Lightyears

I am super excited for the 2nd leg of A*mei Zhang Hui Mei’s Star Tour! This time the Taiwanese Pop Diva will be travelling to North America and Japan, and also Singapore (again)!! Tickets are already on sale for these performances, including the Singapore show, which started at 9 this morning! And of course, I have gotten my tickets already! Hopefully the A34 side will be the side she faces more often this time round (she faced the A15 side more last year, and thankfully I was on that side!). Oh yes, the concert will be held on 4th October (Sat) at the Singapore Indoor Stadium!

Anyway, I hope the setlist will be slightly altered this time round to make the show even more exciting, and probably her alter-ego thing, Amit, will show up as well, like what happened at the 19th Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan just a few weeks ago. View her performance here: http://www.im.tv/vlog/personal/2366751/4557273

This time I will try to take less pictures so that I can enjoy the concert even more, and also will bring more cash to get some of the tour merchandise!!!

For the North America leg of her tour, she will be performing at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe/ Harveys Outdoor Arena on 19th July, and also River Rock Show Theatre on 22nd July. In Japan, she will be having shows in the ACT Theatre on 22nd and 23rd September!! I think the performances at these places will be spectacular!

Lastly, the links to get the tickets online are as follows:

Harvey’s Lake Tahoe :
http://www.harrahs.com/EventsDetail.do?locationCode=HLT&detailName=a-mei-2008-detail&eventTitle=A-Mei%20live%20in%20Concert

River Rock Show Theatre: http://www.riverrock.com/entertainment/river_rock_show_theatre/performances/event07220801.aspx or http://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/110040CBB8A695B2?brand=gca_riverrock&camefrom=CFC_GREATCANADIAN

ACT Theatre:
http://www.tbs.co.jp/act/event/ameilive2008/

Singapore Indoor Stadium:
http://www.sistic.com.sg/portal/dt?dt.isPortletRequest=true&dt.action=process&dt.provider=PortletWindowProcessChannel&dt.windowProvider.targetPortletChannel=JSPTabContainer/sEventsCalendar/Event&dt.containerName=JSPTabContainer/sEventsCalendar&dt.windowProvider.currentChannelMode=VIEW&dt.window.portletAction=RENDER&contentCode=amei1008

 Get your tickets before they sell out!

Was just browing on youtube on the performances of A*mei, the Taiwanese diva, also known as Zhang Hui Mei. I am so totally impressed by her showmanship and musicianship and I think I have to post this up so that I can easily watch them next time I want to. Hope that she gets to sing the theme song for the Beijing Olympic Games 2008!

Performance of classic Chinese movie theme songs at the 2005 Golden Horse Awards:

Performance at the Asia Song Festival 2007 in South Korea:

Performance at the 2001 Taiwan Golden Melody Awards (where she won Best Female Vocalist):

Performance of “You Give Love A Bad Name” at some MTV event in Taiwan:

Performance at a tribute event to “Ma Ye”:

No idea what show it is:

For the MTV event, there was a posting for the video of her entire performance, but I cannot really find it now though.

She is really awesome!!! I mean which singer can be so versatile?! I want to fly to Japan to watch her sing in the Japanese Musical!!

2007 has been an amazing year in Chinese Music, with many artistes switching record companies, setting up their own companies etc.  After listening to a lot of great albums this year, I have decided that A*mei Zhang Hui Mei’s ”Star” album is my favourite of 2007!

The Taiwanese diva has put out many great albums to date and “Star” is definitely one of them. The album covers a range of songs, including jazz, R&B, pop, disco etc. and it really reinforces her status as a “Star”. Of all the tracks, I particularly like “You Do Love Me” or “ 你是愛我的”. It has the essence of a classic A*mei style ballad, and her delivery is just perfect! Another outstanding track would be “Don’t Sail Away”, which I think is an original English Song. Pronunciation aside, I think she captured the feel of the song, and it really grows on you after a few spins. In addition, there is also a super duet with a “newbie” Xiao Jing Teng, 蕭敬騰, in the song “A Moment” or “一眼瞬間”. Lastly, I would have to say that all the songs are just great, and if you have not gotten the album, you have to get it!

Anyway, A*Mei has had a great year, after parting with Warner Music Taiwan and joining EMI Music Taiwan, getting quite a number of endorsement deals, for example Taiwan Beer, and MAC launched a series of cosmetic products in collaboration with A*mei! She also launched her “Star World Tour” in November, beginning in Shanghai, and going to places in Southeast Asia, United States, Taiwan and so on. It was mentioned that the last stop would be in Hong Kong in early 2009. For the first half of next year (2008), she would also be involved in a Japanese Musical (visit this site for more information about the musical : www.turan.jp ).

Hope that she will release another amazing album next year, and I cannot wait to watch her perform live again!