New Song: "For You" (給你)

A one minute preview of a new song from Eason Chan's upcoming album Fifth Floor's Happiness (上五樓的快活) has been released by Universal Music. To get access to the preview clip, register here and the clip will be sent to you. For those who cannot read Chinese, click here to get direct access to the clip. The song, titled For You (給你), is composed by Eason himself and lyrics by Francis Lee.

For You 給你

Composer: Eason Chan
Lyricist: Francis Lee (李焯雄)

不要把我推開
當堅持像無賴
當鑽石也變塵埃
我信 你在

唯有寂寞慷慨
骨牌倒了下來
想安慰找不到對白
那空白

可是我 相信愛
我信異想才有日會天開
可是愛 我相信愛
就算一切都像
獨白

我不要藏起來
當堅持像無賴
當鐵樹不會花開
我信 你在

唯有寂寞慷慨
恐懼侵蝕血脈
想安慰卻找不到對白
那空白

可是我 相信愛
我信異想才有日會天開
可是愛 我相信愛
就算一切都像
獨白

忍耐種種不能忍耐
不懷疑該不該
因為我信 所以你會 存在

可是我 相信愛
我信異想才有日會天開
可是愛 我相信愛
就算一切都像
獨白

可是我 相信愛
我信異想總有日會天開
可是愛 我相信愛
就算沒對你說
我愛 我愛 我愛 你會在

Source: universal music hk 08.28.2009

Eason Tours Again: "90 Minutes of Happiness"

Yesterday, Eason Chan was in Shanghai to promote his upcoming brand new Mainland China tour. The details of the upcoming tour are not yet finalized but preliminary details include the tour destinations: currently planned as 20 shows in 8 cities of China, and the tour name: 90 Minutes/Points of Happiness (90分的快活). Organizers reveal the tour is expected to start December of this year with 5 shows at the Shanghai International Gymnastics Center (上海國際體操中心). It is reported that a smaller venue is chosen upon request from Eason.

Asked about the details of the upcoming tour, Eason explains it will be smaller in scale, he will not dance, and he hopes that it will be a closer, more relaxed environment where he will be able to interact with his fans and share details of the production of his songs. Speaking from the heart, Eason says, "I hope to sing songs that have been "left out" and not songs such as 十年, which is performed so often that some might dislike it." Organizers reveal that this upcoming tour is story driven and music-based in hopes for Eason to interact with the audience and the idea of the audience choosing songs on the spot is currently in the plan.

With his Moving On Stage World Tour just ending and with 5 shows set in Shanghai for the upcoming tour, the media questioned Eason's intentions and asked whether he felt he was "stealing" from the people. Eason, who seems to not have fully understood the question, responds, "Am I not welcome here?" and later says, "The dates are not set, who knows? My management company might be planning this tour to end in 2015."

When asked about the name of the tour, 90 Minutes/Points of Happiness (90分的快活), Eason explains that 90 Points (90分) was chosen instead of 100 Points (100分) due to multiple reasons, including, "In the opinion of Eason's fans, Eason is always worth 90 points which represents my room for improvement"; "The concerts will be 90 Minutes (90分鐘) long"; "The current trend is keeping things 'low-profile' and naming it 100 Points is too 'high-profile'." Eason explains that the Shanghai shows will be timed to exactly and hour and a half (90 minutes), and says, "Happiness (快活) is one level above being happy (快樂) and I hope to share that with everyone." The title of his upcoming album Fifth Floor's Happiness (上五樓的快活) share a similar name to the tour name.

Source: dailyvc 08.14.2009
Photos: sina 08.13.2009

Notes:
1. As explained by Eason above, in Chinese, the '90分' in 90分的快活 could represent (a) 90 points (aka 90%), or (b) 90 minutes. So depending on your English interpretation, the title of the upcoming tour is either 90 Minutes of Happiness or 90% Happiness.
2. In Chinese, 快活 (fai woot) and 快樂 (fai lok) have two different meanings. However, when translated to English, they both mean "being happy/happiness", therefore, there is no difference in the translation above.

Eason Performs With A-Mei Chang at JSG

Eason Chan, A-Mei Chang, Jam Hsiao, Denise Ho, Mr., Zhang Yun Jing attended the taping of the weekly Jade Solid Gold program for TVB on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 where Eason was the guest host of the week.

Eason introduced A-Mei & Jam Hsiao

Eason Talks with Zhang Yun Jing

Eason Performs with A-Mei - 愛情轉移 & 解脫

Source: ent.qq (photos courtesy of tungstar) 08.13.2009

Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Games Torch Relay

(l-r) Hacken Lee, Timothy Fok, Alan Tam, Eason

Torch Relay to celebrate the 100-day countdown to East Asian Games

To welcome the East Asian Games (EAG) to be held in Hong Kong and to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, the Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Games 100-day Countdown-cum-Torch Relay will be held on August 29 (Saturday) to build up the atmosphere of the EAG.

The torch relay, with the theme “Light the Way to the EAG”, marks the vigour of the EAG athletes and young people and signifies the wide-spread of the EAG messages throughout the community, schools and among the younger generation.

There will be 65 torchbearers of whom more than 80 per cent are athletes. They will take part in the torch relay on August 29, of which the run on the road will be from 3pm to about 4.30pm, covering Tsim Sha Tsui district, Victoria Harbour and Wan Chai district.

The 100-day countdown activity, “Countdown to the Hong Kong 2009 EAG Show” will be held the same evening. There will be a torch handing over ceremony to kick off the School Torch Relay, which symbolises the continuation of the EAG spirit. About 500 schools will take part in the School Torch Relay between September and November.

Speaking at a press conference held today (July 23), the Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Tsang Tak-sing, said that the torch relay was to promote the EAG as well as the messages of health, dynamism, friendship and competition to the community, which were important elements of sports development in Hong Kong.

Noting that it would be the first time for Hong Kong to host a large-scale international multi-sport event, he said that all the preparatory work, including that on venues, funding, volunteer recruitment, ticketing, publicity and other logistics had entered a final phase and was in good progress.

Mr Tsang wished that the EAG would be successfully held and members of the public would actively participate in it. He said that the EAG would further promote sports development in Hong Kong and enhance exchanges among territories in the East Asian region. This would in turn consolidate Hong Kong’s status as an event capital.

The Chief Executive Officer of 2009 East Asian Games (Hong Kong) Limited, Mr Johnny Woo, introduced the route of the torch relay at the press conference. The route will be divided into three parts. The section in Tsim Sha Tsui covers about 4.2 kilometres, the section crossing the Victoria Harbour is about 4.6 kilometres and that in Wan Chai covers about 1.4 kilometres. The torchbearers will relay the torch by running or on various modes of transportation including cars and vessel.

The torch relay will start at the Kowloon Park Piazza, pass through Austin Road, Nathan Road, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade, Avenue of Stars, cross the Victoria Harbour to Expo Drive East, Harbour Road, Expo Drive to reach the Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island.

When the torch is relayed to the Golden Bauhinia Square, the EAG flame will be transported to the TV City by car where the last torchbearer will finish the last leg of the relay. The 100-day countdown carnival will then follow. The programme will be broadcast on TVB-Jade at 10.30pm in the same evening.

The composition of the 65 torchbearers is: 22 representatives from the National Sports Associations of the EAG competition sports, 18 representatives from the 18 District Councils, one representative from the principal contributor, 12 representatives from the diamond partners, two representatives from the EAG volunteers, three representatives from youth groups, three EAG Ambassadors and four EAG theme song singers (see annex).

School cheering teams from the 18 districts will cheer the torchbearers along the relay route to create an ambience. Community bodies will also organise activities at district level to welcome the torch and show support for the EAG.

A special feature for this torch relay is that the relay will be carried on by schools in the 18 districts from September to November so as to enable the younger generation to share the EAG spirit. As at present, about 500 schools have enrolled, involving over 400,000 students. Each of the participating schools will be given a torch as souvenir.

Mr Woo said that related publicity would be launched in parallel. Posters and banners will be placed in 18 districts while EAG messages will be promoted through Road Show on public buses across the territory in August. Decorations will be mounted along the route on the day of the torch relay.

The public can browse the dedicated homepage on torch relay, which was launched today at the websites of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department ＜http://www.lcsd.gov.hk＞ and the EAG (Hong Kong) Ltd ＜http://www.2009eastasiangames.hk＞. The homepage contains background of the torch relay, design concept of the EAG Torch, the route, list of torchbearers and the school torch relays to be held from September. The homepage also features interactive games to enhance the public’s interest in the EAG torch relay.

Three EAG Ambassadors were appointed at the press conference today. They are pop singers Mr Alan Tam, Mr Hacken Lee and Mr Eason Chan. They have been helping in the promotion of the EAG, including holding EAG fund raising concerts, singing the EAG theme song and participating in various major events. They will continue to help promote the EAG in future.

Other officiating guests included the Chairman of the 5th East Asian Games Planning Committee, Mr Timothy Fok; the Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs, Mrs Carrie Yau; the Acting Director of Leisure and Cultural Services, Mr Bobby Cheng; and the Advisor of the Hong Kong 2009 EAG Torch Relay, Mr William Ko. The Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Tsang Tak-sing joined hands with the officiating guests to unveil the torch.

Other attending guests included the designer of the Hong Kong 2009 EAG Torch, Mr Kan Tai-keung; representative of the company sponsoring the torch production; singer of the international version of the Hong Kong 2009 EAG theme song, Mr Richie Ren; representative of torchbearers, Ms Lee Lai-shan; and representatives from two schools joining the Schools Torch Relay.

The Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Games will be held between December 5 and 13. Over 3,000 elite athletes from nine East Asian countries / regions will vie for 262 gold medals in 22 sports. Both the number of sports and medals are the largest in the history of EAG.

List of torchbearers (Eason's name appears on page 5)
Torchbear Routing Plan (Eason's route is Section A (page 2), #10)

Source: lcsd 07.23.2009

Eric Tsang Plans To Pass Baton To Eason & Jaycee

Having gathered 300 artists within 4 days, Eric Tsang is Hong Kong's "Caring Leader" (愛心首領). Eric is always the first to respond when a big event causes the artists of Hong Kong to gather. During an interview with Guangzhou Daily, Eric says he still enjoys the preparation process although he did not sleep for 3 days in order to prepare for the Artistes 88 Fundraising Campaign on August 17, 2009.

Guangzhou Daily: If you were to step down from your role as President of the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild, who would you want to succeed your role?

Eric: Actually, we are currently training two artists, Eason Chan and Jaycee Fong. The two of them are capable which is why we were in touch with them during the preparation process [of the Artistes 88 Fundraising Campaign] and the younger generation of artists were gathered by them.

Source: gzdaily 08.22.2009

Eason at the "Artistes 88 Fundraising Campaign"

Voices and $50m raised for typhoon victims

Diana Lee
Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Hong Kong's Cantopop superstars and other celebrities were on song at a telethon last night as generous Hongkongers pledged donations to the tune of HK$50 million to help victims of Taiwan's devastating typhoon.

In a four-hour special TV broadcast live from Asia World-Expo, the target of HK$40 million was easily surpassed before the show had even finished.

Inset left, a check for NT$100 million (HK$23.5 million) is donated on behalf of TVB founder and media mogul Run Run Shaw, matching a sum given to relief efforts by Cheung Kong's Li Ka- shing.

Veteran crooners Jacky Cheung Hok- ya, Andy Lau Tak-wah and Alan Tam Wing-lun kicked off the show by leading dozens of stars from Hong Kong, the mainland and Taiwan in a chorus of the Chinese-language version of the Simon and Garfunkel classic Bridge over Troubled Water.

Leon Lai Ming and Aaron Kwok Fu-shing were present while other celebrities donated collectables for auction or acted as telephone operators to handle donations from 50 hotlines. Celebrities wore customized white T-shirt and blue jeans.

Typhoon Morakot, which struck the island on August 8, triggered flooding and massive landslides, leaving at least 126 people dead. The HKPAG-Artistes 88 Fund-Raising Campaign was initiated by the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild.

Taiwanese actress and director Sylvia Chang Ai-chia and local artist Eric Tsang Chi-wai were hosts.

More than 10,000 members of the public, donating at least HK$20 as an entrance fee, watched the variety show live.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club said it will donate HK$10 million to relief efforts while the Legislative Council's Finance Committee approved HK$50 million aid to Taiwan.

During the event, held Monday, August 17, 2009, Eason Chan and Jaycee Chan performed a modified version of Jaycee's song 一路好走.

To help: red cross of taiwan

Eason & Jaycee 一路好走

Source: the standard 08.18.2009
Photos: sina (courtesy of tungstar) 08.17.2009

"Eason's Moving On Stage 26 - Malaysia" - Rundown

For the last show of his Moving On Stage World Tour, Eason Chan held the 26th show in Malaysia on Sunday, August 16, 2009. The rundown as follows.

1. K歌之王
2. 你的背包
3. 兄妹
4. 謝謝儂
5. 人車誌
6. 瑪利奧派對
7. 路...一直都在
8. Allegro Opus 3.3am
9. 衝口而出
10. 大開眼戎
11. 愛是懷疑 - with cheographer High King
12. 要你的
13. 第五個現代化
14. 演唱會
15. 熱島小夜曲
16. 六大天王medley(獨自去偷歡、狂野之城、這個冬天不太冷、我的親愛、無心睡眠、愛情陷阱)

Entire audience sings Happy Birthday to Gary Tong

17. 富士山下
18. 七百年後
19. 明年今日
20. 淘汰

Encore - with Dancers & Workers
21.夕陽無限好
22.沙龍
23.Heal the world
24.浮誇
25.還有什麼可以送給你
26.天下無雙
27.單車
28.與我常在

Source: sammi92679 easyjoint forum 08.16.2009

2009 Metro Mandarin Music Awards

(l-r) Birthday boys Show, Eason, Wilber (A-Mei singing Happy Birthday on stage)


Tsai Chin (蔡琴) presenting to Eason


Tsai Chin, Sodagreen, Eason, backstage


Eason with Tsai Chin, backstage

The 2009 Metro Mandarin Music Awards were held Sunday, August 9, 2009 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (香港會展中心). During the night A-Mei Chang sang Happy Birthday to all those artists whose astrological sign is Leo (July 23 - August 23), including herself whose birthday was that day, Zhou Bi Chang (July 26), Eason Chan (July 27), Show Luo (July 30), Wilber Pan (August 6). Eason won 5 awards that night, as follows.

Mandarin Song of the Year - 然後怎樣
新城國語力年度歌曲 - 然後怎樣

Best Mandarin Male Artists - Eason, Khalil Fong, Gary Cao, Show Luo, Wilber Pan
新城國語力男歌手 - 陳奕迅, 方大同, 曹格, 羅志祥, 潘瑋柏

World's Most Popular Artists - Zhou Bi Chang, A-Mei Chang, Eason, Anson Hu
新城國語力全國最受歡迎歌手 - 周筆暢, 張惠妹, 陳奕迅, 胡彥斌

World's Best Stage Performers - Eason, Jolin Tsai, Show Luo
新城國語力全球至尊舞台大獎 - 陳奕迅, 蔡依林, 羅志祥

World's Favorite Supreme Artists - A-Mei Chang, Eason
新城國語力全球最受歡迎至尊歌手大獎 - 張惠妹, 陳奕迅



Sources: sina 08.09.2009, cqnews08.10.2009 & nanfangdaily 08.11.2009

"Fifth Floor's Happiness" Song Leakage + Album Update

Eason's latest album leaked

Xin.sg - Wednesday, August 12

Set to be released next month, Eason Chan's latest album, 5th Floor of Happiness, ran into problems of a premature online leak with five of his new tracks currently circulated on the internet. Apart from that, a fan went as far as to mimic and record one of Chan's latest tracks onto a CD and had it mailed to the bewildered King of Cantopop.

Chan's latest album features a plethora of collaborations with different musical talents such as Tanya Chua, Sodagreen, Mavis Fan, Xiao An, and Ah Xiang, the vocalist of rock band Luantan Ascent. Chan's record company has confirmed that all five collaborated tracks had been leaked onto the internet. The company is currently carrying out a thorough investigation to see if the leak was an intentional move.

As if the leak of five songs were not outrageous enough, Chan received a CD from a fan who re-sung one of his latest compositions, 'How Much', which is also one of the leaked tracks. The singer was exasperated as he disappointedly expressed that he could not be bothered with these anymore.

This is not been the first time such leaks have happened in the music industry. Previous victims include Angela Zhang, whose song was accidentally leaked online by the music producer's assistant. Jay Chou has also experienced similar leaks before the official release of his album.

Source: yahoo singapore 08.12.2009

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Song's leaked include:
1. 多少 - Composed by Tanya Chua (蔡健雅)
2. 這樣的一個麻煩 - Composed by Sodagreen's Qing-Feng (蘇打綠 青蜂)
3. 你為什麼哭了呢 - Composed by Mavis Fan (范曉萱)
4. 心的距離 - Composed by Showan (or Xiao An, 小安)
5. 我和你 (in Taiwanese) - Composed by Luantan Ascent (亂彈樂團 阿翔)

Source: jiaodong 08.11.2009

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During a recent interview, Eason mentioned that producer Will Lin wrote an English song for him, titled Nothing Ever Happen, which is expected to be released in his upcoming Mandarin album.

Source: sinshew-i 08.07.2009

Admiring Eason: Zhou Bi Chang (Bibi) 周筆暢

Yesterday afternoon, Mainland artist Zhou Bi Chang (or Bibi Chow, 周筆暢) held her first autograph session in Hong Kong. When speaking of Hong Kong singers Zhou Bi Chang expressed she wants to duet with Eason. She further says she heard him record in the past and is deeply impressed with his ability to record in one take.

Source: sina 08.10.2009