Joey Yung's sixth major concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum and third world tour, the venture was a major success gaining positive feedback from fans, musicians/celebrities, DJs, and the media alike; with 14 shows in Hong Kong and 25 shows altogether, StarLight Live marks as Yung's biggest concert series/tour as of 2010.
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Johnnie Walker StarLight Live 2008 (Hong Kong)
The Stage
The stage was a complex "in the round" stage. The setup included multiple elevators, as well as a glass floor in the centre which was placed above large LED screens. Above the stage was a retractable unit which consisted of four screens facing different sides of the arena as well as four smaller screens beneath it. The set up also consisted of props including cardboard butterflies, rocking horses, as well as a fold-able "glowing ball". Throughout out the concerts, live footage as well as video backdrops/graphics would be displayed on the LED screens. There were also many special lighting effects used in this concert, most notably the innovative use of green lasers which truly gave the concert a light/laser show feel.
The Show
The show started with Joey being raised by an elevator situated in the middle of the stage (this is to symbolize a music box figurine coming out to perform for only a moment- one song period meaning that Star Light will catch people's attention for a moment and making them want more). While singing "??", the simple white/yellow lighting turned to a blue lighting theme with the large "unit of screens" being raised above the stage in the middle of the song. After the first song, she was lowered back under the stage while a dancer holding a torch "set off" a short fireworks display. Wearing a costume that looked like a fusion between blazer/workout tights, Joey came back out with her backup dancers to sing "????????" and "Lucky Star". After, she did a quick on stage costume change where she changed into a puffy pink dress that went on top of what she was wearing before. She then sang "?", "??????", and "????". This part ended with an abstract animation of a cartoon girl going becoming an "insane" killer attacking people with bombs and tanks.
The second part started with police sirens and machine gun sounds as Joey and her dancers appeared on stage to sing and dance "?". Here Joey performed her famous "tilting" move, but for the concert it was changed so that she did it while being lifted off the ground by her dancers. After performing the rearranged concert version of Escape (which included a new dance sequence in between) she performed "????" and "Lovin U" while shaking hands with the audience.
For the third part, Joey appeared on stage singing "?" in a "glowing ball". She then sang ??" and "????" as props came out of the stage like a pop-up book. After, she sang "????" while green lasers made an innovative laser display.
The fourth part started with an eerie video displayed on the LED screens on the side of an elevated stage followed by Joey singing Mad About You with a mic stand. She then sang "???" and "??". After, four female dancers danced with Joey while she was performing "S.O.S". Joey then sang a 15-minute medley consisting of ten of her famous "karaoke songs"/hit ballads.
The fifth part had Joey sing and dance to a 20-minute medley of her most popular fast songs with all her dancers. This was arguably the most talked about segment of the concert and the atmosphere was at its best. A large portion of the audience were standing up during this part of the concert.
For the sixth part of the concert Joey sang "????", "????", "??". After these three ballads, she did another on stage costume change so that she could perform the last official song of the concert, a remix of "????" and "????", with her backup dancers.
Following the sixth part was an encore segment, which varied in duration and choice of songs for each show.
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Johnnie Walker StarLight Live 2008 Part II (Hong Kong)
Joey and the organizers of this concert did not originally intend on holding a Part 2 in Hong Kong for her StarLight concert series/tour. Originally, the mid-April slots of the Hong Kong Coliseum were reserved for a concert series by labelmates Twins. But due to Gillian Chung's involvement in the Edison photo scandal, the concert had to be postponed/cancelled. In order to not waste these dates, EEG decided to hold a Part 2 for Joey's StarLight concert series.
The Stage
The stage for Part 2 was very similar to Part 1. There was a slight change in the shape of the stage though it seemed almost identical. The most notable change was that an even larger area of the stage was covered by glass. Another notable change is the screen above the stage. Instead of the retractable unit of screens used in Part 1, this time the screens were placed together in the shape of a four-point but did not move up and down. Finally, the pop-up book props used earlier were not used (according to Joey they were thrown out right after the concert because no one expected to hold a Part 2) and instead they used fluorescent tubes shaped into a house and a large circle during that particular part of the concert.
The Show
The rundown for Part 2 was nearly identical to Part 1. The only differences include Joey singing "Dancing With Cats" instead of "Crying", and a slight change in the "Classic Medley". For Part 2, High King surprised the audience again by changing Joey's "tilting move" even more. This time, not only was Joey lifted in the air by her dancers, but they rotated her 360 degrees when doing this move. There were also several changes in the costumes that Joey wore. Instead of the pink and black dress she wore right after "Lucky Star", this time she changed into brown leather dress that resembled a luggage bag. Also, for the white bra-top and jeans costume she wore when performing "Escape", her costumer designer added a sleeve with white strands of fur and a pointy shoulder pad. For the "Glow" segment of the concert, instead of wearing a yellow/black dress with a headpiece, she wore a strapless dress with a flower design and her hair was tied up in a pony tail. As for the blue dress she wore earlier during the "My Pride" segment in Part 1, this time she wore the same dress except that it was pink instead of blue. Also, Joey's hair previously had blue highlights during Part 1, but for Part 2 she had brown/golden highlights.
StarLight World Tour
the Stage
The stage for Joey's Malaysia leg of the tour was a lot more simple than the one used in the two Hong Kong legs of the concert series. Instead of a complex "four sided" (in the round/360 degree) stage, she performed on a much smaller "three sided" (180 degree) stage. The stage consisted of one set of stairs and a single elevator in the middle, as well as four metal columns. The lighting used for each song carried the same colour theme, but was considerably more simple.
The stage for Joey's North American tour was also a "three sided" stage but unlike the stage in Malaysia it also included a large screen which projected video backdrops and live footage, as well as six metal columns hung around the screen. While the stage win Toronto was larger than the one in Malaysia, this time there wasn't an elevator in the middle and Joey entered and left the stage using a flight of stairs at the back of the stage.
the Show
The show was generally the same as her Hong Kong gig, and the costumes she wore were the same as her Part 2 costumes. The only difference in the rundown was that she did not sing "??" or "??". During the second night of her Malaysia leg, during the encore segment, she pulled a fan out from the audience which had a sign that asked if she could duet with Joey. The fan was so touched she cried and thanked Joey for making her dream come true. Joey then said that she was happy she was able to help her accomplish this dream and also made a joke, reminding the girl to join her fan club.
The rundown of her North American leg was changed even more from the rundown of her Malaysian leg. In Toronto they took out ???, ??, and S.O.S, replacing it with ?? and ????. The "last part" of the show (with the fluffy dress and the pink + black + white sweater) became the "encore" segment, and for this segment of the show she took out ???? but instead sang ????. In Toronto, Joey also came out for a second encore where she performed 16 ??? as well as ???? (which she said that she forgot to sing).
Set list
- Opening
- ??
- ????????
- Lucky Star
- ?
- ??????
- ????
- ?
- ????
- Lovin' U
- ?
- ??
- ????
- ????
- Mad About You
- ???
- ??
- S.O.S
- Classic Medley:
- ??????
- ??
- ???
- ????
- ??
- ??
- ????
- ????
- ????
- ??
- Power Medley:
- ??
- ????
- ??
- ????
- ????
- ????
- ????
- ????
- ????
- ??
- ????
- ????
This is the general rundown Joey sang for most of the shows, though certain shows had slightly different rundowns. The encore segment of each show changed every night (and a few of the shows did not include an encore segment, though most did). Songs that were sung during the encore segments include ??????, 16 ???, ??, Be True, ?? etc.
Personnel
- Producer: Alex Fung
- Concert Director: Fran9
- Choreographer: High King
- Stage Designer: Cheung Tak Wai, Chow Ching
- Video Director: John & Pong
- Costume Designer: Chan Wah Gwok
- Hair Stylist: Heibie Mok@HairCulture / Billy Choi@Hair Culture
- Make Up Stylist: Arris Law/Make Up For Ever
- Musical Director/Bassist: Carl Wong
- 1st Keyboard Player/Pianist/Backing Vocal: Hobing@goomusic
- 2nd Keyboard Player: Roel A. Garcia
- 3rd Keyboard Player/Programmer/Backing Vocal: Veegay
- 1st Guitarist: So Tak Wah
- 2nd Guitarist: Hoshan
- Drummer: Stephanie S. Wong Endorsed by Zildjian Cymbals
- Backing Vocals: Joseph Hwang, Jackie Cho, Candy Wu
Tour dates
Chofy X Miffy
Joey has always been a big Miffy fan and when thinking of ideas for concert merchandise, she casually mentioned the idea of collaborating with Miffy. Later, her company was able to contact the Dick Bruna head office in the Netherlands and to Joey's surprise they agreed to collaborate and make some concert merchandise for StarLight. For the concert, they created a special edition Chofy x Miffy boxset which included a Chofy doll (the mascot for StarLight which resembles Joey) and an official Miffy doll. Other concert merchandises include a T-shirt with the StarLight logo, a phone strap, and a Chofy T-shirt. It was noted that the concept of the doll was from one of the costumes in "Music is Live - Joey X Grasshoppers" concert earlier that year.
External links
- JoeyGalaxy Forum
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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