There’s nothing like a little “Monkey Business” on a Thursday night. The Black Eyed Peas rolled into Bakersfield with a two-hour show that had fans of all ages up on their feet. From Black Eyed Peas classics to covers to Fergie’s monkey hand puppet – Rabobank Arena was on fire last night.
  Opening act Frankie J did his thing on stage getting the crowd ready for The Black Eyed Peas. But noting was as powerful as when the Peas opened the show with their hit, “Hey Mama.”
  Now, I had seen the Peas perform a couple of times before: once at KIIS FM’s Wango Tango in Los Angeles and then again at The Hollywood Bowl when they opened for Gwen Stefani, but neither of those shows was as fantastic as last night’s performance.
  Fergie’s vocals, as always, were enticing as were her hips. As she performed new material, “London Bridge” and ‘Fergalicious,” off of her solo release, “The Dutchess” there wasn’t a fan in the house who wasn’t screaming at the top of their lungs.
  But Fergie wasn’t the only Pea to shine solo; each of the members did a little ditty up on stage highlighting their vocal talent as well as their ability to single-handedly control the crowd through breaking, crumping and charm.
  The Peas high-level of energy really sparkled on “Pump It,” “My Humps,” “Let’s Get Retarded” and “Shut Up.”
  They group even busted out with some cover/snippets of House of Pain’s “Jump Around,” Guns and Roses’ “Sweet Child of Mine,” and incorporated the melodies of Bob Marley’s “Jamin’” and The Eagles’ “Hotel California.” It looked as thought he Black Eyed Peas were just as happy to be in Bakersfield as we were to have them here.