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Siti held a concert recently at Royal Albert Hall to a "near capacity"

crowd of 2,500. Impressive claim, but according to wikipedia, the RAH

can hold more people than that - 8000 to be exact. Oh well, I suppose

it's not really a false statement if you close off 2/3 of the arena.

 

What is it with Malaysians and the RAH anyway? In the late 80s, we

made such a big deal when Sudirman performed there during the Salem

Music Festival. In stark comparison, the London papers didn't even

mention the event. the fact that it was sponsored by a ciggie company

and featured only Asian singers probably had something to do with it.

 

In the UK, the RAH is old hat. It's too small for mainstream pop /

rock stars and too stodgy for indie acts. Where classical

entertainment is concerned, there are better and newer purpose-built

arenas for opera, ballet and classical music.

 

So who does the RAH serve nowadays? Asians who still think that's it's

the greatest and classiest venue in the world. Anyway, I shouldn't

take anything away from Siti's show that night, which by all accounts

was marvellous. The nearly all-Malaysian crowd loved every second of

it, it was reported.

 

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