Live N' Loud, Hong Kong, 2008-08-05

Leslie Cheung almost 17 years ago

Live N' Loud is the latest annual music festival in Hong Kong. The first year of event launched on August 5. Five bands from all over the world lined up for this exciting event: Simple Plan, OneRepublic, LostProphets, New Found Glory and Jamie Scott & The Town.

Jamie Scott & The Town from UK kicked off the show. The band's line-up includes a double bass, cello and acoustic guitar. His set comprised with beautiful ballads such as "Weeping Willow", "When Will I See Your Face Again", "Standing In The Rain", and a new song titled "Kiss Me".

American band New Found Glory was next. They were definitely the most catching band of the night. Vocalist Jordan Pundik often asked the fans to make a circle and crowd surfing, guitarist Chad Gilbert took photos of the audience. However, none of this can compared to the scene where bassist Ian Grushka licking his own tits on stage! The band covered Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" and Sixpence None The Richer's "Kiss Me" among their own hits, like "All Downhill From Here", "Hit Or Miss", "It's Not Your Fault" and ended with "My Friends Over You" finishing their 50-minutes set.

UK punk-rock band LostProphets took the longest time to setup and the band took the stage at 21:30. The band proved the wait was worth it by giving one great performance of the night. They played most of the songs from their 2006 album Liberation Transmission. Although the band were quiet when they stepped onto the stage, the affections of the fans below have melted them down and after 5-6 songs in, vocalist Ian Watkins began to talk to the fans. Fans sang along while they played a string of hits such as "Everyday Combat", "Can't Catch Tomorrow", "A Town Called Hypocrisy", "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)", "Last Summer", "Last Train Home" and ended with "Burn Burn".

OneRepublic from America followed and frontman Ryan Tedder offered an excellent vocal performance, which can match up Chris Martin of Coldplay, that night. There are some dance beats influences in their music, so you would expect to see fans jumping and dancing around. Kicking off with "Say (All I Need)", the band also played hits like "Stop And Stare", "Apologize". They even paid tribute to The Verve with their rendition of "Bitter Sweet Symphony" and covered Rihanna's "Umbrella".

The headliner of the night, Canadian band Simple Plan stormed the stage at mid-night. They put up two backdrops featuring sky-scrapers in Hong Kong, and had a very clean stage by using wireless amps and effectors for their instruments. If you have listened to them on records before, you would be thrilled to hear them live as they were much better live than on records. With a shorter setlist than originally planned, the band paid respect to their loyal and huge Hong Kong fans-base with "Shut Up", "When I'm Gone", "Me Against The World" and "I'm Just A Kid". After "Time To Say Goodbye", the band joked that they had written a new song last week and would played it for the first time, but instead, the band launched into a cover of American rapper Flo Rida's "Low", followed by Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls" and the cover medley ended with rock'n'roll classic "Stand By Me". The band ended the special night with "Perfect", giving a perfect ending to the Hong Kong music fans.

Here are the setlists of the night. All of these are confirmed by the record labels and concert promoter except for that of Jamie Scott & The Town.

Jamie Scott & The Town
(if you have got a correct one, please do let us know)
Weeping Willow
Standing In The Rain
Kiss Me
Smile
When Will I See Your Face Again
Lady West

New Found Glory
Understatement
All Downhill From Here
Better Off Dead
Something I Call Personality
Truth Of My Youth
Hold My Hand
Hit Or Miss
Dig My Own Grave
Failures Not Flattering
Iris {Goo Goo Dolls cover}
Forget My Name
It's Not Your Fault
Kiss Me {Sixpence None The Richer cover}
Intro
My Friends Over You

LostProphets
Everyday Combat
Can't Catch Tomorrow
A Town Called Hypocrisy
Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)
4am Forever
Last Summer
Last Train Home
Shinobi VS Dragon Ninja
Burn Burn

OneRepublic
Say (All I Need)
Mercy
Stop And Stare
All Fall Down
Tyrant
Bitter Sweet Symphony {The Verve cover}
Umbrella {Rihanna cover}
Apologize
Someone To Save You

Simple Plan
Take My Hand
Shut Up
Jump
Addicted To You
When I'm Gone
The End
Me Against The World
Your Love Is A Lie
Time To Say Goodbye
Low {Flo Rida cover} / Beautiful Girls {Sean Kingston} / Stand By Me {Ben E. King cover}
I'd Do Anything
I'm Just A Kid
Perfect

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