Daily Economic News: On the afternoon of March 7, the official Weibo of @cmclive Chinese Culture and Performing Arts issued the latest announcement, announcing the cancellation of three performances of "Jacky Cheung 60+ Tour Concert - Shanghai Station". Previously, he had held several concerts in Shanghai at the end of February and early March.
According to incomplete statistics, in the nine months since it started in Macau on June 9, 2023, the "Jacky Cheung 60+ Concert Tour" has held more than 100 concerts in different countries and regions. On average, less than There will be one in three days. During this period, Jacky Cheung also had to rush to various performance venues that were thousands of miles apart. He was much busier than Mayday, who was involved in the lip-syncing controversy for "singing too much" and "his voice couldn't stand it anymore."
Jacky Cheung's 3 concerts were cancelled.
Netizens asked for postponement: it is not easy to get tickets.
html On the afternoon of March 7, @cmclive Chinese Culture and Entertainment announced that Mr. Jacky Cheung was feeling unwell and needed to rest on the doctor's advice after seeing a doctor. Taking into account the physical condition of the artists and the premise of public safety, in order to ensure the overall high-level presentation of the performance, we regret to inform you that the three "... Jacky Cheung’s 60+ Concert Tour was cancelled.In addition, the announcement stated that the relevant ticketing solutions will be announced before 22:00 on March 10, 2024.
Public information shows that Jacky Cheung was born in Hong Kong on July 10, 1961. He is a legendary male singer, film and television actor, and composer of Chinese pop music. He is known as the "God of Song" and is known as the "Four Heavenly Kings" together with Andy Lau, Leon Lai, and Aaron Kwok. .
Considering that the 63-year-old Jacky Cheung canceled the concert due to health reasons, many netizens expressed their understanding, "Have a good rest, your health is the most important thing." But some netizens said, "You can postpone it, but don't cancel it directly. It's not easy to get tickets." "Please postpone, help my mother get it. It's not easy to get tickets."
After the performance market recovered last year, Jacky Cheung continued to hold concerts in various places. For him who is over 60 years old, it was also a physical challenge. Last August, when he was singing in Malaysia, he unexpectedly fell on the stage. He later admitted that he was still dizzy even when he got home. Jacky Cheung also responded in detail: "I have had 'ear fluid imbalance' (problem) since I was a child, but it has never happened on stage. That was the only time, and it was a challenge for me."
html opened in 29 months More than 100 shows
Jacky Cheung: I hope I can still sing
at the age of 90. The "Jacky Cheung 60+ Concert Tour" started in Macau on June 9, 2023, and has opened more than 100 shows in different countries and regions. In the past 9 months, one session took less than 3 days on average, and the itinerary included Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan, Chengdu, Ningbo, Quanzhou, Hong Kong, Macau and many other domestic and foreign cities.
In fact, Jacky Cheung has set new concert records again and again before. According to statistics from the well-known music blogger "Jacky Cheung Fan Club", "Jacky Cheung Concert" launched in 1995 has held 100 shows; "Jacky Cheung Lightyear Concert" launched in 2007 has held 105 shows; "Jacky Cheung 1/ "2nd Century Concert" held 147 times.
"Jacky Cheung's last tour (in 2016) planned to sing 240 shows. Due to some factors, 7 shows were temporarily canceled and he ended up singing 233 shows." Mou Jingxuan (pseudonym), a senior practitioner in the performance market, told "Daily Economic News" The reporter said that the tours of leading artists in the industry are all large-scale projects, and they usually last for two years once they are launched.
Judging from market feedback, fans are very happy with Jacky Cheung’s concert. Last October, Jacky Cheung held nine concerts in Chengdu. The ticket sales website issued tickets twice, and both were sold out within ten seconds. Even so, there are still a large number of fans who did not get tickets "begging" online. Public data shows that the total number of viewers of Jacky Cheung’s concert in Chengdu reached 121,000. There are five ticket prices for Jacky Cheung's performance in the Mainland, ranging from 480 yuan to 2,280 yuan. An industry veteran told the "Daily Economic News" reporter that the current attendance rate for large-scale concerts is 85%. The average ticket price for Jacky Cheung's mainland concert is 1,200 yuan to 1,500 yuan. According to the conservative estimates of the above-mentioned people, Jacky Cheung's box office revenue in Guangzhou and Chengdu last year was around 200 million yuan.
Talking about this concert tour, Jacky Cheung once shared with fans at the concert: "What is the concept of 60+? I didn't know it before. I felt very far away from myself, but I didn't expect that after half a century of concerts Yes, I have reached 60 years old in the blink of an eye. I was very nervous at the time, but I tried it at home and could still do it at 60 years old (a straight-line horse), so I was not so scared and started to think about whether I could open a 60+ Concert? This time my dream comes true. I hope everyone will not give up on their dreams. I am now thinking about whether I can hold a 70+ concert. I hope I can still hold a microphone and sing when I am 90 years old."
Andy Lau, Eason Chan, etc. will join " Battlefield"
Competition in the concert market this year is unprecedentedly fierce
"Don't wave your hands, don't look back when I sing this song, I hope to keep a smile in my heart to accompany you through every spring, summer, autumn and winter..." The performance market in 2024 has begun. The competition Jacky Cheung faces is unprecedented.
According to incomplete statistics, in the first half of 2024, there will be more than 150 officially announced large-scale concerts across the country, including Eason Chan, Jackson Wang, Cyndi Wang, JJ Lin, Joker Xue, Angela Chang, Rainie Yang, Zhang Huimei, etc.
Previously, Red Carpet Holdings Co., Ltd., which has the exclusive right to host "Andy Lau 2024 Mainland China Tour Concert", issued a statement officially announcing that Andy Lau's tour will pass through Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Nanjing, Hangzhou, and Chengdu from July to September this year. , Shenzhen and Chongqing.
"Andy Lau won't be able to do just a few dozen shows, there will probably be hundreds of shows." Mou Jingxuan predicted.
The audience’s time and wallet are very limited, especially in 2023 when there are a lot of performances. Fans who have calmed down will most likely choose to go to only one concert during the same period. "The enthusiasm of fans will decrease, and the market may not be able to maintain high popularity." said Luo Xingxing, the person in charge of the performance activities of Runan (Chengdu) Sports Culture Development Co., Ltd.
Many industry insiders also told reporters from the "Daily Economic News" that although there will be many concert projects in 2024, it will be difficult to make money. The battle for popular schedules has quietly begun in major projects. Not only are domestic artists rushing to compete for slots, there are also many overseas artists who will hold concerts in China in 2024.
Zhou Junjie (pseudonym), the person in charge of a well-known domestic venue, told reporters that excellent domestic concert projects will be launched one after another from 2023 to 2024, but there are still a large number of investors and performance companies who hope to take advantage of the hot momentum in 2024. To continue to hold performances, finding high-quality foreign artists has become the focus of many performance companies to find new ways.
"Many foreign artists do not have high requirements for stage equipment and stage design effects, and they mainly rely on their works and singing ability to open up the market. At the same time, because there are fewer shows, the introduction cost is relatively low, and the show fees of most foreign artists are much lower than Some popular domestic artists." Zhou Junjie revealed that currently, most of the foreign projects introduced by performance companies are from Japan, Europe and the United States. "Unlike domestic mass artists, foreign artists have a relatively fixed fan base and do not cover the general public. Their communication and marketing channels are also relatively precise and do not require high publicity costs. Their joining will enrich the performance market in 2024."
(Daily Economic News)
(Source: Daily Economic News)
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