Show Up! Live

The stage

The stage was an in-the-round stage that featured a large circular stage in the middle and two catwalks stretching out from it. It also featured a large unit of projector screens and lights that was set up above the stage showing live footage as well as video backdrops to the audience on all sides of the arena. The stage also included multiple elevators and a rotating stage. Many props were used in the set as well, including a "winged unicorn", a large metal ball suspended in the air, a dragon, and a pink swing set.

The show

For the opening of the show, a short musical piece called "Overture and Parade" was performed by dancers dressed as European soldiers. Shortly after, all the lights in the arena dimmed and a box lighted up as Joey sang a verse of "我的驕傲". Joey was then ascended into the air riding on a "winged unicorn", and circled around the arena while singing the rest of the re-arranged song. After the song Joey came down to sing "未知". After taking off her "Eskimo" inspired fut jacket, she performed two more songs, "特別嘉賓" and "抱抱" before leaving the stage for a costume change.

For the next act, Joey was raised on to the stage on a "golden dragon" while singing "隆重登場" followed by the concert theme Show Up!. After this medley of fast songs, Joey performed "出賣" (which was not recorded on DVD), "啜泣", and "想得太遠"

For the third act, Joey chose a member from the audience to go on a "date" with her while singing "再見我的初戀" and playing on a set of pink swings. She then sang "誰來愛我", covers of Mavis Fan's "雪人" and Stefanie Sun's "遇見", and "逃避你".

In the fourth act Joey, dressed like a Geisha" was raised in the air on a "metal ball" while singing "愛Ashiteru". She then performed "Mad About You" and "神魂顛倒" with her dancers before singing "美麗在望" while shaking hands with the audience.

For the next act, Joey asked the audience to sing along with her while she performed the ballads "習慣失戀", "爭氣", and "心淡".

For the sixth act, Joey sang a medley of songs with a string quartet. The medley included a cover of Faye Wong's "冷戰", Miriam Yeung's "可惜我是水瓶座", as well as "這分鐘更愛你". She then ended the act with a performance of 怯.

After the sixth act, the audience counted down the seventh act which was the planned encore. For this pre-planned encore, Joey performed a medley of fast songs including "不容錯失", "全身暑假", and "四面台". After the medley, Joey was suspended into the air and did a number of flips, followed by a "shower" sequence where Joey and her dancers played with water that fell down from above the stage. Joey then ended the night with a speech regarding what magazines would often write about her. She recognized the fact that even though the public generally agreed that she was a good vocalist, many people felt that as a performer her performances did not have enough visual appeal. So the main purpose of this concert was to prove that "Joey Yung is not only good to listen to, but also good to watch". She then ended the concert with her classic ballad, "痛愛". Many of the nights also had an actual encore segment, and the setlist of the segment varied every night.

The stage

The stage for the shows outside of Hong Kong was smaller and less intricate. It consisted of a simple three-sided stage (as opposed to the large in-the-round stage used earlier for her Hong Kong shows) that had metal columns and two triangles that hung on each side of the stage.

The show

The setlist performed was generally shorter and different from the one performed for Joey's Hong Kong shows. It highlighted certain performances from her Hong Kong shows as well as included songs that were in original rundown but performed in a different order and new songs that were released after the Hong Kong leg.

Rundown

1. Overture and Parade
2. 我的驕傲
3. 未知
4. 特別嘉賓
5. 抱抱
6. 隆重登場
7. Show Up!
8. 出賣
9. 啜泣
10. 想得太遠
11. 再見我的初戀
12. 誰來愛我
13. 雪人
14. 遇見
15. 逃避你
16. 愛Ashiteru
17. Mad About You
18. 神魂顛倒
19. 美麗在望
20. 習慣失戀
21. 爭氣
22. 心淡
23. 冷戰
24. 可惜我是水瓶座
25. 這分鐘更愛你
26. 怯
27. 不容錯失
28. 全身暑假
29. 四面台
30. 痛愛

This is the general rundown Joey sang for most of the shows, though certain shows had slightly different rundowns.

Personnel

(Note: This is only a partial list)

Guests

Guest acts
North American and Australian Dates - Dennie Yip and Joey Tang
Malaysian Dates - Joey Tang
Guangzhou Show - Kenny Kwan

Special guests
16 October 2003 － Chris Wong, George Lam
17 October 2003 － Hacken Lee
18 October 2003 － Roger Kwok, Yumiko Cheng
19 October 2003 － Deep Ng, Yumiko Cheng
20 October 2003 － Twins, Boy'z
21 October 2003 － Nicholas Tse