13th March 2011 shall be a day I will be remembering for the rest of my life. Not only did I watch my favourite singer belt out fantastic songs with his so amazing voice but I was well charmed and entertained throughout the whole two hours which seemed like half an hour. He is like a time warp machine. Really! Ask anyone present and they'll tell you the same.
So the exciting night began with Najwa opening for Michael. She was kinda good to me. She writes pretty nice songs and her voice is cool. But she was not the reason I was there, so lets cut short about Najwa. Lol. Anyway, I hope local acts like her are able to make into the tough music scene.
At 8.35p.m., the lights around the stadium went dimmed. Then the stage came to life with some lighting display accompanied by music played by Michael's Band. The crowd just soared. Brighter lights came on and we could see Michael orchestrating his band.
The curtain was drawn then. And in the middle of the stage, he stood. Michael Buble in his grey tuxedo, looking all good and raring to go. And so without further delay, he belted out James Bond's theme, Cry Me a River. It was just so AMAZING. At the end of it, before he moved on to this second of the night, he cheekily asked how the crowd were doing and they just went CRAZY! That's how charming he really is.
He then carried on with All of Me before he greeted us.
After that, he noticed a sign in the crowd. He read in out in animated voice and asked her to come forward for him to sign in. How I wish I was there too! Many lucky front seaters got to take advantage of the situation by the way. After singing, he actually asked for $5 for each signature he gave out. I would so pay for one! Haha. He carried on cracking some more jokes (about fans loving him, meeting Jimmy Choo and wanting to make shoes), praising the food and beautiful people and then announced that he was engaged.
Next came the sentimental At This Moment which was followed by Mack the Knife. Pure brilliant. After that, the lights went off again and the familiar starting tune of his own written song, Everything came on air and I just had to sing along to this one. Lol.
He then took some time off singing and introduced his band mates, whom he calls his best buddies. Once again, he was superb. He introduced band mates like no other singers do. He talked about their kids, their slutty habits, one looking like Rambo with a camera so he is Cambo, another dropping baseball to play the saxophone to get more girls and about not having any favourites but called the Canadian born member his favourite. Lol. He is just so funny. But the best introduction was went he tricked the crowd into believing that one of his "brothers" was a Malaysia. That "brother" played along and the crowd was cheering so loud until he said he was just kidding. What the hell right? Lol! He then showed us that these band mates could sing too when he belted out I've Got the World on a String.
Then he took some time off again and showed us how he warm up his vocals back stage. This was really so random. With Alan Chang, his pianist and co-producer, they playfully performed Don't Stop Believing (I guess he is a Gleek too) and Aladdin's A Whole New World. He was also so full of expressions.
Next, he sang Crazy Love, Georgia on My Mind and For Once in My Life. And at the end of the third, he said he doesn't need to go over the top when in fact he just did. Lol
And now another random moment. Michael said he never wanted to do Frank Sinatra, etc. He wanted to be the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. So he sang Billie Jean while dancing. He failed his moonwalk, he failed he vocal part. But he aced the crotch holding! Hahahaha! He then cheered us to Beatles' Twist and Shout. There were also four beach balls in the crowd at this part. None of them reached where I was sitting though. :(
Now any fan of Michael's would know that he likes to get personal with the crowd and his stop in Kuala Lumpur was no different when he sang All I Do is Dream of You while walking in the crowd. Many lucky viewers got to shake hands and hug him but once again, no such luck for me. :'( He proceeded to a second stage where he sang his number one hit, Home acoustic. It was really very nice. Especially with the crowd all singing along with him.
He then got back to the main stage, singing three more hits; Save the Last Dance for Me, How Sweet It is (To be Loved by You) and Heartache Tonight. And he closed the show with his first single from his Crazy Love album, Haven't Met You Yet while giving the singles hope that they will someday find 'the one' like he did in his fiancee and wife-to-be.
After that, he left but not the crowd. We cheered and cheered for an encore and it did not take him long to get up on stage again, singing Feeling Good. He continued with Me and Mrs Jones and really closed the show with A Song for You. The last was so special as the curtains were drawn to a close halfway through and the stadium went pitch dark. Then a spot light focusing on Michael appeared and he sang without his mike! Just like that. I've seen and heard him do that on videos but it was nothing like being there! Paying RM250, I got the cheapest ticket and I was so far away but I could so clearly hear him.
And with that, the show came to a close. But for the strong 9,000 people crowd present that night, memories of a wonderful and amazing show will live on for a very long time. I personally would and if would jump at a chance to see him again. He is just sooooooo goooooooooodddddd.
