Local band The Sam Willows get emotional during first concert

It turned out to be an emotional night for The Sam Willows at their first concert as headliners in Singapore last night.

The youngest member of the indie pop band, Narelle Kheng, 22, cried while singing Nightlight - a song from their self-titled EP during their Take Heart Tour show at the Hard Rock Hotel's The Coliseum, Resorts World Sentosa.

"I can't imagine that all of you are here today... You all are about to make me cry," said the bassist and vocalist, before the tears began to roll.

She said the song was "very close to our hearts" and she could not stop the tears as she tried to continue.

Her brother, Benjamin, 25, then hugged her and the show continued.

After the encores, the band - made up of the Kheng siblings and Sandra Riley Tang, 25, and Jonathan Chua, 26 - had a group hug and there were more tears.

The members had predicted this would happen as Tang revealed on stage that she and Narelle had made a pact not to cry as one person's tears would trigger the other's.

HEART-WARMING

It was an entertaining and heartwarming show. The band played 18 of their songs and two covers of songs by British girl band Little Mix, whom they have previously opened for.

Local rapper Shigga Shay joined in for Taking All His Time, a song from their Take Heart album.

The concert, which was scheduled to start at 7pm, saw some fans queueing at 11.30am.

Temasek Polytechnic student Sarrah Tay, 18, was the first in the queue. She even skipped her meals just to keep her spot.

Adding that she has been a fan since Aug 13, 2014, Miss Tay said: "I just wanted to hear their soundcheck and spend more time with the band.

"I'm not that concerned that I don't get to watch them as they practise, hearing them is good enough."

This article was first published on July 23, 2016.
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