Monday, March 9, 2026

三面玲农・马上好运 - FAMA and Mak Ling Ling in Genting (Arena Of Stars) - 8 March 2026
























This show, which is a cross-over between Feng Shui master, Mak Ling Ling and rappers FAMA, was originally slated to be held at Genting prior to the Lunar New Year.  I suspect due to sluggish ticket sales, it was later shelved to 8th of March.  Unfortunately, the postponement did little improvement as the organiser were offering free tickets prior to the concert.  To rub salt to the wound, those holding the cheapest tickets were later upgraded to VIP seats to fill-up the empty seats.  Such poor management and unjust move.  To be fair , those who have bought PS1 tickets should be given priority to have their seats elevated to VIP tier.  If I had known, I would not have wasted my money buying PS1 seats.

FAMA has ventured out on their own and started a new company called "So Fa So Good".  Hate to say this but their performance leaves much to be desired. Seems to have lost their mojo as their newer compositions lacked soul and felt detached, compared to their older hits.  The hip hop melody loops are not catchy either.  Fortunately, they have Mak Ling Ling around to add some sparks to the show and made it less boring with non-stop audience interactions.  Clearly, most of the spectators were more captivated by Mak's metaphysics sharings than listening to FAMA.  The only highlight is probably having Mak Ling Ling sang 風生水起  live during encore. I am disappointed that 居高只手 is glaringly missing from their set list. They also took the chance to promote their upcoming concert May concert in Hong Kong.  Judging from the less than lukewarm response, I doubt any Malaysians would go to HK for the show (although I did that before for FAMA 16 years ago).