Farewell to a lady
Posted by noelbynature under Buildings and Monuments, Personal, Reflections
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Jerome offers tribute to one of the Grand Old Ladies of Singapore, the National Stadium at Kallang.
I guess the time has come to finally say goodbye to the Grand Old Lady, who for the many fanatical fans of the Singapore team during the days of Singapore’s participation in the Malaysia Cup, was the holy ground of football, to which they could be mesmerised by the magic of their football idols who carried the hopes of a nation, hungry for the taste of success that seemed for a while to elude the national team.
Read Jerome’s tribute here.
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Posted by: GQ
Posted on: July 1st, 2010
ya but will it ever be torn down .. so many false starts
Posted by: Jerome
Posted on: July 2nd, 2010
http://thelongnwindingroad.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/a-last-look-at-kallang-as-it-was/
Posted by: Jerome
Posted on: July 2nd, 2010
This time it does seem it is for real. The signs are up and I understand that demolition will start after the Youth Olympic Games: http://thelongnwindingroad.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/a-last-look-at-kallang-as-it-was/.
Posted by: malcolmyoung91
Posted on: July 2nd, 2010
In 1983, David Bowie held a concert at this venue on his Serious Moonlight world tour. It is interesting to read (in a book written after the tour) how much problem the concert's organisers and promoters had in obtaining suitable lighting and other stage equipment for the show. The concert drew about 15,000 people, and if I'm not wrong, he was probably the first major Western artist to play at this venue. For anyone interested, there are some (unfortunately brief) footage of the concert (and also some scenes immediately before the concert started, that clearly show it is the National Stadium), that appear in the DVD "Serious Moonlight". Parts of this DVD that were filmed in Singapore (a 20 min segment) have been placed by people on YouTube.
Posted by: グッチ リング
Posted on: December 31st, 2010
Parts of this DVD that were filmed in Singapore (a 20 min segment) have been placed by people on YouTube.
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