Live Review: Selena Gomez, DNCE

DNCE burst onto the stage with a splash of neon colours to overwhelm our senses. The fresh pop-rock group commands us to dance as they chant the creative spelling of their band's name. They remind us that we don't have to be perfect dancers to enjoy ourselves. With pigtails, mohawks, silk kimonos and traffic sign-print pants, their quirky personalities come to life as DNCE launch into their playful track Pay My Rent. Lead singer Joe Jonas asks, "Do we have any '90s babies in the house tonight?" The crowd screams in response and DNCE continue with a mash-up of covers including TLC's No Scrubs. DNCE set the bar high with their skyrocketing energy and they perform as if they are the headline act of this tour. Guitarist JinJoo Lee wipes the sweat off her bandmates' faces, throws the sweat at the screaming fans in the moshpit. Jonas runs up into the seated area for a final chorus of their insanely catchy track Cake By The Ocean, before the group takes a bow while Queen's We Are The Champions plays over the venue sound system.

"I finally made it to Australia!" shouts Selena Gomez. The former Disney star apologises for cancelling her 2014 tour due to sickness, but she seems happy to finally kick off her first-ever Australian headline tour in Melbourne tonight. Gomez sparkles in a black cut-out bodysuit under a sheer black cat suit alongside her dancers in glittery silver masks. Together they perform a choreographed routine to Same Old Love and a few fan-favourite throwbacks including Come & Get It. The crowd's excitement builds during each video interlude, which holds our attention during costume changes.

The 24-year-old pop diva tells us that a song she recorded at 16 (Who Says) is even more relatable now, exclaiming, "The older I get the more insecure I feel!" Sharing a new song titled Feel Me, Gomez says she's been working on her new album during this tour. Gomez demonstrates vulnerability when she includes a Hillsong cover (Transfiguration), explaining the song inspires her when she wakes up feeling nothing at all.

As we watch visuals of Gomez in a bathtub filled with rose petals, thorny red roses inflate up to the ceiling on each side of the stage. They turn it up with Body Heat, which incorporates a Day Of The Dead theme complete with skull masks and seductive dancing. Gomez admits she'd be a mess without her fans and tells us that she doesn't care if we listen to her music legally or illegally - it's the support that counts.

After a cover of Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), Kill Em With Kindness sends an important message that the world could use right now. For Gomez's Zedd collaboration I Want You To Know, her dancers bounce around the stage on fit balls as a heavy electronic beat pulsates. The Revival tour comes to a close with Gomez's track of the same name, which summarises her maturation.