Time: 7:00pm
Location: Singapore Indoor Stadium
Kaki: JoC, SY, JoC's sistar
Rating: 3.5 stars
Language: Korean, with some English
Sypnosis:
The wait is over for all Singapore's hottest fans who will be able to catch their favorite idol group perform their signature music, mind-blowing dance works, and explosive performance in this mega concert LIVE! The first ever full solo 2PM concert "2PM Hands Up Asia Tour in Singapore 2011" kicks off on November 19 at 7:00 pm at the Singapore Indoor Stadium!
The Concert will be featuring a unique T-shape runway and three mosh pit sections to offer fans an up-close experience with their favorite 2PM members. Only 6000 tickets (including 1800 mosh pit tickets) will be on sale!
Review:
I was tempted to put the rating at 3 stars actually, however, the efforts on dancing and singing and attempts to gel with the audience through the use of English did not go unnoticed or unappreciated.
The Good
The cheoreography was good, their dancing abilities cannot be faulted (even those that were a little off by half a beat), understandable since it's live performance afterall.
The guys looked as hot as ever (considering their fans are called Hottest, I think)... and for my very first Kpop concert, I would say they delivered. I wasn't in time to make it for SHINee's concert some months back, but one of the feedback that the inability to converse with the crowd did leave the concert with a somewhat incomplete feeling, I mean, if you are not going to talk to me, wouldn't that be the same as watching a Concert DVD? So the presence of Junsu, Taekyeon and Nickhun helped heaps, a little more effort by the reminaing 3 dudes to have memorized something to say to the audience would have been good, but I am not gonna complain.
The Can Be Improved
Funnily enough, and perhaps as I wasn't in the mosh pits (one of my regrets, since I generally would prefer to be down there, but it was the day I just got back from Seoul and I knew I would be exhausted, and I was), the truly fun and party-like atmosphere only really came alive at the end, as they were bidding their farewells... the only time I stood up and started dancing with the group, but that too ended 2 songs later... Maybe if they had continued this atmosphere for another 4-5 songs, my score would have gone up by 0.5 star.
I was wondering if it was due to the experience of the group, or the more organized nature of these groups, I mean, if you are a dance group, adding fun stuff would be good. For e.g. having a "faked" impromptu dance competition would have been fun... and maybe a broader theme to stage the concert, e.g. a storyline that runs through, with the appropriate songs brought in... I know there were individual performances and they were fun. I don't know, I think a little something could have been added to add that final "ommpphh" would have made the concert experience more complete.
It was a rather short concert, at only 2hrs15mins, and since they started at about 715. Ending at 930 meant, they still had a good 1.5 hrs from the 11pm deadline that I know Indoor Stadium has before a fine is levied. Did feel somewhat shortchanged, but a quick chat with friends also revealed that they had sang all their "top hits", so maybe it was cuz they did not have sufficient songs under their belt. Or the physical nature of their performance didn't allow them to dance for 3 hours straight. Well., I wonder...
Overall
Anyway, I am just picking at bones, since the average age of the group is like, what, 22? Still young boys, despite all that biceps... I would say, there should still be a lot more time for them to pick up the experience of truly interacting with an audience, and what it means to put up a smashing concert for a live audience (and not the 1/2 songs they do at the shared concerts). They must remember, there is no "MC" to help hype up the audience, they have to do it themselves... You actually do have to say things like, "C'mon stand up, clap along" and continue making us stand and dance hahaha, it seems stupid, but essential when you are leading a huge group of people... we are all sheeps when we are in a crowd... HAHAHA
And, I am still considering, at $218, if they were to come back next year, would it still be a concert that I want to attend? I am half-hearted about it... it had the potential to be so much better if only the boys had more experience under their belt... and the simple fact that I even bought their tickets has already shown me to be a fan, just maybe not as mindless a fan since I am a lot older.
Ah well, this is a question that I can answer when they hold their next concert...
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