Posts Tagged ‘concert’

By MELLY LING alltherage@thestar.com.my In 2010, Paramore fans all around the world were devastated to hear that two of the American rock band’s founding members, Josh and Zac Farro, were leaving the group. That decision simply spelt the death of one of the coolest rock bands out there. Lead singer, Hayley Williams, however promised that [...]

By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my THIS is how you make a come back: perform in front of a screaming crowd of thousands of people. After three years spent apart, the Jonas Brothers reunited for a world tour that ended with a concert at Stadium Negara last Wednesday for about 3,000 fans. It was the first time [...]

By PHYLLIS HO alltherage@thestar.com.my KEVIN Jonas has Yuna’s music on his phone. How cool is that? When asked during a Skype interview if the Jonas Brothers were familiar with any Malaysian singers, the eldest of the trio showed us a Yuna album cover on his mobile phone. The 24-year-old singer even played a short clip [...]

Singing With The Choir

Posted: 24th August 2012 by R.AGE in BRATs, Stories
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By GAN HUI WAN IT was with tears that the spectacular show ended. The hall at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac) in Kuala Lumpur was bursting with thunderous applause as the choir members embraced each other and performed the final encore number May Our Paths Meet Again. I held hands with the ones [...]

T-ara trouble

Posted: 3rd August 2012 by R.AGE in On The K-Pop Scene, Uncategorized
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By NATASHA IMAN alltherage@thestar.com.my THE much-anticipated return of girl group T-ara later this month has been overshadowed by the controversy surrounding group member Hwayoung. Ahead of the group’s July concerts in Tokyo, Japan, it was announced that Hwayoung would not be able to fully participate in the shows due to a leg injury sustained while [...]

By IAN YEE alltherage@thestar.com.my There’s probably not a single person in the world that divides opinion as much as that scrawny little 18-year-old we interviewed last weekend, slouching on a sofa. This singing, dancing, baggy jeans-wearing, Twitter-spamming teenager is kind of like Marmite personified. You either love him or hate him, and it’s usually intensely, [...]

Singing Sisters

Posted: 29th June 2012 by R.AGE in Events
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By ANGELIN YEOH and DANIEL SUBRAMANIAM alltherage@thestar.com.my WITH their stripped down acoustic sound, pitch-perfect harmonies and inimitable on-screen banter, it’s hardly a surprise that Australian twins Janice and Sonia Lee have taken YouTube by storm. The 26-year-old twins, who go by the moniker Jayesslee, uploaded their first YouTube video back in 2008, just to share [...]

American electropop duo LMFAO kicked up a storm at the Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach in Selangor on Monday. By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my IF world domination was what LMFAO was trying to execute with its music, then the duo from Los Angeles has definitely done it. LMFAO has “infected” millions across the globe by turning them [...]