A-TRAK

no thanks to zouk for organising one of asia's biggest dance beach party, zoukout, we see a bunch of international deejays coming on our shores and playing for us!

a-trak is one of those who made it to this year's line-up as well as a whole lot others heh

spotted him as he was having his luggages scanned by the airport security and realised he was on the same flight as calvin harris :DDDD

he's really nice though the only thing i could hear was 'sure' from him most of the times. heh

one of the other really good thing is that he's got a really really hot tour manager with him... :P

okay okay.. here's an autograph of a-trak which he put in some effort to sign that for us..
did you see that pillar behind us, yes, that was what he used as a backing to sign.. :DD

CALVIN HARRIS

for the second time around, we met one of hottest in-demand dj on the charts right now - CALVIN HARRIS!

he was in town as one of the headliners at this year's zoukout and greeted him shortly upon his arrival.

have to admit that he looks really really good this on this trip
and blonde on his really does work for me, hee
not only does he look good, well pretty sexy i must say,
he looked more smiley and sober as compared to the last time heh

anyways, im sure he'll be back on our shores and cant wait to see him again!

also, you can read about me meeting him on his last trip here.

here's leaving you with his not-so-nice autograph ha ha

CITIZENS

SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG!!

this rising five-piece indie rock band from the uk popped by our shores for a sneaky, private performance at the FRED PERRY party!

managed to meet these guys as they arrived in town after collecting their barang barang.

they looked rather susprised to see me there and tom (burke, lead vocalist) even asked if i had passes to their show later that evening!

mark my words - look out for them in 2013! :D

here's another photo of us..

and here's my signed stuff from the band! heh

PAUL YOUNG

the 'EVERYTIME YOU GO AWAY' singer was in town last month to play with DAVID FOSTER!!

met him as he was exiting the hotel and making his way to the venue..

let's just say he looked rather surprised that we recognised him, let alone asking him for a photo! ha ha

and here's paul's autograph..

HAYLEY WESTERNRA

so we finally met HAYLEY WESTERNRA! she was the classical, crossover kiwi singer whom im quite sure visited us in 2003/4 when she released her debut international album, PURE..

she was in town together with DAVID FOSTER and some more of his other friends to play two nights for us!

met her just before she was leaving the hotel for the venue on the second night of the show and she is oh so lovely and nice :))

glad we met her and i managed to her her to sign the copy of pure and a photo from her latest release album shoot..

LANA DEL REY

so lana 'perfection' del rey was in town late last month for the opening of the mulberry store at mandarin gallery.

so so thankful to have bumped into her just as she was leaving the hotel to head off to the store.

she was so lovely, no one i've met have ever been this nice.

when she speaks to you, she listens and looks right into your eyes.

so sincere, i tell you.

and when we asked for a picture,

she decided to remove her heels as she dont wanna 'appear as im too tall for the camera'.

and when we were done with the picture,

she insisted to take another one to make sure the photo turns out well!!

WHO IN THE WORLD DOES THAT?

she is one of the few artistes who actually appreciates her fans and it was so obvious why everywhere she goes, she is being mobbed!

and after the opening, lana was due to perform at the mulberry gala dinner.

no we were not invited to the dinner, but hey, we caught her once again!!

it was oh so lovely to have met her and i do wish she will come back to singapore soon.. <333>

here's leaving you with my signed stuff from the lady herself. :)

SPECTOR - LIVE IN KUALA LUMPUR

 

"IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT, DONT EVER LET IT END.."

so all thanks to the very nice, lovely and gorgeous DANNY BLANDY,

we got passes to the SPECTOR gig in KL as well!! :DD

was in KL for a quick getaway for the weekend
and it was that same weekend when SPECTOR was gonna play - i call it fate ha ha

im gonna go easy on the text as i was so close to the stage that evening and managed some realy good shots!!
  



ENJOY WHILE IT LASTS, YALL!

xx

KYLE PATRICK

YES! our favourite snackdragon kyle ‘singapore’s permenant resident’ patrick was spotted in SINGAPORE!

KYLE IS STILL IN SINGAPORE, GUYS!!

kyle was at avalon at the spector’s gig when we spotted kyle at one of the tables there! #cheapthrill

snapped that photo above and we chatted for a while.

I asked if he already had applied for the permanent residency in singapore, and he said that he’d love to! HA HA!!

seriously, I find it super funny how in love he is with our country that he is still here after close to TWO MONTHS in SOUTH EAST ASIA, seeing as he opened for the wanted late last month.. heh heh

anyways, he did mention that he was gonna leave singapore soon but not sure when..

SO GLAD WE FINALLY BUMPED INTO HIM!! :P

so, people.. OPEN YOUR EYES as you might just bump into kyle on the streets of singapore as well!! HA HA!

no autographs from the snackdragon as it was really really unpredicted but at least we got some dimples to keep in our memory.. :P

SPECTOR

so, after the SPECTOR gig, thanks to the ever-nice people at universal music singapore..

we met the band in an exclusive meet and greet with the band!

they are a bunch of funny, crazy and random guys, no kidding.
thinking about what had happened still made me L O L!!
yes, THAT funny!

to the point where even as we were trying to snap a picture,
they can come up with funny remarks!!

THOMAS SHICKLE
BASS

THOMAS SHICKLE was the first one i went to, i told him i liked his blonde hair.
he said he just had it dyed just before asia and that he liked my spiky hair-do – well, thank you! :P
then we took a picture, he realised i was doing a self-shot and he was too tall..
‘ahhh that’s my cue to bend down!’ – HA HA!!
then he proceeded on to sign some autographs for me and then he passed it on to the next one.


JED CULLEN
SYNTH/GUITAR

next it was JED CULLEN – looked really confused like he didn’t know what to do, so i signalled to him to sign..
then he was trying to talk and sign at the same time..
problem was – he could not multi-task! HA HA!
he was trying to REMEMBER how to sign while holding that conversation!

HA HA!

then we took the picture..
after the photo was being snapped, he said he wanted to have a look.
and so i showed him the photo and asked is it was okay..
he looked like he wanted to say something but gave up along the way (HA HA!)
and so i asked if he wanted to take another and he said yes.
we took the second one and he looked a little happier and said ‘okay’..
 

DANNY BLANDY
DRUMS

so during the time when JED and i were snapping photos away, he’d already passed the stuff to be signed onto DANNY BLANDY.
while DANNY was signing the autographs, he mentioned that one of the photo that I’ve printed was the first photoshoot they have ever done and he was obviously signing away heh heh
then we snapped a photo together.
his arms were around my neck and both my arms were in front of me and he asked

‘why would you put your arms around me?’ – AWWWWWW!! :P

and as stunned as i was, i did what i was told ha ha
well.. #cheapthrill!! HA HA!!

CHRIS BURMAN
GUITAR

onto CHRIS BURMAN next, which was a very brief one, i asked for a photo first.
and then I left him to sign for me while i moved along to the next one – FRED MACPHERSON.

FRED MACPHERSON
VOCALS

the first thing FRED asked me was ‘why do you keep removing your glasses when you’re taking pictures?’
so I told him that i was vain and that i looked better without my glasses – HA HA!
and guess what his response was?

‘i think i look better with my glasses on, like you! we should take two photos together then – one with and one without the glasses!’

and so we did snap two photos together! :D

and here's the other one, both without our glasses on.. heh heh

FRED MACPHERSON
TAKE 2!

following that was a group photo of us and the band..

pretty sure they snapped over a hundred of them but here are some that are on the universal music singapore’s facebook page :DDD THANK YOU!!

last bu not least.. here's my signed items from this cray cray band whom i am starting to adore very much.. :DDDD

OOPS - been such a long post.. :P

hope you've had a great read! 

SPECTOR - LIVE AT AVALON

Photo Credits: Universal Music Singapore

The up-and-coming indie pop/rock quintet consisting of lead vocalist, FRED MACPHERSON, CHRIS BURMAN on guitars, THOMAS SHICKLE on bass, JED CULLEN on synth and guitars and my personal favourite, drummer, DANNY BLANDY – SPECTOR, popped by our shores for a debut gig at AVALON two thursdays ago!!
honestly, prior to the gig, there was nothing much i know of the band musically as i have only youtube-d their single CHEVY THUNDER and GREY SHIRT AND TIE, and that was it.

i must say i was pleasantly surprised by what i had experienced at the show. clad in nice, pretty suits from TOPSHOP/TOPMAN, the presenter of the gig, the five of them looked suave and gorgeous (yes – im biased!! :P)

fred made random and silly remarks in between the set of 8 songs and it was entertaining and hilarious. he also have some kinda OCD to keep his hair in place and whipping his comb out every now and then to make sure it's in place!! HA HA! and most importantly, these british boys were good-looking – doesn’t get any better than that, does it? have i already mentioned that already? ha ha

Photo Credits: Universal Music Singapore

one of the things that was really funny was when fred said that since it was the band’s first gig here in singapore, those who were in attendance “could tell your children one day that you were at the first ever SPECTOR gig”.

“and your kids are gonna ask you ‘who the fuck is SPECTOR?’”

HA HA!

Photo Credits: Universal Music Singapore

and they reminded me a lot like THE KILLERS, musically while appearance wise, BRANDON FLOWERS is better looking ha ha

they are already being ticked as one of the most exciting bands of 2012, the future sure looks bright for these lads from the uk.

they are currently on their own headline tour all across the uk and im also pretty confident that these boys will make their return to our shores sooner than we think, especially so judging from the response of the crowd! :DDD

am I glad to be at the gig? H E L L   Y E A H ! ! ha ha

last but definitely not the least, here's leaving you with the setlist from the gig:

- Friday Night

- 20 Nothing

- What You Wanted
- Grey Shirt And Tie

- Celestine

- Grim Reefer

- Chevy Thunder

- Never Fade Away

RUSSIAN RED

we bumped into lourdes hernandez, or more widely known as RUSSIAN RED at ion as she was making her exit from an appearance at {prologue} bookstore where she met and greeted some fans in an intimate setting.

RUSSIAN RED was in town for the fourth instalment of MTV SESSIONS where she did the recording a night before.

if you haven't heard of her before, we'll, pretty sure you'll be hearing a lot from her in the near future me thinks heh 

she was promoting her new album, FUERTEVENTURA, with some very outstanding songs like 'I HATE YOU BUT I LOVE YOU', 'EVERYDAY EVERYNIGHT' and the newer single 'MY LOVE IS GONE'.. 

her music reminds me a little of BIRDY and a little of LANA DEL REY.. y'all should totally take a listen, if you haven't already done so heh

and here's a note from the lady herself..

JAMES MORRISON

it was surprising how i could recognise him from afar and was stunned while he was walking towards me, faced down and when he looked up, he got a little fright as well! HA!

i made him sign some autographs for me – well you gotta be prepared for who is in town and open your eyes when you walk around!! #justsaying

and had a quick chat with him about jakarta, where he played for the first time the night before, ROBIN THICKE, who was also in jakarta playing at the same music fest as he was and how the MTV SESSIONS recording was ‘only a small acoustic gig and the show this time around is the big one’.

so on top of asking for autographs, i, obviously asked for a picture as well! :P
after snapping the first one with him, we looked at it and realised it was a little blurry.

though the encounter was a really brief and quick one, you could tell that he’s a funny and really nice guy.

he asked, “you alright? why you shakin’?’

“do you know what being caught off guard is? THAT WAS!!”, i replied after giving him a light smack on his right arm! HA HA!!

we both laughed and decided we need a second picture, so the one above is the second picture we took.

while this one here, is the blurry/shaky one heh heh

and after the pictures, i decided to let him go do whatever he had planned to and i swear im already looking forward to meeting him again, hopefully, when he returns.. :D

here's leaving you with the signed stuff from the man himself.. :DDDD

KEANE

Tom Chaplin
Lead Vocals

Jesse Quinn
Bass

Richard Hughes
Drums

Time Rice-Oxley
Keyboards

KEANE was back in town as part of the STRANGELAND tour in support of their latest release, their fourth, of the same title!

this marks the band's second visit here in singapore!! and so glad we managed to catch them at their hotel just before they left for soundcheck at the venue they were playing at.. :))

lead singer, tom looked cuter than i could remember - i blame it on his new hairdo though :P richard, the drummer and tim, songwriter of the band + keyboardist looked pretty much the same as a few years ago while it was my first time meeting bassist jesse.. :))

the band is so cool and down to earth despite having such success all over the UK and the world - trust me when i say.. the wannabe bands should take a lesson or two from these successful-bands-without-the-primadonna-attitude heh #justsaying

shame we missed the show but im gonna promise myself that the next KEANE gig, im gonna be in attendance!! :DDD

and as usual, here are the signed stuff from the very very cool and down-to-earth band from this trip! :DDD