Unfair or Not???

I saw this entertainment show on TV Mobile the other day and they featured a small section on the BSB since they are coming down to S'pore for a concert. Then the show interviewed some of the locals on the street and I can't stop thinking about what one of the girls said. She mentioned that she was supportive of the BSB but they only bothered to come down to S'pore when they were coming up and needed more fans and support.

Hai...as much as I hate to admit it, I feel that what she said is really true. I mean, this will only be the second time they are coming down to S'pore in their long career. I know because I have been waiting forever for them to hold a concert here, not to say any brief stop-overs and autograph/photography sessions for their fans here. It's unfair. If I didn't manage to get tickets for this coming concert, I might have to wait another 5 years before they came back and that is if they didn't declare another break period or disband altogether.

Maybe S'pore is just too small and many of the American artistes feel that there isn't a big enough fan base here to hold their concerts? To me, it seems like majority of the concerts that come here are performed by Asian singers and bands. Look at the concerts they are having for these few months...we've got Stephanie Sun and some oldies HK/Taiwanese concert for CNY. Oh yeah there's Oasis too but Oasis is like so lame...not my kind of music. Stephanie Sun's front row seats actually cost more than BSB's!!! How outrageous is that? You would have thought that she might set cheaper seats since she is S'porean and give her S'porean fans a break. What's more, she is a solo performer while BSB has 5 people in their group. More money for Stephanie to pocket I guess...

I wish we could have a wider variety of concerts here. I don't listen to chinese songs so performers like S.H.E, Energy, Tension and the other Taiwanese groups don't appeal to me. Anyway, after watching the charity show on Channel U where S.H.E sung one song and watching them act in this drama serial, I am totally put-off right now. Now only can they not sing properly, their acting is atrocious. Don't get me wrong, I was not anti them before this. In fact I quite enjoyed their songs. But listening to them perform live like that showed me how bad their singing actually was and how recording and editing could improve their voices until I believed that they COULD sing. It's quite sad to watch them TRYING to act in the serial too. I really felt like puking when Ella started crying (sorry CK but this is the truth).

I would like to watch Kelly Clarkson or Mariah Carey in concert. Wonder if they'll ever come and if I'll have the money to watch them? I have pretty high hopes for the BSB concert...my first concert ever...!!! Of course, if they start singing out of tune and do some lame dancing, you can be sure you'll get to read about it here.