Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Shin Hyesung completes Seoul concerts in spectacular fashion despite knee injury


Disregarding his knee injury, Shin Hyesung held his 3rd May concert in a spectacular fashion at Ewha Women’s University as part of his ‘2009 Keep Leaves In Seoul’ concert. More than 2,800 fans turned up in a strong show of support. After his fall the previous day, he continued with the concert the next day, and performed all 25 songs within 2 and a half hours, bringing this concert to a perfect end.

The concert, themed ‘The Sweet Return of Shin Hyesung’, showed him in his element as the ‘Ballad Prince’ after his previous rock-tinged Side 1 activities.


He performed Shin Hyesung-style ballads such as ‘Even If It’s A Lie’, ‘Why Did You Call’, and ‘Same Thought’, and also covered Lee Eunmi’s ‘I Have A Lover’, as well as Lee Munse’s ‘Previous Love’. He also performed his earlier songs such as ‘Hidden Camera’ and ‘Don’t Leave’ with new music arrangements that created a romantic atmosphere.

In between, he also performed a remix of ‘Love Actually’ with KARA’s ‘Pretty Girl’, complete with its cute dance, and also played amusing videos in between segments. One in particular showed him in a funny parody of Yoon Ji Hoo from popular drama series ‘Boys Before Flowers’.

Special guest Lee Munse garnered overwhelming cheers during his duet with Shin Hyesung, and the audience sang along to his hits such as ‘Red Sunset’. He even quipped, “If I could live all over again, would I able to have legs as slim as Shin Hyesung’s, and how many times must I live my life to be able to rap, dance and sing ballads?”


Nearing the end of the concert, Shin Hyesung said, “Today has been an unforgettable day. Thank you to Sonbaenim for bringing such a fantastic performance, and the explosive cheers from all of you, makes me feel really blessed and happy.

At the end of the concert, he performed a song that always brought tears to his eyes, ‘You Raise Me Up’ and also the title track of his Side 1 album, ‘Because Of You’, before ending off with the encore, ‘Same Thought’.

Overseas fans from Japan, China and Taiwan also flew in for the concert, and there were many males who came along with their girlfriends. This concert tour will next bring him to Busan, Taiwan, Singapore, Shanghai, Osaka and Tokyo, and will end in late August.

A spokesperson for Shin Hyesung said, “Although there were worries for his knee injury, but he seemed to have finished up the Seoul concert perfectly. There is a big bruise and there was some bleeding, after the concert we will have to send him to the hospital.”



Source: Asia Economy + ntlove16@shinhwabiz
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Eng trans: midnightgirl13@AbsolutShinhwa

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