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Photos and story by Karen Cotton
kcotton@wyomingnews.com

Michael Buble and his "Glen Miller style" band wowed the audience July 18 at the Wells Fargo Theater in Denver.

The syncopated music was tight, instrumentalists were phenomenal and Buble amplified the experience with his vocal talents, charm and impeccably fun choreography.

The 31-year-old Canadian jazz crooner draws a classy "rat pack" crowd.

Everyone in the audience dressed to the nines. Women wore heels and dresses and nice slacks and flashy sequin tops to catch the singer's eye on stage.

While their male counterparts, whom Buble later sympathized with in a joke on stage, were equally decked out in suits and ties.

Buble's fans spanned all ages and even his young, toddler-aged female fans wore their best dresses.

He livened up the audience with his jokes, mainly about Denver and joining the "Mile-High" club once again.

Fans argued with him back and forth about whether this was his third or fourth time in the Colorado capital.

Grateful fans got excited when Buble announced his plans to break "the fourth wall" and how much he hates the non-interactive experience of watching a show at a theater.

He then jumped off of the stage and ran up and down the aisles, into the balcony and down through the crowd. His body guard, of course, was in tow.

Fans rushed to touch him in a scene oddly reminiscent of old television footage of an Elvis concert.

Speaking of Elvis, Buble swings his hips with similar intensity and even pulled off an Elvis tune with great skill.

But his signature mark is his ability to croon and pull off shades of Frank Sinatra, a feat he proved time and again as he sung several ballads off of his new album, "Call Me Irresponsible."

The real treat was yet to come - at the very end of the show, he sang to that intimate auditorium without a microphone. His voice rang crystal clear as a bell and held the crowd in an awed silence.

During the last four or five songs of the concert Buble had a flood of fans head up to the front of the stage and encouraged everyone to stand up.

He performed some of his older tunes like "Sway," which got fans dancing in the aisles and pulled a cover, "YMCA," which kept the energy alive in the auditorium.

Previous television specials only give a glimpse to how much fun and charismatic Buble is in person.

His American Tour is one that shouldn't be missed.

At the end of the show he thanked his fans with a song, an encore. He also thanked them personally for paying to see him perform.

For those of us who went to eliminate that expense of driving to Denver, only one question remains for Buble:

When are you coming to Wyoming?