Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century Tour

Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century World Tour
World tour by Jacky Cheung
Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century World Tour
Location
  • Asia
  • Australia
  • North America
Start date30 December 2010
End date30 May 2012
No. of shows146
Attendance2.8 million
Jacky Cheung concert chronology
  • Year of Jacky Cheung World Tour 2007
    (2007–02)
  • Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century World Tour
    (2010–12)
  • A Classic Tour
    (2016–19)

The Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century World Tour (Chinese: 张学友1/2世界巡迴演唱會) was a concert tour by Hong Kong singer and actor Jacky Cheung, one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" also known as "God of Songs",[1] named in honor of his 50th birthday, marking a half-century of life in song and dance.[citation needed] The tour opened on 30 December 2010 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai and concluded on 20 May 2012 at the Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong, consisting of 146 shows performed in 77 cities.[2][3][4] The total audience was more than 2.8 million attendees with the number of people wanting to see the show exceeding the limited number of tickets.[5][6][7]

Jacky Cheung was the artistic director of the tour. Andrew Tuason was the music director and Chen Xiaobin the choreographer, both of whom had worked with Cheung on previous projects. The Guangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra performed the string accompaniment for his concert tour. Florence Chan and Star Entertainment Limited produced the tour as the tour directors.

The staging included an oversize LED screen, theatrical production and changing sets along with laser lights and pyrotechnics for Cheung's repertoire of pop classics, songs from his musicals, rock, ballad, and jazz songs.[8][9][10] Li Kwok Hoi served as the lighting director and one of technical directors, was awarded Best Collaboration Award from Cheung's team and all the concert organizers. IEC handled the design and set up of lighting system and stage.[11]

Jacky Cheung broke his own record for the greatest number of concerts held by a Chinese singer in a single tour.[12][13][14] He holds the Guinness World Record for "the largest combined audience of a live act in a year" with a total of 2,048,553 audiences in twelve months.[15][16][1]

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  10. ^ "Jackie's Classic 50". Retrieved 27 February 2021 – via PressReader.
  11. ^ "IEC Group". iecgroup.net. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Why doesn't Jacky Cheung eat spicy food?". AsiaOne. 14 October 2018. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Cheung breaks records with tour". asiaone.com. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  14. ^ Zhi, Yiing (27 July 2018). "Jacky Cheung Returns to KL in October for "Encore" World Tour". TallyPress. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
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