Update | Relief for Leon Lai fans with Canto-pop king’s second concert to go ahead as scheduled

Canto-pop king Leon Lai Ming’s concert will go ahead tonight at 8pm as scheduled – but organisers are racing to surround the Central site with cloth after last night’s show exceeded government noise limits.

In an announcement that was music to the ears of thousands of fans, Lai revealed on Facebook late this afternoon that the much-anticipated show would go ahead after the Friday spectacular began 90 minutes past its scheduled start.

It finally ended at about 11.20pm due to noise control regulations.

“Concertgoers can enter from 6pm and so the concert will begin at 8pm,” he said. “We have exceeded the Environmental Protection Department’s noise control level. I am sorry that we have brought inconvenience to the people we have affected.”

An Environmental Protection Department spokesman said organisers had been warned that the concert must end before 11pm, with an assessment to be conducted to check if noise level exceeded the limits.