I just got back from Show 羅志祥's 2nd concert of his world tour series, which includes a stop in Singapore sometime in December. It is held at the 台北小巨蛋 (literally translated as Taipei Little Giant Egg), officially called Taipei Arena. The first concert was held yesterday at the same place. I bought a mid-range seat, which is relatively near the stage, but at the side.



First things first. I didn't take any pictures because I wanted to enjoy the performance as much as possible and not looking at the camera screen. I also think that I wouldn't be able to get any nice shots anyway, given my distance from the stage and the lighting conditions, plus someone complained about the other autograph sessions pictures I took in broad daylight and at a shorter distance to be "not clear enough" (yes, I'm looking at you senpai). Well anyway, not photos. Before entering the Arena, I noticed a lot of enterprising businessman/women selling all kinds of glow-sticks, small hands(for a louder clapping sound), and mini-binoculars.

Well, on to the show! If you have ever watched any DVDs of concerts before, I can tell u this, the atmosphere and excitement of being there in person cannot be captured sufficiently in recordings. The interaction with the performer, the shouts and screams all around you, the singing along, and the highly charged atmosphere, is something that you have to experience for yourself.

The concert itself was very enjoyable. The entrance was dramatic(as all concerts are). He performed most of the songs from his new album, which was released on 16th November(2 days ago), and also a lot of the songs from previous albums, including classics like 小丑魚, 戀愛達人, 真命天子. But the main reason I went to the concert is not his songs, its the dance moves, and man does he know how to dance. There were a few songs that have strenuous dance routines that resulted in him panting and trying to catch his breath after finishing the songs, especially the chair dance part at the end of 精舞門. He also danced to Billie Jean by Micheal Jackson, and sang a canto song by Aaron Kwok.

The guest performers were great too. One of them was Rainie Yang (one of my favorite), and the other one was Elva Hsiao. Rainie performed a dance with 小豬 and also sang her own song, 帽子戲法. Elva did a duet with Show called 敗給你, which was a song in his new album, and also performed her own song, Honey Honey Honey.

羅志祥's mom appeared during the concert also. According to him, he never expected it because she was hospitalized a few days ago. The organizers did a similar thing during the first concert yesterday, but it was just a VCR recording of his mom cheering him on, and so he thought the same would happen today.  He was speechless and cried for a minute or so. The whole scene was very touching.

The encore song was Twinkle, in which he invited his friends who were in the audience seats to go up on stage and dance together with him. The gang was known as "Party Boys", but among them, I only know 小鬼.

After the concert ended, people were queuing up outside the Taipei Arena to buy the concert merchandise. There was a cap that I quite like, but it was sold out and I had to pre-order it if I wanted to buy, so I gave up. In the end, I just bought the album which comes with an autographed poster. I'll put up the photo of the poster if I feel like it. :p Other things on sale there include key chains, T-shirts, autographed cloth posters (which are bigger than the normal plastic-y type), and a Swarovski diamond necklace in the shape of an 'S' (which was the most expensive item at NT1500 which is about SGD 70).