John Legend in Singapore!!!

Well....my first major show for the year and it was for a legend.....John Legend to be exact and what a legend he turned out to be! I must say......it was with great anticipation that we prepared for this show...and it was the first show that Ade had been arm twisted to partner me on! She was of invaluable assistance to secure that last minute hotel room nights for the B party when things went a little nuts but it all worked out well in the end! Picking them all up from the airport that Sunday, we split the two groups with John and his merry band heading for the Oriental Hotel and the rest of the band and crew heading to the Orchard Parade Hotel. We settled them in for the night and got an early start to the load in that Monday. Apart from that a number of them needed to get more pages for their passport for their onward trip...everything went off without much of a hitch. Made some new friends....and proved that I still had my touch for production even in a venue like the Esplanade where I had never worked in before. The venue was really beautiful and the show was magical! Kanna Chandran who reviewed the show even gave it very high marks considering he was such a harsh reviewer. The 1700 crowd was on their feet from the first song and everyone had a smashing time! Phil Stanley commented it was one of the best Midas concerts he had attended and believe me...he has attended more than a few! Well....John's nite out on the town kicked off back at the hotel bar with John jumping behind the baby grand at the Axis Bar and doing his thing (much to the concern of the hotel staff who on one hand...loved the fact that they had a legend playing in their otherwise quite bar...and on the other hand...had to ask us to keep the music down!!!!). Oh well....off we went to the next venue...Living Room which was closing but Bar None was open and so we invaded there! It happened to be Sanjay's wedding as well so being a great sport, John's brother and backing singer, Vaughn Stephens got on stage to do a few numbers for the happy but otherwise very drunk couple! Seen in the crowd? None other than PK and David Chin....Shah....and even Debbie from MoS!