Sundown Festival 2012 announce performance line-up with China and Hong Kong as latest addition to the Asian entertainment showcase

 

SINGAPORE – With Sundown Festival 2012 pulling all the stops to bring in leading acts from China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the F1 Pit Building at Marina Promenade is proving to be the place to be, rain or shine, on December 1, 2012.

Sundown Festival 2012 features buzzed-about newcomers and some of the region’s hottest solo and group acts including Jeno Liu Li Yang from China; Raymond Lam from Hong Kong; BTOB from Korea; Anthony Neely from Taiwan and Alice Nine from Japan.

2012 marks the fourth anniversary for the homegrown Festival, which has emerged to become the definitive all-Asian music and cultural experience of the year. Sundown Festival 2012 is executive produced by Red Spade Entertainment, and is supported by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and presenting co-sponsor SingTel, Asia’s leading communications group, for the second consecutive year. Global wireless innovation leader, BlackBerry, is this year’s newest sponsor to come onboard.

“Asian Music for a Greater Asia”

“It was necessary to continue this tradition every year; it is our promise to our fans and supporters. Anyone who is interested in Asian music and proud of the immense talents the region has to offer should take a look at what is going to go down at Sundown Festival this December 1,” said Samantha Chan, Director, Red Spade Entertainment.

“Sundown Festival has a legacy of highlighting the diversity of the Asian music culture. At the same time, with fans from all walks of life and nationalities banding together to show support for their favorite Asian acts, it illustrates the boundless power music has to unite people and unify differences,” said Ellena Liu, Associate Director, Segment Marketing & Communications, Consumer Marketing, SingTel.

Artistes’ line-up overview

This year’s Festival is being headlined by visual kei group Alice Nine, whose most recent releases included self-titled album “9” and compilation of music videos entitled ‘Alice in Pictures III’. Riding on the recent surge in popularity and demand for their brand of glam-metal rock and “visual style” of music outside of Japan, Alice Nine’s highly-anticipated appearance at Sundown Festival 2012 promises to be an evening of head-bopping entertainment.

Fans of Korean pop won’t want to miss Born to Beat, or BTOB, a seven-man group recently unveiled by Cube Entertainment (the same artiste management that produces talents the likes of 4Minute and G.Na). This Korean band is already reining in fans for its fancy footwork and masked mystique.

To complement this amazing line-up of musical entertainment, Sundown Festival will also welcome the Singapore debut of Jeno Liu Liyang, a Guangzhou native whose first shot to fame came when she won Super Girls, a popular singing contest in China, in 2006. With Liu’s soulful vocal, the charm of TVB series singer-actor, Raymond Lam and charismatic Taiwan Mandopop prince Anthony Neely all coming together on one stage, Sundown Festival is set to be a massive hit with those seeking quality Asian music and entertainment.

For more information about the line-up, visit www.sundownfestival.sg

“Made in Singapore, Entertaining The World”

“We are pleased to support local entertainment players such as Red Spade in the development of a strong pipeline of differentiated home-grown entertainment content. As the only annual music festival in South East Asia to unite Asian music and culture, we are confident that the Sundown Festival will contribute to our delivery of unique and original tourism experiences for both Singaporeans and international visitors, and set Singapore apart as a global city with an energetic and innovative entertainment scene,” added Lynette Pang, Executive Director for F1 & Sports and Arts & Entertainment, Singapore Tourism Board.

“The amazing line-up of performances is yet further confirmation that Sundown Festival is ranked in the league of some of the region’s leading entertainers and event organisers. Put together by Asians for Asians, the Festival is giving consumers an understanding of the creative potential and musical possibilities as well as the impetus to purvey great Asian music worldwide,” said Keith Loke, Manager, Segment Marketing & Communications for Consumer Marketing, SingTel. “Music is something many of our customers are passionate about and as presenting sponsor of Sundown Festival 2012, SingTel is leading the way in showing how music inspires and amalgamates people in unprecedented ways.”

“Welcoming SingTel and BlackBerry as presenting co-sponsors further proves this year will be the best festival we’ve seen yet,” added Kelvin Goh, Director, Red Spade Entertainment.

SUNDOWN FESTIVAL 2012 DETAILS

Date: Saturday, 1 December 2012

Time: From 5.30pm

Venue: F1 Pit Area, Marina Promenade

TICKETING INFORMATION

Mosh pit  (cat 1 & 2) –  $158

Stage front (cat 3) –  $118

Tier seats (cat 4) – $118

Walkabout tickets (cat 5) – $88

Tickets (all free-standing) are available at SISTIC only. Log on to www.sistic.com.sg to book or call ticketing hotline: (65) 6348 5555. For more information on Sundown Festival, check out www.sundownfestival.sg or contact [email protected].

ABOUT SUNDOWN FESTIVAL

Sundown Festival is an annual event that celebrates Asian music and culture, with the aims of not only showing the best and most vibrant of Asian entertainment but also to unite and bridge the cultural diversity of Asia. Each year a new Asian country will be added to the list of performers, creating a snowball effect to the festival in order to generate hype, anticipation and captivate audience. The Festival will feature some of the most popular and up-and-coming musicians, on top of their cultural exports (such as food and other consumables) through fringe activities and stalls set up at the event grounds on the Festival day itself. Sundown Festival started in 2009 with the theme Seoul’dOut!, when it focused on Korean music and culture and single-handedly caused an explosion of interest all things Korean (also known as the Hallyu wave) in Singapore. In 2010, Japan was added to the performance line-up, giving rise to the popularity of J-rock and visual kei youth pop culture. Taiwan was added to the mix in 2011, prompting new Asian entertainers and industry players to make Singapore as its maiden stop of fame. Today, Sundown Festival continues to play the role as the purveyor of all things Asian, turning the world’s spotlight to this part of the world and in its course hopes to unite culturally diversified Asia through music. The ultimate goal is to culminate all efforts to give rise to Sundown Festival World Tour of all 11 Asian countries, beginning in home soil Singapore.

BTOB (Born to Beat) is a seven-member male idol group from South Korea. The members are: SeoEunkwang, Lee Minhyuk, Lee Changsub, Lim Hyunsik, Peniel D.Shin, Jung Ilhoon and YookSung Jae.Managed by Cube Entertainment,BTOB made its debut on the 21^stof March this year with the simultaneous release of two singlesInsane and Imagine.A week after their official debut, the group was featured in the K-pop segments of Spain’s Tele5 TV and Cuatro TV, with the former describing them as the new rising stars of K-pop.

BTOB launched its self-titled mini album Born to Beatin April. This was followed by the release of a special Asian edition of the album in conjunction with their promotional tours in Asia. They last performed in Singaporein May at the global music conference, “Music Matters 2012”.

The group’s second mini albumPress Play was launched in September and the lead single, Wowhas garnered much attention andpraisefor its ‘90s-inspired “New Jack Swing” sound.

Anthony Neely (倪安东)is aTaiwanese-American Mandopopsinging sensation who began his music career as a participant in the fifth season of Taiwan’s popular reality singing competition, One Million Star. His outstanding performances saw him securing full marks on three occasions. Most notably, his acoustic renditionof Damien Rice’s The Blower’s Daughter impressed the judges so much that they awarded him a total of thirty-three out of a possible twenty-five marks, a first in the competition’s history.

Neely signed on with HIM International Music in 2009 and released his debut album Lesson Onein November 2010. It featuredhis cover of The Blower’s Daughterand spawned popular singles such as Sorry That I Loved You and Nightmares. The album debuted at second place on both the G-Music and Five Music album sales charts in Taiwan following its launch. His latest album Wake Upwas released in February this year and includes the track You Are My Baby from the movie “The Soul of the Bread” (爱的面包魂), which Neely co-starred in.

Liu Li Yang (刘力扬), also known as Jeno Liu, made her debut as a singer in the third season of China’s singing contest, Super Girls (超级女声) in 2006.Her on-stage charisma, androgynous appearance and soulful vocals won her many fans and she clinched the second runner-up spot in the final round of the competition.Shelaunched her debut EP String Puppets with EE-Media in 2007 before joining HIM International Music in 2008. Liu has released three albums in the last four years, I Am Who I Am (2008), Forward EP (2009) and Journey – Songs From The HeartSelection (2011).

Alice Nine is a five-member Japanese rock and visual-kei band founded in 2004. The band consistsof members Shou (band leader and lead vocalist), Hiroto (lead guitarist), Tora (rhythm guitarist), Saga (bassist) and Nao (drummer). Alice Nine has experimented boldly with their visual and music styles since their debut, producing a diverse musical portfolio of tracks ranging from rock and heavy metal to dance,popand even slow ballads.

The band achieved critical success with the release of the track Jewels in March 2007 and was invited to perform with other Japanese bands at the JRock Revolution festival in Los Angeles, California in May. Their October single Tsubasapeaked at number six on Japan’s Oricon Weekly Singles Chartand the band capped a successful year with the November release of their second album Alpha, which sold over 17,000 copies in its first week and clinched the ninth spot on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart.Other notable releases include the single Rainbows (2008), which peaked at number three on the Oricon Singles Chartand their fourth studio album Gemini (2011) also ranked number three on the Oricon Albums Chart.

Alice Nine released their latest album 9 in February this year and is currently embarking on their Alice Nine <Court of 9>Live Tour 2012 in Japan.

Raymond Lam(林峰)is a top Hong Kong TVB actor and award-winning singer. Lam made his acting debut in the TVB serial At The Threshold Of An Era (1999) and was given his first leading role in Eternal Happiness (2002). He has since garnered numerous TVB popularity awards and regional acting accolades from Chinaand Malaysia.

Apart from singing the theme songs of the TVB dramasfor which he hadstarring roles, Lam is also a multi-platinum record artiste with Emperor Entertainment Group’s (EEG) Music Plus and has released seven albums to date. His 2007 debut album Love Is Finding You in Memories sold more than 20,000 copies in a week and received the IFPI Gold Disk Award. His sophomore effort Your Love (2008) and its second edition scored a double IFPI Platinum Award. His subsequent works include Come 2 Me (2010), his first Mandarin album First (2011)which reached Quadruple Platinum status and LF (2011).Self-Portrait, Lam’s latest and seventh album was released in August this year.He has won awards at the Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards and TVB8 Golden Melody Music Awards, amongst others.

Lam has heldthree sell-out concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum in 2009, 2010 and 2011 and is planning to hold his fourth concert there next year in January.