After a hearty snack at Wong Cho Lam's dessert shop at Hung Hom, I headed to HK coliseum. It pays to arrive early coz as I was loitering around the venue, I saw roast pig and praying paraphernalias spreaded on a table at the entrace. True enough, after a short wait, the main attraction, FAMA appeared, along with mentor, DJ Tommy, boss, Edison and guest performer-cum-famed-geomancer, Mak Ling Ling, for a blessing ceremony. It's apparent that all are in pretty good spirit, even EDC, sporting a smaller frame size now. I was hoping to grab some concert memorabilias prior to concert, unfortunately, there wasn't any. Patrons were only allowed into the hall, like 20 minutes before it commenced. Quite a stark difference from my concert going encounter in Malaysia, where the crowd would usually congregate an hour or two before the show starts. I spotted Khalil, Kay Tse and hubby (Louise Cheung) plus their son. I got to know later that the concert actually coincided with the kiddo's birthday.
Lights dimmed and Edison started the ball rolling with a rap version of John Lennon's classic - "Imagine". It was EDC's first public appearance after the scandal broke out some 2 years ago. Suddenly, two figures in space suits descended from above the stage to the intro of "I believe I can Fly" - it's none other than C Kwan and 6 Wing ! Everyone was on their feet by then. Although video recording is prohibited, security was lenient when it comes to snapping pixs and you can dance and stand-up as long as your heart desires. No overzealous scurity personnels flashing their torch lights at you when snapping away. Genting and Galaxy should really take heed of this ! They want to charge exhorbitantly but get all worked-up over fans taking photos!
FAMA's concert was broken-down into a few segments - dance, rock, unplugged, talk-show plus the grand finale. The duo even put-in a few nitty dance moves in their performance ! Mak Ling Ling was dressed in a cool white Adidas (the official costume sponsor) track suit when singing "风生水起." I luv the bubble bag inspired suits FAMA put-on during the unplugged version and also had a chance to see the guy who did the vocal part for "粒粒皆辛苦." The talk-show portion was so-so ( I actually prefer the one 6 Wing did during the last Chivas concert). Understandably, the content is catered to the HK audience which may sound Greek to overseas fans. The concert came to a rousing-end when they performed their greatest hit - "居高只手", which had all the fans waving in unision. There was group of Richie Ren's fans sitting next to me, armed with LED signboards(I actually thought that Siu Chai is going to be the special guest but later found out that Richie bought tixs for the show and distributed to his fanclub members). The best part is I noticed that Richie's fans were all so supportive and engrossed in the show !!! During the final song - "O FAMA",6 Wing and C Kwan paid tribute to the fans and the behind-the-scene folks. Otto (of EO2 fame) was up the stage ,too, coz he was the dance choreographer for the night. Fans refused to budge when the concert came to a close. FAMA appeared in white and black singlets. Nope, no medley to pacify the fans. Instead, they were quite emotional and gave heart-felt words of encouragement ( I can tell that this is not something which they have rehearsed) to everyone. I hope Malaysians would get a chance to watch their live performance. Gambate FAMA ! Special thanks to the fanclub leader in HK for helping us get the tixs.
The next day, I had the good fortune of attending FAMA's overseas fans gathering at Megabox's Neway Karaoke. In attendance were fans from Dongguan, Shenzhen, Japan and of course, Malaysia. We took the opportunity to have an early birthday celebration for 6 Wing. Both couldn't stop telling me about their chilling/spooky encounter at Genting during the last My FM award ceremony. Had an awesome time with these "down-to-earth" dudes. Yes, the pun intended ! Down-to-earth is the name of their concert and they certainly live up to it. Many thanks to 6 Wing and C Kwan for the lunch treat !
PIXS coming up !
Rundown :-
農夫 2010 down to earth 演唱會rundown
農夫演唱會歌單
1. I believe u can fly
2. 音乐大亨
3. 全民皆估
4. 农夫系你老死
5. 风生水起
[向摇滚致敬]
6. 富甲天下
7. 欢天喜地
8. 学海无涯
9. in the end + Old School Days
10. 24
11. 信不信由你
12. 爱似林一峰
13. dream girl
14. 日出而作
15. 眠眠
16. 粒粒皆辛苦
[45分钟talk]
17. heal the world
18. hkYFi主題曲《Y-men》
19. 娱乐圈杀人事件
20. 再见fanz
21. 456wing
22. rap along song
23. wavin' flag
24. 居高只手
25. O'Fama
