MARS CONCERT 2015
- Time: July 31st - August 2nd
- Location: Shanghai Gymnasium
- Guest: Lang Lang (one of the best classical pianists), Zuo Li (Hua’s best friend who he met on his debut show “Superboy 2013”)
1. Achievements
On June 16, 2015, Hua Chenyu recorded a press conference for the Mars Concert 2015 on a cruise ship near the Bund in Shanghai. This was the first time that the world’s largest outdoor LED facade lighting along the Huangpu River had been lit up to promote a personal concert.
The first singer in mainland China to hold personal concerts for three consecutive days in a venue that can accommodate more than 10,000 people.
The ticket sales once again broke the sales record, selling out in 35 seconds. The ticketing website had more than 160,000 people online at the same time.
Free online live streaming had 264 million online views, broking the live broadcast record.
2. Anecdote
In 2014, Chinese pianist Lang Lang attended the concert as a guest and sang “Glimmer”. He also performed three other songs with Hua.
On the first day, during the song-requesting session, a girl named “Tan Siyu” was random chosen and received a song that Hua improvised.
In this improvised song, one of the lyrics is “Your long hair is beautiful, can I treat you to a casual dinner when you have time”, causing jealous fans to shout “divorce”.
The next day, Hua Chenyu used another improvised song to apologize to all fans, causing all the audience to shout “remarry” on the spot.
On the third day, Hua improvised a song based on the melody “61427” randomly provided by a 15-year-old male audience designated by fans.
Two toilet-bowl-shaped chairs were placed on the stage for Hua Chenyu and Zuo Li to perform unplugged songs. Then Hua took out popsicles and Yang’s Fried Dumplings from the “toilet bowl”!
The “toilet bowl” was actually a refrigerator.
3. Videos
Shanghai Official Unedited Full Version
Promotion Video “Ice and Fire”
Promotion Video “Light and Shadow”
4. SetLists
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 |
|---|---|---|
| I Don’t Care | Why Nobody Fights | Bomb Squad |
| Bomb Squad | I Don’t Care | I Don’t Care |
| The Mask | Bomb Squad | The Mask |
| Immortal | Immortal | Immortal |
| Quasimodo’s Gift | Quasimodo’s Gift | Quasimodo’s Gift |
| Mayfly | Mayfly | Mayfly |
| We are all Lonely | We are all Lonely | We are all Lonely |
| Ashes from Fireworks | Cancer | Cancer |
| Escape from Utopia | Salt of the Earth | Salt of the Earth |
| Unnatural Selection | Say Something | Escape from Utopia |
It’s My Ocean Original Singer: Sodagreen |
Glimmerwith Lang Lang |
Unnatural Selection |
| Let You Go | Danzas Cubanas by Lang Lang |
River Original Singer: Tom Chang |
| Aliens | The Phantom Lover Original Singer: Leslie Cheung with Lang Lang |
Aliens |
Tan Siyu (To a random selected fan) Improvisation |
Let You Go | 61427 (To a random selected fan) Improvisation |
Feeling good with Zuo Li |
Aliens | The World is a Zoo with Zuo Li |
Bedside Story with Zuo Li |
Mary Had a Little Lamb | Ashes from FireworksUnplugged with Zuo Li |
Miss Dong Original Singer: Song Dongye with Zuo Li |
Apology to fans Improvisation |
Creep with Zuo Li |
08042Improvisation |
The World is a Zoo with Zuo Li |
To my Future Child with Zuo Li |
The World is a Zoo with Zuo Li |
Ashes from FireworksUnplugged with Zuo Li |
Dream Island with Zuo Li |
Dream Island with Zuo Li |
Bedside Story with Zuo Li |
The Deep Feeling in Autumn Original Singer: Jacky Cheung |
The Deep Feeling in Autumn Original Singer: Jacky Cheung |
To my Future Child with Zuo Li |
The brightest star in night sky Original Singer: Escape Plan |
River Original Singer: Tom Chang |
Dream Island with Zuo Li |
Traveling |
| Traveling | The Deep Feeling in Autumn Original Singer: Jacky Cheung |
King and Beggar |
| Antonym | The brightest star in night sky Original Singer: Escape Plan |
Glimmer |
| Glimmer | Traveling | Why Nobody Fights |
| Why Nobody Fights | Antonym | Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies Original Singer: Beyond |
| King and Beggar | Fake Monk Original Singer: Cui Jian |
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| Happy Birthday | Dear Child Original Singer: Julie Su |
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| Hey Jude | I am What I am Original Singer: Leslie Cheung |
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