US pop singer Katy Perry staged a concert at the Taipei Arena for the second time on Wednesday. To put on a perfect show, 10 containers were flown in with props weighing over 50 tonnes, including her six stunning stage costumes. The audience of more than 10,000 were treated to a sensory experience at a show full of constant surprises.
According to Perry’s music label, since her “Witness: The Tour” began in September last year in North America, the singer has already put on over 60 dates of the well-received show in the past few months to promote her fifth album, “Witness.” The most expensive tickets for the Taipei concert were priced at NT$8,800 (US$300) each.
Perry reportedly rekindled her relationship earlier last year with actor Orlando Bloom, who appeared at her first Japanese concert late last month to show support. She was set to perform in China in November last year, but was unable to get a work visa.
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(CNA and Liberty Times, translated by Eddy Chang)
美國流行歌手凱蒂佩芮二度來台攻蛋,於週三舉行演唱會。為了呈現完美演出,還空運十個貨櫃的設備來台,包括重達五十多公噸的道具及六套炫麗的服裝,為上萬名歌迷帶來感官衝擊、驚喜不斷。
唱片公司指出,凱蒂的「見證:巡演」演唱會去年九月從北美起跑,短短幾個月已熱唱了六十幾場,並大受好評。該巡演是為了宣傳她的第五張專輯「見證」所舉行,這次台北場最高票價為八千八百元(約三百美元)。
凱蒂去年被爆出與知名男演員奧蘭多布魯復合,上月底在日本首場演唱會上奧蘭多還現身捧場。她原訂去年十一月在中國演出,最終卻因工作簽證被拒而取消。
(中央社、自由時報)
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed at least 16 people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work. Taiwan sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity along the Pacific Rim, and — much like neighboring Japan — has a long history of catastrophic quakes. How does April 3 compare with other recent quakes? The April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, was felt across Taiwan. It was the most severe since a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999 killed
A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
Around the time of the Dragon Boat Festival in June, the streets of Taiwan are filled with the delightful aroma of zongzi, a traditional snack made of sticky rice wrapped in leaves. The leaves are folded into a cone and then filled with sticky rice and other ingredients such as braised pork belly, peanuts and salted duck egg yolks. The filled leaves are then tightly tied with kitchen twine and ready for cooking. 每到六月端午時節,街頭巷尾就會飄出粽子的香氣。粽子是將糯米包進粽葉的傳統美食,先將粽葉折成圓錐狀塞入糯米,以及紅燒肉、花生、鹹鴨蛋黃等配料,用棉線綁緊後即可烹煮。 Dragon Boat Festival (n. phr.) 端午節 aroma
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