Wu Bai & China Blue 20th Anniversary World Tour

伍佰 & China Blue 20週年大感谢 世界巡迴新加坡演唱會 14 July 2012

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We got our tickets in 03 May 2012

So excited that the concert day is finally here! I made arrangement for DinoEgg to go for art class at an earlier slot, after that send him to Mum's. We went home to take a rest before setting out at 630pm, abit early... ok ok VERY early but we have never been to Resort World Convention Centre and we may get lost.

   

We reached the place at 715pm, found the Convention Centre & the Ballroom effortlessly. We decided to walk around since its the 1st time we are at Resort World before heading into the Ballroom. We went back at around 750pm and was in our seats around 8pm. Our 1st impression when we are inside is... it look & feel like some kind of conference instead of a world famous rocker group's concert. The chairs are those that you usually see during wedding dinner, hard & uncomfortable.  The stage is ok but the ceiling is pretty low thus the usual big screen you see are being reduce to 10% of its usual size.  Not very impressed.

While we try to make ourselves comfortable and waiting for the rest of the audience (like half of them) to arrive & be seated, we kept ourselves busy by taking photos of our surroundings. The unique flower lighting caught my attention and I couldn't resist to take a photo with my -lousy- Nokia X3 handphone. Not too bad, I zoomed in to the maximum to take this photo.

We waiting patiently for the seats to be filled up with people (man! they really have no sense of TIME!) Finally at around 830pm the lights were off except for those on the stage and the crowd went crazy chanting "伍佰! 伍佰! 伍佰!"  When the band starts playing and Wu Bai starts singing the crowd screamed like mad.  Oh boy!  What a crowd!  What a thrilling atmosphere!  What a thundering effect!  It engulfs and eats into you.  In that instance, every individual becomes one body, one entity with only one purpose in mind; to immerse in Wu Bai's songs and have an enormous great time.

Wu Bai started the concert with his song 《冲冲冲》 and when he sings 《妳是我的花朵》 the fans were dancing the famous dance steps.  Wu Bai said at the start of the concert that there will be less talking and more singing.  And so we, the fans were treated to pieces after pieces of his wonderful songs.  When he said "今天没讲太多话，但我要讲的话都在歌里面。Today, there will be not much talking, but what I wanted to say are all in my songs." later into the concert, we went crazy again!  We do so love him and his songs so much!

 “热情、坚持、浪漫、愤怒、生命之诗、土地、城市、未来 与 爱 Enthusiasm, Persistent, Romance, Anger, the poetry of Life, Land, City, and Love”, these are the themes of the concert.  Our moods were roller coasting wildly with each theme, screaming madly (ya fans does that alot hahaha) or calm & serenity.  Many a times we stand up swaying with our hands in the air & singing the song.  During the high peak of the concert, fans are already standing up and some of them ran to the front to join in the dancing, screaming, singing, hoping to be up close & personal with our idol.  I saw a man standing on the chair dancing!  Yeah!  That's how high the concert was.

I would love to list down the songs he sang but there are just too many!  And if you are a Wu Bai die hard fan you will know that all his songs are wonderful and which ever ones are sang at the concert you will always think about another song that should be sang during the concert.  And I am sure if given a choice we would love to hear ALL of his songs!

And at different intervals, he took the opportunity to showcase his best prized items; guitars.  They are of different colors, different make, different type.  A rocker can never have enough guitar.

The main attraction during the concert is this big 9x9 inch Chinese character "大" (Big in English) balloon which made its appearance on the 2nd part of the concert.  This is the only prop other then the 3D graphics of the group that was flash on the big screen.  Props or not, I think they are not important, though they add some colors to the concert.

Photo credits  9米x 9米“大”字灯笼

I think I'm too old to go rocking and dancing non stop for the whole night.  Many a times I have to sit down to rest my back.  My hands never once stop clapping to the beat of the music though.  I took my "rest time" a look around and saw that most of the fans are middle age adults.   Then I saw that there were a family with 3 children (age may be from 3 to 10yrs old) sitting a few rows behind me, further up front on my left, a 5-6yr old little girl was sitting on his daddy's shoulder, up in front on my right there is a 7-80+yr old uncle sitting on the chair, eyes closed clearly mesmerize by the songs, head & body swaying to the music.  Wu Bai's music really attracts people of every age.

How can his concert be COMPLETE without 《爱你一万年》???  On the 2nd encore he returned and gave us this song which he initially excludes out from the list of songs for the concert.  We will NEVER let him go without singing this song.  I found this video on youtube, can you feel the ultimate high?

So after 3hours at 11.20am, we left the place unwillingly and already thinking when will his next concert be.

I left with hurting throat, hoarse voice, aching arms, back breaking but a very happy girl.  I am sure daddy enjoy himself too.  We were both very disappointed & regret (till today even!) that we were unable to attend his last concert in Singapore.  This time, regardless of the ticket price (I would have bought the most expensive tickets but it was Sold Out when i wanted to buy) and the date, I decided to go ahead and buy the tickets.  Its really worth every penny spent! 

Ok hang on, the money well spent in going to Wu Bai's concert but not the price paid for the venue.  First and foremost, the sound system sux!  It does not project the sound loud and strong enough.  I am wondering those sitting at the back can feel the vibes & heat of the concert.  It is a concert, do you expect the fans to sit down obediently and not stand up to dance, jumping up & down in ecstasy?  The rows were placed so close that you can only stand up and no big movements unless you are moving sideways like a crab.  Oh well, you can still dance, you just have to ignore the irritating fact that the back of your legs are bumping onto the seat with every move.

Regardless, we are still happy, just that we vow NOT to return to the same place for ANY concert.  Indoor Stadium is still the best place to go for concert!

When will Wu Bai & China Blue return to Singapore for another concert????  I hope its not too far away.  Next time I will buy the tickets as soon as its open for purchase and get my hands on the most expensive tickets.  I just have to see him real close, not a tiny thumb size person or see him on the big tv screen at the concert.  I JUST HAVE TO!

PS : I regret not bringing my camera.  I saw the guy sitting next to us clicking away with his BIG GIGANTIC camera!  I thought no cameras are allowed???  Next time I will bring mine and have a blast clicking away.  Or maybe I will be too busy singing and dancing away instead of aiming n shooting hahahha~

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