Singapore Straits Times
She's
one Dancing Queen
By Tommy Wee
SALLY
YEH AND GEORGE LAM
WORLD TOUR
Suntec Convention Centre
Last Saturday
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ADDED BONUS: Concert-goers were treated to a performance by Yeh (second from left) and her hubby, George Lam (second from right), at last Saturday's concert. -- JACQUELINE ONG |
YEH, YEH, YEH!: With her sexy figure-hugging tops and dance moves, the 41-year-old Yeh showed that life indeed begins at 40. |
HONG KONG singer Sally Yeh was not joking when she opened her concert at Suntec City last Saturday night with a high-octane rendition of Abba's Dancing Queen.
In a proud showing of elegance, energy and powerhouse vocals, the 41-year-old singer shimmied and teased like a hyperactive showgirl for three whole hours.
She swayed her hips, flung her 1980s-styled long curls and struck more than a few Lolita poses for the cameras.
She could not keep still, even when sound technicians had to adjust the microphone pick-up tucked into her black pants.
'Performers like us may be more mature, but we have lots of energy,' she yelped gamely as she shook her bum like a belly dancer out of Arabian Nights.
In an encouraging showing, some 9,000 people - mostly in their 30s and 40s - turned up for the sold-out show.
In the wake of the Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) scare, the concert was the first major event to be held at Suntec City in more than three months, and the venue operators were prepared to re-welcome the crowds.
Suntec Singapore has spent $360,000 on 12 thermal scanner units to monitor the temperatures of everyone going into the concert hall.
As an added bonus, Yeh's husband of seven years and singing partner, George Lam, performed together with her for the first time in Singapore.
They held hands on stage, posed for the cameras and gazed into each other's eyes - signs of a healthy marriage.
Lam, 55, who was famous for his Guinness Stout television advertisements back in the 1980s, well, acted his age.
He dished out popular Cantopop tunes with gusto, but was content to let his wife bask in the fans' adulation.
He opted not to dance - which might have been wise - but chose to twitch his famous moustache naughtily instead, charming the screaming mothers to no end.
Looking radiant and almost a decade younger than she is, Yeh was what one might call a consummate performer.
She is an ageless pop icon, a seductress and a powerhouse singer all rolled into a vivacious package of hot pants, flouncy top and big curls.
The couple gave out what the fans came for - they revitalised more than 30 of their classic tunes like True Heart, Believe Myself, Night Breeze, Need You Every Minute and their heart-wrenching duet, Choice.
Amazingly, they even whipped up Mandarin covers of tunes like Janet Jackson's Love Will Never Do Without You and The Miami Sound Machine's The Rhythm Is Gonna Get You.