Paul saw Sting here. The Seol Olympic Stadium was built for the 1988 summer olympics and the 10th Asian Games. It is now the centre piece of Jamsil Sports Complex in the Songpa-gu district, south east of the city south of the Han river.
Did I mention Paul, a boss from Dad's work saw Sting here?! Anyway, apparently, the lines of the stadium's profile imitate the elegant curves of a Korean Joseon Dynasty porcelain vase. Now it is the home of Seoul United FC in the Challengers League.
Let me see who's played here? Besides Sting, back in February, when Paul saw him, Elton John, Bon Jovi, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, someone with a z in his name, you name it, . . . .
Listed in it's facilities as a sports complex is a ping-pong table. Just the one.
Phoenix Entertainment produced Grease in Korean after bringing the original show here and receiving overwhelming crowd response.
How restrained is the audience here in Seoul? I noticed the clapping is short lived so you have to be on your marks for that so you don't end up being the noisy loner. On the website I saw a photo of a pretty girl cast member singing to a soldier and the rest of the army where hands up to faces and looking as if they were giggling!
The songs were the same they just started with the English title and then carried on in Korean, which sounds so fast that the show should have finished at half time ! The costumes were not of the time, with leggings and modern sneakers unless Korea was ahead of it's time back then !
The names where the same and you could get the gist of the happy and sad parts. Frenchy was really good with lots of cute actions and there was one who I diddn't catch the name of but she would go from a high sing songy Asian voice to a Yorkshire pitman's grow ! Really funny!
I was rocking in my seat but in a restrained fashion because no one else seemed to be moving and then all of a sudden the audience went wild at the end with two extra songs thrown in for good measure !
With a first go on the underground and a lovely walk home in the hot steamy atmosphere, after the early evening downpour, it was a good night out.
Sorry pictures are not co-operating this morning.
Mum/Mil/Hil
I know cos I was there, an early evening downpour is a bit of an understatement, it chucked it down
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