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MTV WORLD STAGE 2010 with Bunkface, Wonder Girls, Tokio Hotel & Katy Perry
Aug 2nd
Edited 4.22PM 2 August 2010
Alda have pointed out the reasons on why there were delays in between the acts below in the comments thus having me striking off part of the contents in this blog post. Thumbs up to the bunch behind MTV World Stage 2010! =)
*Alda is a local musician who performed in a number of local concerts before.
Went to the 2010 MTV WORLD STAGE at Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach last Saturday to join an amount of 15,000 people rocking along with performers such as Bunkface, Wonder Girls, Tokio Hotel and Katy Perry.
It was quite an experience being under the rain on and off with like 1 hour delay in between each acts that had the concert ending around 1AM. Compared to last year, there were less acts this time and more time delayed in between different performers, the rain did visited MTV World Stage last year, but it didn’t happened during the whole concert where this time, it did.
Anyways, here’s what i think about the performances by different acts.
Bunkface
Having being in the limelight and got to fame in such a short span of time, i guess these local boys have been enjoying themselves with the attention given. With them starting the concert, i must say that Bunkface showed the world what Malaysia have and it definitely a good chance for them to shine internationally. Of course, if compared to the later acts, they still have a long way to go. =X
Wonder Girls
It is not easy to get a song out and launched successfully pushing the singers way up to the top of the world and the song Nobody works its magic out back in 2007 and up till now it’s still a hit worldwide. They first appeared in a cage, yes each of them in one cage and when the backdrop was unveiled, everyone screamed!
I guessed i’ve tasted the magic of Wonder Girls where they’ve completed an awesome performance during MTV World Stage with 3 different outfits presenting their talents in both vocals and dance moves.
Was actually quite excited when they performed “Nobody” with their full golden outfit up on stage and i guessed a lot of guys were screaming their hearts out that time. NO i didn’t do so, not because i don’t want to, but because i was recording a video of them. LOL!
Tokio Hotel
Missed the last time watching them performing when they were in Malaysia earlier this year and i am glad i didn’t miss them this time round. The German glam rock band took the stage
by storm with their awesomeness and seriously, i didn’t know they have that much fans here in Malaysia.
It was quite a scene seeing the crowd moving the the tunes and i was soon fast attracted to this band Tokio Hotel where they really rocked the crowd. Bill the singer of the band have quite a talented voice with him. The scene when Bill appeared on a Bike was definitely one of the highlight that night!
Katy Perry
Appearing up on a banana split, the sugar high Katy Perry showed us why is she a top American Superstar with her most energetic performance with quirky and funny movements/gestures. All white outfit playing a white electric guitar, i love
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
your peacock, cock, cock
your peacock, cock, cock
your peacock, cock, cock
Yes Katy Perry performed Peacock from her latest Album Teenage Dream and it was Wow!
Love it most when she performed Thinking of You playing the acoustic guitar. <3
Oh and i didn’t know that both her parents are Pastor. Woot. I’m happy =D
More Pictures on 2010 MTV World Stage from my Angle
MTV WORLD STAGE 2010 – Wonder Girls #1
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MTV WORLD STAGE 2010 – Tokio Hotel #1
MTV WORLD STAGE 2010 – Tokio Hotel #2
MTV WORLD STAGE 2010 – Tokio Hotel #3
MTV WORLD STAGE 2010 – Tokio Hotel #4
MTV WORLD STAGE 2010 – Katy Perry #1
MTV WORLD STAGE 2010 – Katy Perry #2
MTV WORLD STAGE 2010 – Katy Perry #3
MTV WORLD STAGE 2010 – Katy Perry #4
#worldstagemy 2010 = rain. wait. delays. technical problem.
by ramesstudiosI personally think that #worldstagemy is made for the TV recording n not really for the live experience n @MTV don’t really care abt chu….
by kruel74They just asked the crowd to ignore security and fill up the front. Haha Rumour is that they need a retake. #worldstagemy 3/4 empty d.
by nikicheong
Thoughts & Complaints
Read the 3 tweets above? They are just the few out of many complaint tweets about MTV WORLD STAGE 2010.
Rain - Rain isn’t really that much of a problem because as fans, we’ll understand that the organizers can’t really control the weather.
Technical Problem/Stage Settings leads to Delay – So oh the rain caused the technical problem to happen but don’t these concert organizers or concert equipment companies have a backup plan in case of rain happening to ensure such problem doesn’t occur? It wasn’t a thunderstorm! Furthermore almost every break between the acts, the crowd were made to wait for 1 hour or more which means with 4 acts, there were approx. 3 hours wasted.
I understand that there’s a need to rearrange the stuffs on stage for each acts with probably different musical instruments, stage props and such, but i don’t think that will take this long.
Concert started around 6.30PM and ended at 1AM. Do the maths.
Encore of Wonder Girls – This is the funniest part, i don’t want to describe it in detail, just read the last tweet by NikiCheong above. That would explain it.
What do i think? – I seriously want to know how much does it cost for 3 hours of advertising to 15,000 of people. Well advertisements were repeated to a crowd of 15,000 during the delays in between acts. Sigh maybe its true that we are mistreated because this live concert isn’t made for live but for the viewing of a bigger audience on MTV Channel when it is scheduled to be broad-casted to more than 100 countries all over the world. Just a thought.
One extra thing i would like to point out is the sound system during the concert is really very very good. The sound quality were tuned and adjusted that we could clearly get the musical instruments/background music but yet still able to listen the main vocals from the performing acts.
MTV World Stage 2010 provides one of the best live concert sound system experience so far for me and not like i frequent concerts LOL but well in the past, some of the concerts which i’ve attended, there’ll surely be some issue with the sounds be it vocals covered by bass and background music or the backup singers voice can’t be heard which was suppose to sync along with the main singer/performer. Looking that there’s constant rain through out the concert, being able to get the best of of the vocals performance in a concert impressed me. This is one of the positives i experience during MTV World Stage. =)
Well… i’m not the organizers so i won’t know what really happened back stage that time, be it a technical problem or some other reason, I hope that the outcome of the recording would be awesome as this MTV World Stage happens in Malaysia. Would love to let the whole world know that Malaysian fans are an awesome bunch and we can all go crazy for good music.
At the end of the day we did get to enjoy good music and awesome showmanship from all the acts that performed in this MTV World Stage 2010 event. That sums up this post for MTV WORLD STAGE 2010 event. Hope that there’ll be a better one next year!
*Thanks to Nuffnang for the tickets
**Part of the pictures here were taken from worldstage.mtvasia.com
Picture Album and Videos :
Facebook Album on MTV World Stage 2010
2010 MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia – So Hot by Wonder Girls
2010 MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia – Nobody by Wonder Girls (Take 1)
2010 MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia – Nobody by Wonder Girls (Encore/Take 2)
2010 MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia – Automatic by Tokio Hotel
2010 MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia – Thinking of You by Katy Perry
2010 MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia – Shut Up by Katy Perry
*videos have been removed on Youtube by VIACOM due to copyright issues
2010 MAYDAY 五月天變形DNA無限放大版世界巡迴大馬演唱會
Jun 6th
Fans of MAYDAY 五月天 waving their Blue LED sticks the whole night!
It was a freaking awesome concert performance by MAYDAY 五月天 from Taiwan 台湾 just yesterday night at Bukit Jalil Putra Indoor Stadium. With a great concept behind the tour, the H-Shape staging and lighting effects further completed the 3 hours long singing, shouting, jumping and partying between the fans and MAYDAY 五月天.
Was there like 2 hours before the concert and there were a few hundreds of MAYDAY 五月天 fans lining up to get into the venue already. Heard there’s fans all the way from Taiwan who’ve waited at the entrance since 10AM. Hardcore!
Thanks to Shu Jian for the tickets, we bumped into Stella and Isabell before entering the stadium. =)
After the opening act by some local artists, Della Ding 丁噹 came out as guest Artist performing 我是一只小小鸟 and the theme song 我爱他 from the drama 下一站，幸福. Her powerful vocals definitely had me adoring her when she sang the chorus part of the song. I knew she was good in singing when i saw her on Taiwan entertainment programs as well as when i listened to her album, but experiencing live performance is always a different case.
When the 4 level high backdrop came down revealing the stage and MAYDAY 五月天 performing, the fans screamed louder than ever waving their Blue LED sticks and some even started jumping straight away.
The atmosphere was wonderful with 10 out of 10 adoring fans singing along every single song that was performed up on stage.
The members of MAYDAY 五月天, Ashin 阿信 (Lead Singer), Monster 怪獸 and Stone 石頭 (Guitarist), Masa 瑪莎 (Bassist), Guan You 冠佑 (Drummer) displayed their music talent rocking the stadium for 3 whole hours.
The level of atmosphere was brought to a whole new level with the fans all high and hyped up when the 3 level tall Transformer-like robot being revealed on the stage while MAYDAY 五月天 performed D.N.A. Pretty impressive stage set up by the organizing parties.
The concert showed a few video clips featuring a fight between Evil and Good. The videos included Transformer-like robots and the graphics was the same as Transformers movie itself. We were like in a concert+cinema altogether watching a concert in a movie/movie in a concert happening in front of us and it was the first time i’ve attended such a concert. Thumbs up!
With a positive message shared by MAYDAY 五月天 in this World Tour, i must admit that i was kinda moved and well, am happy that i could sing along through like 70% of the songs being performed. LOL
Ashin 阿信 of MAYDAY 五月天 is a great singer and i enjoyed the most when he sang 擁抱 with Della Ding 丁噹. The combination of 2 wonderful voice together, awesome!
Undeniable, MAYDAY 五月天 is one of the very few rare bands/group that made it this long in the Chinese Entertainment industry still surviving and through the 11 years flashback video being displayed on screen above the stage, i could somehow understand how they succeeded in capturing the hearts of millions of fans all over the fans in the past decade.
Apart from the talent they had, it was the positivity they had as well as well as the energy from this group that consist of 5 members. Am grateful for the tickets as i managed to witness such a great performance by one of the best current band/group from Taiwan 台湾.
Read from the news and found out about this where it happened after the concert – a guy proposed to his girlfriend. and of course, she agreed. Well done!! Source here
曲目 Songlist of the night ：春天呐喊、轧车、爱情万岁、HoSee、你不是真正的快乐、生存以上生活以下、疯狂世界+候鸟、时光机、我心中尚未崩坏的地方、人生海海、D.N.A、雌雄同体、离开地球表面、墓仔埔也敢去+制造浪漫、笑忘歌+相信、拥抱、孙悟空+Solo、约翰蓝侬+我、最重要的小事、天使、生命有一种绝对、倔强
安歌：恋爱ing、突然好想你、知足、温柔、彩虹、志明与春娇、憨人
Related Links :
Facebook Album of 2010 五月天變形DNA無限放大版世界巡迴大馬演唱會
演唱會照片下载Download Pictures of the Concert Here – 112 Pictures.
Kelly Clarkson All I Ever Wanted Tour Concert Live in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2010
Apr 27th
I always think that a singer who is capable of performing live singing a whole list of songs in one night itself facing thousands of fans is a REAL singer.
I mean like there are singers out there who sound “nice” on radio or their album but when they perform live, they just can’t seem to impress if you know what i mean.
Upon leaving the stadium that night, i do think that Kelly Clarkson is one of those singers that have what it takes and she really deserve all the credits with the achievements she accomplished all these years, one dedicated singer with real talent.
So yea, the first American Idol champion, Kelly Clarkson was in Kuala Lumpur last Sunday performing in front of 16,000 adoring fans at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium and i’m gonna repeat what i said in my previous post again that IT WAS A BLAST!!!
Reached around 6PM++ on that day along with Kel Li and Nigel and we thought that we were early, but there were already pretty much people lining up at the queue to get into the stadium. Hardcore fans!
There were booths there selling Kelly Clarkson’s merchandise including CDs, DVDs, shirts and etc.
Entering the stadium getting to our seats waiting for the concert to start is always a sweaty annoying period…
but when Jaclyn Victor, our very own 1st Malaysian Idol came out and performed in the opening act of the concert, i had those negative moments behind my back instantly. In fact, i thought that she made us Malaysians proud. Her powerful vocals gained cheers from the crowds where she sang a medley of local well known songs.
Suki (Winner of One In A Million 2006) came out later on with a RM15k gown displaying her violin skills followed by her vocal performance.
It was when Kelly Clarkson came on stage with her first song “All I Ever Wanted” that the crowd starting going crazy shouting out loud from their hearts with many of them started singing along with the 1st American Idol Champion.
For a singer to perform live with most of the fans singing along is one of the most beautiful thing that could happen and when Kelly Clarkson pointed the mic towards the crowd during the 6th song “Breakaway“, everyone sang along. Loud and Clear.
but what i felt more heart warming was the birthday song dedicated to Kelly Clarkson later on by a group of people from the upper tier. Too bad the song wasn’t complete and the band weren’t aware of it where they started playing their instruments in the middle of the birthday song.
However, Kelly heard it and quickly thanked the crowd and went performing the next song immediately. Talking about professionalism that is! It was Kelly’s birthday one day before the concert. =)
Kelly performed 22 songs in total and showed the Malaysian crowd an impressive performance with her dominant and powerful vocals but of course, part of the credit have goes to her band members as well as the backup singers. I kinda love the parts when the DJ came in as an intro to a few songs though.
1. All I Ever Wanted
2. Miss Independent
3. I Do Not Hook Up
4. Impossible
5. That I Would Be Good / Use Somebody (Alanis Morissette / Kings Of Leon cover)
6. Breakaway
7. If I Can’t Have You
- Can’t Get You Out Of My Head band jam – (Kylie Minogue cover)
8. Never Again
9. Lies (The Black Keys cover)
10. Tonight I Wanna Cry (Keith Urban cover)
11. Acoustic Medley sitdown (a mix of her lesser known singles)
12. Behind These Hazel Eyes
13. Cry
14. I Want You
15. Don’t Let Me Stop You
16. Because Of You
17. Maybe
18. Walkaway
19. Since U Been Gone
20. Already Gone
- Her band’s DJ decked out some tunes -
21. Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes cover)
22. My Life Would Suck Without You
Above is the full list of songs performed by Kelly and i really enjoyed the concert very much. Listening live compared to listening to her on radio/CDs, BIG DIFFERENCE! Live performances is always the best!!
Only if the performer is someone like Kelly Clarkson of course! =D
*Thanks to Sony Music Malaysia for the pass. =)
**Credits to the organizers for the up close pictures of Kelly Clarkson, Jaclyn Victor and Suki
***Kelly Clarkson’s fans may continue to enjoy her latest mobile content on their phones, including caller ringtones, true tunes, and full songs from the Hotlink website at www.hotlink.com.my
Back from Kelly Clarkson All I Ever Wanted Tour Live in Malaysia 2010 Concert
Apr 26th
Just came back from Kelly Clarkson All I Ever Wanted Tour Live in Malaysia 2010 concert and IT WAS A BLAST!!!!
Jessica, HsuJen, David, Kel Li, NigelSia, Me
Awesome people i met there!!!!
22 songs in total with the last song ‘My Life Would Suck Without You’ rocking the stadium where everyone sang along ending the concert with a high note. Everyone was having a big wide smile on their face when they left their seats. =D
By the way. according to Hot Magazine, Suki who was one of the performer for the opening act of this concert wore a 15k gown!! 15k…. Crazy…
Anyways, Sorry yah, no Kelly Clarkson pictures yet because i can’t take nice pictures of her from the place i was sitting at just now, will blog a detail blogpost when i get the pictures =)
At the meantime, do join Sony Music Malaysia Facebook page as they might be uploading Kelly Clarkson’s picture soon!! Stalk the page!!
On another unrelated note, who went to see Charmaine Sheh ah? I just saw this picture posted in Facebook and she’s gorgeous!! Hehe!
*picture taken by Wingz, more pictures of Charmaine here.
The Friday That Was – Hennessy Artistry & GUINNESS St. Patrick’s Festival!
Mar 26th
I often think that some specific people who rush in between 2 different events going from a place to the other is insanely out of their mind, there is no need to do so to make yourself so tiresome and exhausted at the end of the day and no it won’t impress people at all.
But just last Friday i was that insane person who did just what i described above.
Reached Sunway from work super early that day to get the passes for Hennessy Artistry event. Pass for me myself and some college friends who wanted to go very badly that is.
After hanging around at the press conference for a short while, i headed to 1Utama with Ren and Aaron for the St. Patrick’s Festival that is happening there.
St. Patrick’s Festival at 1Utama? It was super nice when i first see it with my own eyes. The atmosphere, the decoration and how they set up the whole place, awesomely planned!
It was beyond happening that night and i actually managed to bumped into some familiar faces in the sea of Malaysians celebrating an Irish Festival with Guinness and a wide range of western food.
Thomas, Alicia and Elaine were the few to start with.
The festival was quite magical with lots of character coming out from wonderland and such and the pictures i have couldn’t really show how awesome it was, perhaps you can google about it haha.
Aaron, Hweiming and Ren
Nonetheless, the amount of people i bumped into went from a few to a handful of them and there were pretty little time to catch up actually as everyone was busy mingling here and there.
But hey i’m not complaining, it was nice meeting old friends and such and exchanging a few more words beyond the normal hi and bye really means a lot to me already.
Left the scene with fireworks and such with drops of rain falling already. It was around 10.30PM.
Back at Hennessy Artistry, the show have just started when the 3 of us got ourselves into the full packed place with lots of crazy people.
Sad to say, i Didn’t really pay much attention at the act as i was busy avoiding myself being a sardine, walking up and down getting glasses of Hennessy as well as hunting down my college friends who can’t be contacted with my network-less phone.
At the end of the day, Hennessy Artistry is happening but somehow i enjoyed myself more at St. Patrick’s Festival where it’s not so packed.
Looking forward to more exciting acts in the next few Hennessy Artistry in 2010!!
The night was pretty awesome after all with the company of friends who are crazy enough to party with.
Just look at Aaron wearing a St. Patrick’s Day hat and Ren holding a cup of Guinness!!
and that picture was took in Opera Club, Sunway.
Till then. Cheers!
ShareBack from a Crazy Awesome Night with St Patrick’s and Hennessy Artistry!
Mar 20th
Just came back, very tired, but couldn’t sleep. T__T
Anyways…
GUINNESS St Patrick’s Day at 1 Utama was Awesome!
and Hennessy Artistry at Opera Club was Crazy!
but hey what i enjoyed most was meeting familiar faces! I LOVE MY FRIENDS!
Okay, will talk more about it soon. I need to force myself to sleep now. Night Peeps!
Share袁咏琳大马音乐签唱会 Cindy Yen Music Showcase Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Feb 27th
Yesterday was the music showcase of Cindy Yen 袁咏琳 on her debut album which was held at Sungei Wang Plaza, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
Cindy Yen was born on the 14th of November 1986 in Houston, Texas. She began learning piano at the age of 5 and violin at the age of 10. When she was 12, her parents divorced, and since then she was brought up by her mother. After graduating with a double major in Music & Journalism, she returned to Taiwan. In 2009, she also won Miss Chinatown USA pageant 2009.
She is now JVR Music’s new singer-songwriter.
Cindy composed & sung the theme song “Do you see me” in a recent Far EasTone advertisement and was seen as the next promising newcomer after Joanna Wang & Alisa Gao.
On the 30th of October 2009, Cindy released her self-titled debut album ‘Cindy Yen’. The title track was her duet with superstar Jay Chou – ‘Sand Painting’ which was composed & produced by her, while the lyrics were written by Vincent Fang.
Her debut album is mainly built upon R&B, spiced with popular elements such as rock, metal and electronics. Cindy composed all 10 melodies, with some help with the lyrics from Vincent Fang & Nan Quan Mama’s Lara. Her album includes not only her R&B, pop & classical roots, but also other genres such as pop rock, hard metal & even Latin dance beat, which proves her versatility in different music styles, while her piano ballads also demonstrate her solid vocals.
Cindy is beyond dispute a newcomer with firm music talent & her arrival in the music industry has already created a huge stir!
by Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net
Upon appearing up on stage, Cindy Yen 袁咏琳 greeted the Malaysian fans “Apa Khabar” with immediate response from the crowd shouting Cindy!! Being largely reported in the Chinese entertainment world as the next J-Girl of Jay Chou 周杰伦, Cindy said that working on the song Painting Sands 画沙 with Jay is some experience that is rare despite all the rumors, she only treated Jay as her brother.
After a brief conversation with the emcee, Cindy Yen 袁咏琳 performed the song she sang with Jay Chou 周杰伦 with the crowd joining in to sing. Do watch the video above to see her live performance at the music showcase!!
Cindy Yen 袁咏琳 performed a few other songs such as 很旅行的爱情, 雨後天空 and etc which is included in her debut album. Though one of the song she performed talks about her views on her sad relationship with her ex, she had this sweet voice + a big bright smile on her face throughout the whole session.
2 lucky fans got to get on stage to sing with Cindy Yen 袁咏琳 herself and got themselves a special gift from Sony Music Malaysia.
and well, what happen after her performances was the autograph session. She’s just so pretty and attractive that i’ll save my words and just let you see more pictures alright!?
Well, i’ve always been keeping an eye on the Taiwan Entertainment Industry myself and love the music produced there and though the competition are tough over there, i do appreciate some of the singers working hard on their music.
From what Cindy Yen 袁咏琳 said during the earlier press conference, that she’s already working on her 2nd upcoming album, i would wait and love to see what she have installed for the music fans!!
Definitely love her smile!!!
Click on the link for more pictures on 袁咏琳大马音乐签唱会 Cindy Yen Music Showcase.
*Go watch the videos above as well ok? =)
