WITH the MTV World Stage concert to be held at Sunway Lagoon’s Surf Beach less than a month away, the rush to get the free passes to what is set to be one of the biggest bashes of 2010 is fast reaching a critical point.
Two types of passes are available from worldstage.mtvasia.com until July 17.
To win the passes, one has to spot either of the two icons called “Junior” or “Bee” that will appear randomly on either the top or bottom part of any of the site’s different pages and only at certain times as indicated by the countdown clock at the website.
For the band: Tokio Hotel fans (from left) Alyssa Tan, 19; Hong Jia Yu, 15; Carrie Choo, 18; Kim Sim, 14; Situ Dennis, 13; Joanne; and Shamani hope to hand over the memorabilia they have created to the band when they arrive.
Finding Junior entitles one to a pair of passes to MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia 2010, while Bee offers two passes to the event via the express queue.
Shamani Krishnan, 16, who along with a bunch of other teens aged between 13 and 19, became friends after meeting during the jostling, neck-craning, crying and screaming they went through during the group Tokio Hotel’s maiden appearance in Malaysia in May.
“For the coming performance I only slept for about two hours in three days and even skipped a day of school,” said Shamani about getting the tickets.
“When we were trying to get the tickets, we had a system of waking each other up at whatever hour when it was time to try for the tickets at the website,” the secondary school student said.
The counter on the website showed only two passes had been given away when Shamini first tried her luck and it was already showing 256 when she decided to stop.
Also an attraction: K-pop stars The Wonder Girls have a strong following in Malaysia and many fans were trying to get tickets to catch them on the MTV World Stage.
Joanne Raj, 16, said it was impossible to get the tickets at the website so they hope their luck would be better at the roadshow.
Most of them have already prepared memorabilia, including a decorated toilet seat, they hope to give the band members if they meet again and will pay any price for tickets.
“Price is not the issue. Whatever it takes, including begging, I will do it if only I can get those tickets,” Shamani said.
Die-hard party-goer Mohd Dzazul Ehsan, 27, said he had already spotted some people selling their hard-won tickets online.
“In the worst case scenario, I will be buying the tickets from them. I’m willing to pay RM500 for a ticket provided it is for a good spot,” the IT consultant said.
Mohd Dzazul has been trying for the tickets at the website up to five times a day for the past two weeks.
“I’ll consider begging if I still haven’t got the tickets about a week before the event,” he said, adding that the performer he looks forward to the most is Katy Perry.
Headliners: Tokio Hotel are the main attractions at next month’s MTV World Stage.
He and businessman Chan Peng-Li, 34, will not consider watching the event on television via the MTV channel where MTV World Stage is aired every Friday night throughout the world.
The programme premieres every Friday at midnight in Malaysia on MTV Asia while performance videos are available online after the premiere.
“It is just not the same as being at the event. My personal motto since December last year is to live life to the maximum and I’ll only live it if I’m there,” Chan said.
He has been trying without success for the free tickets given out through the event’s official website for about a month.
Korean Pop or K-Pop fan Samantha Lee and her boyfriend have been staring at the computer screen trying to get tickets from the website over the past few weeks.
“I can’t seem to find Junior or Bee. It’s so hard to win the tickets from the website,” the 19-year-old student who looked forward to the Wonder Girls said, adding that she, too, gave up and hoped to get her tickets from the roadshow.
If she gets the tickets, it will be the second year in a row she is going to a MTV World Stage concert which was held at the same location last year, in a drained Surf Pool also known as the mosh pit.
With only about slightly more than two weeks left to win the passes from the website, the Twitter tag #mtvworldstage is accompanied by more messages expressing frustration, joy, hope and futility.
A favourite: Katy Perry is also scheduled to appear.
A few messages also offer tips on how to win those coveted passes from the website.
One such FAQ provider is Nicholas Gan, 16, a local student, who won his passes barely two weeks ago after already failing 30 times.
“For three straight days, I tried for the tickets until a bad headache due to lack of sleep forced me to give up. In hindsight, I realised that was silly hunting which is something I’m now trying to help people not to do via my FAQ,” Gan said.
He tweets every now and then with a link for others to visit his FAQ page on his blog and advises others to never give up.
“A lot of contestants are confused about the whole process of winning the tickets.
“Whenever they ask questions or respond to my FAQ which is made based on my own experience, I try my best to guide them along,” Gan said.
The anticipated crowd at this year’s MTV World Stage is more than 15,000 strong, the same as last year’s event.
For more information, visit worldstage.mtvasia.com or www.mtvasia.com/worldstage/.
Source: http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2010/7/3/central/6516807&sec=central
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