Sundown Festival 2013

Venue: Marina Promenade (F1 Pit Area) Date: 16 November 2013 A midday downpour sent concert- goers scrambling for cover under the shelter, but that certainly didn’t dampen their spirits. The eight- hour-long show brought together a stellar lineup of artistes from eight Asian countries, including Screw, D=OUT, AOA, Bosco Wong, Shao Yu Han, , Nidji, Rico Blanco, Rocksteddy and No More Tear. The atmosphere shifted to vigorous head- banging and beastly guitar riffs during Screw’s high-energy set. The temperature rose even higher when lead vocalist Byo yanked off his jacket to reveal his fine physique! D=OUT was every bit as impressive as their counterpart. Lead vocalist Kouki gave everyone a pleasant surprise when he launched into a rock version of ‘Stand Up For Singapore’.

Serenading the audience while strumming his guitar, Yoga Lin is indeed a heartthrob. While performing crowd favourites like ‘Fairy Tale’ and ‘Wake Up’, he made sure to interact with No More Tear had the crowd the fans. “There are lots of people here, but Bosco Wong waving along to their spunky I feel that we’re not close enough. So jump As an actor, you’ve already played a lot numbers. Apart from the with me during the last song!” of different roles, but are there other spectacular drum solo from Ice, characters you wish to act as? Fukfang stirred our hearts with a Bosco: I guess it’d be a uniformed mellow track. And the mysterious policeman. It gives off a masculine vibe. cover she revealed at the press con turned out to be Lady Gaga’s ‘Bad What can your fans look forward to Romance’. It was electrifying! during the concert? Bosco: We’ve got plenty of surprises up Bosco Wong made a smooth our sleeves. My band members have transition from being an actor to specially remixed my songs. I’ll also be a , this time accompanied performing a new song that has a rap in by his band buddies. Not only it. Let’s rock the party! did he tease fans with his toned arm muscles, he also flung his From ‘Get Out’ to ‘Elvis’, towel to the audience. Now AOA wanted to show what that’s one memorable keepsake they’re good at. It’s not for the lucky fan! often we get to see such a unique display of talent, and their attempt to greet us in different languages was admirable. They also performed their latest single ‘Confused’, raising endless cheers from the enthusiastic crowd. P hotos : sundown f esti va l

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