NFL Blitz and more DNA concert news

Episodes 10 and 11 of NFL Blitz were rather disappointing. Maybe the Mayday X NFL appeal is wearing thin, or probably because I am not and will never be interested in that sport, which after watching 11 episodes of NFL Blitz, I still do not get. ha!

Here are some DNA concert updates:

Tickets for the Beijing concert on 2 May 2010 are now onsale online here. Ticket prices are 1355元, 1155元, 855元, 655元, 555元, 355元 and 255元

Those who have bought VIP concert ticket for the San Jose State Theatre concert on 11 April 2010, I've been told the signing session will be held either on 7 or 8 April. There's still no news on the LA signing...

Musings on US D.N.A concerts

Baffling. Not a single concert ticket for the US DNA tour have been released. Sistic has already issued concert tickets for the Singapore encore D.N.A concert for those who pre-purchased prior to general public sales.

All I have from StarZone, organiser of LA DNA concert, is a scanned copy of my concert ticket which has yet to be mailed. San Jose concert organiser, Star Image which was the first of the 3 US concert organiser to announce their concert has only issued E-ticket. Actual tickets are expected to be mailed out sometime this month. I hope they confirm the venue of the signing session soon too!

San Jose concert E-ticket. First row middle block ticket! (^0^)

For those who are also Khalil Fong fans, Starzone is having a special promotion for purchase of both Mayday and Khalil concert. Purchase both concert tickets and get a 10% discount. StarZone is also trying to organise a signing for the Mayday LA concert. I hope that works out ;)

As for the Mohegan Sun concerts, I think many had experienced difficulty in purchasing the concert tickets as their online system was down for several weeks after the concert was announced. And IEM, the concert organiser did not accept phone booking and had directed callers to personally attend at their office in NYC for ticket reservation. IEM finally got their online system back up, though they have yet to release the actual concert tickets.

Fatboy slim

My new High Sierra Fat Boy backpack arrived today. Yes, in the mail. My trusty old backpack gave way after my last trip to Taiwan so I had to hunt for a replacement. But I couldn't find any I like in the shops that was within my budget so I ended up redeeming this one with my CC reward points. If StayReal had a backpack in their product catalogue, I would grab one in a heartbeat, irregardless of the price tag. LOL. They probably would produce backpacks someday. Just you wait and see.

The backpack comes with multi-compartment. I had my laptop inside and there were still plenty of room for other stuffs. Possibly enough to hold another 2 lappies. And the best part is, it actually looks a lot smaller than it actually is. Will have to wait for my next travel to test it's full capacity load.

2010 May gigs

There's been a fair bit of Mayday news of late. First up the lads were in Hualien last night performing at the 2010 太平洋國際觀光節 [Pacific International Sightseeing Festival] concert. If you missed it on TV in Taiwan, you can catch it on YouTube.

News for the second round of DNA concerts have been announced with 2 May in Beijing at the Beijing Workers Stadium. The first encore DNA that was announced was the 17 April concert in Singapore at Padang. There's also rumour that Mayday will play KL in May, followed by a series of 4 night concert in HK later in the month of May.

So far the 2010 gigography is as folows:-

04/04 Mohegan Sun, CT
04/10 Gibson Ampitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
04/11 San Jose, CA
04/17 Singapore Padang
05/02 Beijing Workers Stadium

KKBox and Pacific International Sightseeing Festival 2010

Mayday will be performing in Hualien tonight at the Pacific International Sightseeing Festival 2010. Event starts at 7:00pm and will also feature performance by their fellow labelmates Ding Dang, Magic Power, Cosmos People and Champion.

For those who had missed Mayday's 2009 KKBOX數位音樂風雲榜 performance on TVBS last night, there are downloads of the award acceptance speech and DNA performance.

五月天 at KKBox, performing DNA below

More photos from KKBox performance here.

The return of the suspenders

I should have known it was a matter of time before the suspender jeans make a comeback. Ashin had an obsession with suspender jeans circa 2007-2008 which he wore everywhere. So now the man has launched his own suspender jeans. LOL.

suspender jeans galore!

Available at all Stay Real shops from today 30 January, each pair of STAYREAL Work00 Pioneers' Jeans 拓荒牛仔褲 is priced at NT$3680 and as usual, comes in both ladies and mens sizes in blue and black colour.

see the similarity with the one below?

Having bought the first pair of Stay Real jeans, I'm contemplating adding this one to my wardrobe (despite what I've complained earlier about the quality of Stay Real's jeans - it's super stiff and bleeds during each handwash. Not the kind of quality one would expect from a pair of jeans that cost that much!) I'll have to wait till I'm in Taipei in April to try them out before deciding to buy ;)

D.N.A concert @ Gibson Ampitheatre, LA

Finally got my 五月天 Mayday D.N.A LA concert seating confirmed today. A big shoutout to my homie Elly for sorting out all my US D.N.A concert tickets =] She pre-booked my LA concert ticket from StarZone in late December, and was told they'd call her back when tickets are issued so she can select the seating. It took them weeks to finally allocate my seating! And I can't tell from the seating plan exactly where I'm gonna be seated. I know I am in Row 3. First 2 rows are reserved for sponsors.. bah! Well at least I'll be in Row 1 for the San Jose and Mohegan Sun concerts =D

seating plan for Mayday's D.N.A concert at Gibson Ampitheatre

StarZone are currently trying to organise a signing session for the LA concert. I hope they have one so I can attend 2 signing sessions while I'm there haha *fingers crossed*

Green fever in KL

sodagreen finally made it to our shores last Sunday. It's about time!

So I finally got to see them live, for the very first time. I've heard so much about them from fellow Mayday fans LOL. This is one of those rare bands whose reputation precedes them ;)

I have nothing but rave review on the band's performance, but sadly the same cannot be said about the organisation of the event. It was so badly organised that sodagreen had to soundcheck right before they officially start the 夏/狂熱 音樂會 at past 7:00pm! Mind you, the event was suppose to have started at 6:00pm.

Weather was horrible that day. It was blazing hot in the afternoon and started to pour as soon as sodagreen took stage. But the weather failed to dampen the band and fans' spirits. They played a set of mostly songs from their last studio album FEVER [夏/狂熱], including 狂熱 (awesome! what a way to kick start the show), 他夏了夏天, 無眠, 近未來 (during soundcheck..) and not forgetting some of their most popular songs 無與倫比的美麗 and 小情歌

Qingfeng

Shin Yi and Kay

Afu and Xiao Wei

Agong was absent but the band soldiered on with Qingfeng playing the keyboard. They interacted very well with the audience, and Qingfeng was pretty funny. During the signing session (the band signed copies of 夏/狂熱 and 春·日光), I found the band really down to earth and friendly =]

Hope they'll return soon!

Further details SG encore DNA concert

Further details for the Singapore Encore DNA concert has been released:-

五月天 创造DNA无限放大版新加坡演唱会
Date/日期: 2010年4月17日 (Saturday/星期六)
Venue/地點: Padang/新加坡政府大廈大草場
Ticket price/票價: $168, $138, $118, $88 (Add $3 Sistic fee/外加Sistic $3服務費）

blueprint of the concert seating plan

Now that's what I'm talking about.. barbeque!

I've been a lil slow on catching up on NFL Blitz. Episodes 8 and 9 were aired over the past 2 weeks. I watched Episode 9 last night (grrrr why do the videos take hours to stream from CCTV..?!!)

It had me laughing so hard. I've never heard Ashin spoke so much English and his English is so bad that it's hard to contain laughter. I think Ep 9 may have been recorded during their first few days in the US, as some of the footage in Episode 1 were repeated. Episode 1 was the only other episode Ashin spoke English (in complete sentences) I guessed he shied away from speaking English after the first few days.

The guys got to make and flip burgers. Ha!

五月天 burger anyone?