周杰倫 Jay Chou's Songs ala Acapella by PennYo

I came to know about PennYo, a Chinese acappella group from the University of Pennsylvania. When Dan Zhang, one of their member emailed me to ask me help spread the word about their group since he got to know from my blog post that I am a Jay Chou's fan.

I listen to some of their covers on 周杰倫 Jay Chou's songs that they did in acapella (They called it Jay-cappella). Hey, they are great. I think if Jay Chou got to listen to their job, maybe they can collaborate on a song.

Here's one that PennYo did, which is a medley on Jay Chou's songs 霍元甲, 夜的第七章,and 飄移.

PennYo: Fa Ru Xue 发如雪 (Jay Chou A Cappella Cover):

While 淘汰 is not sang by Jay Chou but it's written by him for Eason Chan, whom is another great singer that I like even before Jay Chou's debut.

While they did a lot of Jay Chou's song, it doesn't meant they only do Jay Chou's song. There are a lot of other Chinese songs that they did an acapella version, like of my my all time favourite, 新不了情.

Last that I'll share here is one of my favourite Jay Chou's song, 安静.

There are a lot of acapella groups out there that do covers of English song but it's quite rare to find an acapella group that do cover on Chinese songs. I subscribed to PennYo. Hope they will get more popular and will be able to stage a tour to Asia, especially Malaysia.

You can subscribe to PennYo's YouTube Channel for more of their amazing acapella covers.

Jay Chou Will Be Performing in Loud Festival 闹哄哄音乐节

Good news to fans of Jay Chou out there. If you missed his Jay Chou The Era Live in Malaysia 2011 Concert, then you'll get the chance to watch him sings live again in Loud Festival 闹哄哄音乐节 happening on July 30th 2011, 8pm at Putra Indoor Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Although this is not his solo concert but he'll be leading a few group of popular Taiwanese artistes such as:

Soda Green (蘇打綠) which is a great Taiwanese group, I loves most of their songs. Their breakthrough is when their song 小情歌 was so popular through out Asia that is is more popular than their group.

Landy Wen (温岚) whom made her name when she duet with Jay Chou in the song 屋顶.

Cindy Yen (袁詠琳) is a talented artist that can compose and sing, she duet with Jay Chou in her own composed song, 画沙.

The ticket launch for has been scheduled on 14 May. Tickets are priced at RM488 (VIPA), RM388 (VIPB), RM328 (PS1), RM228 (PS2) and RM148 (PS3). For tickets, call Star Planet 03-92233667, TicketCharge 03-92228811 or visit www.starplanet.com.my / www.ticketcharge.com.my / www.unusual.com.sg

Seating Plan for Loud Festival 闹哄哄音乐节

From my previous experience on Jay Chou's concert, tickets will be snapped up quite fast even for the most expensive tickets. So, if you like any of these four group of artistes, don't wait till it's too late.

I Watched Jay Chou The Era live in Malaysia 2011 Concert

Yesterday is the 1st show of the two concerts of Jay Chou 周杰伦 The Era (超时代) live in Malaysia 2011 Concert. I will say that it was the best concert staged by an Asian singer I've seen yet. This concert has the most guest performance artists, the most trap doors and the most creative and intriguing stage visual effect.

The crowds at the concert outside Putra Indoor Stadium.

Roping in his friends Lara 梁心頤, Cindy 袁咏琳, 浪花兄弟 and Gary again to help guest appearing in his concert, Jay Chou litterally replica his Taipei concert to Malaysia with the whole package. Now I know why the ticket pricing is expensive.

Inside the stadium at about 7.45pm. My RM333 ticket sit quite far away. Should have bought the Rock Zone RM763 one :p

This is the scene when the stadium is 98% filled with excited fans. The other 2% came like an hour later half way through the concert.

Here's the opening teaser which is quite long.

Cindy 袁咏琳 performed one of her song and a duet with Jay Chou. Singing one of his popular song from the first album, 黑色幽默 (Dark Comedy). Lara 梁心頤 came out to perform twice. Once in 蛇舞 and another time is a duet with Jay Chou. Fans will know what song they sang together so I don't have to tell here lol. She sang one of her new single 我不再怕 (I Won't Be Afraid Anymore) composed by our talented local musician/singer 伍家辉.

浪花兄弟 sang one of their own song 你是我的OK绷 and also their own version of Jay Chou's 说好的幸福呢. I can't quite remember what song he perform together with Gary (ex 南拳妈妈). The stage visual effect is just too great to describe in words, you'll have to go there and see it for yourself or buy the original Jay Chou The Era Concert DVD from Sony Music.

There are so many stage props that I've lost count.

The big projection at the center of the stage showing very nice animation telling the stories in the concert.

Unlike Vivien and Natalie who both have won VVIP tickets from KL SOGO, I sit very far and this is the best pic of Jay Chou I can get lol. Vivien will be going again to tonight's show on the Rock Zone ticket that she bought. Die hard fan!

While the fans bought the concert merchandise. I am happy enough with this free paper palm lol.

I was trying out the review phone Nokia E7 I got from Maxis10. So, I shot three videos in HD. I was cut off because the usher there asked me not to record :p

This one below is the 爱在西元前 teaser. I zoomed, hence it's not as clear as the video above.

Overall I will give this concert 9/10. The 1 point missing for the full mark is because he didn't sing 不能说的秘密 and 安静 which are songs that I like very much. Can't blame Jay Chou though, he has got more than 100 songs, so it's hard to sing it all.

P.S. If you bought the Rock Zone ticket for tonight. Remember to go early and get a nice spot. You'll be in for a surprise ;)

Win VVIP Tickets For Jay Chou Era Concert Live in Malaysia 2011

Any Jay Chou's fan out there? Did you managed to buy the concert tickets? No? Yes? Congrats if you managed to bought it. For those that weren't able to get the hot selling tickets, no worry because there is still chance that you could win your self 2 VVIP tickets for Jay Chou The Era World Tour Concert 2011 live in Malaysia!

How? Firstly you'll have to like KL SOGO FB page. Then click on the contest page here for more detail.

Snippets from the contest page:

"Show us a video (between 1 and 3 mins) of your best impersonation of Jay Chou - you can sing, dance or even act like him. The best 5 videos will be shortlisted for voting. The 3 videos with the most “likes” win the top prizes! So give us your best shot!

But that’s not all. 3 lucky voters from the most “liked” videos will also stand a chance to win a pair of VVIP tickets, so good luck, peeps!

Prizes x 3 (Given to top 3 videos): :
Grand Prize: 2 VVIP Tickets to Jay Chou The Era World Tour Concert + RM500 KL SOGO Gift Voucher + KL SOGO Signature Bag
2nd Prize: 2 VVIP Tickets to Jay Chou The Era World Tour Concert + RM300 KL SOGO Gift Voucher + KL SOGO Signature Bag
3rd Prize: 2 VVIP Tickets to Jay Chou The Era World Tour Concert+ RM200 KL SOGO Gift Voucher + KL SOGO Signature Bag

Voter Prizes x 3 (Given to 3 voters from the most “liked” videos):
2 VVIP tickets to Jay Chou The Era World Tour Concert

Consolation Prizes x 2
2 VVIP tickets to Jay Chou The Era World Tour Concert "

Lazy to make a video? Well, 3 voters of the most "liked" video could win VVIP tickets too. Not much time left for video submission. I think I'll try out the voting part lol.

Video submission period: From 20 December 2010 to 12 midnight 12 January 2011.
Voting period: From 19 January to 12 midnight 11 February 2011.

Jay Chou Malaysia Concert Tickets Still Available!!

I was browsing the web and feeling kind of boring. Not sure what makes me come to TicketCharge website again. It's the online ticketing website for Jay Chou 超时代 2011 World Tour Live in Malaysia which will happen on March 4th and 5th 2011.

I was just randomly checking through the seats plan, knowingly all affordable seats were sold out as I blogged about it here. Which, I thought only the Rock Zone tickets were still available. Checking the seats for the RM333 ticket, I chose L16, all sold out, then I clicked on L15.

I can't believe my eyes because I saw a few blue icons, which means available seats. So, I quickly choose the best seat available and check out. Woot, finally I was able to purchase a Jay Chou concert ticket that is within my budget.

The blue seats are available. Red is the seat I selected.

From what I see there are still some seats left in L15 and L14 for the 4th March 2011 concert. For those of you that still wanna watch the concert can try your luck.

Confirmation email from TicketCharge.

Jay Chou "The Era" (超时代) 2011 World Tour Live in Malaysia Tickets Sold Out !??

I want to go watch Jay Chou "The Era" (超时代) 2011 World Tour Live in Malaysia which will happen on March 4th and 5th 2011. The bad news is all the tickets were sold out during the launch on 27 November at KL Sogo (main entrance).

Concert tickets are priced at RM760 (rock zone), RM480 (VIP), RM330 (PS1), RM230 (PS2) and RM130 (PS3) were sold out it seems. I checked the online ticket agent Ticket Charge and found that it is true that all the seats for RM 480 to RM 130 were all taken up for both 4th and 5th of March.

I try to check the RM760 (rock zone) and found that I can still able to add to the shopping basket. So, does this mean the ticket for Rock Zone is still available? If it is then this is a good news for Jay Chou fans out there. I didn't check out because I don't have RM 763 (RM 3 service charge) to spare lol.

Now I'll be thinking whether to buy the Rock Zone ticket or not but for RM 763 it will surely burn a hole in my wallet. For those of you that capable and a Jay Chou die hard fan can to try your luck on getting the Rock Zone ticket. I'll have to see how much I'll get for year end bonus first then decide whether to purchase the Rock Zone ticket or not T_T

Jolin Tsai (蔡依林) and Jay Chou (周杰伦) 复合 Back Together?

Double J which means Jolin Tsai 蔡依林 and Jay Chou 周杰伦. It's been 6 years after they broke up that they've never been seen together performing or going on the same stage or TV program. Just recently, Jolin is the mystery special guest performing at Jay Chou's Taipei Concert 2010.

So many fans will be asking, are they back together (雙J复合) again after so many years? So if they are really back together again, will the fans of both support or against it? Well, whether they support or against it, I don't think they will care if they really are together again. I wonder what will the die hard fan of Jay Chou think of it. LOL.

Jolin Tsai and Jay Chou performing at the latter's concert in Little Dome, Taipei.

Watch the videos of them performing in the concert:

If you are a fan of Jolin 蔡依林 or Jay 周杰伦 will you be supporting this relationship or against it? As for me, I think it's good for them. They are both so successful in the music industry and also King (天王) & Queen (天后) of music in Taiwan. Quite match mah. Well, it's still too far to say whether they are back together again or not. So let's see if the papparazi has more juicy stuff to give us.

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