Idol Chatter & Voice Views

Kelly Clarkson sent out this photo via Twitter of her tour-opening stop in Hershey.

PennLive.com covered the concert, and you can head here for the story and photos from the show.

According to that story, in addition to her own material, Kelly covered Prince’s “When Dove’s Cry” and Tori Kelly’s “Nobody Love.”

She invited her stepson on stage to help her perform a mashup of Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” and her single “Walk Away,” turned the stage over to her background singers for a version of “Bang Bang” and had opening act Pentatonix join in on “Heartbeat Song,” the lead single from her latest album.

She even had an open mic segment during the show during which Miranda Tellis shared a spoken word piece titled “Society’s Box.”

As for fans’ reaction — well, naturally, they were all about Kelly. Here’s a sampling from Kelly’s Facebook page.

* Kimmie Szalku: “Was amazing show in Hershey, Pa. You did an awesome job and funny as heck!”

* Nancy Nish Eckert: “The show tonight was amazing!!! Perfect beautiful voice- did not miss a note! Electric energy, fabulous outfits and she looked gorgeous!! Every song was great!!”

* Jen Brothers Warden: “This was my girls, ages 11 and 10, FIRST EVER concert…YOU WERE AMAZING! I am so glad that it was you they got to see! They’ll never forget it! Thank you for a wonderful night . You are so beautifully gifted!!!!”

* Leigh Merritt-Maldonado: “First concert ever. Had a blast! I’ve been a Kelly fan since AI auditions. I’ve lost my voice from singing along smile emoticon Hope Hershey treated you to some chocolate!”

Kelly will be back onstage tonight in Mansfield, Ma. To check out the rest of the dates on her tour, head here.