From Ooi
The Business Times Budding Artists Fund & The Little Artists Academy
Sep 6th
BT BAF
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The Business Times Budding Artists Fund (BT BAF) is the Singapore Glamberts adopted charity! And we have just launched our first charity drive – the Singapore Glamberts Glamnation Charity Drive. But who are they? And what do they do? And what is The Little Artists Academy (LAA)?
First off…
Why are we doing this? Why do we want to adopt a charity and organise activities to raise funds for the organisation?
As I explained in my previous blog post: “Giving Back to Society in Adam Lambert’s Name“, I proposed that we look beyond our devotion and idolisation of Adam for a moment and instead consider what we can do for charity and society as inspired by Adam. Instead of spending money making or buying gifts for Adam, why not we channel our money and energies to drive funds for a worthy charity organisation in Adam’s name instead? As we all know, Adam himself had mentioned this countless times and had tweeted about it too.
Therefore, with Adam as our inspiration, we should at least try to give back to society and do some real good!
The Business Times Budding Artists Fund
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We adopted the BT BAF as our adopted charity as its focus on children and the development of the arts aligns perfectly with Adam’s own interest in providing charitable support in these areas (eg DonorsChoose.org).
Mission of BT BAF:
- To ensure that no child with strong interest and artistic potential should be denied of the opportunity to develop his or her talent because of economic disadvantage
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The arts can play an instrumental role in changing lives for the better through helping an individual develop specific skills and nurturing values that will help transcend his or her immediate circumstances
To date, the BT BAF has touched the lives of over 5,000 children and has funded arts education programmes, arts camps and arts appreciation opportunities. The Fund creates opportunities for children to showcase their talents and to develop their confidence in public performance. It aims to enable economically disadvantaged children between the ages of five to 12 years to pursue their aspirations to develop artistic talents in music, dance, theatre, visual arts and theatre production. The Little Arts Academy (LAA) was developed to ensure a sustainable long term programme of training in the Arts for children from economically challenged homes.
The Little Arts Academy
BT BAF set up The Little Arts Academy (LAA) in November 2008 out of a need to provide more systematic arts training and a dedicated creative learning space for the BT BAF scholarship beneficiaries. With its varied facilities that include a dance studio, practice rooms, a recording studio as well as a kitchen for culinary classes, the LAA offers a broad-based curriculum that aims to give children a holistic education which has its foundation in the arts. Offering professional training in dance, drama, new media, visual arts, music and singing, the LAA provides opportunities for all children who have strong interest and artistic potential to receive interdisciplinary training in the arts.
Please Donate Generously
Let us show Adam that the Singapore Glamberts are not only passionate about him, but also passionate about doing good and helping the less fortunate! With only a S$10.00 donation, you stand to win fabulous prizes, which includes replica jewellery that Adam himself had worn before! The more times you donate, the more chances you get to win the wonderful prizes! For more information, go to www.singaporeglamberts.com/glamnationcharity
The Little Arts Academy
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Giving Back to Society in Adam Lambert’s Name
Jul 23rd
Adam Lambert - Visiting Students as Part of DonorsChoose Fan Challenge
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UPDATE: 10 August 2010
THANK YOU to all who have contacted me to volunteer and to help in our Charity Drive.
I have contacted most of you and will update everyone with the details of the Charity Drive once its finally confirmed (its pending final signatures)!
I am really heartened to see all the love and generosity of the Singapore Glamberts!
I hope the rest of us will spread the word of this Charity Drive once its launched – we have only one month to raise at least S$5,000 for our adopted charity!
More details soon!
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UPDATE: 5 August 2010
To commemorate Adam Lambert’s first international headlining tour to Singapore, we are adopting a charity and holding a Charity Drive for a great cause! We have the support of some major partners and its going to be an exciting Charity Drive with Adam-related prizes for top donors and a raffle for 2 beautiful Adam-related jewellery! But before we can give more details on this Charity Drive, we need HELP! We need volunteers to help us make this Charity Drive a success! We hope to make a real contribution to the adopted charity and to have a successful Charity Drive.
If you have the heart, the spirit and the time to HELP US… please volunteer and help us realise the full potential of children in the arts!
We need:
- PR & Media support
- Event Management support
- Catering support
- Volunteers
Can you help us? If you would like to participate in this Charity Drive, please email Pauline Ooi at ooi@singaporeglamberts.com.
Thank you for your support!
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While we continue to fret and wonder if and when Adam Lambert and his Glamnation Tour will e coming to Singapore (indeed, to the rest of Asia), I would like to propose that we look beyond our anxious hearts for a moment and instead consider what we can do for charity and society in the name of Adam.
The Good We Can Do in Adam’s Name
Instead of spending money making or buying gifts for Adam, why not we channel our money and energies to drive funds for a worthy charity organisation in Adam’s name instead? As Adam himself had said at the beginning of his Glamnation Tour:
Been doing lots of thinking…Last year on the road I received so many thoughtful gifts from all of you. But I very quickly ran out o’ room
9:59 AM Jun 1stInstead of giving me gifts, why not donate 2 donorschoose.org or other charity in my name? U can print a receipt (sic) 4 me and personalize it:)
10:02 AM Jun 1stYay I’m glad u all like the idea! I love reading your cards and seeing your drawings too, I’m just not going to be able to take them with me
10:37 AM Jun 1st
Just like the charity campaigns for DonorsChoose.org
Since last year, Adam has been involved with DonorsChoose.org – an online US education charity organisation that allows donors to donate directly to classroom project requests posted by teachers at their website. Through this collaboration, Adam has asked fans to donate to the various projects posted, in particular Music and the Arts classes, instead of buying him gifts. For his first collaboration, the funds collected has now exceeded US$300,00 and growing! (For more details, click HERE.) In honour of his first headlining tour, another campaign – Glam A Classroom – was started earlier this year and is still ongoing. It has netted almost US$40,000 in donations!
Therefore, with Adam as our inspiration, we should at least try to give back to society and do some real good! We can adopt a local charity to promote amongst the fans and get everyone to donate to it in Adam’s name!
Our charity drive
Just as the DonorsChoose.org campaigns are on done online with the sole purpose of getting people to donate via online payment methods – we can adopt a charity and then through the various social and mass media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Blog, newspapers, radio etc.) publicise our charity drive, promote the charity, and get fans to donate online in the name of Adam. We can start the drive as soon as possible as a run-up to Adam’s concert in Singapore (I am convinced that there WILL BE a concert in Singapore) and total up the funds collected and have a presentation ceremony at the charity just before Adam’s concert!
We can solicit Sony Music Singapore’s support in this endeavour and hopefully they would come in to help us drive donations. How can they help? We can ask Sony Singapore to acknowledge our charity; or if they are willing and able, they can provide us with a few Meet & Greet Passes or Adam-autographed memorabilia for the top donors! And wouldn’t it be great if we can convince Sony Singapore to arrange for Adam to visit the charity and witness the presentation of the donations to the charity? (Off course, all these are dependent on the generosity of Sony Singapore.)
We can acknowledge ALL donors and update everyone on the amount raise through our website.
At the end of the day, we, as a fan club would have accomplished a wonderful deed – we would have raised funds for a worthy charity cause, spreading love and compassion, bringing joy and happiness to others.
But Which Charity?
I propose that we adopt a Singapore-based charity that promotes music and the arts amongst children of all socio-economic groups. The promotion of music and the arts is something very dear and personal to Adam. He has time and again mentioned how his stint in the Children’s Theatre Network (now known as the Metropolitan Educational Theatre, or MET2) in his hometown of San Diego when he was just 8-years-old not only helped him hone his voice and talent, but made him feel accepted during his difficult teen years.
The Business Times Budding Artists Fund (BT BAF)
I like to propose that The Business Times Budding Artists Fund (BT BAF) be the Singapore Glamberts adopted charity for 2010 in honour of Adam Lambert and his Glamnation International Tour.
The BT BAF aims to enable children between the ages of five to 12 years distanced by socio-economic circumstances to pursue their aspirations to develop artistic talents in music, dance, theatre, visual arts and theatre production.
The Fund originated from a strong conviction that no child with strong interest and artistic potential should be deprived of the opportunity to develop his or her talents because he or she is economically disadvantaged.
BT BAF set up The Little Arts Academy (LAA) in November 2008 out of a need to provide more systematic arts training and a dedicated creative learning space for the BT BAF beneficiaries. With its varied facilities that include a dance studio, practice rooms, a recording studio as well as a kitchen for culinary classes, the LAA offers a broad-based curriculum that aims to give children a holistic education which has its foundation in the arts. Offering professional training in dance, drama, new media, visual arts, music and singing, the LAA provides opportunities for all children who have strong interest and artistic potential to receive interdisciplinary training in the arts.
The Little Arts Academy
I Need YOUR Support!
This will be one of the biggest and most high profile projects that Singapore Glamberts will be embarking – I need YOUR support in this!
Do you think this is a good idea?
Would you support this initiative and donate?
Would you help by spreading the word and get this charity drive out there?
Please post a comment below and tell me what you think of this proposal! Your opinion and support is very important to me.
Adam Lambert Once Again Confirmed Tour Going International & Coming to Asia!
Jul 21st
For those of us losing confidence and hope that Adam Lambert will be coming to Singapore – don’t! Adam has once again confirmed that the Glamnation Tour is going international and is coming to Asia. In this latest radio interview with MIX 100 Denver, Adam mentioned that his Tour will go on till end of December and he will be taking it international. He will be taking his tour to ASIA, Australia, Europe and United Kingdom! Concert dates are now being solidified!
Adam mentions about taking his Glamnation Tour international in Part One of the interview (at 3.35min mark). Enjoy both parts of the interview below!
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Credits: Thanks KISSandTELL for the videos
Free Adam Lambert Poster for Singapore Glamberts
Jul 14th
Adam Lambert Poster
This is an extraction from my previous blog post – Singapore Glamberts who would like to have this Adam Lambert poster (above) can come down this Sunday, 18 July 2010 to meet me and collect one (1) poster. As I have limited number of posters (less than 30 posters), this will be on a first come first serve basis. And please, one (1) poster per person, thank you.
The poster is around 18″ x 24″ and is a photo of Adam taken during American Idol last year. These posters are complimentary from Sony Music Singapore. Do give them a tweet of thanks when you get a copy of the poster (@sonymusicSG).
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Details of Collection
- Date: Sunday, 18 July 2010
- Time: 4pm
- Venue: Coffeebean@Junction 8 Bishan (the one at Level 2, in front of Watson’s)
See you all this Sunday!
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FINAL Collection of Adam Lambert Magazines for Singapore Glamberts! ~ Thank You!
Jul 13th
Magazines
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UPDATE: 19 July 2010
Thank you for making the effort to come down and collect your magazines yesterday! I really appreciate your understanding. I am also glad that you love your free Adam Lambert poster.
For those who did not make it down to collect their magazines – I am really sorry. As mentioned, I have put the leftover magazines up for sale in the CLASSIFIEDS section of the Singapore Glamberts Forum.
Those who are interested in getting a copy of IN ROCK (Jap), Rolling Stone (Jap) and FLAUNT magazines, please visit the CLASSIFIEDS section of the Singapore Glamberts Forum for more details.
Thank you.
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Ok this blog entry is specifically for all Singapore Glamberts that had participated in my group ordering of magazines in the past year – those who had ordered and paid for the FLAUNT magazine, the Rolling Stones Japan magazine and the IN ROCK Japan magazine.
I am having a FINAL collection session this Sunday, 18 July 2010 and would appreciate it if you would turn up and collect your magazine/s. I had conducted numerous collection sessions prior to this and unfortunately, many of you either simply did not turn up (although you had RSVP) or you simply chose not to make the effort to come down and collect your magazine/s. I had lugged all these magazines around (the FLAUNT mag weighs an astonishing 1kg each) too many times. And so, this would be the LAST time.
What does this mean?
This mean… after Sunday, 18 July 2010, ALL unclaimed magazines will be resold by me to other Glamberts who want them and the funds generated will go to the upkeep and maintenance of the Singapore Glamberts website. No claims and requests after this date will be entertained!
Furthermore, due to the constant bad experiences I have had with the collection of magazines – I will NOT be conducting any large scale group order of magazines in the near future. Unless I have more support from other Glamberts, I cannot keep this up. Please do understand – I am alone in this: I take the orders, collect payment, place order, arrange shipping, collect the magazines, arrange for distribution/collection etc. It has all become too much work for one person, especially when fellow Glamberts don’t seem to appreciate the trouble I go through to get the magazines. AND please… asking me to MAIL you the magazine is MORE and not any lesser trouble to me – but off course, it means minimum inconvenience to YOU! Mailing it to you means I have to go to the Post Office, buy the bubble envelope, pack the magazine in, weigh the item, buy the postage and mail it to you. So please understand why I will not mail the magazine to you, especially if all you have to do is make an arrangement for you or someone to come by to collect the magazine – but you choose not to.
If I am making a handsome profit from all these group orders, then I guess my efforts are worth it. BUT I DON’T! I don’t make ANY profit at all. And all the trouble I go through is for the benefit of fellow fans. But when fellow fans don’t appreciate or abuse the services that I provide… well… then I guess I just have to stop providing these services.
Sorry for the rant
I am really sorry for going on about this here. I really do not want to create an environment of unpleasantness within the Singapore Glamberts.
As such, I just ask for your understanding.
So, please collect your magazines this Sunday and for those who arrive on time, a very nice Adam Lambert present for you courtesy of Sony Singapore. Sony Singapore is very generous and gave the Singapore Glamberts this poster of Adam Lambert (see below) for distribution amongst our members. Quantities are limited so distribution is on a first come first serve basis. Singapore Glamberts who do not have any magazines to collect but would like a copy of this poster are also welcomed to come down to meet me and collect this poster.
Details of FINAL Collection
- Date: Sunday, 18 July 2010
- Time: 4pm (SHARP)
- Venue: Coffeebean@Junction 8 Bishan (the one at Level 2, in front of Watson’s)
- Please RSVP in our FORUM (click on the magazine/s below)
Adam Lambert Poster
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Note: The collection of UK Edition of “For Your Entertainment” CD is also at the same date, venue and time. If you have ordered and paid for this, please RSVP here and come down and collect your CD. Thanks.
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Adam Lambert’s “Whataya Want From Me” played at World Cup Finale!
Jul 12th
Fifa World Cup South Africa 2010
Its the morning after the World Cup and SPAIN won for the first time! But what really excited me last night was the fact that Adam Lambert’s Whataya Want From Me was played in the stadium as the Spain squad was doing their victory lap on the field! It was played loudly and could be clearly heard from everyone’s television!
The whole world was listening to it (except maybe USA).
My only question: Who was the song played for? Netherlands? (The camera did pan to downcast Holland fans when the song started to be clearly heard.) They have been to the World Cup finals 3 times but lost all 3 chances to be World Cup winners! Perhaps the DJ who played the song was sympathizing with Holland and was telling its supporters to “Just don’t give up I’m workin it out/Please don’t give in, I won’t let you down“. 
Whataya Want From Me could be clearly heard at 2.16min
Credits: Thanks Adamholic for the Youtube link.
When is Adam Lambert & the Glamnation Tour Coming to Singapore?
Jul 9th
(This post will be pinned to the TOP of the Singapore Glamberts News and will be updated once there is new development of Adam Lambert’s Glamnation Tour in Asia.)
Update 21 July:
GREAT NEWS! In his latest radio interview with Mix 100 Denver, Adam Lambert once again confirmed that his Glamnation Tour will go international and will go on till the end of December 2010. Adam mentioned that he will be bringing his tour to ASIA, Australia, Europe and United Kingdom! Concert dates are now being solidified! (To listen to the radio interview, click on HERE.)
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Update 20 July:
Adam Lambert has just added two Hawaii dates for his Glamnation Tour! Interestingly, the dates for his concert in Honolulu are 25th and 26th October 2010. He would be in Asia from end of September (where he said he would be in Singapore) to at least 10th October where he has a concert in Manila, Philippines; so will he then head to Australia, New Zealand and/or United Kingdom? Will there be time for Adam to visit all these countries and then head to Hawaii for his concerts there? What do you think? Feel free to comment below!
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Adam Lambert said he is coming to Singapore at the end of September to kickoff the international leg of his Glamnation Tour.
Extracted from previous Blog Post:
Adam was asked about his Glamnation Tour and he divulged: “The Glamnation Tour… in September we ship on East… we go to Singapore and we start touring internationally, so we are very excited.” (Watch the interview HERE and listen to Adam mentioning his Singapore plans with your own ears!)
(you can read the full Blog Post HERE )
BUT so far we have heard NO dates for his Singapore concert! While dates for his Japan, Philippines and now, Hong Kong (not verified at point of writing), concerts have all been released!
What is going on?
Local fans and fans from neighbouring countries are all at tenterhooks waiting for the news – we need the date/s as soon as possible! Travel arrangements need to be planned, leave applications need to be submitted etc.
We are all excited for Adam to come back to Singapore to perform a FULL ‘LIVE’ CONCERT – moreover, he promised (during his special showcase in March) he would come back to Singapore!
More after the jump…
My Trek to Adam Lambert, Glam Nation Tour & New York! Part 2
Jul 5th
The Glamnation Tour - 23Jun - Queuing Up for the Concert
After the thrilling night of watching Adam Lambert perform ‘live’ in Nokia Theatre Times Square in New York City, Bing and I (Sam opted to skip tonight’s concert for the Mary Poppins Musical) decided we just had to get in line earlier to get a better position to enjoy the concert. We were aiming for the railings on the second level of the theatre… not daring to try to go to the front of the hall. So, we started queuing at 3.30pm and were situated at a nice spot in the line. (See video below.)
Making friends with fans around us, it made the time go by so much faster! A quick pavement-side dinner of a typical slice of New York Pizza and a trip to a nearby restroom and we were all aglitter and ready to PARTY!
Glam Nation Tour – 23rd June in Nokia Theatre, Times Square, New York
Today, Nokia Theatre decided to let us in early. The line started to move in spurts and bursts by 6pm and we were in the Theatre by 7pm. Rushing in, we aimed for the railings. Unfortunately, the railings were all taken by the time Bing and I rush into the hall. Making a quick scan of the room and decision, we decided we want to be as close to Adam as possible tonight – so we headed to the extreme right-side raised platform. The platform took us right to the extreme right of the stage and it was empty. Bing and I positioned ourselves on the railings and anxiously waited for the concert to begin. Our position allowed us to be right in front of the stage and be where everything was happening. However, we would have to sacrifice anything that was happening in the middle and back of the stage. We decided that since we had experienced the concert in its entirety last night, we could do without some of Adam’s images but we couldn’t do without feeling Adam!
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More after the jump…
My Trek to Adam Lambert, Glam Nation Tour & New York! Part 1
Jun 29th
Adam Lambert & The GlamNation Tour
After one very hot week in Orlando, Florida, my sister, Samantha and I, headed to New York last week – where Adam Lambert and Glam Nation awaited! As I counted down to 22nd and 23rd June, I went about being a tourist in New York!
One major highlight before my Glam Nation experience was being in the same audience as Keanu Reeves when I attended the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre for an improv performance on my very first day in New York! I acted cool and didn’t geek out – just like all the other New Yorkers around me.
New York was simply wonderful to walk around! I really love the beautiful and historical architectural surrounding me always! Central Park was a wonderful green refuge while Times Square just screamed LIFE day and night!
But perhaps I was enjoying myself too much… because when my first Glam Nation concert came around… I was soooo tuckered out that it was one bad experience after another up until the concert itself!
Glam Nation Tour – 22nd June in Nokia Theatre, Times Square, New York
In a Funk
The night before my first Glam Nation concert and the air-conditioning in my hotel room had to go bust. Between me freaking out to the hotel manager, the technician, the new room, moving to a new room, I found myself sleeping only at around 3am!
Keeping a prior appointment to meet fellow Singapore Glambert, Bing, (or HP to those who attended the special Adam showcase, she was the one of five lucky Glamberts to go on stage and get to hug Adam – and she was the one who flashed the ‘V’ sign even as she was hugging him) who was also in New York to catch Adam in action, we ended up in the Natural History Museum of New York till 4pm. A trip to Central Park next door so that Bing could score a free Yoga goody bag (its a long story) and we saw ourselves putting on our glitter in the Park itself! I brought my Gold, Silver and Metallic Blue glitter and we put it all on!
Between the subway trip to Times Square and getting lost trying to find Nokia Theatre, we didn’t make it to the Theatre till almost 7pm! A quick hello to another fellow Singapore Glambert, Jacqui, in the front of the queue (she started queuing the night before at 10pm), and we ran 4 blocks down to the very end of the queue. We just kept going and going… trying to reach the end of the line. BUT every fan was out in force and came real early! We were regulated to the last quarter of the queue! We were a little bit discouraged by then – would we be able to get a good place in the theatre to enjoy the concert? (To understand how long the queue was and how early devoted fans came to queue up, have a read on what Jim Cantiello of MTV Top News reported HERE.)
As for me, while I was getting excited, I was also in a funk! I was tired, upset that we arrived to the Nokia Theatre so late, being way back in the queue, hated what I was wearing etc. It was tough to get out of this funk and to soak in the whole experience at first.
Glamberts RULE!
BUT the fun, funky atmosphere pervading throughout the queue started to get to me! As I got surrounded by fellow Adam fans, their infectious excitement cut through my foggy head and heavy heart, and I finally realise that I AM HERE – I AM IN NEW YORK ABOUT TO CATCH ADAM LAMBERT IN CONCERT!
It was a revelation that needed to be revealed to me, to make me realise that I NEED TO BE PRESENT for this!
(Plus we were relieved when the queue continued way behind us – we were NOT that late after all! Lots of fans came after us! 
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Into the Theatre
The queue started moving… the line snaked forward… we were being let into the Theatre around 7.30pm. A quick bag check and we were IN! Down the escalators… now where? Quickly, quickly we needed to get good positions! A turn here, a turn there and we are in the Theatre! We found ourselves in the third row from the 2nd Mezzanine railing… we decided this would be the best perches for us (see pic of us below). Sam decided she needed to sit and proceeded to find choice seating from the seats in the back of the Nokia Theatre.
Bing & Me in the Nokia Theatre for The Glamnation Tour 22 June
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More after the jump…
BELATED IMPORTANT ADAM LAMBERT NEWS for SINGAPORE GLAMBERTS!
Jun 29th
Adam Lambert is bringing his Glamnation Tour to SINGAPORE!
In case you haven’t heard – Adam Lambert is bringing his Glamnation Tour to SINGAPORE! Just as we have speculated, Adam is indeed bringing his tour to our sunny island in the tropics!
Where did we hear this news?
From the Glam God’s mouth himself during his interview on MuchMusic.com! Adam was asked about his Glamnation Tour and he divulged: “The Glamnation Tour… in September we ship on East.. we go to Singapore and we start touring internationally, so we are very excited.” (Watch the interview HERE and listen to Adam mentioning his Singapore plans with your own ears!)
So when in September would Adam be in Singapore?
While I will strive to find out more details on Adam’s concert in Singapore (so do keep checking back on our Blog and Twitter), we can safely speculate that his concert will happen sometime in Singapore only AFTER 21 September 2010. Adam’s last concert in USA will be on the 21 September 2010 in Puyallup, Washington. Safe to say, Adam would take a few days off before jetting to sunny Singapore for one (or dare we hope, two,) concerts! I would suggest fans to start making your plans and keep 25 – 30 September FREE – free to wait for him at the airport when he arrives, free to wait for him at his hotel, free to wait for him at MediaCorp Studios, free to start lining up a day earlier for his concert!
So start saving your money for tickets to his concert (they are worth EVERY CENT) and also TOUR MERCHANDISE! There’s T-shirts, fingerless gloves, key chains, dog tags and more. (Read my Blog posting on my trip to Adam’s Glamnation Tour in New York City for more details on what you can buy at the concert!)
Picture: This picture, along with a series of other pictures, was flashed on stage just before Adam appeared and started his concert.