Saturday, June 16, 2012

Shinhwa The Return 2012

16 June 2012. The day I went for the first concert in my life. No it's not SPEED :( Unfortunately SPEED won't come to Singapore, but it's another band that I hold just as dearly in my heart.

Shinhwa.

The first song that I heard from them was "Perfect Man", from watching "My MVP Valentine", but it wasn't until I watch "X-Man" that I fell in love. Turns out that besides their charismatic performance on stage they also have this adorkable side :)

24 March 1998 to present. 14 years, it really hasn't been easy. SPEED had debut earlier in 1996, but sadly they disbanded in 2000 (although they returned in 2008!). So to me it's really amazing that Shinhwa has stayed together till now. How many idol groups can accomplish this feat? Faced with many challenges from members doing solo projects to military enlistment to differing popularity levels of members, it takes a great deal of determination and hard work to stay together.

I had rewatched their guerilla concert in 2001 before yesterday's concert. (Go read the youtube comments for the backstory.) Thinking about that day in 2001 on that stage when they had cried so hard after their blindfolds were taken off, and looking at the six of them shining so brightly on the stage in front of me, I feel really touched. Our boys have come a long way. It was tough, but they had done it. They remembered their promise to their fans, and 4 years after their 10th anniversary concert, they have returned.

신화 창조!

Cannot rotate this picture :( Cat A tickets sold out so I got this instead. I was in the last row so I pretty much stood throughout the concert. Wootz!

The giant poster for chanjos to take pictures. Damn I didn't bring a camera -.-



The very nice folks at http://2012shinhwathereturnsg.wordpress.com/ distributed these mini-banners and flags (see below) for fans.

Shook it too hard, it's kind of tattered...
The black shirt is nicer but was sold out by the time I got there! T_T

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