Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Canto-pop boy bands Mirror and Error trigger fan frenzy in Hong Kong at launch of Games festivities in the city
- Avid followers queued for up to 24 hours, camped outside overnight to secure prime viewing spots for the Canto-pop stars’ shopping centre appearance
- The singers were rallying support for Hong Kong athletes and promoting TV coverage of the Games
More than 1,000 fans swarmed three floors of a Hong Kong shopping centre on Friday to catch a glimpse of Canto-pop sensations Mirror and Error at an event kick-starting Olympic festivities in the city, with some arriving nearly 24 hours early to secure prime spots.
At around noon, Mirror’s 12-strong line-up and the four members of Error rode down an escalator to the stage at the mall’s atrium to deafening screams from fans, many of whom had camped outside overnight.
Carmen Leung, a pharmaceuticals worker in her 40s, pitched up at the shopping centre in the New Territories at 1pm on Thursday, just shy of 24 hours before the Canto-pop stars were expected to arrive. She had to wait outside when the mall closed at 11pm until it reopened the next day.
“It wasn’t a waste [to come so early] because we could scout the spots and know our positions, and tell other fans about our position,” Leung said, explaining that a system was in place so all 12 fan clubs of Mirror in the city could occupy their own zones.
