Today was the 2009 Sparkling Concert with Big Bang, FT Island, SG Wannabe and Shin HyeSung. I enjoyed myself immensely and have uploaded about 300 pictures of varying quality for your viewing pleasure. Follow the cut for the best images and quick concert summary.
Shin HyeSung – 1st Time
I’ve only really listened to a little of his work before and wasn’t really sure what he would be performing this time. All his music was good an upbeat which was good news because I wasn’t really in the mood for slow ballads. He came on with a backup band for his first performance and then he had dancers for the second and third. His vocals were really good and I think it felt more strange being so close to him because I had been watching him on Family Outing.
FT Island – 1st Time
I haven’t listened to FT Island much since their first album, but they did perform their first hit single and then some of their newer stuff. This is my first time seeing them and I’m really glad I did because they sound great live. The new guy got a really good response from the crowd and everyone’s playing was good. Their drummer seemed a bit out of it, but I suppose that’s standard for a drummer. I will definitely be looking into their newer music this weekend.
SG Wannabe – 1st Time
Not really something I would normally listen to but I do appreciate that their vocal performance was good. There was some serious screaming from the girls around me when they came on which was quite surprising, but I found myself singing along where I could, even in the ballads. ‘La La La‘ is a good song live.
Big Bang – 2nd Time
Pretty much the reason I was there in the first place. The atmosphere was never going to compare to the Big Show, but just seeing them again was great. They started off with Last Farewell, then How Gee, Haru Haru and Sunset Glow. They also performed Lies as an encore. Seungri looked really tired – in fact, they all did.
All in all, it was another great experience and I was really happy to see three of the four artists for the first time. Next time, I promise I will get sharper images and more actions shots. I’m still getting to grips with my camera but I’ll look into the perfect settings for concert shooting.
Next up – MAP THE SOUL WORLD TOUR in SEOUL!
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alex
you went there???
thank you so so much for the BB pics :D
gonna watch them now ^__^
oh gosh! thanks so much for the ft island pictures!
*envies*
how nice of you to load them up. xD
THANKS SO MUCH!
WOW, it sounds like it was amazing. It seems like it was a pretty good mix of people!
I love the pictures! This may sound silly, but I’m beyond relieved that G-Dragon has normal hair because the stuff he’s been doing lately is eyebrow-raising. But when is he never eyebrow-raising?
Anyway, thanks for sharing!
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Love the pictures! Haha, TOP has some interesting new hairstyle…Hope it doesn’t stay ><
Just wondering, what camera do you use?
Hi Natasha. I use a Sony DSC-H50 :) I’ve used full DLR cameras before but I prefer something a little more compact.
wow again??!! lucky guy! thanks for sharing :)
WOW..it’s realli great to read on your experience on this concert! i so wanted to go~~ same for Big Show…but it’s toooo hard for overseas fan to get any tix online..haha..i reali hope i will get to watch BigBang LIVE one day…
When i saw the promo on gmkt website for the concerts, this concert’s combi is what i would choose..coz there’s BB n Shin Hyesung…Hyesung is reali gd singing live! i’m not so much a ballad person but he’s gd~ n it’s new for him not to sing ballads..hee
How do u usually get tix to concerts?? they would b quite fast selling i suppose…
anyway, thks for your update!
Hi Kerris. I bought the tickets on GMarket and I guess I just got lucky ^^”
Thank you for the awesome pictures!! All the performers seem like they’d be really good live. (:
I am really grateful for anything bb-related these days (: You’re right though, the boys do look really tired… And they’re not even promoting anything at the moment. Did everyone else do an encore as well? Because i saw that BB did Lies as their encore.
Hi meltedd. Big Bang were the only ones to do an encore ^^
‘dropped jaw’..
you are one lucky fanboy!!!! Shin Hye Sung, FT Island, Big Bang!!! ‘faint’
dude, i’m crying with all the pent-up jealousy..’sniff sniff’
still i thank you for uploading these pics..=D
ps: is it just me? cause i notice that Korean guys are veering to pink outfits lately..???
hmmm..
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