I planned to get us there a bit early, and was wondering if we should eat at home or at the venue. Wisely she said to eat at home, as when we got out towards the venue, the AYE was chockers because of an accident.I was thinking: Murphy's Law. So we took the CBD route instead and got hit by 2 ERPs, anyways, after spending 200 bucks for tics, what's 2 bucks.
The concert doors opened at 8, and the audiences slowly filtered in and there was a DJ to keep the audience occupied playing club music, as if to set the tone for the rest of the concert. I did notice some young kids accompanying their parents, and rue'ed a missed chance of bringing our oldest one with us, but then again if we had brought the oldest one with us, the other 2 younger ones would have kicked up a stinker!
I also noticed a lot of preggie mommas at the concert, 3 within line of sight, so they must be really committed fans. After all, this is the first time Kylie is in town since the beginning of her career 20 years ago. I also noticed a young muslim couple, with the lady wearing tudung, and remarked that if this was in Malaysia, it would have been haram for them to come to the concert (a cynical reference to the recent hoo haa about Muslims doing yoga and it being haram)
There were a couple of people who came in with feather boas, and a few "showgirls" as well. I was telling my wife how Kylie's songs have a big following in gay clubs, and she wondered how I knew ;)
The concert started at 9, straight away with 2 of her hits. I must admit that I am not a real big fan of Kylie (meaning I know some of her songs, but don't follow her religiously). Her 2 number was that infectious tune "Can't get you out of my head", and damm that tune is really really infectious, in fact, it's still in my head now.
I turned around and saw that that young muslim couple were the first to leap out of their chairs and dance like no tomorrow! Kudos! Damm they really know how to enjoy themselves, and I don't think it made them any less pious Muslim.
Anyways, then the pregnant lady in front of me also gets up and starts to dance! WOW! Is this Singapore? I looked around (I was still sitting, engine is still cold) and almost 90% of the crowd was on their feet. EXCELLENT!
There was excellent choreography, and the wife, who has a dance background, remarked that Kylie's movement is all accounted for down to her hand movement (I looked, and it follows the beat of the drum)
The dancers were excellent, and her costume changes were amazing. Her set followed a theme, which jived with the songs she sang for the set.
It was too infectious, and I finally got off my ass and danced with the rest of the party people halfway through the concert.
She bade farewell, and I thought, damm that was it? I glanced at my watch, and it was already 1030 and she'd been going non-stop for 90 minutes. After numerous cheers and claps and shouts, she emerged or an encore.
Not a 1 song encore, but another set for the encore. The encore was a bit less scripted I felt, with a bit more time to banter and all. Actually she had 2 encores, but we all knew she was coming out again for the second one.
The final song for the day pull all of us back to the 80's when she broke on to the scene with "I should be so lucky" and everyone danced, and sang with her.
All in all, I'd pay 500 bucks (but in view of the economic downturn, perhaps could be better spent). 200 was well spent , enjoyed every second of it. It was like a 2 hour rave party.
And it's the closests that we've gone boogeying in a long long time. And hopefully Kylie doesn't take another 20 years before she comes back again.
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