I had thought it was something to do with preventing them from getting drunk.
It could just be an urban myth though, or a form of 'protection' as you say, that the artists don't quite understand the need/intention of.
Wow, this was before my time here - I always knew Singers was strict but maybe not so strict and so recently too.I saw Pearl Jam at the SIS in 94/95 and we all had to sit on red plastic 'school' chairs. The moment the band came on - bam - everyone was up on their feet and some people were passing chairs over the crowd to the periphery. The cops stopped the show certainly twice, and we were told to return the chairs and sit down or the plug would be pulled on the night, all relayed to us in a 'I can barely bring myself to say this' voice via lead-man Eddie Vedder.
BigSis wrote: Wow, this was before my time here - I always knew Singers was strict but maybe not so strict and so recently too.
Oh that was during my first stint in-country, I subsequently got to leave, return and leave again. Stint#3 is in around a year I reckon
But you know it wasn't that much earlier that men would get given a haircut at the border if it was more than collar length. Just ask SMS.... oh no, perhaps he's not the best one to ask
A lot has changed in this time though. There used to be a tangible climate of fear that pervaded daily life, and that has certainly reduced. Some say the government have relaxed as if they have done so through choice. I don't believe it, with the internet they had no choice... despite having effective control over that back in the mid 90s too. Anyway, I digress
Maybe this is why Kasabian seemed so surprised at the great reception they got here - they must have heard some of these stories of bands who've played here in the past.
Quite. And also I think it depends on the audience, Asian audiences tend to be very passive and quiet compared to 'western' ones. Sometimes I think that must come as a hell of a 'Er, what are we doing wrong!?' shock to bands...
I went to see Yes play here quite a while ago - must have been 2003 or 04 and it was a 'dry' concert - not a drink to be had not even water. It was at Suntec in one of the convention halls and just to rub salt in the wound it was sponsored by Carlsberg
OMG! That's an irony!
Before I arrived, my then Maldivian boss, who was operating out of Singapore told me that either it was to cut the hair short, or pony tail it ..JR8 wrote:
But you know it wasn't that much earlier that men would get given a haircut at the border if it was more than collar length. Just ask SMS.... oh no, perhaps he's not the best one to ask
And until recently, the Civil Defense HQ, at Bendemeer, did have a big notice board stating that "people with Long Hair, wearing singlets, and shorts, are not welcome here"sundaymorningstaple wrote:When I arrived here back in '82, the post offices still had posters on the walls with a side view drawing of a guy with hair over his shirt collar (not even below the collar, just over the top of it). Under the image was the notice that "men with hair over the collar will be served LAST" I wanted a copy of that poster so bad but was never able to talk the postmaster in Seletar Camp out of the poster after it was finally removed.
Oh boy, Suntec. What a truly dreadful place to hold a concert (with or without a drink, although I guess a beer might make it margnially more tolerable). We saw Norah Jones play at Suntec a few years ago and it was just so utterly, obviously the wrong venue for her that the tour organisers should have been fired on the spot. A flat, cavernous, soul-less space with horrible acoustics and less ambience than an anti-ambience person from NoAmbienceLand. Never again.BigSis wrote:I went to see Yes play here quite a while ago - must have been 2003 or 04 and it was a 'dry' concert - not a drink to be had not even water. It was at Suntec in one of the convention halls and just to rub salt in the wound it was sponsored by Carlsberg
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