The Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century World Tour () was a concert tour by Hong Kong singer and actor Jacky Cheung, one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" also known as "God of Songs", named in honor of his 50th birthday, marking a half-century of life in song and dance. The tour opened on 30 December 2010 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai and concluded on 20 May 2012 at the Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong, consisting of 146 shows performed in 77 cities. The total audience was more than 2.8 million attendees with the number of people wanting to see the show exceeding the limited number of tickets.
Jacky Cheung was the artistic director of the tour. Andrew Tuason was the music director and Chen Xiaobin the choreographer, both of whom had worked with Cheung on previous projects. The Guangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra performed the string accompaniment for his concert tour. Florence Chan and Star Entertainment Limited produced the tour as the tour directors.
The staging included an oversize LED screen, theatrical production and changing sets along with laser lights and pyrotechnics for Cheung's repertoire of pop classics, songs from his musicals, rock, ballad, and jazz songs. Li Kwok Hoi served as the lighting director and one of technical directors, was awarded Best Collaboration Award from Cheung's team and all the concert organizers. IEC handled the design and set up of lighting system and stage.
Jacky Cheung broke his own record for the greatest number of concerts held by a Chinese singer in a single tour. He holds the Guinness World Record for "the largest combined audience of a live act in a year" with a total of 2,048,553 audiences in twelve months.
Performance Cheung's performance included segments in the style of a Broadway musical, a live action movie, an animated short film, and a jazz club. Andrew Lau, Hong Kong filmmaker, directed a love story between Cheung and Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress, played out on the stage while being shown on three screens in the background.
Cheung performed for three hours, singing and dancing, without any guest artists. He wore changing costumes, including a white tuxedo and top hat and shoes embroidered with Swarovski crystals. He sang Mandarin songs including Ru Guo Ai (Perhaps, Love) and Wen Bie (Goodbye Kiss) and Cantonese songs including Love Is Like A Dream, Snow.Wolf.Lake, Love You A Little More Each Day, Double Trouble, Let It Go, Fei Je and others from his Private Corner album.
Press conference On 24 November 2010, Cheung held a press conference to announce his "1/2 Century" tour, named to coincide with his 50th birthday and commemorate his achievement in the music industry. On 17 January 2011, a press conference for the 1/2 Century Tour was held at the Marriott Grand Hotel in Nanning.
Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century Tour Live Concert DVD July 2013, Cheung released his Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century Tour Live Concert DVD. The album had pre-sales of 40,000 copies, for which he received two double platinum discs from Universal Music. It was released as DVD, Blu-ray disc, and CD.
Set list The following set list was obtained from the concerts held at Asia-World Arena, Hong Kong in May 2012. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
"Overture" "The Playboy" "What's Your Name, Girl" "First Kiss" "You're My Only Legend" "You're First Name, My Surname" "Before the Rain" "Willing" "A Tear Drop" "Rain (Instrumental)" "Man in the Rain" "The Three Beats of Love" "Perhaps. Love" "Rock Prelude" "The Weather is So Hot" "Goodbye Kiss" "When Love Becomes Habit" "I Should" "Lydia" "Obsess Over You" "After You've Gone" "Love Net" "Lover's Tear" "I'm Really Hurt" "Life is Like a Dream" "Summer Night (Instrumental)" "Double Trouble" "Band Introduction" "Li Xiang Lan" "Love You More and More Everyday" "An Unchanged Heart" "Never Ending Past Love" "Untraceable Heartbreak" "Cut My Heart" "Hungry Wolf" "Messy Hair" "This Winter's Not Too Cold" "My Faraway Girl" "How Can I Forget" "A Lonely Man" "Wanna Be With You Forever" "True Love Expression" "Blessing"
Tour dates +List of tour dates Date City Country Venue30 December 2010ShanghaiChinaMercedes-Benz Arena31 December 20101 January 20112 January 20113 January 201113 January 2011GuangzhouGuangzhou International Sports Arena14 January 201115 January 201116 January 201117 January 201121 January 2011BeijingWukesong Arena22 January 201123 January 201128 January 2011ChengduChengdu Sports Centre29 January 201130 January 20116 February 2011Las VegasUnited StatesThe Colosseum at Caesars Palace7 February 20118 February 201126 February 2011XiamenChinaXiamen Sports Center Stadium27 February 2011QuanzhouQuanzhou Strait Sports Center Stadium4 March 2011WenzhouWenzhou Sports Center Stadium6 March 2011HangzhouYellow Dragon Sports Center11 March 2011TaizhouTaizhou Sports Center Stadium13 March 2011FuzhouFujian Sports Center Stadium18 March 2011SuzhouSuzhou Sports Center Stadium20 March 2011ChangshuChangshu Sports Center Stadium25 March 2011TaizhouTaizhou Sports Center Track and Field Field26 March 2011NantongNantong Sports Convention and Exhibition Center Stadium1 April 2011JiangyinJiangyin Sports Center Stadium3 April 2011ChongqingChongqing Olympic Sports Center14 April 2011Hong KongHung Hom Stadium15 April 201116 April 201117 April 201118 April 201121 April 201122 April 201123 April 201124 April 201125 April 201128 April 201129 April 201130 April 20111 May 20112 May 20116 May 20117 May 20118 May 20119 May 201110 May 201120 May 2011NanjingWutaishan Sports Center22 May 2011ChangzhouChangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium27 May 2011ZhengzhouHenan Sports Center29 May 2011HefeiHefei Olympic Sports Center Stadium3 June 2011MianyangMianyang Nanhe Sports Center5 June 2011QingdaoConson Gymnasium10 June 2011ZigongZigong Nanhu Stadium12 June 2011DalianDalian Jinzhou Stadium17 June 2011KunmingKunming Tuodong Stadium19 June 2011ShenyangShenyang Olympic Sports Center26 June 2011HarbinHICEC Stadium1 July 2011LiuzhouLiuzhou Sports Center Stadium3 July 2011ChangchunChangchun Nanling Stadium8 July 2011NanningGuangxi Sports Center Stadium18 August 2011TaipeiTaiwanTaipei Arena19 August 201120 August 201121 August 201126 August 2011SingaporeSingapore Indoor Stadium27 August 201128 August 201129 August 201130 August 20113 September 2011HohhotChinaNew Stadium in Hohhot9 September 2011ChangshaHelong Sports Center Stadium11 September 2011BaotouBaotou Olympic Sports Center16 September 2011YichunYichun Sports Center18 September 2011OrdosTiexi District NaGonal Fitness Center Gym22 September 2011WuhanWuhan Zhuankou Sports Center Stadium25 September 2011Xi’anShaanxi Stadium1 October 2011SydneyAustraliaSydney Entertainment Centre4 October 2011MelbourneHisense Arena8 October 2011YinchuanChinaNingxia Stadium14 October 2011ChengduChengdu Sports Center16 October 2011TianjinTianjin Olympic Center Stadium21 October 2011YibinYibin Sports Center South Bank Stadium23 October 2011ShijiazhuangYutong Sports Center28 October 2011GuiyangGuiyang Olympic Sports Center30 October 2011ZhuhaiZhuhai Sports Center4 November 2011PanzhihuaPanzhihua Sports Center6 November 2011NanchangNanchang Bayi Stadium11 November 2011DazhouDazhou Sports Center13 November 2011GuilinGuilin Sports Center18 November 2011YichangYichang Stadium20 November 2011FoshanFoshan Century Lotus Sports Center25 November 2011HuizhouHuizhou Olympic Stadium26 November 2011DongguanDongguan Sports Center Stadium2 December 2011ZhaoqingZhaoqing Stadium3 December 2011ZhongshanZhongshan Xingzhong Stadium8 December 2011Kuala LumpurMalaysiaBukit Jalil National Stadium9 December 201110 December 201111 December 201129 December 2011MacauChinaCotai Arena30 December 201131 December 20111 January 201213 January 2012VancouverCanadaRogers Arena16 January 2012TorontoAir Canada Centre10 February 2012KaohsiungTaiwanKaohsiung Arena11 February 201217 February 2012ZhanjiangChinaZhanjiang Sports Center Stadium19 February 2012NanningGuangxi Sports Center24 February 2012GuangzhouTianhe Stadium25 February 20122 March 2012ShenzhenShenzhen Bay Sports Center4 March 2012PuganPugan Sports Center Stadium10 March 2012HangzhouHuanglong Stadium11 March 2012JiaxingJiaxing Stadium16 March 2012LishuiLishui Sports Center Stadium18 March 2012NingboNingbo Fubon Stadium23 March 2012ShanghaiShanghai Stadium24 March 201225 March 2012WuxiWuxi Sports Center30 March 2012ZhuzhouZhuzhou Stadium1 April 2012HefeiHefei Olympic Sports Center13 April 2012ZunyiZunyi Huichuan Stadium15 April 2012CixiCixi Sports Center Stadium20 April 2012ChongqingChongqing Olympic Sports Center22 April 2012LuoyangLuoyang New District Stadium27 April 2012NanchongNanchong Stadium29 April 2012JinanJinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium4 May 2012ChengduChengdu Sports Center6 May 2012BeijingBeijing Workers Stadium12 May 2012Kuala LumpurMalaysiaMerdeka Stadium18 May 2012Hong KongChinaAsiaWorld–Arena19 May 201220 May 201222 May 201223 May 201225 May 201226 May 201227 May 201229 May 201230 May 2012
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