Lady Gaga – Live in Singapore
Sometimes, all it takes is just one eager fan to help form the plans to attend a concert. For Lady Gaga, there were 2 – Mei and Pei Fern. Pei Fern convinced Gerardine to go while Mei convinced me – and before I knew it, we had a group!
Our Lady Gaga tickets
I actually have Lady Gaga’s album in my iPhone and I do listen to her occasionally, but her songs are not something I can relate or singalong to. After all, they’re all gender skewed! Imagine me going “I want to take a ride on your disco stick” or “Boys Boys Boys, we love them, we love them!”. Sure explains why there weren’t that many men in the crowd..
Surprisingly, Lady Gaga did manage to command the attention of whatever men there was in the crowd too. After all, which hot blooded male wouldn’t be enraptured by a gorgeous bottomless lady hopping around the stage in her panties, shaking her awe inspiring jiggly butt cheeks, spreading her legs and revealing the occasional camel toe, while throwing profanity loaded encouragements through her deliciously sweet voice. Gaga indeed!
The crowd for Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga commanded the largest crowd amongst the 3 concerts that week (probably due to her earlier showcase in Singapore last month + that her ticketing and promo was handled by Sistic)
Pei Fern, Gerardine & FoOie
Mei (and her Cajun hot dog) and FoOie
Here's your order miss...
Lady Gaga performing 'Money Honey'
Lady Gaga's Poker Face (or should I say ass?) 
And the show comes to a close..
As she only had one album, the concert itself was quite short. Not only did it start late, it was also stretched out with the occasional theatrics, LCD / projector recordings of a ‘Who Shot Candy Warhol’ mystery video, and a number of costume changes. Timing issues aside, I have to give it to her – she’s definitely got one heckuva sense of style.
I can definitely see why she commands such a huge fan base. Not only are her songs catchy – but she connects with the empowered women of today. She encourages women to speak out for what they want and be daring in their approach, public perceptions be damned. And while the crowd went wild I just stood there and let all the positive female energy wash over me.
At Starbucks after the concert..
Me and Mei made our way to the Lady Gaga after party at Zouk hoping to see if she will have a smaller more exclusive performance there. Unfortunately, Zouk’s infamous Mambo night was well underway (with young men standing on podiums and performing synchronized sakura dance moves to retro songs with dead serious expressions on their faces) and there was no sign of Lady Gaga around. When we’ve had enough at poking fun at them, we went home.
Keane – Perfect Symmetry Tour
I only found out about Keane performing in Singapore 4 days before their concert, and had a tough time finding people to go with me. My original partner Niki had to cancel due to work commitments, while fellow Keane fan Gerardine had a birthday dinner to attend. I was suddenly faced with a big decision: to head there alone, or to stay home.
That evening, I blasted Keane songs through my headset. I picked up my 8-Ball, closed my eyes, shook it and asked “Am I going for the Keane concert? Should I go? Would I enjoy myself?..”
I opened my eyes. The 8-Ball spoke to me.. “It Is Certain“.
I grabbed my stuff, rushed out of the house, and hopped into a cab. It was 730pm, the concert was about to start in 30 minutes.
Arrived in the middle of the first opening act – by Singaporean band The Fire Fight. I SMS-ed Gerardine about me being at the concert and she sms-ed back that she will try to make it after her dinner. Second opening act by French rock band Cyril Niccolai began (moshable Bon Jovi-esque songs). Just as they ended, Gerardine arrived. I was no longer alone.. 
As a free standing concert, we actually managed to get quite close to the front of the stage and had an AMAZING time watching Tom Chaplin sing (and sweat) his heart out to all of his big hits from his 3 albums. In comparison, NIN had their trademark light effects and Lady Gaga had her over-the-top makeovers while Keane only had a simple minimalist stage setup. All they had was their songs and Tom Chaplin’s incredible voice, and that was all that they needed to put on what I would say was the BEST concert out of the 3 I attended that week.
Our Keane Tickets
The 2nd opening act - French vocalist and rocker Cyril Niccolai
Keane kickstarting the concert with Bend & Break!
Things are heating up.. Tom Chaplin drenched in sweat.
Crowd going wild as Tom Chaplin approaches the front barricade
So what made it so good for me? It’s hard to say.. I guess I’ve always loved their genre of sentimental easy to love piano rock tracks, sometimes a little cryptic but always loaded with meaningful messages. But here I have to give it to Tom Chaplin again. He sang non-stop for almost 2 hours, and his strong voice didn’t waver in the slightest. His charisma, boyish looks, and friendly demeanor endeared him to all of us.
Again unlike NIN and Gaga with NO encores, Keane had TWO – the last of which he actually played a medley of (after Googling around) – Queen’s ‘Under Pressure’ and Springsteen’s ‘The River’. We left utterly satisfied.
We love you too!
Me & Gerardine in front of the Keane bunting
Oh, and another reason to keep trusting my 8-Ball? I managed to pick up Tom Chaplin’s guitar pick that he threw to the audience.
Tom Chaplin's Guitar Pick!
I guess it’s time for me to take a short break from all these parties and concerts.
Ranajay on August 17, 2009
All 3 concerts in a row?! You should get some complimentary tickets or something to the next event at Fort Canning
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Good job on catching the pick. And great photos too. You got the back of my head in one of them, haha!
FoOie on August 17, 2009
Haha, if ONLY! Hopefully LAMC productions finds my blog and decides to do some CRM with me
lol
Now you’ve got me wondering which balding patch belongs to you *kidding*.. It was a great concert though, and wish I had known a fellow Twitterer was right in front of me.
Ranajay on August 17, 2009
Hehe…I’m the spiraling bald patch in the photo titled “We love you too!”.
M* on August 17, 2009
Ew the guy behind us in pink has a dodgy as stain on his shirt. Ewwwwwww. [I shouldn't be grossed out cause I see sweaty men on a daily basis but DAMN, this is gross!]
And the short vids were actually Andy Warhol inspired films, just FYI
[if you've watched Factory Girl or followed any of his works I guess it'd be clearer?]. Thanks for being the waterboy that night, you are the best!
FoOie on August 17, 2009
Yeah, not to mention he was wearing pink too. What’s with all the PINK that night!
And do forgive my ignorance haha.. I don’t think I’ve actually seen any of his films (they were all way before my time), but I’m sure he’s had his big share of influence on today’s pop culture..
M* on August 17, 2009
Ass, if he was before YOUR time what does that make me. Fucking ancient or a 60 year old gay man trapped in the body of a 24 year old girl?
FoOie on August 17, 2009
Hahaha.. of course not.. it just means you are more in tune with pop culture references than I ever will be.
M* on August 18, 2009
Is pop culture a reflection/satire of our society today, or is society blindly following what’s fed by mass media?
Point to ponder indeed.
Chris on August 17, 2009
You managed to watch both concerts with good spot ler..
unlike me for world stage.
FoOie on August 17, 2009
Well, Singaporeans here sure are an organized civil lot lol. There was hardly any pushing or shoving, everyone kept respectful distances.. finding a good spot wasn’t difficult at all.
Besides, it was free standing and they didn’t divide the audience area like they did at MTV World Stage.
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