With special thanks to my cousin, I was given a free ticket to watch Rain's Concert just last Sunday live at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, and I thought it would make a rather interesting post since we're doing a module on the mass media. Well, since it's something Free, I could only get a seat somewhere pretty far from the stage. But even then the ticket value was already a pricey S$288. Whew~!
Very Expensive... To me at least..
Well, I was pretty surprised when I saw the number of people who actually turned up for the concert.. I mean, apart from the costly tickets, most Singaporeans don't really know Korean. So why would people bother spending large sums of money to watch a Korean celebrity perform? Honestly speaking, I haven't heard of him until my sister came home one fine day and started ranting about how cute this guy in this particular drama was. Yea, those who are ga-ga over Rain should know which drama I am referring to - Fullhouse.
Nevertheless, my cousins and I were still quite excited about the concert, since much publicity was given, and we were actually looking forward to this Rain effect that was supposed to happen during one of his songs. The crowd was surprisingly tamed, no pushing or shoving, and everyone just moved into the stadium in an orderly manner. Security was tight, with bag checks and etc. Before long, I was already nicely seated and waiting for the concert to begin.
Short digression : I actually charged my digi-cam specially for this event.. but I left home without the camera! So in the end I was only stuck to my very lousy camera from my SE750i. (see what I mean by goldfish memory now?) You won't believe how lousy until you see the quality of the pics/vids taken...
Crowds still moving in and getting seated. Notice Rain's big logo? 
The concert began with Rain bursting out of a submarine model and tonnes of crazy fans screaming and waving their lightsticks frantically.
The visual effects of this concert was truly amazing, and the surround sound system was really awesome. If I hadn't calculate wrongly, there were as many as 12 screens on the stage, either zooming in on the performers, or displaying very interesting visual images whilst Rain was singing/dancing. Pyrotechnics were used for almost every of his song performance. Dancers, including Rain himself were superb. The most impressive and never-seen-before effect was the "Rain" that poured down on Rain himself when he was singing one of his sentimental songs. Just imagine the entire audience gasp in silence. Very Very amazing.
During the concert(that was the best I could do with my 750i)
Another short taken during his performance..
Two hours went past in the blink of an eye, leaving the audience shouting for encore performance. ^^
The purpose of this entry is just to show you that the function of the media is no longer just a tool to disseminate information; It is also a tool for us to bring about great entertainment into our lives. (i.e. the print media, the audio, the visuals, etc)
I've actually tried to record some of his songs during the concert.. and tried to take some videos.. but in order to save your eardrums from bursting, I've decided to upload any of them here. hahaha.. Don't be disappointed though, cos' you can still see bits and pieces of his performance here, here, here , here and here !!
Hehez.. Just randomly picked a few... enjoy. :)
P/S: One thing really commendable about this concert is that part of the proceeds will go to World Vision to help children with HIV or AIDS. I personally feel that Rain was really sincere in this performance, and he was actually performing with an injured arm. Go Rain!
