Taiwanese pop diva Jody Chiang (江蕙) is going to perform at the Double Ten National Day celebration on Oct. 5 in the Taipei Dome, the organizer said today, marking the singer’s first return to showbiz after nine years.
The 62-year-old singer in a statement issued by the organizer said it was her honor to be invited to come out of retirement for the National Day celebration.
She said she wished she could bring warmth, happiness and strength to the audience with her singing.
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Chiang was the best choice for such a historic moment, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) said.
This would not only be Jody Chiang’s first comeback show, but also the first major non-sporting event to be held at Taipei Dome, Taipei City Government spokesman Yin Wei (殷瑋) said.
Chiang, a Hoklo-language (commonly known as Taiwanese) singer, capped off her 44-year career in 2015 with a 25-concert farewell tour.
She won the Golden Melody Music Award for best female singer in Hoklo for four consecutive years from 2000 to 2003.
Her 1992 album, The Words Spoken After One is Drunk (酒後的心聲), became the nation’s only album of Hoklo songs to sell more than 1 million copies.
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