New Year’s Eve countdown: Hong Kong boy band Mirror to usher in 2022 with Philharmonic Orchestra, other Canto-pop stars
- Lucky draw to pick 3,000 people for open-air concert at arts hub, but there’ll be no fireworks
- Countdown event was scrapped in 2019 amid social unrest and again last year because of Covid-19 pandemic
Hong Kong’s New Year’s Eve countdown concert will feature the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra performing with Canto-pop singers and boy band sensation Mirror.
Organised by the Hong Kong Tourism Board and held at the arts hub in West Kowloon, it is the city’s first in-person New Year’s Eve celebration since 2018. The event was scrapped amid the social unrest in 2019 and again last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
On December 31, about 3,000 people selected in a lucky draw will be allowed to gather at an open space at the West Kowloon Cultural District for the concert and countdown to 2022, but there will be no fireworks.
The concert will be the Philharmonic Orchestra’s first time performing at a New Year’s Eve countdown event.
A 20-minute highlight of the show will feature eight orchestra members accompanying Canto-pop artists AGA, Alfred Hui Ting-hang, Joyce Cheng Yan-yee, Malaysian-Chinese singer Gin Lee and a member of Mirror.
The 12 young men who make up the hugely popular Mirror boy band will perform during the show, but organisers have not yet revealed which of them will sing in the segment with the other stars.
Korean-American violinist Leslie Ryang Moon-sun said she was a long-time fan of Canto-pop and looking forward to playing with the pop singers during the show.
