yellow ribbon

still feeling sick after last night's going up and coming down from Genting. went to watch :

who is this old fart? i had absolutely no idea. nil. nada. went with mark's family + pa and mimu. damn was i car sick. whole journey up my gut was at my throat. thank goodness i didn't eat anything or i would have puked. but could have puked out my intestines based on how sick i felt @@

anyway, had low expectations when we entered the arena of stars. we were at the VIP seating. just thought it would be a concert of some old guy singing some mellow ballads and oldies. boy was i wrong.

the stage was simple yet beautiful. with just little decorations. but it set the mood and ambience for a relaxing evening.

tony and his band came out to the roaring applause of the audience. it was quite a packed crowd last night. hmmm, seems to be quite famous.

he introduced his band : [not sure of the spelling sorry, just based on what i heard xD]

-tony wine, a lady who is is long time dear friend for 48 years since he 1st started in this business. she sings and composes. has done background vocals for many singers including phil collins.

-his ngeh tao (shaved head) little brother david orlando

-david short on bass

-a (super enthusiastic and fired up) drummer called michael jackson

-the person on guitar i forgot what's his name liao!!!

-another person on guitar and harmonica with the last name sibling

-keri cole on vocal and keyboard

he opened the night with tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree.

tony orlando and keri cole. this keri cole is FUCKING AMAZING and i mean it. he sings like nobody's business and is DARN GOOD AT IT!! he plays the guitar TERBALIK @@ he's left handed, so he strums the guitar with his left hand instead of right. means the chords he plays terbalik @@ GENG LO!!! my new au jiong!!!

see see see?!?! terbalik wan!!!!

tony orlando is really good cuz he allows his band members to showcase their talents. this makes the concert so much more interesting than hearing him sing all night long. here tony wine is singing her lungs out, and kerri cole had tonnes of opportunities to showcase his talentS, the guitar guy was damn geng too, and the harmonica was good too!!

tony wine and tony orlando. she tried her best to sing even though she was down with pneumonia. he even gave her a peck on the head as encouragement. how sweet.

front: my parents
further down: mark's parents.

enjoying haha. mark's mama was so cute
thoroughly enjoying the night clapping
her hands like a little girl xD

oh yea. did i mention that kerri cole is amazing? xD he does a mean impersonation of led zeppelin man @@ if i didn't like them before, i sure like them now. kerri cole is darn darn darn darn GOOD!!! he even did blues and again was darn good at it. he's so cute when he sang the brrrrrr part his cheeks were sagging and they were shaking so bad like turkey neck chio kawaii desu!!! xD

tony orlando did play the guitar too. admittedly not as good as kerri cole but it certainly made the crowd partied with him and partied we did!! he 1st started with a full suit and finally stripped down to just the shirt and trousers haha. sang so many songs and the crowd was really going strong. he even went up to the crowd under the supervision of bodyguards ofcourse. the crowd went mad lol. tony orlando, the band, and the crowd became one.

he even did an encore!!! haha!! his encore was great!!! the crowd was fucking high at hey jude, i can get no satisfaction and signed sealed delievered. tony orlando is realy charming and interacts with the crowd really really well. he had the crowd standing on both feet to sing along and just basically have a jolly good time.

he ended the show with the appropriate tie a yellow ribbon on the old oak tree for those who might have came in late. not before letting kerri cole, the guitar guy, and michael jackson sing together what they sing normally only during sound check. they are darn good. the harmonization was excellent!!!

thus this concludes his yellow ribbon tour!!!

to commemorate the perfect evening...

aside from being sick going up and coming down ofcourse xD

bell-pepper