Friday 8 February 2013
Show Luo"s Singapore concert to be a little less showy
Show Luo’s Singapore concert to be a little less showy
By Han Wei Chou |
Posted: 08 February 2013 1427 hrs
SINGAPORE: Taiwan singer Show Luo revealed Thursday that his upcoming Show 2013 World Live Tour – Over The Limit concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium will be slightly less elaborate, compared to his shows in Taipei.
The popular singer told reporters in a phone interview that he had no choice but to pull out certain segments of his March 1 concert, due to venue restrictions and safety considerations.
One segment called for Luo to perform onstage along with 124 other dancers, but will have to be modified as the concert venue in Singapore cannot accommodate them all.
A stunt where he jumps down from a height of 4.5 metres, as well as some pyrotechnic effects will also be absent from his Singapore show because of safety considerations.
Luo expressed that he wanted to manage people’s expectations as they may have read reports about his concerts, which were based on his performances in Taipei, and expect to see an identical concert here.
“I want to be honest about this.
“Even though I’m a little disappointed, I have to respect the rules,” said Luo.
Aside from clearing the air about his upcoming concert, Luo also shed light on his plans this year.
The singer said he hopes to appear in an idol drama in 2013, after working on Stephen Chow’s “Journey to the West – Conquering the Demons” last year.
When asked why he had waited for so long to return to drama after 2009′s “Hi My Sweetheart”, Luo explained that it is simply because he is “very strict about the script”.
“I don’t want audiences to feel that I am always taking on similar roles,” said Luo, pointing out that the scripts he had received so far often had the same feel as “Hi My Sweetheart”.
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Show Luo"s Singapore concert to be a little less showy
Thursday 7 February 2013
Taiwan cloud music service to launch in Singapore, Malaysia
KKBOX, a cloud-based music service provider from Taiwan, will officially launch an unlimited pay-per-month service in Singapore and Malaysia this March, as part of expansion plans into Southeast Asia.
The company wants to grow its footprint beyond Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan to other Chinese language music markets, said KKBOX managing director Alex Wang, in a report by Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) on Thursday.
Free registration for the trial service has already started in Singapore and Malaysia in January this year. Once formally launched next month, the music streaming service will likely cost S$9.90 (US$7.99) and MYR 14.9 (US$4.81), he added.
KKBOX was founded in Taiwan in 2004, and currently has more than 10 million songs in its library. The company is currently majority owned by Japanese mobile phone operator KDDI which holds 67.5 percent stake. The KKBOX’s management team holds 21.4 percent and Taiwan smartphone maker HTC holds 11.1 percent, the report said.
According to the company, when KKBOX launched its music service in Hong Kong in November 2009, it gained about 200,000 registered users within the first year.
Wang said he expects similar first-year growth in Singapore and Malaysia. The company has increased its digital music database in both countries by partnering local music artists and publishers, he noted.
“Local partners are very important to us. We have been in talks with several telecom operators and banks there because they have a wider customer base and mature payment systems,” Wang pointed out.
Wang added that KKBOX will also target Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines as part of the aim to become the leading music streaming service provider in Asia.
In Japan, KKBOX also plans to launch its own music service in March that would introduce more Chinese-language songs in the country, the report said. The company already offers a pay-per-month cloud music service, called “LISMO unlimited”, for mobile subscribers at 1,480 yen (US$15.84) since June 2011. The service was a partnership with operator KDDI and RecoChoku, Japan’s largest digital music content provider.
Taiwan cloud music service to launch in Singapore, Malaysia