Concerts were another big highlight this year, with Jay Chou and Maroon 5 performing on the days I could attend. I am trying hard not to think too much about how difficult it was to walk from Paddock to Padang, as well as from the Padang to City Hall after. Suffice to say it was pure hell with tons of sweaty smelly bodies packed closed together moving at a snails pace and bad traffic control almost resulting in a stampede and riots. Thankfully I have a short memory and only remember the good things!
For Jay Chou, we arrived late due to the massive crowd slowing our pace, and missed getting into the side entrance into the fan zone (ie front section of the Padang) by like 10 people (*sob*). Ended up at the much further section at the back and poor short people like me could barely see anything. Thank goodness for taller friends who can wield my camera for me!
Jay Chou was "ok". (Am I about to get stoned by the millions of his fans?) I didn't find his vocal performance particularly impressive, made worse by the fact that he mumbles a lot and didn't engage much with the audience. Still it was exciting to be there!
At first I thought Maroon 5 would be less popular, but I was terribly wrong. Not only was it just as packed walking there, the crowd this time was 90% caucasians who are not only taller than me, were disgusting enough to smoke despite us being packed like sardines!!! Even though we started walking earlier, we ended up getting there late again.
This time round however, we managed to get into the fanzone right in front! I was so glad that I brought my 70-200mm lens (well *Shinta was the one lugging it around the whole day). The shots are amazing. I barely had to crop it. Sadly we were quite at the side so you will only see the left side of his face.
More importantly, the music, sound and performance were brilliant. His guitar work and vocals were exciting and he engaged really well with the audience. He didn't need to rely on fancy props or dances, it was just him, his guitar and the band.
Sadly I didn't have tickets for the last day with Katy Perry. That would have been a treat! Well that's the last of my posts on Formula 1 this year. Who knows whether I will be lucky enough to get tickets again next year, and whether the programme will be as great!
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