Monster & Hisashi

Hisashi (Glay's lead guitarist) posted the photo below of himself with Monster in his Twitter account: 五月天【ﾒｲﾃﾞｲ】と楽しい呑み！写真はﾓﾝｽﾀｧ♪ (translated in Chinese: 和五月天[ MAY DAY ]一起飲酒作樂！ 照片是怪獸♪)

The band are currently in Japan recording their upcoming album

瑪莎 生日快樂 !

Happy Easter

Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter!

超級偶像 lyrics

超級偶像
詞/曲:五月天阿信/八三夭阿璞

是不是能不要回去
回去我的平凡生活
活在日復一日生活
我就像是困獸

有一種人只找藉口
而我只想找到出口
抓不住風的我只能抓緊我麥克風

一直一直在找一首歌
屬於我的歌
一字一句完整說出 我的愛和痛

是不是在你的心中
是不是會有一個我
是不是我用力的唱
是不是你就會感動

是不是在我的天空
是不是有一刻煙火
不求作超級的偶像
但求一刻你能傾聽我

是不是我心中追求
早已變成一種奢求
就算奢求是一種錯
讓我錯 讓我夢

誰不夢想萬人簇擁
誰不夢想變成傳說
誰不夢想故事最後
被崇拜 被歌頌

一直一直在找一首歌
屬於我的歌
一字一句完整說出我的愛和痛

是不是在你的心中
是不是會有一個我
是不是我用力的唱
是不是你就會感動

是不是在我的天空
是不是有一刻煙火
不求作超級的偶像
但求一刻你能傾聽我

誰能變成天王天后
誰卻還在天天等候
誰的舞台正在等我

Fangirling Part Three

Part Three - Intercom with Noel

Part of the reason why I chose to pursue my study in England was cos of Oasis. I loved them dearly. Noel Gallagher was my hero :) Hanging outside the brothers Gallagher's homes became a routine each time I went to London. LOL. They used to live minutes apart from each other in north London and every Tom Dick and Harry in England knew where they lived.

One fine autumn I went to London to meet up with a college mate from the south and we made a stop at Noel's house. It was getting dark and we didn't wanna be hanging outside his residence for too long as it was getting cold so I rang the intercom. Noel came on the intercom! So I was like (stammering): 'Noel could you come out for a bit?'

Noel (who probably regretted having an intercom outside his house hahaha..) said he was busy in the studio (he has a studio at home) and he'd probably be down 'later'. We didn't stick around long enough. That was the first and the last time I 'com him cos he later moved to a big house in the countryside away from all the pesky fans lol

Fangirling Part Two

Part Two - Letter to Ashin in Mansfield

When I found out that Mayday were staying at Holiday Inn, Mansfield, MA during their American trip (before the NFL announcement), I quickly messaged my friend smeLLyphant in Boston and asked how far was Mansfield from her. It was a 30 minute drive. And coincidentally, she was heading there that evening to attend a game (the very same game that Mayday attended)

I came up with a crazy idea for smeLLyphant to deliver a letter to Ashin LOL. But to be sure that they were still in the hotel, I asked her to call up the hotel to check if Mr Chen Hsin Hung was a guest at the hotel. She called up the hotel and sure enough they confirmed that Mr Chen was a guest.

I got her to send my letter to the hotel and they said they'd deliver it. Thanks again eLLy for your help =D

Fangirling Part One

Am in the mood to share some of my fangirling stories

Part One - Travis in Brixton

Waited for hours outside Brixton Academy, south London in sub zero temperature in the middle of winter waiting for the band after the gig, only to realise that:
1. Brixton is not a safe place to be in the wee hours of the morning, especially if you're Asian
2. only Japanese fans wait outside the venue after the gig

When the band finally appeared/ left the venue (pissed drunk), we got their photos/hugs/kisses/signatures

To my surprise, Fran signed his name in Japanese on my CD.
Fran: "did I get my name right?"
Me: "err.. I'm not Japanese"
Fran: "....."


Next up, Dougie. The ever smiling lanky bassist.
Me: "Dougie can you write my name?"
Dougie: *signs on CD*
Me: "uh.. there's no hyphen in between my name. It's just a space"
Dougie: "oh.." *scribbles* (see photo below)
Me: "......"


A couple of cabs were on call at the venue to send the band home and there was a Viet cabbie who was trying to pick me up that night. Turned out he sent Fran and his then gf (now missus) home. He gave me Fran's and the rest of the band members' house address - in exchange for my phone number. Seemed like a pretty good trade

And in case you're wondering, yes the addresses were legit alright and I went to checked them out.

五月天怪獸祝福紅花專輯《安全感》發片

Monster promoting Red Flower Band (紅花樂團)'s new (upcoming..?) album 安全感 sense of security

直搗五月天廣告拍攝現場

Behind the scene - shooting Travelzen commercial

Moving on...

All is quiet in the Mayday camp as they are now in Japan recording their upcoming album. So it's time for a quick breather from Mayday news and a little rambling on myself.

I decided to throw in the towel at work recently. It was a decision that I made awhile back but took a little longer to execute, largely due to what I had planned ahead.

So while I am serving notice and waiting for the day I leave office, I am looking forward to the new album, movie and tour =D

Mayday's new album out in summer?

As reported by United Daily News today: 五月天新專輯預計夏天推出。

20110417旅行台灣感動100

旅行台灣感動100歌單
DNA
離開
你是唯一
不快樂
突然
知足
溫柔

安可

擁抱
戀愛ing

New 2011 tour?

At the end of the DNA world tour last year, Mayday announced that there will not be a major world tour for at least 2 years. Barely a year has passed since the end of that tour, and now Travelzen has revealed that there will be a brand new 2011 Asian Tour commencing this October? *shudders* O_O

The band needs to take a longer break from touring.. and so do I

5/23五月天香港演唱會加場

A fourth date [23/5/2011] has been added to the 3 night 五月天[就是]演唱會2011 Just Rock it!!! HK concert.

Tickets go on sale on Monday 11 April 2011 at 10:00AM. Click on the picture below to purchase ticket from MOOV Shop

A year and a day ago today...

Last year on 8 April 2010, I was fortunate to attend Mayday's DNA concert press conference halfway across the globe in sunny Los Angeles with sunset2712.

I've just came to realise I have some videos from the press conference which I have not posted

Here's a video of Guan You speaking English :)

五月天[就是]演唱會2011 Just Rock it!!! tickets on sale

Tickets for the 五月天[就是]演唱會2011 Just Rock it!!! HK concert will go on sale to the general public starting tomorrow (Thursday 7 April 2011) at 10:00AM. Unfortunately as most of the tickets had already been snapped up during pre-sale, there probably won't be many tickets up for grab tomorrow.

日期： 2011/05/20-22
地點： 香港體育館
主辦機構：特高娛樂製作有限公司
合辦機構：稻草綜合製作有限公司, 耀榮娛樂有限公司, 大岳娛樂有限公司,
Live Nation (HK) Ltd., 大名娛樂有限公司, 新華娛樂(國際)有限公司,
湯臣國際娛樂有限公司
開售日期：2011年4月7日 上午10時
票價： $780, $480, $280, $180


城市電腦售票網的資料已經更新了
http://urbtix.cityline.com.hk/internet/action/index.do

20110402 五月天 @ 春浪午夜場

Hundreds of thousands of music fans poured into Kenting over the weekend to attend the 6th annual Spring Wave Music Festival. Saturday's line-up saw Mayday headlining the festival which also featured A-Yue, Hebe and MC HotDog, among others.

歌單:
1. DNA
2. 春天的吶喊
3. 離開地球表面
4. 你是唯一
5. 你不是真正的快樂
6. 墓仔埔也敢去 by 冠佑
7. 夜訪吸血鬼
8. 突然好想你
9. 知足
10. 軋車
安可
11. OAOA
12. 擁抱
13. 戀愛ING
14. 透露

Ashin at JJ's I am concert

Ashin appearance as JJ Lin's special guest at his I Am concert tonight at Taipei Arena was no April Fool's joke.

JJ sang Mayday's 突然好想你 and Ashin sang JJ's 第幾個100天 and both guys then sang 突然好想你 together. Ashin later sang 知足. To view TVBS e-news click here

The two of them joked onstage about their respective stores in Shanghai [Ashin's Stay Real and JJ's Smudge] JJ told Ashin that he went to Stay Real Shanghai to buy clothes and Ashin asked whether he was given any discount. JJ said no. Ashin then said good because I wasn't given any discount when I went to your store LOL