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Earlier this week, Slash made the last stop of his Asia Tour in 2011 at KITEC in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. Opening was Australia’s Twenty Two Hundred and fronting for Slash’s band was Myles Kennedy. This was the second time I was shooting as official photographer for Slash in Hong Kong – here’s my blog post from his July 2010 show in Hong Kong.

Its embarrassing but I tend to get star struck in the presence of celebrities, particularly rock legends that I grew up listening to. This time around, I tried to play it cool, especially backstage, but I think there is an excitement with being in the presence of rockstars that I’ll probably never really outgrow. As expected, Slash was extremely respectful, shook my hand at the end of the meet-and-greet photoshoot, and said it was good to see me again (I won’t lie, I thought it was pretty cool that he remembered me).

The setlist consisted of a lot of stuff from the last show, with the exceptions of a few songs. Noteworthy: Doctor Alibi, one of my favorite songs from the latest album. Patience, one of my favorite GnR songs of all time. I had to put down my camera and just enjoy that one =)

 
Twenty Two Hundred frontman, Ben Lawoko-Leaney

Slash takes the stage

the fans of Hong Kong