Indonesian heartthrob couple Irwansyah and Acha did a 45-minute concert at Sabah Cultural Centre, Penampang last night. There were about 3,000 to 4,000 people in attendance.

They advertised the concert to start at 8.30pm but even at close to 9pm the MC was nowhere to be seen. By the time she appeared I initially thought Nirina (the other lead in the movie Heart) put on weight. But alas, she’s apparently a Sabahan who tried to sound Indonesian.

By the time the local band (I think) Rimba completed their supporting act it was already quite late and some in the audience were making their impatience heard. I said I think because I recognised one of the keyboard players as my former housemate many years ago.

One of Rimba’s singers (Puteri Anggun if I’m not mistaken) made the gross blunder of asking “can I sing one more song?” for surely she was greeted with groans and boos.

But it must be said: Rimba were quite good. In fact they were the band for the night. It’s obivious that this was their biggest date because at the end I could see some bandmembers high-fiving each other.

The sound system was adequate, I’ve heard worse.

The video below is Irwansyah’s first song of the night (it was already almost 10pm), before my batteries ran out. Call it lack of preparation, but I was not even supposed to be there (long story).

Video taken with the only capture device I had – a cheap digicam. This was the highest zoom I could get.

After the jump.

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