I'm surprised no one has brought up James's Houston "speech" regarding the lip synching allegations - and I don't see any mention of it in any other threads.
Perhaps it's been covered already (ie. beaten to death), and folks are ready to move on - and if this post needs to be removed as to not fan the flames yet again, no worries - but I've seen several online articles talking about the whole situation in the last two days and a bit surprised it hasn't come up here as a result...
Glad to hear the pre-show gathering was a good time, though!