Boyzone arrived in Malaysia for the second time on the 4th September 1997. This time they stayed in NewWorld Hotel.
6th September was the big day! They were having
a consert in PGRM
Hall. It was called the "Boyzone
Party"! The "party" was only limited
to 2200 people, only the one with Boyzone
Swatch Eccess Watch was
allowed to enter the hall. The watch was the
ticket to the consert! It
was also the first
time in Asia where Swatch Eccess watch as a consert
ticket.
I went to PGRM Hall at 3pm(5 hours earlier
before the show starts). It
was amazing!
There were already hundreds of fans waiting
outside the Hall. I met few of my BZ pals from #boyzone there. While
we were outside waiting, the boyz were inside rehearsing! Philip(Boyzone
Official Magazine's Photographer) was there
taking taking our pictures .
At about 6.30pm, we were allowed to enter the
hall. I sat in the 8th row in the middle. At
7.45 pm sharp, the boyz came out! They
were really punctual, they started off with Strong
Enough, What
Can You Do For Me
and Believe In Me.
In a touching consert moment, it was heartwarming that the boyz
dedicated a one minute silence in tribute to Princess Diana - who was laid
to rest a few hours earlier in London.
After the sreamings of 3 songs, we remained silence for 1 minuet.
After the tribute, the Boyz pushed
into more serious business, surging into
Paradise, Arms
Of Mary then Father
And Son
. After Father and Son, the boyz went in to change.. after a while, came
out Stephen with a full white suit.
He sang Don't Stop Looking For Love . After the song, one by one the boyz
came out for Said
And Done,
Isn't It A Wonder, followed by I'll
Be There and
Picture Of You.
boyz came out, it was straight back to the
lads
on the fast-pased So Good followed by Dancing
In The Streets and
Celebration . When Shane
started singing Dancing In The Streets, I
went ballastic! His voice was great!! Ending the evening
with Love
Me For A Reason. The
boyz re-emerged with Words
and really ended the brilliant night with
a glorious version of A Different Beat.
It was my BEST night ever! After the consert,
I found out that Ronan himself was running a fever the day
before.....