Miley Cyrus courts gays, salutes Bret Michaels at House of Blues

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It looks like our girl is almost all grown up. 

On Monday night, Miley Cyrus held her own at an intimate concert for press and fans at West Hollywood's House of Blues, an hourlong set that included material from her new disc, "Can't Be Tamed." 

The past few weeks have been turbulent for Cyrus in the scandal department, but the Ministry is pleasantly surprised to see Miley focusing on her day job -- performing. Scantily clad dancers, tons of hair tossing and a "Storytellers" vibe permeated, with a few notable moments.

The first was her cover of "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," a tribute to Bret Michaels. 

"Let's all send our prayers out to Bret; this one's for him," Cyrus cooed, later replacing Jay-Z's name with Michaels' in a lyric from "Party in the U.S.A." 

A second endearing moment was the track "My Heart Beats for Love," an homage to Cyrus' gay best friend and gay fans.

"I wrote this for mostly all my gay fans," she said, "or for anyone who has ever felt discriminated or judged."

MTV live-streamed the concert, and when the lenses shuttered, Cyrus let her hair down with a Joan Jett medley, including hits "I Love Rock 'n' Roll," "Cherry Bomb" and "Bad Reputation." 

See the Los Angeles Times' full review of the Miley Cyrus live show here.

-- Matt Donnelly 

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Comments

[Zembe Davis]

I think Miley cyrus is the best singer/songwriter since Micheal jackson. She is also very pretty and has the voice of an angel.

[Ashley Cross]

I think Miley's a great singer/songwriter as well. Her new album sounds really awesome. I agree with Zembe. She is an angel and has a great voice. She does not need no auto tune. Plus, she ain't no slut.

[Ben]

man miley sucks

[mary smulski]

i think the time that i spent with Emily osment was the greatest day of my life because i really finally got that off my mind because i wright in the news paper and i have to ether have to inter view Emily Osment or Billy Ray Cyrus and i pick the good singer not like he is not a good singer it is just like he fated but he did not and Emily is so cool and i am going to say from my apinyon that she is kind of like her character in Hannah Montana but not really if you like this comment say yes in one of yours and if u did not say nothing in one of yours because you have no sens.