set list were such songs as \u201cIt\u2019s On,\u201d \u201cOne Beat Away,\u201d \u201cPlay My Music\u201d and \u201cWe Rock\u201d from the Camp Rock movies; \u201cLike the Zombies Do,\u201d \u201cThe Place to Be,\u201d \u201cAin\u2019t No Doubt About It\u201d and \u201cSomeday\u201d from the Zombies franchise; and \u201cPerfect Princess,\u201d \u201cChillin\u2019 Like a Villain,\u201d \u201cRotten to the Core\u201d and \u201cWays to Be Wicked\u201d from the Descendants soundtracks.<\/p>\n
\n\tRen\u00e9e brought the house down with her powerful rendition of \u201cEvil Like Me\u201d from Descendants (sung by Kristin Chenoweth and Dove Cameron in the original), while Barton brought out his guitar for \u201cTomorrow\u201d from Camp Rock 3, a song he said he\u2019d begged to be allowed to perform. Stone, who also performed with his guitar, noted he\u2019s the youngest on the tour, at 14 years old, but held his own with the rest of them. (The other performers range in age from 17-26.)<\/p>\n
\n\tEven with numerous costume changes, the show moved quickly. Between the different songs, at times various cast members would come out and address the audience directly, giving words of encouragement and inspiration. For example, Romero and Byrd talked about embracing your cultural heritage, while Romero, Segura and Bhatia spoke about the importance of friendship.<\/p>\n
\n\tEach of the actors got their time to address the crowd directly, and on big screens were shown images and videos of all the performers when they were younger. Many of them talked about their earlier ambitions to be professional singers, actors and\/or dancers. A few of them, including Rene\u00e9, Barton, Segura and Stone, also got their chance in the spotlight to perform original solo songs, including \u201cNever Waste a Heartbreak\u201d (Rene\u00e9), \u201cStay for the Credits\u201d (Barton), \u201cTalk\u201d (Stone) and \u201cAll the Things I\u2019ve Learned So Far\u201d (Segura). (In a nice touch, merchandise being sold in the lobby included not only shirts with all of the performers together but also tees featuring each person individually.)<\/p>\n
\n\tAmong the younger fanbase, Barton and Segura have emerged as big stars, and the crowd went wild for their duet of Camp Rock\u2018s iconic \u201cThis Is Me,\u201d originally performed by Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas in the movie. In a surprise moment, Barton, who also stars alongside Bhatia in Disney\u2019s upcoming series Coven Academy, brought out the stars of that show, which debuts Thursday.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe show included elaborate choreography and big numbers and set pieces along with quieter moments, including a medley around a faux campfire. Barton and Segura again dueted on a Camp Rock song, \u201cWouldn\u2019t Change a Thing,\u201d during that portion, which also featured Romero singing \u201cIf Only\u201d (from Descendants), Rene\u00e9 and Byrd singing \u201cSo This is Love\u201d (from Cinderella and Descendants: The Rise of Red) and the entire group singing the Camp Rock chant.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tThe Worlds Collide cast<\/p>\n
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\n\tSo what did the younger attendees think about the show? Here are some reviews from two in the target demo:<\/p>\n
\n\tBrianna, age 14: \u201cIt was really engaging. They really wanted you to stand up and dance and be part of it, like when they taught us all a dance. The music was really good. I liked how they sang songs from even the [previous] movies that a lot of them weren\u2019t in, like \u2018If Only\u2019 and \u2018Someday,\u2019 which was my favorite Obviously, those songs are really good. I also liked how they brought out their own stuff, like Hudson Stone sang \u2018Talk\u2019 and \u2018Stay for the Credits,\u2019 which are both really good singles that they made.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI liked how they showed videos of them when they were younger, so like I feel like it could have like inspired some kids to pursue what they want to do in their life. They also had a lot of messages about positivity. It was really nice because I feel like they were inspiring all the kids. I think it was a good length with an intermission.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tBrooklyn, age 11: \u201cWhat I liked about the Worlds Collide tour is that I loved all their outfits, how they spread positivity to children and just telling you to be yourself, and I loved how they showed younger pictures of [the performers], and I thought that was really fun. I loved how they mixed the songs. They are really good singers and I loved it overall. They were just telling kids to be their self, and I thought that was really positive, and I really liked how they did that.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI also thought the costumes were really good because they had a theme for everything, and they all had matching outfits, and I thought that was really cool. My favorite song, if I had to choose one, it would probably be \u2018Wouldn\u2019t Change a Thing\u2019 from Camp Rock, because it\u2019s a really good song. I also liked how they walked through the audience too. I really enjoyed it overall, and it was a really good show.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Worlds Collide tour hit the Kia Forum in Inglewood on Wednesday and next travels to the Honda Center in Anaheim on Thursday before leaving Southern California for stops around the U.S. and Canada. It\u2019ll go global starting in December with stops in Mexico, Great Britain, Germany, France and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s safe to say there are a lot of tired \u2014 but really, really happy \u2014 kids in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[188844,2644,188845,3588,48,52,51,9400,47,50,49,148418],"class_list":["post-481702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-camp-rock","tag-concerts","tag-descendants","tag-disney","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-live-music","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-zombies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}