SingaPOP! 2011 @Promontory Marina Bay

SingaPOP! concert pays tribute to 50 years of pop music development in Singapore, in parallel with 50 years of Singapore's economic development. For the first time in Singapore, SingaPop! features a stellar line-up of of Ah-Do (阿杜), Dick Lee, Douglas Oliverio, Jack and Rai, John Molina, Kit Chan (陈洁仪), Ling Xiao, Olivia Ong (王俪婷), Rahimah Rahim, Sakura Teng, Taufik Batisah, Tokyo Square, Vernon Cornelius, Najip Ali and many more, complemented by a Superband of top musicians, dancers and a bold, vibrant multimedia extravaganza.

I reached the concert venue at Promontory Marina Bay quite late at 7.50pm, 10 minutes into the show. My mistake of thinking it is located at Esplanade cost me one hour time of walking from City Hall MRT to Esplanade Bay and vice-versa before I realized it is located opposite across the bay which is about 15 minutes walk from Raffles City MRT. Every cloud has its silver lining. It saved me from getting wet because of a brief raining. Weather was very good and cool after the rain stopped.

The main stage and audience seats are actually built on a reclaimed land at Marina Boulevard. Even as I was approaching the stage from afar, the music was super clear. At time nearing to the start of the concert scheduled at 8pm, I was surprised to be able to chope the front standing area which is so close to the main stage although this event is free seating and standing,

#1 Promontory Marina Bay from NTUC. Music is super clear from afar

Here are the line up of much awaited artistes in the concert:

#2 Kit Chan (陈洁仪). She belted out her debut and signature song "Heartache / 心痛"

#3 Kit Chan (陈洁仪). Her "Heartache / 心痛" brings me down to 90's memory lane; 
1994 to be exact

#4  Ah-Do (杜成义/阿杜). An artist of 21st century, his vocal is rare unique and sexy.

#5 Ah-Do (杜成义/阿杜). His song "He Must Love You So Much /他一定很愛你" of 00's is addictive

  

#6 Taufik Batisah. First Singapore Idol winner of 21st century

#7 Taufik Batisah. He belted out his Malay original song. 

#8 Olivia Ong (王俪婷)

#9 Olivia Ong (王俪婷). She sang 如燕, theme song of Little Nyonya (小娘惹). 

Other performers and artistes during the 2 hour concert include Veronica Young of 60's with her rendition of Millie Small's "My Boy Lollipop", Sakura Teng with her yodeling genre of her time, Tokyo Square with their epic "Within You Will Remain" fusion of western and eastern music (wo ai ni~ I love you~ can't stop repeating this), Dick Lee with Najip Ali and Sheikh Haikel delivering a hot rapping rendition of "Rasa Sayang" boosted with an energetic bunch of kids showcasing hip hop dance.


Being in the concert itself was like riding on a time machine. The nostalgic and momentous era of from 60's to 21st century, this musical time machine rode us on, are so heart-warming. All thanks to Dick Lee for his brilliant brainchild and the sponsorship from DBS, Keppel Corporation, MasterCard Worldwide, Sembcorp, DHL, ExxonMobil, GlaxoSmithKline, Kulicke & Soffa and Makino.  

#10 On the way to Baybeats 2011 @Esplanade