Yangon connects to Air Supply
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Air Supplys soft-rock tunes lure a sold-out show in Yangon on August 15. Photos: Ko Taik
Patchy rain couldnt deter a sizeable crowd from catching a breath of Australian outfit Air Supply at the bands performance at Myanmar Convention Centre on August 15.
Even a 40-minute delay caused by a traffic jam failed to dampen the spirits of the audience, who also turned up to see perennial favourites Iron Cross, led by Lay Phyu, Ahnge, Myo Gyi and Wyne Wyne, play for an hour.
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Iron Cross warmed up the crowd with 13 original songs before a 20-minute interlude to allow Air Supplys support team to set the stage for the events headline act. But the delay only increased the crowds anticipation until Russell Hitchcock, wearing a white shirt and black, sleeveless coat, led the band out onto stage and yelled: Mingalarba adding that it was difficult to learn Myanmar words.
Air Supply played 15 of its best-known songs, including Just As I Am, Every Woman in the World, The One That You Love, One More Chance, Dance With Me, Here I Am, Lost in Love and Making Love to the crowds delight.
The selection gave the crowd the chance to hear songs that many people had grown up with for the first time live, as more bands from the 1980s come to visit Myanmar, following on from Michael Learns to Rock.
After performing The Power of Love, lead guitarist Graham Russell sang a new song that he had never performed before called I Wont Stop Loving You. After finishing, Russell explained that the song is dedicated to the soldiers who died in
Myanmar during the Second World War, adding that his father was the only survivor from 200 young men who joined up from his town.
Air Supply closed their performance with their greatest hit All Out Of Love, causing most of the crowd to hum along out of tune.
Throughout the gig, the crowd sang along to the more popular songs, strong evidence if it was needed of the number of times Myanmar singers have covered Air Supplys hits.
The band hails from Australia and consists of singer-songwriter and guitarist Graham Russell and lead vocalist Russell Hitchcock. The band had a string of hits in the early 1980s and has sold more than 100 million albums.
The concert was organised by Htoo Foundation and Bagan Entertainment and was initially planned as a free event.
However, a Htoo Foundation spokesperson said the organisers had been forced to charge K25,000 per ticket when they were unable to secure Thuwanna Stadium as the venue. The switch to MCC, which has a maximum capacity of 30,000, necessitated charging more for tickets, he said.
At first we organised this concert with the aim of making it free of charge but because its monsoon we could not find a venue with enough capacity, so we had to sell tickets instead, the spokesperson said.
Revenue raised from ticket sales as well as food and beverage earnings will be donated to help educate children in border areas.
Kyaw Thu Oo, a spokesperson for Bagan Entertainment, said, About 30 percent of our population is children under the age of 15. And the highest poverty rates are in Chin, Rakhine and northern Shan states, as well as Tanintharyi Region.
Children in these areas must work for a living and support their families, rather than going to school, even for basic education. Basic education plays a crucial role in the development of a country and we would like to do what we can to help out.
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Air Supplys soft-rock tunes lure a sold-out show in Yangon on August 15. Photos: Ko Taik
Patchy rain couldnt deter a sizeable crowd from catching a breath of Australian outfit Air Supply at the bands performance at Myanmar Convention Centre on August 15.
Even a 40-minute delay caused by a traffic jam failed to dampen the spirits of the audience, who also turned up to see perennial favourites Iron Cross, led by Lay Phyu, Ahnge, Myo Gyi and Wyne Wyne, play for an hour.
Iron Cross warmed up the crowd with 13 original songs before a 20-minute interlude to allow Air Supplys support team to set the stage for the events headline act. But the delay only increased the crowds anticipation until Russell Hitchcock, wearing a white shirt and black, sleeveless coat, led the band out onto stage and yelled: Mingalarba adding that it was difficult to learn Myanmar words.
Air Supply played 15 of its best-known songs, including Just As I Am, Every Woman in the World, The One That You Love, One More Chance, Dance With Me, Here I Am, Lost in Love and Making Love to the crowds delight.
The selection gave the crowd the chance to hear songs that many people had grown up with for the first time live, as more bands from the 1980s come to visit Myanmar, following on from Michael Learns to Rock.
After performing The Power of Love, lead guitarist Graham Russell sang a new song that he had never performed before called I Wont Stop Loving You. After finishing, Russell explained that the song is dedicated to the soldiers who died in
Myanmar during the Second World War, adding that his father was the only survivor from 200 young men who joined up from his town.
Air Supply closed their performance with their greatest hit All Out Of Love, causing most of the crowd to hum along out of tune.
Throughout the gig, the crowd sang along to the more popular songs, strong evidence if it was needed of the number of times Myanmar singers have covered Air Supplys hits.
The band hails from Australia and consists of singer-songwriter and guitarist Graham Russell and lead vocalist Russell Hitchcock. The band had a string of hits in the early 1980s and has sold more than 100 million albums.
The concert was organised by Htoo Foundation and Bagan Entertainment and was initially planned as a free event.
However, a Htoo Foundation spokesperson said the organisers had been forced to charge K25,000 per ticket when they were unable to secure Thuwanna Stadium as the venue. The switch to MCC, which has a maximum capacity of 30,000, necessitated charging more for tickets, he said.
At first we organised this concert with the aim of making it free of charge but because its monsoon we could not find a venue with enough capacity, so we had to sell tickets instead, the spokesperson said.
Revenue raised from ticket sales as well as food and beverage earnings will be donated to help educate children in border areas.
Kyaw Thu Oo, a spokesperson for Bagan Entertainment, said, About 30 percent of our population is children under the age of 15. And the highest poverty rates are in Chin, Rakhine and northern Shan states, as well as Tanintharyi Region.
Children in these areas must work for a living and support their families, rather than going to school, even for basic education. Basic education plays a crucial role in the development of a country and we would like to do what we can to help out.