Comeback Tour (2010-2012)
Her return was clearly marked in February 2010, when she performed at the CCTV New Year's Gala watched by over 700 million people, covering Li Jian's ballad "Legend". Later in July 2010, she first announced a series of comeback concerts starting from 29 October 2010 onwards, namely 5 in Beijing and another 5 in Shanghai. To satisfy huge overseas market demand, she declared to have more concerts in other cities of Mainland China, Taipei in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and also Singapore.
Despite her lengthy absence, interest was overwhelming: in Mainland China tickets worth nearly 200 million yuan (US$29 million) were taken up in just 10 days while in Taiwan the computerized ticketing system crashed due to excessive traffic, and 90 percent of the tickets were sold within two hours after it was restored. The story repeated itself in Hong Kong, with 93% of the tickets gone in one morning and 2 ticketing phone lines added to the 3 existing one, in order to catch up with the huge demand.
The theme of this concert tour is Four Seasons and Reborn. It was held across many cities throughout the years from October 2010 to June 2012. The details are as below:
Year | No. | City | Date | No. | Cumulative No. |
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2010 | 1 | Beijing | October 29, 30, 31; November 5, 6 | 5 | 5 |
2 | Shanghai | November 19, 20, 26, 27, 28 | 5 | 10 | |
2011 | 3 | Taipei | January 21, 22, 23 | 3 | 13 |
4 | Hong Kong | March 4, 5, 6, 10, 11 | 5 | 18 | |
5 | Guangzhou | May 13, 14 | 2 | 20 | |
6 | Nanjing | May 27, 28 | 2 | 22 | |
7 | Changsha | July 2, 3 | 2 | 24 | |
8 | Wuhan | August 26, 27 | 2 | 26 | |
9 | Singapore | October 29 | 1 | 27 | |
10 | Kuala Lumpur | November 6 | 1 | 28 | |
11 | Harbin | November 26, 27 | 2 | 30 | |
12 | Chengdu | December 9, 10 | 2 | 32 | |
13 | Xi'an | December 23, 24 | 2 | 34 | |
2012 | 14 | Chongqing | February 18, 19 | 2 | 36 |
15 | Kunming | March 31, April 1 | 2 | 38 | |
16 | Xiamen | April 20, 21 | 2 | 40 | |
17 | Dalian | May 12, 13 | 2 | 42 | |
18 | Hefei | May 23, 24 | 2 | 44 | |
19 | Zhengzhou | June 8, 9 | 2 | 46 |
- Faye performed 23 songs for all the concerts except Hong Kong and Zhengzhou, where she performed 24 tracks.
- 59 tracks from her own recordings had been performed throughout the tour. Those songs in bold are fixed and performed by Faye for all the concerts held under Comeback Tour 2010-2012.
Year | Album | Selected songs (Original title in brackets) |
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1989 | Shirley Wong | NIL |
1990 | Everything | NIL |
You're the Only One | NIL | |
1992 | Coming Home | NIL |
1993 | No Regrets | NIL |
100,000 Whys | Cold War (冷戰) | |
1994 | Mystery | I'm Willing (我願意), I Only Want To Keep A Promise To You (只願為你守著約) |
Random Thoughts | Dream Lover (夢中人)(Cantonese version of "Escape"), Sleepwalk (夢遊) | |
Sky | Sky (天空), Chesspiece (棋子), Angel (天使), Devotion (眷戀), Reservedness (矜持), Escape (掙脫) | |
Ingratiate Oneself | NIL | |
1995 | Decadent Sound of Faye | Lotus in the Snow (雪中蓮), You Are in My Heart (你在我心中), Wishing We Last Forever (但願人長久), His Heart, My Heart (君心我心), If I Were to be Real (假如我是真的), Sighting Of Chimney Smoke (又見炊煙), Coldness of the Green Lake (翠湖寒) |
Di-Dar | Vacation (假期), Ambiguous (曖昧), Meteor (流星) | |
1996 | Restless | Impermanent (無常), Where (哪兒), Decadence (墮落) |
1997 | Toy (EP) | Promise (約定), Undercurrent (暗湧) |
Help Yourself (EP) | Guardian Angel (守護天使) | |
Faye Wong (1997) | Anaesthesia (麻醉), Bored (悶), Mortal World (人間) | |
1998 | Scenic Tour | Face (臉), A Little Wit (小聰明), Red Bean (紅豆), Repayment (償還)(Cantonese version of "Red Bean") |
1999 | Only Love Strangers | The Last Blossom (開到荼蘼), Hypnotize (催眠), The Moon at that Moment (當時的月亮), Only Love Strangers (只愛陌生人), Let Bygones be Bygones (過眼雲煙), Century of Loneliness (百年孤寂) |
2000 | Fable | New Tenant (新房客), Chanel (香奈兒), Flower of Paradise (彼岸花), Goodbye Fireflies (再見螢火蟲), Book of Laughter and Forgetting (笑忘書), A Love Letter to Myself (給自己的情書)(Cantonese version of "Book of Laughter and Forgetting"") |
2001 | Faye Wong (2001) | Wings of Light (光之翼), The Queen's New Costume (女皇的新衣), Colour Blindness (色盲), Fleeting Time (流年) |
2003 | To Love | To Love (將愛), Sunshine Baby (陽寶), Passenger (乘客), MV, A Beautiful Mistake (美錯) |
Others | 2002 (Theme Song of Movie) | I Love You (我愛你) |
2009 (Single) | Heart Sutra (心经) | |
2010 (Single) | Legend (傳奇) | |
2012 (Single) | Wish (願) |
- Besides, she also covered the following songs which were spread across different shows:
Song Title | Original artist | No. of times being performed |
---|---|---|
Rilkean Heart | Cocteau Twins | 22 out of 46 |
A Perfect Indian | Sinead O'Connor | 18 out of 46 |
My Valentine | Paul McCartney | 4 out of 46 |
Single Room and Double Bed (Mandarin song: 单人房双人床) | Karen Mok | 1 ouf of 46 |
Moonlight of the City (Mandarin song: 城里的月光) | Mavis Hee | 11 out of 46 |
Dai Hoi Ngan Kai (Cantonese song: 大開眼戒) | Eason Chan | 4 out of 46 |
- The intro music of this concert tour was partly extracted from a song called "Vainly Like Dreams (浮华若梦)", which is performed by Kubert Leung, who is also the music director of the tour.
- The music of the interludes were re-composed and partly extracted from a few Faye's songs, namely "Heart Sutra (心经)", "Dream Lover (梦中人)", "The Cambrian Age (寒武纪)" and "Flower of Paradise (彼岸花)".
- The song "Heart Sutra" was not performed live by Faye but rather played as the background music to end the concert. However, this was not done for the first 5 concerts held in Beijing. In fact it was only started since the Shanghai concert, with the original intention of giving condolences to the casualties in the fire accident on 15 November 2010. But, there was an exception to this for the last two concerts held in Zhengzhou, where Faye performed "Heart Sutra" live after the usual ending song "Flower of Paradise".
- The table below only lists down the songs performed live by Faye for all the 46 concerts, excluding the interlude music and songs mentioned previously. The symbol * serves as the key to note the first appearance of the said song in this concert tour.
City | Date | Winter | Spring | Summer | Autumn | Reborn |
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Beijing | 29 Oct 2010 | * I Only Want To Keep A Promise To You /* Red Bean/* Passenger/* Sighting Of Chimney Smoke | * Escape/* Angel/* Rilkean Heart/* Reservedness/* I’m Willing/* Legend | * To Love/* The Last Blossom/* Bored/* Goodbye Fireflies/* Hypnotize | * Sky/* Wishing We Last Forever/* The Moon at that Moment/* I Love You/* Mortal World | * New Tenant/* Chanel/* Flower of Paradise |
30 Oct, 5 Nov 2010 | * Lotus in the Snow/Red Bean/Passenger/Sighting Of Chimney Smoke | Escape/Angel/Rilkean Heart/Reservedness/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/Bored/Goodbye Fireflies/Hypnotize | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/The Moon at that Moment/I Love You/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise | |
31 Oct, 6 Nov 2010 | I Only Want To Keep A Promise To You /Red Bean/Passenger/* You Are in My Heart | Escape/Angel/Rilkean Heart/Reservedness/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/Bored/* Where/Hypnotize | Sky/* If I Were to be Real/The Moon at that Moment/* Impermanent/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise | |
Shanghai | 19, 20, 27, 28 Nov 2010 | Lotus in the Snow/Red Bean/Passenger/Sighting Of Chimney Smoke | Escape/Angel/Rilkean Heart/Reservedness/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/Bored/Goodbye Fireflies/Hypnotize | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/The Moon at that Moment/I Love You/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise |
26 Nov 2010 | I Only Want To Keep A Promise To You /Red Bean/Passenger/You Are in My Heart | Escape/Angel/Rilkean Heart/Reservedness/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/Bored/Where/Hypnotize | Sky/If I Were to be Real/The Moon at that Moment/Impermanent/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise | |
Taipei | 21, 22 Jan 2011 | Lotus in the Snow/Red Bean/Passenger/Sighting Of Chimney Smoke | Escape/Angel/* Only Love Strangers/Rilkean Heart/* Devotion/I’m Willing | To Love/The Last Blossom/* A Little Wit /* Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/The Moon at that Moment/* Chesspiece/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise |
23 Jan 2011 | Lotus in the Snow/Red Bean/Passenger/* Sunshine Baby | Escape/Angel/Only Love Strangers/Rilkean Heart/Devotion/I’m Willing | To Love/The Last Blossom/A Little Wit /Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/If I Were to be Real/The Moon at that Moment/I Love You/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise | |
Hong Kong | 4, 5 Mar 2011 | * Promise/* Repayment/Passenger/* Undercurrent | * Dream Lover/* Sleepwalk/* The Queen’s New Costume/Rilkean Heart/* Ambiguous/I’m Willing | To Love/The Last Blossom/* Dai Hoi Ngan Kai/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/* A Love Letter to Myself/* MV/* Cold War/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise |
6 Mar 2011 | Promise/Repayment/Passenger/Undercurrent | Dream Lover/Sleepwalk/* GuardianAngel/Rilkean Heart/Ambiguous/I’m Willing | To Love/The Last Blossom/Dai Hoi Ngan Kai/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/If I Were to be Real/A Love Letter to Myself/MV/Cold War/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise | |
10 Mar 2011 | Promise/Repayment/Passenger/* Colour Blindness | Dream Lover/Sleepwalk/GuardianAngel/Rilkean Heart/Ambiguous/I’m Willing | To Love/The Last Blossom/Dai Hoi Ngan Kai/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/A Love Letter to Myself/MV/Cold War/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise | |
11 Mar 2011 | Promise/Repayment/Passenger/Undercurrent | Dream Lover/Sleepwalk/GuardianAngel/Rilkean Heart/Ambiguous/I’m Willing | To Love/The Last Blossom/* Vacation/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/If I Were to be Real/A Love Letter to Myself/MV/Cold War/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise | |
Guangzhou | 13 May 2011 | Promise/Red Bean/Passenger/Sunshine Baby | Dream Lover/Sleepwalk/Rilkean Heart/Devotion/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/A Little Wit /Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/* Book of Laughter and Forgetting /Cold War/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise |
14 May 2011 | Promise/Red Bean/Passenger/Sighting Of Chimney Smoke | Dream Lover/Sleepwalk/Rilkean Heart/Devotion/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/A Little Wit /Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/Book of Laughter and Forgetting /Cold War/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise | |
Nanjing | 27 May 2011 | Lotus in the Snow/Red Bean/Passenger/Sighting Of Chimney Smoke | Escape/Angel/Only Love Strangers/Rilkean Heart/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/A Little Wit /Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/The Moon at that Moment/Book of Laughter and Forgetting /Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise |
28 May 2011 | Lotus in the Snow/Red Bean/Passenger/Sighting Of Chimney Smoke | Escape/Angel/Only Love Strangers/Rilkean Heart/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/A Little Wit /Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/The Moon at that Moment/I Love You/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise | |
Changsha | 2, 3 Jul 2011 | Lotus in the Snow/Red Bean/Passenger/* His Heart, My Heart | Escape/Angel/* Decadence/* A Perfect Indian/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/* Face/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/The Moon at that Moment/* Let Bygones be Bygones/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise |
Wuhan | 26, 27 Aug 2011 | Lotus in the Snow/Red Bean/Passenger/His Heart, My Heart | Escape/Angel/Decadence/A Perfect Indian/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/Face/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/The Moon at that Moment/Let Bygones be Bygones/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise |
Singapore | 29 Oct 2011 | Promise/Red Bean/Passenger/You Are in My Heart | Dream Lover/Angel/A Love Letter to Myself/* Single Room and Double Bed/A Perfect Indian/I’m Willing | To Love/The Last Blossom/Face/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/Cold War/Let Bygones be Bygones/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise |
Kuala Lumpur | 6 Nov 2011 | Promise/Red Bean/Passenger/Undercurrent | Dream Lover/Sleepwalk/A Love Letter to Myself/Ambiguous/A Perfect Indian/I’m Willing | To Love/The Last Blossom/Face/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/Cold War/Let Bygones be Bygones/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise |
Harbin | 26 Nov 2011 | Lotus in the Snow/Red Bean/Passenger/You Are in My Heart | Escape/Angel/Decadence/A Perfect Indian/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/Face/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/Book of Laughter and Forgetting /Let Bygones be Bygones/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise |
27 Nov 2011 | Lotus in the Snow/Red Bean/Passenger/You Are in My Heart | Escape/Angel/Book of Laughter and Forgetting /A Perfect Indian/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/Face/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/The Moon at that Moment/Let Bygones be Bygones/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise | |
Chengdu | 9, 10 Dec 2011 | Lotus in the Snow/Red Bean/Passenger/You Are in My Heart | Escape/Angel/* A Beautiful Mistake/A Perfect Indian/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/* Anaesthesia/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/The Moon at that Moment/Let Bygones be Bygones/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise |
Xi’an | 23, 24 Dec 2011 | Lotus in the Snow/Red Bean/Passenger/You Are in My Heart | Escape/Angel/A Beautiful Mistake/A Perfect Indian/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/Anaesthesia/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/The Moon at that Moment/Let Bygones be Bygones/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise |
Chongqing | 18 Feb 2012 | Lotus in the Snow/Red Bean/Passenger/You Are in My Heart | Escape/Angel/* Wish/A Perfect Indian/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/Anaesthesia/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/* Meteor/* Moonlight of the City/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise |
19 Feb 2012 | Lotus in the Snow/Red Bean/Passenger/You Are in My Heart | Escape/Angel/Wish/A Perfect Indian/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/Meteor/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/Anaesthesia/Moonlight of the City/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise | |
Kunming | 31 Mar, 1 Apr 2012 | * Coldness of the Green Lake/Red Bean/Passenger/You Are in My Heart | Escape/Angel/Wish/A Perfect Indian/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/Meteor/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/Anaesthesia/Moonlight of the City/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise |
Xiamen | 20, 21 Apr 2012 | Coldness of the Green Lake/Red Bean/Passenger/Sighting Of Chimney Smoke | Escape/Angel/Wish/A Perfect Indian/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/Meteor/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/Anaesthesia/Moonlight of the City/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise |
Dalian | 12, 13 May 2012 | Coldness of the Green Lake/Red Bean/Passenger/Sighting Of Chimney Smoke | Escape/Angel/Wish/* My Valentine/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/Meteor/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/Anaesthesia/Moonlight of the City/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise |
Hefei | 23, 24 May 2012 | Coldness of the Green Lake/Red Bean/Passenger/Sighting Of Chimney Smoke | Escape/Angel/Wish/My Valentine/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/* Century of Loneliness/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/* Fleeting Time/Moonlight of the City/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise |
Zhengzhou | 8 June 2012 | Coldness of the Green Lake/Red Bean/Passenger/Sighting Of Chimney Smoke | Escape/Angel/Wish/A Beautiful Mistake/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/Century of Loneliness/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/Fleeting Time/Moonlight of the City/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise/* Heart Sutra |
9 June 2012 | Coldness of the Green Lake/Red Bean/Passenger/Sighting Of Chimney Smoke | Escape/Angel/Wish/A Beautiful Mistake/I’m Willing/Legend | To Love/The Last Blossom/Century of Loneliness/Wings of Light/Bored | Sky/Wishing We Last Forever/Fleeting Time/Let Bygones be Bygones/Mortal World | New Tenant/Chanel/Flower of Paradise/Heart Sutra |
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