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niversity student Wu Sio but it was cancelled due to the pan- “VIPs have the chance to meet the
Fong is dying to go to demic. rapper closer than others in per-
Ulive performances as the son. Knowknow took my phone
pandemic situation eases. He has “I used to take going to live perfor- and started filming during the live
bought 13 tickets for concerts from mances for granted, but the pan- show!” Liu recalls.
November 2022 to May 2023. demic has taught me otherwise,”
he says.
Wu went to Dear Jane’s concert “I never manage to finish watch-
in November 2022, four Hins Another university student Liu “
Cheung’s concerts,and two Eason Minxing shares Wu’s passion for
Chan’s concerts in December 2022 live performances. She went to 12 Online shows can
and January 2023. live performances from December
2022 to February 2023. never replace live
Attending Sky Tour at the Hong
Kong Space Museum in Decem- The rap show lover went to three shows.
ber 2022, Wu also went to Ivana shows in Chengdu in December
Wong’s show in December 2022 2022. She also went to Shenzhen ”
and Gigi Leung Wing-kei’s concert and Zhuhai for two other shows in
in February 2023. February 2023. ing a whole online concert. I just
“I really want to go to live shows
He will go to Leslie Cheung’s an- give up after watching a few min-
niversary concert on April 1, 2023, because I love these rappers and utes because it is boring. Inter-
Sam Hui’s concert on April 7, 2023, the vibes at live performances. Ev- actions between the stars and the
and another Ivana Wong’s show on eryone yells and jumps to the mu- audience is the highlight of live
May 13, 2023. sic,” Liu says. performances,” Liu adds.
She spent RMB ¥480 (US $69.3) to
The last live show Wu watched was Liu also loves live concerts and
Jacky Cheung Hok-yau’s concert in buy a VIP ticket for a live show of plays. This year, she went to con-
Macau in 2018. a Chinese rapper, Knowknow, in certs by Eason Chan and Sunset
Chengdu in December 2022. Rollercoaster in January, watched
“I really love live concerts. I love
sitting in crowds and singing with
other concert-goers in a stadium. I
miss live activities so much,” Wu,
who has not been to any live shows
since 2018, says.

“Singers usually do heart-to-heart
talks during concerts. They sound
so sincere that I feel so touched.
As a fan, I feel like I am a friend of
the singer. The quality of music is
much better at live concerts as well,
as professional audio equipment is
used. I can only have this experi-
ence at live concerts,” Wu says.

Wu bought a ticket for Hins VIP audience’s vision of the live show of Chinese rapper Knowknow,
Cheung’s concert in January 2022 in Chengdu in December 2022.