| Eason Chan’s Concert
Time&Date: 19:30:00 28/9/2008
Venue: Beijing Workers’ Stadium
Price(RMB): 180、380、480、680、880、1280、1680
Eason Chan
Eason Chan is a prominent male singer and is a part of the skilled class in Hong Kong’s music industry. Eason Chan has been praised by Time magazine as a front runner in the next generation of Cantopop. Eason Chan has been named as the next God of Songs after Jacky Cheung. However, Eason has more than once clarified that he wishes to build his own name instead, and not just be the successor of Jacky Cheung.
Career & Awards
Since the very beginning of his career, Eason has been one of the favorites to lead the new generation of Canto-pop. He has been described as a breath of fresh air in the HK music scene. Over the last ten years, Eason Chan emerged as the leading male singer of his generation, fulfilling his role as an innovator and a leader in the HK music scene, winning prestigious awards one after another. Eason Chan has also been successful in his work in the Mandopop scene. He has won numerous awards in both Mainland and Taiwan, most notably Taiwan’s Golden Melody Award.
Eason Chan is a frequent winner of Asia’s music awards. He is the second non-Taiwanese singer after Jacky Cheung to win Taiwan’s Golden Melody Award. In the year 2006 and 2007,Eason Chan has won the prestigious Hong Kong’s Most Popular Male Singer Award twice.In 2007 ,he also won his first Pacific Rim’s Most Popular Singer Award . His album U87 (The name of the album came from his favorite microphone), released in 2005, has been recommended by Time Magazine as one of the five best Asian albums worth buying. U87 also won the top sale of album (non-concert, non-collection category) in Hong Kong in 2005. He was Hong Kong’s highest selling male artist in 2002, 2003 and 2007. He has been one of Hong Kong’s top selling artists for years starting from 2000. His concert DVD Get a Life was the highest selling album of 2006.
Chan is not only a skilled singer, but also a versatile musician. He plays a wide variety of musical instruments - the piano, drums, guitar, violin, harmonica, accordion, saxophone, electronic organ as well as the trumpet. He has frequently showcased his musical talent by incorporating instruments into his live performances.
Aside from being a backup vocalist and sometimes a producer of his own albums, Chan writes his own music.
Charity’s work
Eason Chan has been ORBIS International’s Sight Ambassador in HK since 2006. He has traveled to India and Sichuan, China, visiting kids and elders with visual impairment, in an effort to raise funds for Orbis. Eason has also been an active participant in HK’s fundraising campaigns such as the 2003 fundraiser for SARS victims and the 2008 fundraiser for Sichuan Earthquake victims.
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