South Korea’s Pop-Rock band, CNBLUE, returned to our sunny shores after seven years and held their latest tour CNBLUE LIVE ‘CNBLUENTITY’ in Singapore Indoor Stadium on 27^th April 2024. 

Formed in 2012 by FNC Entertainment, the band consist of frontman on vocal and guitar, Jung Yonghwa, on drums, Kang Minhyuk and on bass, Lee Jungshin. CNBLUENTITY is the first tour the band is holding since 2017. The concert lasted a good three-and-a-half-hour without a dull moment as the band belt out one classic after another.

Tingling excitement could be felt the moment the lights at Singapore Indoor Stadium dimmed hinting the start of the show. BOICEs voice chanting CNBLUE thunder through the stadium while waiting for the band to appear on stage.

Opening the show with their iconic debut hit, ‘I’m a Loner’, CNBLUE and BOICEs harmonised as the crowd sang along to the lyrics word for word. The band then continued with ‘Love’, ‘Intuition’ and ‘Hey You’ before introducing themselves to the audience.

During the intermission, the trio addressed the audience while inserting Singlish like “I love you lah” and “I miss you lah” in their speeches. Not forgetting to mention their undying love for Singapore’s Chilli and Pepper Crab and how they went to eat it almost immediately after they landed. Frontman, Yonghwa questioned his band members if they are on ‘Team Chilli Crab’ or ‘Team Pepper Crab’ and after Jungshin and Minhyuk chose Pepper, he expressed that he is actually on both teams which ignited laughter from the audience.

The band continued the show with ‘Imagine’, ‘Love Light’, ‘You’re so fine’ and other hits. Singapore BOICEs prepared a surprise project and the stadium was filled with a sea of coloured lights. After the performance, Jungshin brought up that there is a dress code for their tour and asked if the audience were dressed in blue before proceeding to check on his bandmates. The crowd burst into laughter when he pointed out Yonghwa’s mic is blue before Yonghwa clarified that it’s actually purple.

Their next set consisted of ‘Love Cut’, ‘99%’, ‘Lady’ and ‘Coffee Shop’ before bringing fans down the memory lane with a melodious tone. The band serenated the crowd with ‘Time Capsule’, ‘Winter again’, ‘Till then’, ‘Hide and Seek’ and ‘Cinderella’. 

Turning up the night, CNBLUE performed ‘In my head’, ‘I’m sorry’, ‘Radio’ and ‘Between Us’. Audience in the seated area stood up and jumped along to the beats. It was electrifying to be among the crowd as the show peaked.

The encore featured fans favourite ‘Young Forever’, ‘Can’t Stop’ and ‘Then, Now and Forever’ had the audience yearning for more and chanting encore again. When the band returned for a double encore, Yonghwa even went down the stage and walked around the floor area allowing BOICEs to see him closed-up.

All good things come to an end as the band chorused that this was the best audience during their ending speech. The trio continuously expressed their love and how much they missed Singapore’s BOICEs and inquired if they will be there when they returned again. Yonghwa even pinky-promised that they will be back very soon. 

As the final notes played, CNBLUE paced around the stage and bowed to the crowd to express their gratitude marking the end of the night. It was indeed a night that will be etched in BOICEs core memory and we can’t wait to meet the band again in Singapore!

We would like to thank Unusual Entertainment for extending the media invitation to StarArena for this event.

Article: Cynthia

Photos: Linda