[Coverage] Mariah Carey ‘The
Elusive Chanteuse Show’ Tour In Malaysia 2014
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| Mariah Carey ‘The Elusive Chanteuse Show’ Tour In Malaysia 2014 Photo Credit: Official Photographer |
Kuala Lumpur, October 2014 – The
American Diva, Mariah Carey has held
her tour concert in Malaysia, titled “Mariah
Carey ‘The Elusive Chanteuse Show’ Tour In Malaysia 2014” yesterday! Our
team from wljack.com have been given a chance to
do a coverage on the event!
Date: 22nd October
2014
Time: 8pm
Venue: Stadium Merdeka, KL
Crowded With People and Traffic Jam! Concert
In A Heavy Rain!
Mariah Carey has
been a really prestigious pop singer for years and she has garnered a lot of
fans from all over the world. This time, in Malaysia, her concert has attracted
the attendance of approximately 12,000 audiences!
However, due to the blocked roads and car parking in the middle of the road, it has congested the area and caused a terrible jam to reach the stadium. I myself was stuck in the jam in that area for nearly an hour and a half before I managed to secure a parking at a nearby parking centre. This was not something uncommon anymore for an event in Stadium Merdeka or Stadium Negara. I do hope one day, an improvement can be made over this parking issue.
The
traffic jam situation was made worse by the heavy rain. Besides, all of the
audiences who have their seats on the ground field have gotten all wet
throughout the show. It was really unlucky to have a weather that bad at such a
timing.
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The Rain Didn’t Stop The Fans’ Spirit!
They Want To See Mariah Carey!
Although
the rain was really terrible, the audiences still stayed persistently for the
show. Most of the audiences have their raincoat on, but the rain was too heavy, thus most audiences
still got wet!
Due
to the rain, the concert started later than the original time (8.00pm), it
started at around 9.00pm with a cool
James-Bond Like Visual Video!
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Managed to Hit The “Whistle Note”! Some
Minor Vocal Issues Didn’t Spoil The Show!
Despite
the recent news about Mariah Carey
being unable to hit the whistle note, she has proven to us that she could still
achieve the dolphin vocal through the show in Malaysia. It might not be as smooth
as it used to be but she still managed to demonstrate it LIVE. It’s something in
which not everybody can do and Mariah Carey is definitely great for that!
Besides,
one thing I liked about Mariah Carey was,
she didn’t give much “talking” speech in between each songs. She basically just
sang the speech out in tones, such
as “Kuala
Lumpur~ Kuala Lumpur” in a
melodious way and I love that!
However,
I did notice some vocal issues too from her during this show. A very obvious
one was that some of the songs having a louder backing track which veiled over
her LIVE vocal. I barely able to listen to her LIVE singing for some of these
songs.
These
vocal issues might be noticeable but it was not till the extent of totally spoiling
the fun. The most prominent mood-spoiler of the day was still the rain!
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Great Band, Instrumentalist, Singer
& Dancer!
Mariah Carey has
a great group of band members, instrumentalist, supporting singers and dancers
who are really spectacular. In between each costume change, the whole group of
talented musicians and dancers took over the stage while she’s in the
backstage!
However,
in my opinion, some of these transitional music jamming was a little bit too long. Not that I
don’t like them, I love their talents and I seriously enjoyed their
performances. But I am sure the audiences would prefer less of the transition time, more of Mariah Carey’s appearance on stage because after-all she’s the main limelight of the show!
Rain…Lightning…and Fire!
The
concert was very eventful. First, it started with a heavy rain followed by
lightning! Not sure whether it was caused by the lightning, there were some
technical issues during the show. Sometimes the large screen on the right side
lost its image partially. Then, there were some issue in setting up the Grand Piano.
Last
but not least, there was actually a FIRE
on stage when Mariah was interacting
with the fans. Either way, she said that, “The band is good, I am good.” Thus,
the show still moved on despite having all these unforeseen circumstances.
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Undying Support To Mariah Carey! Fans
Showed Her Signs, Banners and Love!
This
concert might not be Mariah’s best
concert yet due to some issues as mentioned, but it was definitely a dream come
true for some of her fans who have been supporting her for more than 20 years!
Some
of the fans rushed near to the stage showing her the wonderful banners that
they made for her. One of the fans even waved his hands in hope that Mariah can
ask him up on stage. Mariah replied him, “I will give you a hug! A Musical
Hug!”
Some Crowd Left Earlier and Missed Out The
Encore With “Always Be My Baby”!
After
singing the song of “We Belong Together”,
Mariah left the stage and a lot of the fans started leaving the stadium because
they thought the concert has ended. The
main reason for the audiences to leave are most probably due to the un-hinted
encore as well as the rain!
They
didn’t provide any hinting beats for an encore like how some other concerts in
Malaysia did. If there was no rain, maybe the crowd will still stay behind and
shout “we want more” or “encore” without the need for the “drum beat” stimulus.
But in this case, I think the band or the crews should at least make an effort
to stop the crowd from making a move.
Those
audiences who stayed behind were lucky enough as they were able to listen to Mariah Carey performing the encore of Always Be My Baby!
Below
are the songs which Mariah Carey sang during her Mariah Carey ‘The Elusive Chanteuse Show’
Tour in Malaysia 2014:
- 110th St.
- Fantasy
- Touch My Body
- Shake It Off(No Intro)
- Emotions(Extended Outro)
- Cry
- Fly Like A Bird
- Lullaby of Birdland
- My All
- Heartbreak/Beautiful
- That Chick(Band Intros)
- Honey Video Into Honey
- I’ll Be There
- Thirsty
- Meteorite(Dance Intros)
- Hero
- Supernatural
- We Belong Together
- Encore: Always Be My Baby
My Favourite Tracks Of The Night: Hero, We Belong Together
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Mariah Carey is
still undeniably a great performer although her performance this time was not
as good as I have expected. I think her vocal was a lot better when it was
during the 90s. It’s just my opinion anyways.
Well,
either way, million thanks to IME Production and Malaysia Major Events, an agency under
the Tourism and Culture Ministry, they have definitely granted the wishes for her
fans in Malaysia!
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That’s
all for the coverage. The concert only allows official photographer to capture
photos. So all of these were the photos provided by the organizer to wljack.com! (Of course, I have
done some editing too!)
Hope
you guys enjoy reading my coverage! Do comment below and share with me your
post-concert thoughts and feelings!
Photo credits to the Official photographer.
Published
by WLJack.
