Eason's Father to Undergo Liver Transplant

In 2006, Eason Chan's father, Chan Kau Tai 陳裘大, was sentenced to 6 years in prison on corruption charges. On Wednesday, February 27, 2008, the charges against Chan Kau Tai will be brought to an appeals court in hopes for a reduced sentence. The attorney representing Chan Kau Tai says Chan Kau Tai has been suffering from liver cancer and needs to receive a liver transplant as soon as possible. It is reported that in March, elder son Chan Jak Shun 陳澤迅 will donate half his liver to his father.

Source: mingpao 02.27.2008, credits to wing at easyjoint forum

Film: "Lost, Indulgence" 迷果

The film Lost, Indulgence 迷果 starring Karen Mok, Eric Tsang, guest starring Eason Chan and directed by Zhang Yi Bai, will make its world premiere at The 32nd Hong Kong International Film Festival during the Chinese Renaissance Program. Two showings will be held:

Date: March 23, 2008
Time: 8:00 pm
Place: UA Times Square

and

Date: April 1, 2008
Time: 10:00 pm
Place: HK Cultural Centre Grand Theatre

Plot:
"A tragic accident has surprising effects on the fragments a family which it much accept a recuperating patient into the home. After Wu drives his taxi into a river, the passenger, Sudan, moves in with Wu's widow Fanny and their son Kawa. Sudan has an unforeseen positive influence on both of them, seeing Kawa through a rite of passage and inspiring enough confidence in Fanny to allow her to taste new romance. Years later, however, Kawa and Sudan reunite, and the hideous truth of his father's death finally emerges."

Tickets are currently available for sale, click source (below) for more information.

Source: hkiff 02.24.2008

"Eason's Moving On Stage 8 - Shanghai" Ticket Sales

Eason's Moving On Stage 8 - Shanghai will be held on April 26, 2008. Yesterday, an organizers of the concert said he has confidence in the ticket sales, saying, "Shanghai's market is big, Eason Chan's skills are acknowledged, he swept last year's awards in Hong Kong and he has many hit songs over the years. We are not worried about his popularity; prior to ticket sales fans have already started talking about the concert, once tickets went on sale (in late January) over $800,000 in tickets were sold." The organizer reveals, as of yesterday, over $3 million and over 50% in tickets have already been sold.

Source: sina 02.21.2008

Eric Tsang Sees Acting Potential in Eason Chan

Eric Tsang sees a temporary shortage of films in the Hong Kong industry and hopes that everyone will work together in contributing to the film industry. In regards to younger actors and behind-the-scenes crew, who does Eric see potential in? After taking a moment to think Eric says for actors he sees potential in singers Eason Chan and Fama, for directors he sees potential in Edmond Pang Ho Cheung.

Last year Eric and Eason collaborated in the film The Pye-Dog; in regards to Eason's acting Eric had nothing but good things to say. "I feel Eason is a good actor, his acting isn't bad. His acting is explosive. If he can focus on filming for a period of time, his achievements in acting will not be less than his achievements in singing. Artists these days are too greedy, singing and acting at the same time will split ones focus. I remember that Jacky Cheung stopped filming for a while and focused on his singing only, which is why he is such a successful singer," Eric says.

Source: appledaily 02.17.2008

"Eason's Moving On Stage 4 - Toronto" Unofficial Rundown

Eason's Moving On Stage 4 - Toronto was held on February 12, 2008. The following is an unofficial rundown (i.e. songs may be out of order and/or songs may be missing) of the concert.

低等動物
白玫瑰
K歌之王
謝謝儂
人車誌
瑪利奧派對
Lonely Christmas
What a Wonderful World
裙下之臣
熱島小夜曲
愛是懷疑
要你的
黑擇明
富士山下
Crying In The Party
我不好愛
浮誇
淘汰
粵語殘片
夕陽無限好
明年今日

Encore:
第五個現代化
演唱會
天下無雙
最佳損友
與我常在

Source: Alan at easyjoint forum 02.13.2008

"The Creation of a King - Eason Chan"

The special, The Creation of a King - Eason Chan, which aired on TVB's Music Channel last week. Here are the clips, in 3 parts:

"Eason's Moving On Stage 4 - Toronto" Clips

The following are clips of Eason's performances at Moving On Stage 4 - Toronto held on February 12, 2008.

謝謝儂


Lonely Christmas


要你的


黑擇明


Crying in the Party


富士山下


淘汰


粵語殘片


夕陽無限好

Special thanks to joyce at easyjoint & discuss for listing clips

Eason Admits He Started Smoking Again

With 18,000 fans in yellow rain gear at his Eason's Moving On Stage 2 - Taipei concert, Eason Chan admitted that he has picked up the bad habit of smoking again. He explains that during dance rehearsals of the Hong Kong Eason's Moving On Stage 1 he felt bored and down with the repetition of dancing. The dance instructor saw him being down and handed him a cigarette, which Eason accepted. However, he will not smoke at home so his daughter can avoid a smelly dad. He feels that smoking is a bad habit and is something he should quit.

Source: mingpao 02.04.2008

Kay Tse Thanks Eason For Encouragement

Chet Lam, who held his personal concert, The Storyteller Concert 08 at Star Hall on February 12, 2008, invited Kay Tse to be his guest performer. Prior to her solo performance of 沒結果 Kay revealed that she has been suffering from a vocal cord inflammation for the past several months and has been worried ever since. She says, "[I] was very worried, but a friend told me that my performance might be affected by it but as long as I am persistent on singing my heart will express much more than I can sing. After hearing that I let go of my worries, thank you Eason Chan."

Source: mingpao 02.14.2008

"Eason's Moving On Stage 3 - US" Clips

The following are clips of Eason's performances at Moving On Stage 3 - US held on February 10, 2008.

K歌之王


富士山下


人車誌


What A Wonderful World


Lonely Christmas


浮誇


第五個現代化


夕陽無限好


與我常在


Dancer Intros & Talking (2 parts)

Special thanks to joyce at easyjoint & discuss for listing clips

"Eason's Moving On Stage 3 - US" Post-Concert Info

Eason Chan's 2008 World Tour continues with Eason's Moving On Stage 3 - US at Mohegan Sun Arena on February 10, 2008. Two shows just under 12 hours apart were held, one at 2:00 am US time and the other at 1:00 pm. Knowing that his dancers will work hard during his World Tour, Eason prepared red envelopes for them totaling a 5-figure sum.

Rundowns

Show 1 - 2:00 am
低等動物
白玫瑰
K歌之王
謝謝儂 (Mandarin)
人車誌
瑪利奧派對
What a Wonderful World (original performer: Louis Armstrong)
Lonely Christmas x 聖誕結 (Mandarin x Cantonese crossover)
裙下之臣
愛是懷疑 (Mandarin)
要你的 (Mandarin)
熱島小夜曲
Crying In The Party
浮誇
黑擇明
富士山下
粵語殘片
淘汰 (Mandarin)
落花流水

Encore:
第五個現代化
演唱會 Concert Live Gig
夕陽無限好

Show 2 - 1:00 pm
低等動物
白玫瑰
K歌之王
謝謝儂 (Mandarin)
人車誌
瑪利奧派對 Mario Party
What a Wonderful World (original performer: Louis Armstrong)
Lonely Christmas
裙下之臣
黑擇明
富士山下
Crying In The Party
浮誇
淘汰 (Mandarin)
粵語殘片
夕陽無限好
明年今日

Encore:
第五個現代化
演唱會
與我常在

Sources:
rundown: easyjoint forum 02.12.2008
photo: takungpao 02.13.2008

Hong Kong's Snow Disaster Relief Concert

A rarely seen sudden snowstorm has left 14 provinces and cities in China under disaster mode. Since the snow disaster, the entire country has found their ways to help. To show their patriotic spirit, the Hong Kong Entertainment Industry has organized a Stadium Snow Disaster Relief Concert to be held next month on March 1, 2008. East Asia Records has already named Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Andy Hui, Miriam Yeung and Denise Ho as performers for the concert. Jacky Cheung and Eason Chan are the other confirmed performers.

Source: appledaily 02.11.2008

Eason Feels Guilty Being Separated from Wife & Daughter

Currently in the US for his 2008 Eason's Moving On Stage World Tour, Eason Chan has to separate from his wife and daughter, which leaves him feeling guilty. "Chinese New Year is a time for families to be together, but I will not be back in Hong Kong until after February 17th. Luckily my company has promised me a one week vacation so I will have time to spend with them then," Eason says.

Even though he is not in Hong Kong, he has prepared a 5 figure sum in red envelopes (packets) for his crew members. For the new year, Eason hopes he will release his new (Mandarin) album in May, saying, "My World Tour will run until the end of the year where I will be making multiple stops in Mainland, so I will need to bring many good Mandarin songs for the fans to listen to."

Source: on.cc 02.11.2008

Eason Brings in the New Year in Beijing

Eason Chan, along with many other celebrities, brought in the new year in Beijing on February 6, 2008 night with many performances during the CCTV Spring Festival celebration 2008 春節晚會. With his rising popularity in the Mandarin market in 2007, Eason was slated to perform a solo during the Chinese New Year's Eve celebration. Two songs were considered for his performance 十年 and 愛情轉移, the latter was eventually the chosen song. The rundown for the show was set and after practices and reviewing of the rundown, the "rundown committee" felt the lyrics to 愛情轉移 were too sad and inappropriate to bring in the new year. The rundown was tweaked and Eason was re-organized to perform 同一個夢想 with other artists.

Eason's performance

Sources: sina & cctv 02.06.2008

Universal/Go East Records Celebrates Chinese New Year

Being the big winners at the 4 Station's Music Awards Ceremony, 9 Universal/Go East singers (Alan Tam, Prudence Lau, Hacken Lee, Eason Chan, Eric Suen, Hins Cheung, Kay Tse, Patrick Tang and Kelvin Kwan) gathered to take pictures for the new year. Eason revealed that he will be performing in Beijing on Chinese New Year's Eve and then will fly to the US for his Moving On Stage World Tour and says he will spend half of February away from Hong Kong. Eason remembers that he received a red envelope, which consisted of a lottery ticket that included his lucky numbers 1, 7 and 27. "A fan gave it to me, I keep it in my wallet as a form of well wish," he says.

Source: mingpao 02.06.2008

"Eason's Moving On Stage 2 - Taipei" Post-Concert News

Eason Chan's 2008 Moving On Stage World Tour kicked off on February 2, 2008 with the first stop in Taipei, Taiwan (Eason's Moving On Stage 2). To prepare for the expected rain Eason Chan and Co. prepared yellow rain gear for 18,000 fans. Eason had a cold going into the concert, but it did not matter as he gave it his all and performed through his cold and the falling rain. During the post-concert celebration, Eason assessed himself and gave the show a 70% rating due to his voice affected by his cold.

Celebrities who were in the audience included Jolin Tsai, Aska Yang, Jasmine Leong, Evonne Hsu, Sodagreen, etc. Wife and daughter, Hilary Tsui and Constance Chan, were in attendance, but whenever the audience in front of them stood up and blocked 3-year-old Constance's view she would cry and yell for them to sit down. Industry friends Leehom Wang and Jay Chou could not make it to the concert but sent flowers along with their wishes for a good show. David Tao also could not make the show, but instead of flowers he sent Eason a leopard print underwear wearing doll, which caused laughs throughout.

According to fans, Eason struggled with a couple of songs as he was coughing while singing, but he made it through each song and lasted the entire concert despite his cold.

Rundown

1st造型：白色婚紗登場
01.低等動物（國語）
02.紅玫瑰
03.Ｋ歌之王（國語）　　　　
video 1：
Eason談及今次演唱會主題出發點以及希望帶給觀眾什麼
穿插香港場片段
04.謝謝儂
05.瑪利奧派對
06.聖誕結 　　　　　　　
07.兄妹　　　　　　　　　
video 2：
談及屬於Eason的十年，臺下觀眾的十年。
然後搭配現場觀眾壯觀畫面，打出十年歌詞，全場合唱
08.煙味／裙下之臣
09.人造衛星　　　　　
10.愛是懷疑
11.要你的
12.熱島小夜曲
13.想哭　　　　　　　　　
14.不如這樣　　　　　　　
15.全世界失眠
16.我們都寂寞
video 3：
搭配著Adrian Fu的吟唱，螢幕打出：寂寞的時候你會怎麼面對，
然後一邊介紹這次演唱會重要的幕後工作人員(包含完全香港移過來的樂手)，
一邊打出提及的這些名單這些人的面對方法。
17.浮誇 　　　　　　
18.狂人日記
19.你的背包　　　　　　
20.好久不見　　　　　　
21.愛情轉移
22.淘汰　　　　　　　　
23.世界
24.十年　　　　　　　　
26.與我常在　　　　
27.阿怪
28.Special thanks to… 三部曲連在一起自彈自唱完整版。
Encore是真的非常Encore，
29.夕陽無限好

Post-concert news video.

Sources:
rundown: discuss (courtsey of Taiwan's ppt forum) 02.02.2008
photos: huanqiu & appledaily 02.03.2008
article: the liberty times 02.04.2008

27th Hong Kong Film Awards - Nominations

Eason Chan received a nomination at the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards; unfortunately it is not for his acting, which has garnered much positive feedback in 2007; fortunately it is for his music, which he composed.

Best Original Film Song

兄弟 (from the film Brothers 兄弟)
Composer: Eason Chan
Lyricist: Andy Lau
Performers: Andy Lau and Eason Chan

逼得太緊 (from the film Love Is Not All Around 十分.愛)
Composer: Dennie Wong
Lyricist: Lin Xi
Performer: Kary Ng

星光伴我心 (from the film Mr. Cinema 老港正傳)
Composer: Peter Kam
Lyricist: Keith Chan
Performer: Ronald Cheng

流浪者之歌 (from the film Ming Ming 明明)
Composers: Anthony Wong Yiu Ming, Jason Choi
Lyricist: Lin Xi
Performer: Anthony Wong, Zhou Xun

問天不應 (from the film The Pye-Dog 野.良犬)
Composer: George Lam
Lyricist: Calvin Poon
Performer: George Lam

+

Other nominations related to Eason's films:

Best New Director
Derek Kwok - The Pye-Dog 野.良犬

Best New Actor
Wen Jun Hui - The Pye-Dog 野.良犬

Best Supporting Actress
Susan Shaw (Siu Yam Yam) - The Pye-Dog 野.良犬

Best Original Film Song
The Pye-Dog 野.良犬 (as seen above)

Source: sina 02.02.2008

Eason Chan Appears at Joey Yung's "Starlight" Concert

Eason Chan appeared as a surprise and special guest at Joey Yung's 2008 Starlight Concert on January 31, 2008 - 7th show. During the encore of the show Joey knew Eason was in the audience so she performed his 夕陽無限好. Half way through the song Eason got on stage to perform the rest of the song with her. When they sang the last line, 要獻便獻吻 (need to present you with a kiss), he kissed her on the cheek.

After the song, he showed her his all-access pass and said he can go anywhere with it. As he was about to get off the stage, one of her stage crews gave him an earpiece and microphone. Startled, he says he only went on stage to be her background singer, but she wouldn't let him off the hook so easily. She says, "You came up here, you can't leave without singing. You use Carl Wong's band (her band for the Starlight shows) frequently, they know how to play your songs blindfolded." She then led him to the rising portion of her stage and once he stepped on it rose and her band started to play 浮誇. He laughs, "You really put me up on stage (今次真係畀你擺上台)!" She danced while he performed and the atmosphere was at it's highest.

Source: mingpao 02.02.2008

Clips

Dueting 夕陽無限好


Performing 浮誇

"Eason's Moving On Stage 4 - Toronto" Information

Richard, from the Official Moving On Stage 4 Facebook Group Page, contacted me with info regarding Eason's Toronto leg of his 2008 World Tour.

For those who are interested in the latest info, updates and events for Moving On Stage 4, which include:

- ticket locations
- concert info
- sponsors list
- singing contest and
- press conference/autograph session
- glow bracelets giveaway (similar to those from Moving on Stage 1)
- and much more

visit The Official Moving On Stage 4 Facebook Group

"Crying in the Party" Cantonese Pinyin

Vincent, a fan of Eason's, was nice enough to provide me with the Cantonese pinyin to Eason's Crying in the Party to share with everyone.

Crying in the Party

Composer: Michael Lai
Lyricist: Wyman Wong
Arranger: 褚鎮東
Producers: C.Y., Davy Chan, Eason Chan

Yit bo dik go, fat yi zing liu
ceong pin, yat seng caam giu
Hou yau dou kaau gan liu, nei mut yau bei mong diu
gun zung, yu liu fan daam, ngot siu

Daai hot saam bui, sat hung dei siu
haai zi, zung yu huk liu
Hung hei dik zan dong leoi, nei mut syut daan sam ziu
Mau go si cing daai koi, pat miu liu

Yan yat go yan tung huk, huk bang paai deoi mou kuk
ngo yaa czang zeong ze yeong, cing chun daai koi seong ci
Zung yau dyun cing, lok yap ze zung, kwan guk

Waak yau yat tin, dong nei daai liu
sing fu, hoi ci sam liu
Nin hing, dik ngaan lau gwong liu
bin gwaa nim czang ging ze yeong liu

Yeong nei huk yap, huk dou gyun liu
cung zing, fu kap sam tiu
Huk gwo caau gwo naau gwo, nei wai ngoi zhou zuk liu
Zoi zip haa loi zau yiu, sau sap liu

Yan yat go yan tung huk, huk bang paai deoi mou kuk
ngo yaa czang zeong ze yeong, cing chun daai koi seong ci
Zung yau dyun cing, lok yap ze zung, kwan guk

Waak yau yat tin, dong nei daai liu
sing fu, hoi ci sam liu
Nin hing, dik ngaan looi lau gwong liu
bin gwaa nim czang ging ze jeong liu
Si, so yau yit cing wui ko tiu
Yat faat yin yi gieng sing suk liu