Ashlee Simpson sings briefly in Ybor City

Ashlee Simpson performed at a packed Honey Pot in Ybor City on Thursday night -- for about 10 minutes.

Hardly seems worth all the waiting, not to mention the $20 tickets. No wonder the crowd at the burlesque club was pretty ticked off when she left the stage shortly after 1 a.m.

Simpson was trying out songs from her upcoming album, Bittersweet World, which drops April 15. At least she did actually sing instead of lip-synch, and take a second to get a photo with the Honey Pot's owners (below).

Meanwhile, while she was en route to Tampa, Ashlee took time to blog on MySpace about rumors she was drunk during an interview at a DC radio station last week. She said that the DJ for the station was rude and immediately assumed because she had gotten a tattoo the night before, she must have been drinking.

"I was asked mostly personal questions which are never fun to be asked and therefore I giggled my way through it," she writes. "If you listen to other interviews I've done, you'd know I giggle a lot. ... I giggle when people ask me uncomfortable questions not knowing what to say or what else to do."

And here we thought it was from not understanding the questions in the first place.

[Photos by Luis Santana/tbt*]

Comments

[Blake P.]

Just so everyone knows, the old guy in the middle is the owner of the club and the other is an investor. If you would have read the article you would have known this. The show was way too short though that is for sure.

[JB]

Ashlee Simpson is one of the least talented, most professionally immature celebrities out there. Does anyone buy her music? Do other "artists" want to work with her? Drunk and with at least $20 in disposable income; that's her crowd.

[jeff]

Who are all the sheep in that photo? I count about 80 sheep standing near the stage. There are about 30 of the sheep with cameras taking photos of the fraud on stage. Are these people taking photos to brag to their friends that they saw her "perform"? I didn't know there were that many ashlee fans on earth. I like the guy right of the center of the photo, 2nd from the stage. Gray hair, black shirt looks to be about 50, with girls more than half his age all around. No shame?

[The Carl]

Who are those craggy old dudes behind the hotties in the photo? Those girls' dads? Future Joe Simpsons? Never mind.

[frank]

people paid to see her? they deserve to get ripped off.

[Jb]

that was 9min.59sec.too long
it just goes to show you,how stupid some people really are.theres a sucker born every minute,it looks like they all showed up

[Dave]

Doesn't the fact that you spent $20 to see Ashlee Simpson mean you are probably so stupid you're ripped off on a daily basis by everyone you meet?

I mean, that's a level of dumbness that probably shouldn't be allowed to vote.

[Lindsey]

Here's what bothered me about the whole thing. Definitely waiting 2 hours for her skinny a** to even come out (and let me tell you, it looked like she was wearing a saggy poopy diaper the way she neglected to fill out even her skinniest of skinny jeans. Dam* girl, eat something.)I chose to come up with my own conclusions: white powder, anyone? Sorry, sorry.

HOWEVER, when she DID come out, finally, she sang L-O-V-E and 3 songs off the new cd. I gotta say the girl can rock it. I'm a fan of the song "Outta My Head." The red hair was visually stimulating, but kept getting in her face all the time like a heavy metal rockstar. It looked like she had a tatoo around one of her fingers and I def. saw one on her right-hands inner wrist. So that was kinda cool.

When the show ended I was like, "Go, let's go, get me out of here."

My first thought when I emerged onto the street? "Wow, I can't believe that's Jessica's sister! They're so different!" In a good way of course...

[Eric Deggans]

Did anybody find out how much she got paid for this performance?