...attend a Mayday (五月天) concert?

Lest you think that pop concerts are a thing of the past or only meant for the younger ones, let me remind you that Mayday released their first album in 1999, and so they are kinda from our generation too. :)



Yesterday, I attended my second Mayday concert in less than a year. I first went for their concert last August. I had heard a lot about their concerts, that the atmosphere was fantastic and that everyone would be standing throughout. The scene where everyone is standing throughout the concert is hardly seen in Chinese concerts, except for the Beyond concert I went for in 1997. So I thought, I had to experience a Mayday concert at least once.

I had a lot of fun at their concert last year, and yes, I stood throughout the concert. They write all their own songs and the atmosphere in the indoor stadium was just fantastic. I think part of it also has to do with their charismatic lead singer, Ah-Xin (there's always a guy involved, isn't it?). But Ah-Xin is not only boyish-cute, he's very talented. He writes almost all the songs in their albums and he's very good with the pen. I thought he wouldn't be able to sing live very well, but he did and he did so for close to 3.5 hours! At the end of their concert last year, I told myself I had to go for every Mayday concert!

Yesterday's concert was an open-air one at National Stadium. It was their first outdoor concert in Singapore, even though they have held many of such outdoor concerts in Taiwan. It was a little humid last night, but the concert was again fantastic! And because it was an outdoor concert, there was even fireworks! Very very pretty fireworks!

They even set up a 3-tonne transformer (Bumblebee) at the venue!

I had heard that the sound system might not be as good at outdoor concerts and you might not be able to hear the singer very well. But last night, Ah-Xin again showed his mettle! haha. If only they did not have any curfew to adhere to (I think the authorities would fine them if they over-stayed), I believe they would have gone on singing way past midnight. There were so many fans still at the stadium even though the lights at the stadium had come on and Ah-Xin had spoken from backstage to ask everyone to go home.

I felt a bit amiss cos they did not sing their hit Hokkien song, Zhiming and Chunjiao - oh well, till the next Mayday concert then! Maybe this time in Taiwan. :)