Why we look forward to going to a live concert
After waiting for 1170 days, the concert market in Zhejiang has finally returned.
On February 14th, Joker Xue officially announced the first stop of his 2023 "Extraterrestrial Objects" tour - landing at the Sports Center Stadium in Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province on March 18th.
Not surprisingly, this will be the first stadium-level concert in Zhejiang Province this year.
It will be followed by Mao Buyi's "Guide to Young Birds" concert on March 25 at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.
This is also the first large-scale concert of 10,000 people held in Hangzhou since January 2020.
Long time no see!
The "first concert ticket" after the epidemic is finally here.
"Back to the stadium (stadium)", the way of life we used to be so familiar with, is now so precious to say it.
The restart button has been pressed, and "the concert is back" is not only a return of entertainment consumption, but also represents our life changed due to the impact of the epidemic. The last few "puzzle pieces" have also returned to their original positions.
Therefore, we have never been so looking forward to going to the live concert, because the desire to save enough will eventually be exchanged for beautiful love.
After the official announcement of Xue Zhiqian's concert in Quzhou, the fans were so excited that they changed their shape: "Waiting for you in Jinan", "Waiting for you in Chengdu", "Waiting for you in Harbin", "Waiting for you in Changsha", "Waiting for you in Kunming" and other calls, overwhelming social media.
Even those netizens who are not Joker Xue fans were infected, and they all said, "I'm going to cry, when will my idol start singing, I want to go to the stadium to experience it too."
For fans who like concerts, these days, it is indeed "Chinese New Year", almost every day there will be news about the singer's official tour announcement.
Including Xue Zhiqian, artists such as Painful Band, Lao Lang, Wang Feng, Li Ronghao, Zhang Jie, Mao Buyi, etc. have officially announced the news of the mainland concert in 2023. This does not include Lin Junjie, Mayday , Jay Chou.
The desire to return to the concert scene may be as strong for singers as it is for us.
Jay Chou, who was originally scheduled to sing at Hong Kong's central waterfront event space in August, directly moved the file to May 5th, 6th, 7th, 10th, 11th, 13th and 14th after discussing with his management company.
There is also Mayday, which is even more "competitive against time". A few days after Jay Chou re-set the schedule, Mayday officially announced that it will hold six consecutive games at the same venue on April 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, and 23.
Because of the interruption of the "May Covenant" for three years, Mayday specially named the tour "I want to see you so much". Isn't this the sentence that each of us most wants to say in our hearts?
As the vane of the industry, on February 16, the China Performance Industry Association also issued a special article, saying that according to the research and understanding in the industry, "including Hong Kong and Taiwan artists such as Jay Chou, Mayday, Zhou Huajian, Ren Xianqi, Liu Ruoying, Li Yuchun, Mao Buyi, Zhang Yixing, Xu Song, Zhang Jie, Hua Chenyu, Xue Zhiqian, Xu Wei and other mainland artists, including dozens of groups of artists, have concert plans within this year."
Three years, for the audience who are used to listening to songs live and supporting their favorite singers, it is too long to suffer and wait.
The more I squeezed my desire, the stronger the urge to go back to the concert scene in my heart became.
Just four days ago, tickets for the Mayday Hong Kong concert were officially opened. After only 5 minutes, the ticketing website was paralyzed. Some fans complained that "10 clicks, 9 times can't jump", and some people said that they escaped to On the company's rooftop, there was a cold wind blowing to make a reservation call, "always busy tone".
Even on the same day, there was information on purchasing agents on Taobao. The original ticket price of 1,380 Hong Kong dollars was 2,080 yuan, while for the four days of April 14, 21, 22, and 23, the price was 2,180 yuan. On the exchange rate, each ticket will earn a difference of 800 to 900 yuan.
The market has given the most direct and neat feedback.
As of February 21, all 80,000 tickets for Li Ronghao's official concerts in Nanjing, Wuhan, and Zhengzhou have been sold out.
There are also performances such as Joker Xue Quzhou Station (the first show) and Painful Band Shenzhen Station, all of which have also announced that the tickets are sold out.
The hot market has even created a lot of groundless rumors in the market.
A while ago, a tour poster titled Jacky Cheung's "Year of Friendship" went viral on Weibo and circle of friends. There were more than ten stops including Beijing, Haikou, Wuhan, Suzhou and other cities. The earliest stop was The opening date in Guangzhou is March 26, which is only one month away.
"Where to buy tickets??" In the comments, fans all had dense question marks.
The deity can't stand it anymore.
Jacky Cheung specially recorded a video. In addition to admitting that he was really preparing for the concert, he also reminded everyone that the information currently circulating is all fake, so don't be fooled.
Three years of persistence is also a difficult time for practitioners in the performing arts industry.
Huang Hui is the boss of Huofengding Cultural Media and the organizer of Wu Qingfeng's concert in 2019.
During the epidemic, the company had no projects to do, and there was no harvest. She told the employees that if there is a better way to make a living, everyone can go there at any time.
But after three years, no one from the company has left. "They all said that watching concerts is very enjoyable, but doing concerts is also an enjoyable thing. As long as you are alive, there is hope for the future."
During this period of time, because of the start of Mao Buyi's concert, Huo Feng Ding's office gradually returned to its usual busyness. "There are still several projects in preparation. If everything goes well, I will meet you soon."
The post-95 Sun Yi is lucky. With her invincible hand speed, she has already snatched the concert tickets of Xue Zhiqian and Li Ronghao. "If May Day comes to the mainland for half a year, I will definitely rush!" Sun Yi will never forget last year At the beginning of the year, I had already paid for my annual leave, but I was disappointed when I was temporarily told that Joker Xue’s Haikou station was postponed.
Why do we go to the live concert?
Maybe many people have never thought about the answer carefully, but now it seems that it is more like a powerful force that pulls us back and returns to normal life.
During the epidemic, we have more or less watched online concerts to "quench our thirst". At first, there was a sense of novelty, but soon we found it unsatisfactory.
The kind of same-frequency resonance that can only be found in immersive scenes cannot be replaced by new pads and expensive headphones.
Chen Gang is the director of Hangzhou Xingshuo Performing Arts.
In November 2019, he managed the Jay Chou "Carnival" concert in Hangzhou. Until now, Chen Gang still remembers standing in the center of the Huanglong Stadium and watching tens of thousands of fans waving light sticks neatly. "This kind of shock cannot be described in words. , is also the unique charm of the concert scene!"
What is a concert scene?
Translated, isn’t it the shocking sound, bright lights, cool stage, interaction on and off the stage, chorus from beginning to end, and uniform light sticks?
Isn't it just you, me, TA on stage, and thousands of people around you, creating a magical energy space together?
Compared with online performances with smooth editing and perfect film and sound editing, the unknown and even unexpected situations at the concert site are unique attractions.
Therefore, we can see Jay Chou’s romantic song request, Lin Junjie’s mischievous expression when he forgot his lyrics, Zhang Jie’s fans kneeling to propose marriage, and Li Zongsheng’s tears when he sang a song written for Lin Yilian on the stage...
The emotional communication between the audience and the singers, the empathy between the stage and the audience, in a closed space like a stadium (gymnasium), will be connected into a powerful ocean of emotions at an unexpected speed.
Some fans never forget: "Because concerts can heal everything."
When we are rushed and messed up by life, we may really only find a complete release in the 2 hours at the concert site-in the crowd, we can cry, laugh, hoarse, and You can let go of everything... This may have already been worth the price of a ticket.
As the market picks up, people's hearts are returning, and life is returning.
Now, you can also get ready to shout for a fuller life in the future at the concert site.
Where there is waiting, there is a journey, and in the days to come, there will be more warm and fiery first scenes coming back to us.
"Qianjiang Evening News" February 26, 2023, page A0005