Jacky Cheung to hold concert in Xiamen

Hong Kong singer, songwriter and actor, Jacky Cheung is going to hold a concert at Xiamen Sports Stadium on 26th Feb 2011.

Cheung is a baritone. He is one of the performers that the Chinese media refers to as the Four Heavenly Kings (四大天王). Cheung is also nicknamed "God of Songs", but he is the second person to hold this title, after former Canto pop singer Sam Hui. In an interview with Ray Cordeiro, Cheung stated that the title was more appropriate for Hui than him, since he actually wrote and popularized songs.

Venue: Xiamen Sports Stadium
Time: 19:30, 26th Feb 2011
Admission: RMB 180 - RMB 1980
Ticket hotline: 0592-2030610 / 5887838 / 5887848

Jacky Cheung donates memorabilia to Hard Rock Hotel

HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong pop star Jacky Cheung donated a guitar and two outfits Tuesday to the upcoming Hard Rock Hotel Macau, becoming the first ethnic Chinese musician to contribute items to the Hard Rock memorabilia collection.

The 47-year-old singer signed the guitar at a donation ceremony and posed with two sequined sweaters, one of which came with a white bow tie.

Noting that one of Eric Clapton's guitars was the first item donated to Hard Rock's memorabilia collection, Cheung joked that "I may not play the guitar as well as musicians like him do, but I'm happy that my items are going to be displayed with theirs."

Cheung is one of the biggest acts in the idol-driven Chinese-language pop scene known more for its ballads than rock numbers. The veteran performer started out as a pop singer and only learned how to play the guitar and compose music later in his career.

The inclusion of Cheung's guitar and clothes in the memorabilia collection reflects the company's desire to appeal to a broader Asian market.

"We're trying to outreach to new consumers who have different pedigrees, different tastes and a different musical upbringing," Hard Rock International Chief Executive Hamish Dodds told reporters.

The 300-room Hard Rock Hotel Macau will be part of the City of Dreams casino-hotel complex scheduled to open in June.

Jacky Cheung’s family down with “Enterovirus not HFMD”

The Heavenly King’s assistant speaks up on his behalf and clarifies on earlier erroneous reports.

At a charity performance held in Kowloon a few days ago, Jacky Cheung shared his sentiments on the virulent hand-foot-and-mouth disease which was spreading rampantly in Hong Kong. According to news sources, Cheung also revealed that his entire household was recently stricken by it.

In the report, the 48-year-old shared that his two daughters got infected and were down with fever for the first two days. Jacky's mother and wife, May Lo, were next infected with the disease after caring for the two kids. The singer-actor revealed that he felt "a little queasy" but reassured that he has recovered from the illness.

Jacky's assistant hurriedly clarified the erroneous reporting due to overwhelming feedback and response from the public.

"Jacky's entire family is down with Enterovirus; it is definitely not hand-foot-and-mouth disease," he said.

Jacky and 300 other artists helped raised funds for Earthquake victims

translation: llwy12 @ ]asianfanatics.net
300 artists from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China will participate in tonights fundraising event

Close to 300 artists from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China will be attending the [Qinghai Earthquake Artistes Fundraising Event] at the HK Coliseum tonight. The list of artists performing tonight includes the recently divorced Charlene Choi and Ronald Cheng this will be their first appearance on the same stage since their press conference weeks ago. As for the Four Kings, only Leon Lai, Andy Lau, and Jacky Cheung will be in attendance, as Aaron Kwok is currently in Beijing filming and cannot make it back on time. Other artists scheduled to be in attendance include Gillian Chung, Nicholas Tse, Sammi Cheng, Hacken Lee, Eason Chan, Kelly Chen, Gigi Leung, Vivian Chow, Joey Yung, etc. as well as Jackie Chan, who especially changed his schedule in order to attend the event.

As for China and Taiwan, artists Li Yu Chun, Da S, Xiao S, Ariel Lin, Harlem Yu, etc. will be making a special trip to Hong Kong to participate in the event.

In addition, the organizers of the event have asked the audiences who will be attending at the HK Coliseum not to display any name plates of their favorite artists out of respect for the quake victims.

The 5 hour marathon-type event will be held from 6pm to 11pm HK time and the entrance fee will be HKD$100 per person for audiences attending. The hosts of the event will be Dodo Cheng, Eric Tsang, Sally Wu (entertainment news personality), as well as Lawrence Cheng at the start of the event, they will lead all the artists in singing the themesong for the event, [Hands Connected to Hearts].

All of Hong Kongs major media outlets will be broadcasting the event live and major TV stations such as TVB and ATV have committed to broadcasting the event live without any commercials or editing. When asked about the financial effects of not airing commercials, both TVB and ATV indicated that the loss is in the 6 and 7-figures, but their sponsors have been supportive due to the nature of the event.

Jacky had a terribly "short" Concert

Day before yesterday, Jacky Cheung held his mini-concert "Jacky Cheung Private Corner Mini-Concert" at Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s Jockey Auditorium. After he came out on stage, Jacky jokingly told the audience: “Since this is a ‘mini’ concert, hope you don’t expect it to be long.”

In addition to singing songs from his new album "Private Corner", as well as a few songs from other artists such as Sam Hui and Deanie Yip, Jacky also sang a few of his own hits from previous years such as "李香蘭", "離開以後", "祝福", using jazz-style music. The mini-concert lasted only an hour and half, however with the audience’s warm applause and chants of ‘Encore’, Jacky came back on stage to sing a few more songs. Before he left the stage, Jacky addressed the audience: “Of course, a ‘mini-concert’ is not going to last 3 ½ hours like usual, however in the very near future, I will be seeing all of you again, as I will be having another concert soon.”

During an interview after the show, Jacky stated: “I’m the type who needs a long time to warm up – with the concert time being so short, I should start warm up an hour earlier or else by the time I’m done warming up, the concert will be over!” Jacky indicated that the reason why he chose to hold this mini-concert at HK Polytechnic University is because he wanted to change things up a little and give the audience a different type of feel. Asked about whether his upcoming concert would be ‘jazz-themed’ as well, Jacky replied: “Probably! Since I just returned to Hong Kong from Shanghai a couple days ago, I will be meeting with Florence Chan this week to discuss the details of the concert. As for when the concert will take place? Probably at the end of the year…need to also coordinate with everyone’s schedules.”

Jacky also indicated that there are a lot of people in Shanghai right now, so he is not planning on taking his daughters to see the World Expo at the moment. As for Hong Kong government leader Secretary of Finance John Tsang Chun-Wah coming to watch him perform, Jacky expressed that he is very grateful.

Jacky Cheung lead sing for opening of Shanghai Expo

Jacky Cheung, the 2010 World Expo ambassador for Hong Kong, has led a group of well-known singers in recording the Cantonese version of Hong Kong's theme song for its participation in the Shanghai Expo.

Jacky Cheung, Eric Suen, Kay Tse, Hins Cheung and Keeva Mak, along with the band Mr, laid down the Cantonese tracks.

Another well-known star, Eason Chan, will sing the Putonghua and English versions of the theme song.

The song will be featured in a short promotional video to be broadcast on local television channels from this week.

The song - "A City with Unlimited Potential" - was composed by Eric Suen, with Cantonese lyrics by Chan Siu-kei.

Radio Television Hong Kong was responsible for the overall co-ordination of the theme song's production, including the short promotional video.

The tune echoes the theme of the Hong Kong Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo, paying tribute to the core values and attributes of Hong Kong as Asia's world city.

Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung was named the 2010 World Expo ambassador to promote the event in the region.

Jacky Cheung said he was delighted to play a part in promoting Hong Kong's participation in the Shanghai Expo, and was looking forward to visiting the Hong Kong Pavilion and Hong Kong's Urban Best Practices Area Exhibition during the six-month Expo period.

Jacky Cheung promotes album in Taiwan

Jacky Cheung, a Hong Kong pop music star singer, holds the cake presented by the song fans, during the fans club meeting marking his new album release, in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, April 12, 2010. Jacky Cheung joins in a fans club meeting with Taipei fans on promotion of his new albums of Cantonese pop song with titles of Private Corner, and interacts with fans. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)

Jacky Cheung concert tour embroiled in fraud case

HONG KONG : Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung and his manager Florence Chan, founder and CEO of Cheung's management company, Fun Entertainment Ltd, have addressed the press about an alleged fraud involving the star's upcoming concert tour, reported Chinese media.

At a press conference on Monday, Chan responded to recent reports that said a group of Chinese concert promoters paid a woman named Shen Shi Yi, who claimed to be the head of Fun Entertainment's Chinese branch, about 17 million yuan (S$3.4 million) in down payments to co-organise Cheung's concert tour.

In reality, Shen was not authorised to collect any money by Fun Entertainment, and her company was not related to the Hong Kong firm.

Chan explained the steps she had taken to protect the Chinese concert promoters.

"When I heard about this incident in early January, I immediately asked Shen about it and froze the accounts of all the people who had received money. I then informed all the concert promoters to get refunds to protect their money," said Chan.

On Monday, 50 Chinese concert promoters shared the stage with Cheung and Chan to show their support for the firm's efforts to resolve the matter.

"If not for this matter, I would not announce Cheung's upcoming concert tour this early as the preparations are not yet complete. We haven't even thought of a name for the concert tour," said Chan.

When pressed for details about the tour, Cheung, 48, was only willing to give out morsels of information.

"The concert tour will begin late this year at the earliest," he said.

The star also promised that the concerts will be very different from his previous ones.

"I hate repeating performances. I guarantee that this time it will be different from before. It will be very fresh. All I can say at this point is that I will be performing songs from my latest album."

Crossing Hennessy

The romantic comedy "Crossing Hennessy," written and directed by Ivy Ho, gets its name from the busy street that runs through the heart of Hong Kong's Wan Chai District.

It's in this setting, amid the neon streets filled with plumbing stores and appliance shops—where the characters work—that two single people are pushed together by their busybody matchmaking families. Jacky Cheung plays a middle-aged man haunted by an old flame, and Tang Wei is a young woman who's waiting for her boyfriend to be released from prison.

Ms. Ho describes the story as showing "how two hearts are changed over time." An accomplished screenwriter whose many credits include 1996's "Comrades: Almost a Love Story," considered by critics to be one of the decade's best Chinese movies, Ms. Ho is now a two-time director-writer. "Crossing Hennessy" follows last

year's romantic drama "Claustrophobia."

Whether for comedy or drama, Ms. Ho continues to find creative inspiration in human relationships.

"There are no adventures anymore," she says, "Every corner of the world has been conquered.

"The only mystery left is the human heart. That's the one thing you can never really understand, although you think you do."

Jacky reveals that there is a bed scene with Maggie

The 34th Hong Kong International Film Festival held its press conference in the west coast. "Crossing Hennessy - 月滿軒尼詩" starring Jacky Cheung, Tang Wei and Maggie Cheung have been chosen to be one of the opening films. Yesterday the cast attended the press conference.

Jacky reveals that there is a bed scene with Maggie in the film, but it is a limited bed scene, there are absolutely no intense bodyily contact involved. There is not even a tiny bit of intimate scenes with Tang Wei either, he said: "Last night I was watching "Lust, Caution" on the movie channel. (Do you dare to accept those films?) No, No, No. (No what?) I don't have the body figure nor the courage. (If you have courage or not, your wife won't let you?) My wife won't say she won't allow it, just in her heart she won't. Tony Leung and I are different, he is a full time actor, I can do some singing to earn money." Jacky frankly said that he's not clear if the film will be banned because when he was shooting for it, he has never thought that this film would affect Mainland playing it. As for Connie Chan's mother sudden departure from this world, Jacky expressed that he sends his condolence to her.