Middle-aged diva-wannabes flocked to the Schottenstein Center Tuesday night as Diana Ross and her reincarnation of the Supremes rolled into town.Ross’ backup singers, Lynda Laurence and Scherrie Payne both joined the Supremes in the 1970s, long after Ross had left the group for a solo career.Though the superstar proved she still has the chops to entertain by performing over two dozen songs in an hour and a half, the Columbus stop of the Return To Love Tour was grossly under-populated. The Columbus Dispatch reported there were fewer than 3,000 people in attendance.Those who did show up were mostly of the baby-boomer generation. The biggest exception was the number of mother-daughter couples in the audience. More than a few Mother’s Day presents were probably fulfilled last night.The cost of the tickets may have been a major factor in keeping younger fans from attending, as even the cheapest tickets available went for over $40.A troop of young, costume-clad dancers helped to liven up the show, although their performance was more like something out of an amusement park show.Appearing on stage fashionably late in matching outfits resembling full-length disco balls, the trio quickly delved into classic Supremes hits like “Reflections,” and “Baby Love.”Laurence and Payne stayed mostly to the side of the stage, but Ross joined them occasionally on hits like “Stop! In the Name of Love” when she invited the audience to get up and perform the well-known hand motions.Eventually, Laurence and Payne left the stage, and Ross appeared in a bright yellow outfit to sing songs from her solo career, starting with “I’m Coming Out,” a song many younger audience members knew because of heavy sampling of the song by rapper Sean “Puffy” Combs.When the Supremes rejoined Ross, they took requests from the audience, including their hit “I Hear a Symphony.”Ross was apologetic when she told the audience there simply wasn’t room for all their favorite songs.”We’ve rehearsed 50 songs for this tour, we just can’t do them all.”At times during the concert, Ross seemed to both embrace and dispel her image as the legendary pop diva.When Laurence and Payne introduced themselves, Payne said that it was “great to work with the diva herself, Miss Diana Ross.”Ross complained halfway through the show that she was having a little trouble with her voice, but went on to assure the audience that it was “not much, just a little.” She later requested that some coffee be brought out on stage.Ross later thanked the audience for giving her “the best years of her life.”After six costume changes, the show ended with the trio covering Gloria Gaynor’s quintessential disco hit, “I Will Survive.” The song seemed to have double meaning as Ross talked about the longevity of her career and the vitality of the Supreme’s music.At a time when pop music has made such a comeback, I can’t help but wonder if today’s pop flavors-of-the-month will be able to sustain the same relevance and longevity that Ross’ career has enjoyed. In 30 years, will we be at a Backstreet Boys reunion tour with our children?