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Alex Bau, despite being label manager of German based Toneman along with long time partner Sven Dedek, is also a celebrated producer of fine uplifting and sometimes hard or groove based techno.

Just as they see the birth of their second label, Pershing Records, with it’s first fine release by the duo Basic Implant, Alex took the time out after a hectic visit overseas to Canadian shores to speak to HKClubbing.com about the history behind the label, troubled times and the artists that have been involved in the string of successful worldwide releases over the years. Toneman are most definitely here to stay and are set to grow even stronger on the market.  DJ Alixir caught up with Alex to delve a little deeper into Tonemans’ world.

Alixir:  Hi Alex, firstly, can you please give us a little information as
to how exactly the birth of Toneman became a reality?  What lead you
and Sven Dedek into deciding to launch your 2 labels?  Did anybody
suggest to you that you should or was it merely an idea you'd had for a
long time?

Alex: In 1998 sven started producing music for labels like touchtone and fine
audio, later on we more and more produced stuff together. after some not so
nice experiences in the biz and especially due to the fact that we wanted to
have more influence on what we put out in what way we decided that it was
time for standing on our own feet. it also was very important to have more
influence on the style of music we wanted to be identified with. formerly
all the labels just wanted to have the hard edged sound from us only...

Alixir:  Where exactly did the name Toneman arise from?  Is there a story
behind this?

Alex: Well, it was sven`s idea. we expect toneman to be more than just a
company, it should be expected as a kind of personality that translates our
musical philosophy to the audience.

Alixir:  Obviously yourself and Sven are the forefront of the company, does
anybody else make up the Toneman team?

Alex: We have our booking agent verena and some more unregularly helping hands.
but the labelwork itself is handled by me and sven.

Alixir:  I'm guessing there is always a huge financial risk involved in
hoping that releases are going to be successful and what the record
buying public want to buy.  Has there ever been a real breadline
struggle in getting Toneman to be where it is today?

Alex: It`s always hard to make your business growing, but it`s not just a
challenge, it´s also a chance. you are your own boss, investing your own
money, taking your personal decisions. in the end it`s interesting to see if
your work is respected by the people or not. the main challenge is always
finding the right business partners. it the same like in any other business.

Alixir:  Are you purely a European distributed label, or are you
represented worldwide these days?  If you're not represented worldwide,
do you have any plans to further the sales network?

Alex: Toneman is distributed worldwide by neuton distribution, this ensures
that every recordstore in the world can sell toneman if the like. we have
nice feedback from all over europe, especially easternh europe, but also
some from brasil or more and more north america.

A1ixir:  You have some heavyweight artists on your label from the techno
community, who approached who?

Alex: We had some remixers, probably known to everybody: Chris Liebing, Rush,
Pascal Feos, The Advent, Justin Berkovi and more. but we are also proud of
out upcmoming new acts like Multitude or Grafit and we do a lot on our own
of course.

Alixir:  Are there any other artists that you would like to see releasing
on Toneman?

Alex: The list is as long as the list of really most respected artists for me.
it begins with Martin l Gore (probably never - unfortunately) and ends at
real techno acts like Adam Beyer or Steve Rachmad.

Alixir:  Who mainly deals with the A&R of Toneman, who's the boss of
whether a track is worth releasing or not?  Do you play these tracks to
a wide variety of people or purely judge for youselves?

Alex: The boss is basically the discussion between Sven and me. Of course we
have to take of what can be sold and what can not, but the main goal is
finding pure techno, high quality, no matter if hard, melodic, minimal or
whatever. it just should fit under the genre "techno".

A1ixir:  Following up from the release of the mix CD "Propulsion", how well
received was it?  Has the release been successful?

Alex: It`s sold out, so I guess it was successful. we also had some good
reviews and feedbacks from the magazines and the people.

A1ixir:  Promotion of any release is priority in any label's eyes, do you
always take every chance and opportunity to get your message across
about certain tracks?

Alex: This is a point we probably could do more, but we are not about pumping
up stuff with marketing. we try to educate people to listen to the music,
and not just reading the names on the records. It’s not easy this time, but
I expect this to be a honourable goal.

Alixir:  What's the furthest you've ever gone to promote a release, have
you ever found yourselves doing something that you wouldn't normally do
characteristically?  There must be some interesting stories to do with
this subject!

Alex: Well, promotion is part of the biz, and we are grateful for every chance
to make promotion in a correct way, but we would never pull this to the
centre of activities. The best promotion in our eyes is being able to
convince the people live in the clubs that we are all about partying and
doing nearly everything to get the party started.

Alixir:  Where next for Toneman?  Are there any future conquests laid out
yet?  This is a good chance to plug any upcoming releases!

Alex: We had some really string records during 2003, even if the market was
extremely hard this year. now we just started to produce the next basic
implant single "revenge of the 202", it’s gonna be the follow up of our big
success "revenge of the 101". Just imagine what comes up next year... ;-)
beside this we try to get around the globe more and more, presenting the
music to the audiences all over!

Alixir:  Alex, thanks for taking the time to speak to HKClubbing.com, we
wish you every success!

Interview By: Alixir

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Chris Liebing has been dominating the techno circuit for many years now and just finished and released his first album entitled "Evolution” worldwide in September after 2 years of sample gathering, travelling and playing just about everywhere there is in the world, from the world famous “Love Parade” event in Berlin to remote parts of Northern Canada!

He’s just scored a new residency in America (amongst others at home in Europe) and continues to run his very upfront and successful labels CLAU and CLRetry respectively which have artists such as Marco Carola and Steve Rachmad scoring hits for both amongst many other respected producers.  Chris took the time to chat by phone “studio to studio” with the UK HKClubbing office about his album “Evolution”, people watching, Final Scratch and upcoming releases from future unknown remixers.

Al: For your first album “Evolution”, it seemed to me that there are a lot of outside influences worked into the album.  Is this what you were trying to get across to potential listeners?

CL: Basically that’s what came out.  For me it makes sense but it doesn’t necessarily have to make sense for a lot of other people.  I think that’s normal if you do something like that.

Al: So basically it just culminated from people watching? The main stay of your ideas for the album? 

CL: Watching the news and everything yeah.

Al: So quite a lot of ideas from general life fitting into your writing.

CL yeah if you just keep your eyes open whilst you’re travelling and watching television in the right way then you get a lot of ideas I guess.

Al: The one track American Madness I perceived it as meaning “mad Americans” but I’m not really too sure on that thesis!

CL: the original title of that came not because of the idea of mad Americans, The original idea that came behind it was because we used a sample from Madness “our house”

Al: Oh yeah! Good English group!

CL: Yeah? This backwards horn, if you listen quite closely you might just hear that.  The bassline of the whole record,  when you only hear the bassline it reminds you of a slow version of “Kim Wilde’s” “Kids in America”.

Al: Oh right!

CL: putting the American and the Madness gave me the title of the track “American Madness” and I was just like “oh yeah”, thinking that the Americans are quite mad in the world, so maybe I have like give that as a title to that track and for me it has two meanings to that.  The first meaning is very simple and putting together the two words of basically the sounds which reminded me of them.

Al: Chris, where have you been touring around with the album?  Have you been playing live or are you aiming to take it out live?

CL: No not really live. I’ve always been a DJ, but with the new equipment and new software, I might be thinking about that in the future but so far, touring wise, I’ve only been DJing and over the summer I’ve been to south America, brazil, Columbia. I’ve been to North America and to a lot of major cities on the East Coast and to Canada.  I’ve also been to Japan and that was basically the summer and my normal stuff around Europe you  know basically like Spain and Eastern Europe, wherever.  Next week it’s already off to the States in spite of my American madness track!

Al: Well maybe they could perceive the track as a bit of a novelty, almost like “this techno guy’s written this track about us and we are mad!”

CL: The people who come to the party love it! These people come out to the party.  I’m rather talking about the politics of Americans you know, and I think that most people come to the parties and share the same opinion about their own country probably, but I already noticed that I’d better not show that record to any customs officers you know!  Not if I don’t want to get into any trouble! (laughs).  In the states is a good example, its really interesting because I’ve never really wanted to travel there, because the parties were always a bit like, you wouldn’t know what to expect and all has been good and there’s a nice little techno scene developing.

Al: I deal a lot with New York’s Gotham Grooves. I don’t know whether you’ve heard of them?

CL: I’ve heard of them but I’m not really sure what they do.

Al: They do very good tracks, that’s what they do. I get quite a lot through them all the time.

CL: Is it New York based?

Al: Well I can send details back over to you.

CL: Yeah, because I have spoken to a few people in New York and I don’t know, for some reason, Gotham Grooves seems totally familiar to me but sometimes im a bit, er, my memory plays tricks on me.

Al: Too many people, too many faces!  Great bunch of lads and the tracks they produce are second to none.

CL: Yeah, good!

Al: Quite housey tracks, quite techno.  Their whole point is to get good techno going in the states.

CL: Yeah, I wonder if they’re from New York?

Al: Yes they are.

CL: For example, next week I’m going to Philadelphia to a small club where Josh Wink also plays regularly which is really nice, there’s only like 50 people but these people are really up for it and even Miami, I’m going to Miami again, there’s a club that’s been opened only for techno music now, which you wouldn’t expect at all its just like “wow whats going on!” and, er, New York at the Arc I’m basically starting a new residency there to play 3 or 4 times a year and this is all with new techno music which I think is totally surprising because I was just like (laughs) “does anybody know this music in the states” and they seem to be quite up for it.

Al: Yes they do definitely. If you go up to Canada, up to Vancouver

CL: Oh Canada, totally, Canada all the time! Like Montreal Quebeq city and stuff like this yeah, the Canadians were already up for this a long time ago.

Al: I mean, I’ve been out there a couple of times to play and they do love it, they don’t get many techno DJs out there internationally, so its always something different.

CL: I even went to Halifax 5 times! (laughs)

Al: How was that?

CL: Oh, Halifax is in Canada, its in novascotia and er  its very far off, very far off! 

Al: Very remote!

CL: I didn’t even know that they knew electronic music up there, I don’t know what area in Europe you would compare it to but its like, totally far off.  It’s like playing in Northern Norway! (laughs) very interesting, nice people and totally up for partying.

Al: They probably don’t see many international djs up there so people are probably welcome there all the time.  Where are you heading off to next,  are you still promoting the album, and how much longer will you continue to promote the album for?

CL: I’m doing it for as long as I enjoy it.  I didn’t really plan a tour for the album. I didn’t really do that because I feel like I’m touring internationally all the time.  I didn’t feel comfortable putting up a poster saying like “this is now a big tour” you know because it’s been a bit tour for the last 5 years already!  (laughs) and, erm, because I released the album before the summer in Germany and now basically in the rest of the world. So for me, I’m just very happy with my first album and love to go out and play these tracks to the people as well as loads of other tracks in my set.  I kind of see it as loose, not totally album tour promotion thing, it’s just me being on the road anyway and trying to get people in to listen to what I’m doing

Al: So basically you’ve dubplated the tracks already and tested them out on the crowds.

CL: Oh I have a lot, I’m using final scratch already for two years now already and basically everything I’m producing I’m road testing for at least two months or three months even before it comes out. Using final scratch actually quite improved my production work because I’m more confident in my sound and what I’m doing because I’m able to test it quite quicker and do changes even sometimes on the road and things like that, so this all added up to, for me, feeling more comfortable in my productions. That’s already helped me a lot with my album.  Some of the tracks on the album I’ve already played one and a half years ago.

Al: Do you find it helps when you’re mixing a new track in through final scratch and that it tells you where you should change parts of the track.

CL: Yeah it totally does, the sound, if I like the sound and if it goes well with other tracks I do like to play and, er, if it fits well into my own set and I do feel comfortable myself by playing it with stuff like this and ive had it a lot of times that I have maybe a track which I wasn’t too sure of ,you know, you get out of your studio and you think like you’ve listened to it all day and, mm, I don’t know how it is, and then at the weekend you just drop it into your set and the weekend after maybe and you think like wow! And, erm, using final scratch and that happened quite a lot of times to me even. That I was always thinking that I could judge very well what I was doing, I was always thinking that I can judge if a track works or not. But since using final scratch it taught me that I was wrong quite a lot of times where I thought “uh I don’t know” and then I played them out like two or three times on weekends and It was just kind of like “wow that really is a track that has something”  and I wonder how many tracks I threw in the bin before I was using final scratch which were kind of cool and I didn’t like,  and therefore released tracks which in the end I didn’t feel comfortable with because also it goes the other way round. I do have tracks where I think “wow that’s great I love it” and then I play it out 2 or three times and I get totally bored with it and I’m just like “no that’s not a good track” so I don’t release it.  So that’s the good thing about final scratch it just gives me more confidence about what I’m releasing.

Al: Basically with the tracks that you’re road testing, were there any other additional tracks that may have made it onto the album?

CL: Actually not many, because I’m not kind of a producer that produces 10 tracks a week and then takes the best out of them, when I’m working on a tracks and I enjoy it, I keep on working, if I’m at the point where I just don’t get anywhere and don’t enjoy it then I usually don’t really carry on with the track and start off with a new one, so there’s not really a lot of stuff, basically when I finish a track in the studio I basically kind of release it, there’s not a lot of  tracks that are just lying around, there are some of course which I just told you before but not a lot.  Next to album there were 2 tracks which finally came out on my other label CLAU, number 8, these were 2 tracks, they were into the same way as the album’s thinking, they were kind of tracks that went into the way of “Disorder and Chaos” on the album and in the end I decided to put “Disorder and Chaos” on the album and the other two tracks I didn’t use for that spot, I just edited it a bit differently and released them as a 12 inch, just not related to the album at all you know.

Al: I’ve also noticed with the 12” you have released on CLRetry that none of your own productions are on there, is this a label that’s clearly aimed at remixes?

CL: All remixes which were released on Clretry. The originals were released somewhere else on CLR basically, so all the originals have been already release I just like the idea that friend artists, if you want to call it that way, friends or artists I really admire, to ask them and to wonder how would it sound if this guy is using the sounds of that track, it doesn’t necessarily need to be my own track but just something I have release you know and to see what the outcome of if a guy I really like his productions does a remix of some other good productions which are right again not necessarily have to be my own productions, but so far most of them have been.  I’m basically working remixes for Steve Rachmad’s CLR 10 12” and, erm, there’s going to be a CLR 11 of Hardcell and stuff like that, so there’s going to be much more remixes of other people remixing artists which are just released as well.

Al: So its pretty much the remixes are shared between all of the community and it just depends on the artists you like and respect.

CL: Yeah if I need a track and I just think like wow this could be something for this guy to remix because you know because the sounds would kind of fit like for example right now I asked Christian Wunsch.

Al: Yeah I do.

CL: You know the Spanish guy?  He’s dong things which kind of do sound like, for example,”Disorder and Chaos”, so I asked him to remix that track and I think, erm, sometimes if fits really well if you ask someone who’s sound comes close to it anyway, and sometimes it can be really fun to ask someone if it’s totaly different to what they normally do.  I don’t know, it’s always a decision that comes out of my stomach not really out of my brain! (laughs).

Al: So what’s next now you’ve got your first album out of the way? Are you going to start work on another album?

CL: Yeah I really enjoyed the work on my first album. I didn’t really know it would be so much fun to get together a bigger picture and idea of what you bring across, so I think that next February I’m going to hit the studio big time again, like, for more time and longer in order to do a new album.  Until that time, I’m going to keep on working on “Stigmata - the next chapter” which we’re currently sitting on right here now.

Al: Yeah, with Andrew wooden.

CL:  For the “Evolution” album there will be remixes coming out and the first remix will be by Christian smith and John Selway for the “Golden Age” track and the German producer called Alex Bau, he’s one of the guys from “Basic Implant”, he’s done a really nice remix so that will be the first remix edition of the album.  So there’s always enough to do, always a lot to do.  I’m working on a “Stigmata” compilation right now as well to round up the first chapter of “Stigmata” and, er, what is there really right now?  There’s so much I can’t think of it at the moment!!  Yeah basically next CLR 11 and number 12 and I’m just enjoying doing new stuff, I never hold onto old stuff too long I just go onto new stuff already.

Al: You basically release it and almost forget about it and on with the next one!

CL:  Yeah go on with the next one.

Al: I know Alex Bau’s work and releases very well.

CL: You do? Great!  But for the album I’m going to do, I don’t want to call it a remix contest, but for anyone who wants to do a remix of the track for the album, basically I will tell the people, whoever wants to do a remix can tell me and then they get the samples of the original track and I will release the best remixes then.  I want to give a lot of new artists and unknown people a chance to maybe have a platform to release something if they’re doing something. I’m going to release it on CLR so they’ll reach a bit more people than what they usually produce for.

Al: Thanks for taking the time to speak to hkclubbing.com Chris, good luck with your upcoming gigs and releases.

CL: No problem, thank you!

Details of the remix competition can be found here:

www.cl-rec.com

Interview By: Barry Hinselwood

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HKClubbing had the chance to talk to Michelle Branch on her 10 hour visit to Hong Kong for the MTV Awards 2004 press conference and her 40 minute performance at the Hong Kong Harbour fest, before heading straight back to Japan to continue her tour there.

Alyson (HKClubbing.com): Hey Michelle! Thanks for coming down to Hong Kong!

Michelle: Thank you very much!

Alyson(HKClubbing.com): What’s the one thing that makes you most excited when you’re on the stage?

Michelle: Umm… the one thing that makes me most excited… I guess for me, you know… it’s not too long ago, that I was just sitting in my room, dreaming of being a performer, traveling the world, being on stage, and ah… if you think about it, I would say that was years ago… but that was really only a few years ago, I mean five years ago the most, and to be on stage and to look out and see people singing along to my songs, is absolutely incredible… such a short amount of time to experience what I have experienced it’s been really incredible!

Others: Are you happy now?

Michelle: Am I happy now after that?! (Undressed fan at press conference who proposed) Sorry for the free show!! Anyone else has a question or wanna take your clothes off? I thought it was a surprise plan… but I was looking around… haha!

Others: Are you writing a lot of songs on the road as what you were last time?

Michelle: I actually have to admit that I haven’t written a song since March… haha… so I’m hoping that maybe during the holiday, after that I’ll be going for a short short break, and maybe it will make me creative again!

Interview and text by: Alyson

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One of Hong Kong's most well known local bands, these guys give us a minute in their busy gig schedule to let us know a bit more about their world.

1.Please let me know your names and what group or name do you go by?
Whence He Came
-Joshua Wong :: vocals, guitars
-Ephraim Bano :: guitars, vocals
-Ken Mimasu :: bass, vocals
-Stephane Wong :: drums

2.When can we expect you to perform at the Rockit Festival?
We’re not really sure what time we’re on… I think we’re playing in the evening… early evening.

3.What have you recently been up to?
We’ve just finished recording our second album, which will be released early next year… very exciting. We brought dutch producer Martijn Groenenveld over from Holland, incredible process… best stuff we’ve ever recorded.

4.Have you heard anything about the Hong Kong music scene and do you have any personal opinion about it?
We’ve got quite a lot to say abaout the HK local music scene, far too much to put on paper.

5.How does your performance differ from large events to more small intimate venues?
With a larger stage comes a larger sound, and we love playing venues with enough room to go nuts.

6.What other artists are you looking forward to see over the 2 days?
We’re mostly excited to see this incredible Japanese band “Buddhistson” who are coming over out of their own pockets… we toured with them in Japan and they blow us away at every show. These guys are powerful AND all about the music.

7.If you are not from Hong Kong is their anything you hope to check out? If you are from Hong Kong what would you recommend that visitors have to do or see?
See buddhistson!!! And make sure you check out and support all the local bands too… let’s build the indie rock community.

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The boys were back in Hong Kong and HKClubbing.com got to ask them a few questions during their press conference in Hong Kong, the day before their outstanding performance at the Harbour Fest.

Alyson : First of all, thank you very much guys, for sticking to your plans and coming to Hong Kong!

All : No problem… Sure…

Alyson : Now, you guys have been going through a lot of rumours of breaking up as a band, what do you think is the key element for Westlife to stick together? And what makes the fans so loyal to you guys?

Shane : I don’t know! (Laughs)

Nicky : I don’t think there’s one thing we can put our fingers on and say, ‘this is exactly why we stay together…’ and there’s numerous things… I think we all realize how lucky we are, they are millions of boys and girls who’d love to be in the position we’re in, and the life we live at the moment is so busy and hectic, but it’s so enjoyable, I think we’re all kind of scared of having not enough of this life… you know, we enjoy it so much we always want to band to be like this, so what’s the point in ending it? In respect to us, we’ve always looked out for one another, in bands like this in the past, there’s always been hidden agendas, there’s always people who… maybe deep down wanted to try out on their own, unfortunately, it is time for the band to split, but we’re honest with each other, we put everything on the table, what’s the best for all of us. And right now, the best for Westlife is to continue, for a long time! We’ve got a brand new album in November, followed by a world tour… Last night we’re talking about doing six more albums! So we’re gonna stay there for a long time!

On the arrangements of HK Harbour Fest:

Bryan : We’re all very impressed with what we heard they’ve been doing. Because Hong Kong is really beautiful place, as we’ve said it before, we really like it, obviously the whole SARS thing… it did upset a lot of people in Hong Kong… and we had to wait until everything is settled down, so… This is great way to celebrate, and we’re just grateful to be a part of it. We’re here to congratulate all the Hong Kong people, let’s hope this will never happen again! People around the world shouldn’t be afraid to come to Hong Kong coz it’s such a beautiful place… it’s honestly an amazing place!

Kian : We’re very happy to be here obviously, you know, we’re very much looking forward to doing the concert on Saturday night, but we don’t feel like we’re under pressure of anything, I mean… we know we’re gonna get up on the stage and do a great concert for the people who come to see our show, so we’re just very happy to be here, and be a part of it all. As Bryan said, it’s a great event, a lot of people have done a great job, they’ve put the event on, so we’re just very proud of it, to be honest… with people like the Rolling Stones, Prince… people who are like worldwide  legends, so it’s really really good to be a part of the whole kinda thing!

On advice to youngsters:

Mark : It’s certainly not easy, I would never tell somebody not to do it, but what I would say is that, once it starts, it’s not just being a good singer, you know, a good performer… a lot of things are involved, so you have to basically sacrifice a lot of things you need to spend all day everyday out of it… you did a lot of dedication as well as us… and it can be some kinda long hard days if become successful, people would be ready to get you, so you’ll need to be able to take all that…

Shane : Take the good for the bad!

On ticket sale:

Shane : I think obviously you wanna sell as many tickets as you can, it’s a great event, but I think there are a lot of tickets that people buy… I mean there are a lot of shows, you don’t usually have this many shows happen, so obviously there’s gonna be people who would pick their favourite band, pick their favourite acts, so you might just wanna go to one show since there’re a lot to choose from. The more tickets are sold the better, the bigger event then! But we’re quite happy with our sale, so hopefully… it’s not on until Saturday, so, I still think there (would be more) tickets sold.

Mark : I think, you guys have the power as well to promote as much as you can, get more tickets sold, so hope that you can do a bit on that as well, of course we’re trying to do it too. If we all work together and we can try and sell more tickets!

On the show on Saturday night:

Kian : Unfortunately we’ll be doing three songs of the album, because the performance we’re gonna do on that night is actually our greatest hits world tour, but we have, especially for the show, we have put three new songs from the album into the show. We haven’t performed them live yet, but Saturday would be the first time to be performed live, so hopefully it’s all gonna go down well… but you know apart from, we’ll do 20 songs, all our hits from our first single to ‘Hey Whatever’, and then we’ve got a medley, an acoustic set… so it’s quite an entertaining show, we’re got good reviews around the world!

On the negativities…

Nicky : What’s the point of being negative? It doesn’t matter with the ticket sales, the show is still gonna go on, people are still gonna enjoy themselves. All you guys can help, and it’s not a negative show we’re here to give off, we’re here to give a great weekend to everyone in Hong Kong, so let’s stay together!

Bryan : I think it’s very important… that all the shows are gonna be on, it’s not about people making money, it’s about promoting Hong Kong as SARS-free, so we’re just gonna perform, you know it’s only 7,000 people, we’re gonna make sure the 7,000 people who bought tickets enjoy themselves, coz they’re the most important people. Thank you! See you again!

Words to Hong Kong:

Nicky : For me, to be in Hong Kong right now, it’s a huge pleasure to be here with Westlife performing at the Harbour Fest, to be honest with you, it’s a great cost, we’re here, and we’re gonna do the best we can ever do on Saturday night. Thank you!

Shane : Nicky’s kinda covered it there… I’m just like all the buildings here, all the architectures… so I wanna get a tour of this city before I go home.

Kian : I think Hong Kong is beautiful place, and actually myself and one of the members of our staff we went about the tram, and gone through the city, and got all these little things… you know, it’s a beautiful beautiful city, amazing architectures… and just, a huge thank you to everybody for welcoming us here to Hong Kong and make us feel so welcomed here again, to all our Westlife, for your love and support, all the media and press, let’s do our best show in Hong Kong on Saturday night!

Mark : I’m just very proud to be a part of this, it’s just true example to how everybody, the people of the world can stick together and help each other our in certain ways, and we’ve been looking forward to come here just because we like Hong Kong at the first place, it’s just an extra bonus to be able to lend the helping hand, and let the world know that it’s totally safe to come here to Hong Kong, I’m just very proud to be on the same list of artist who would come here… have a really good time! Thank you!

Bryan: I think he (Mark) just said what I was gonna say… so… thank you, and thanks everyone for coming down, and let’s make this a great weekend, so keep supporting! Thank you!

Questions and Text By: Alyson Hau