Crazy Hari Raya part 2... Hype Up concert!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO IDELAN!!

Yeah, I totally agree wif this quote stated on the Sistic ticket holder... "Losing your voice screaming for your idol: priceless" :-p
This is the ticket I bought at Bishan outlet 3 weeks ago... momma wouldnt let me get premium seats, so what to do... I bought the $78 seats. And yes, I did remember to bring the tickets before leaving the house for the Hype Up concert. If not, then why would I be typing here? :-)

Minutes after the Star Awards roadshow at Bugis (as mentioend in the earlier post), I quickly took a train to Kallang MRT station... meeting Gerald and Joshua there. Together, we took a rather long walk to the bus stop opposite the Indoor Stadium... and we took a bus to the McDonald's outlet near the bus terminal. After a quick dinner at Mc's, we headed back to the Indoor Stadium... chatting wif Kai Leng and her friend... and it was also at that time that I met up wif Ryan (seems like I had seen him before... during the Finals??? So Khairul was right after all). And later, I got to talk to Paul's parents as well as Jasmine's family.

I wasn't too pleased wif the huge number of empty seats at the west wing of the stadium... blame it on Hype Records for holding the event on a public holiday (and the fact that about half of the SI fans, esp those from the Taufik and Hady fanclubs, happen to be Malay!!). Although there was indeed a reasonable number of Malays who attended the event, it still wasn't enough to make up for the poor attendance... but hey, I did see Siew Woon, Levin and Jay there!!! :-D

Anyway, this was how the event went...
Hady opened up with "Freedom", "Knocks Me Off My Feet" and "Lagenda". Dunno why he's wearing a cap throughout the whole show.. makes him look too much like an uncle.

Daphne looked VERY HOT... she had morphed from sweetie pie to sizzling hot rocker chic. Can you say 'Britney'? Except that Daph is MANY TIMES HOTTER!!! the first song where she did a raunchy dance was Ciara's "Get Up!"... the second song she sang was "Paper".

Sylvester sang a Chinese song titled "Suo Yi", getting off the stage and greeting his fans seated at the premium area. Quite disappaointed that he sang only one song... perhaps it's due to the termination of his contract that prohibited him from singing a few more songs?

Lucify then came out to play 3 songs...good singing, bad image. Thank goodness they didn't win the SuperBand Finals back on August. Forgot the name of the first song (it was in Chinese). The second song they sang was "Faint" by Linkin Park... then the lead singer (sorry, I dont know his name, for I didnt follow SuperBand) sang Bon Jovi's "It's My Life" wif Daphne (looking even hotter in leather skirt) and Sly playing the guitar (I dont think he was allowed to sing any more songs).

Paul Twohill was next, singing "Song 2" (that song that starts off wif "WOO HOO") and "Here Without You". He then sang a duet, "Kids" wif Jasmine Tye.

Jasmine looked really HAWT too... she played the piano and sang "Foolish Games"... then she sang an acapella song with the Kent Ridge A Capella group from NUS.

Olinda sang 3 songs... the first two being "Besame Mucho" and "Sailing"... the last one being "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me", which will be included in her long-awaited debut album.

Don and Drew were next... after starting off wif a crazy random rap song, they picked a young lady named Porscha to hold their mikes while they sing "Be My Valentine". Altho their 3 songs sounded rather silly in terms of context, they still did quite a good job warming up the crowd. But I chose wisely not to take too many pics of them cos their performances were a little dull and not as wild as the others.

Next up was Electrico, singing "Love In The New Wave" and "We're Not Made In The USA". It was around there that the batteries were starting to run flat...

Jonathan Leong was next!!! Of all the Idols, he was the one who truly got everyone on their feet. He sang 3 songs... first song was Nickelback's "Far Away", second song was Dreamz FM's "Should I Stay", and he sang "Qing Ren", a Cantonese song by 80s/90s pop band Beyond... a song that was 'close to his heart' during his secondary school days.

Taufik came out and sang 4 songs... 2 of them being hip hop numbers titled "Sombong" and "One", both which will debut on his sophomore album that will be launched next month... he then surprised everyong by singing Terese Teng's "Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin" (The Moon Represents My Heart) alongside Olinda. The last song was his latest single which he debuted during the Singapore Idol Final Results show... "All Because Of You".

Grand finale... Taufik singing the first few lines of "I Dream", then Hady took over and sang the very song that helped him win the Singapore Idol crown last month... "You Give Me Wings". Suddenly it seems like Singapore Idol all over again... :-)

My only lasting regret was not taking pic wif Siew Woon, Levin, Jay and his girlfriend before the show... cos by the time the concert came to an end, the camera batteries went totally flat!! SIGH :-(

Milly and Wan Hua were also present, but I guess they were seated elsewhere... oh well, hope to see them again.

For upclose pictures, go to this site... http://www.youth.sg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1462&Itemid=29