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THEN AND NOW: Watching a 5566 concert in 2003 vs. 2019

Much has changed in the 16 years in between

THEN AND NOW: Watching a 5566 concert in 2003 vs. 2019

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<p>When news of Taiwanese group 5566 returning to Singapore was announced earlier this year, a tiny part of me was very, very excited.</p>
<p>Let me explain: back in 2003, I was convinced that I needed to attend 5566’s first concert in Singapore. I watched the hugely popular idol drama <em>My MVP Valentine</em> in 2002, which caused the members’ – in particular Tony Sun, who played the second male lead – popularity to skyrocket.</p>
<p>At that time, I brought packed lunches from home so that I could save my daily allowance. Two months of scrimping (although I admit that I gave in to buying bubble tea a few times) later, I finally had enough to pay for my concert ticket – and when I found out that I was allocated an aisle seat in the sixth row, nothing could shut me up about how excited I was.</p>
<p>Fast forward to the day of the concert, and that happiness was dampened by the fact that Rio Peng aggravated his back injury, which was sustained during a variety show filming, just before the show. He was unable to dance and could only stand on stage with them for a few songs.</p>
<p>Things were very different in the present day, 16 years later.</p>
<p>For one, I didn’t have to scrimp and save for two months to get my concert ticket – it was a review ticket kindly provided by concert promoters Live Nation Singapore. The concert poster, which previously had five people on it, now only had three members.</p>
<p>Former member Sam Wang is <a href="https://entertainment.toggle.sg/en/entertainment/asianbuzz/article/tony… to be on bad terms with the other members</a> and hasn’t been spotted with 5566 for a long time, while Rio, who left the group shortly after the Singapore concert back in 2003 to focus on his rehabilitation, was a special guest who would only join 5566 on stage towards the end of the concert.</p>
<p>I also didn’t have an aisle seat in the sixth row, but I did have my younger brother, who was forced to listen to 5566 songs while he was growing up, with me as we enthusiastically sang along to most of the songs – yes, even when ‘Wo Nan Guo’ was performed for the third time during the show.</p>
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Photos: Live Nation Singapore

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