{"id":22363,"date":"2023-03-19T22:14:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T14:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/?p=22363"},"modified":"2024-04-17T15:10:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T07:10:16","slug":"craving-for-live-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/craving-for-live-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Live Live Shows!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

People crave for live shows as the pandemic situation eases.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Lilac Ye<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

University student Wu Sio Fong is dying to go to live performances as the pandemic situation eases. He has bought 13 tickets for concerts from November 2022 to May 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wu went to Dear Jane\u2019s concert in November 2022, four Hins Cheung\u2019s concerts,and two Eason Chan\u2019s concerts in December 2022 and January 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attending Sky Tour at the Hong Kong Space Museum in December 2022, Wu also went to Ivana Wong\u2019s show in December 2022 and Gigi Leung Wing-kei\u2019s concert in February 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He will go to Leslie Cheung\u2019s anniversary concert on April 1, 2023, Sam Hui\u2019s concert on April 7, 2023, and another Ivana Wong\u2019s show on May 13, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last live show Wu watched was Jacky Cheung Hok-yau\u2019s concert in Macau in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI really love live concerts. I love sitting in crowds and singing with other concert-goers in a stadium. I miss live activities so much,\u201d Wu, who has not been to any live shows since 2018, says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSingers 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 experience at live concerts,\u201d Wu says.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wu bought a ticket for Hins Cheung\u2019s concert in January 2022 but it was cancelled due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI used to take going to live performances for granted, but the pandemic has taught me otherwise,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HongKongers attended a live concert and waved their hands.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Another university student Liu Minxing shares Wu\u2019s passion for live performances. She went to 12 live performances from December 2022 to February 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rap show lover went to three shows in Chengdu in December 2022. She also went to Shenzhen and Zhuhai for two other shows in February 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI really want to go to live shows because I love these rappers and the vibes at live performances. Everyone yells and jumps to the music,\u201d Liu says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She spent RMB \u00a5480 (US $69.3) to buy a VIP ticket for a live show of a Chinese rapper, Knowknow, in Chengdu in December 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVIPs have the chance to meet the rapper closer than others in person. Knowknow took my phone and started filming during the live show!\u201d Liu recalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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VIP audience’s vision of the live show of Chinese rapper Knowknow, in Chengdu in December 2022. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnline shows can never replace live shows. I never manage to finish watching a whole online concert. I just give up after watching a few minutes because it is boring. Interactions between the stars and the audience is the highlight of live performances.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Liu also loves live concerts and plays. This year, she went to concerts by Eason Chan and Sunset Rollercoaster in January, watched three plays in Shenzhen in February, and attended a meet-up session featuring movie artists from Someday or One Day <\/em>in Hong Kong in the same month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Liu Minxing held Eason Chan\u2019s concert ticket she bought at HK $999 (US $127.63).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLive performances\u2019 venue settings, visual impact, stage and lighting designs, as well as live acting and singing, cannot be replaced by other forms of presentation,\u201d Liu says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing present in a live performance sometimes makes me feel like I am part of the show. That is the magic of a live show,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistant professor Karim Bettache at the Chinese University of Hong Kong\u2019s Faculty of Social Science says experiencing lockdown is a trigger for people to seek social contacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople buy many more tickets to engage in such social events because they are way more special than before. Many of us fear that in the future, lockdowns may come back. Therefore, many try to enjoy life to the fullest now that things are opening up again,\u201d Battache says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cTo be socially isolated for so long and in so many ways has been quite unnatural and historically unique to us as human beings,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edited by Lily Wang<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sub-edited by Lesley Lam<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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