Hi Huneybees,
Here's Day 2 of the Singapore Social Concert. Aerosmith rocked Gardens By The Bay on Saturday night with 1.5 hours of waiting. Alot of us went around looking for plastic bags to sit on the grass field. 2 bands preceded them with almost full-length concerts of their own - Gugun Blues Shelter from Indonesia performed for 45 minutes, after which Euphoria Audio from Britain took the stage for an hour. Even though it was amazing live performance, it was a really crazy wait.
I was looking through the Twitter-sphere, PSY was taking photos with Steven Tyler, Hikakin getting all psyched up backstage, etc, but why why are they still not appearing?! Die hard Aerosmith fans like me, just hung around in the sweltering heat to only get to hear the band at 9.40pm for a schedules 8pm concert...
So, anyway, I was there at the concert, just that there were strict rules with regards to posting photos and videos, so instead of showing you the photos that I took, these are the official photos given by the organiser.
The center stage was extended, the "Toxic Twins"- Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, emerged right before our eyes through the smokes, decked in their usual Rock style attire and scarfs on Steven's mic stand, they launched straight into their 1989 hit - "Love In An Elevator". With the strategically placed fans on the stage floor, the Toxic Twins made full use of the stage, getting their hair and clothes blowing for amazing photo effects.
The band went on to perform hit after hit from their 43 year history, songs like "Jaded" & "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" got the 10,500 fans on high mode, whilst Steven Tyler repeatedly tried to break all the windows at Marina Bay Sands with his octave high pitch distinctive raspy voice.
Joe Perry also tore through bluesy solos on his axe, and towards the end of the main set, got the speaker sup in smoke with his legendary magic fingers. He even walked down the center stage playing his guitar backwards!
Aerosmith ended their main set with an electrifying performance of "Walk This Way" with YouTube stars: Japanese beatboxer Hikakin and hip-hop dancer Marquese Scott in replace of their popular version in 1980s with therap group Run DMC.
For the band's encore, Steven Tyler performed 'Dream On" on a white baby grand piano and then jets of white smoke shot up to engulf him and Perry during the last song of the night, "Sweet Emotion".
This also wraps up the weekend of Social Media celebration in Singapore. Definitely looking forward to next year's (hopefully in Singapore too!)
Photo & Video Credits: Starcount
