Alan & Hacken
Joint name used since 2003 by Hong Kong singers Alan Tam and Hacken Lee, under which the two staged concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum in 2003, 2004, 2009 and 2013 and toured elsewhere.
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左麟右李 is the joint name of Hong Kong singers Alan Tam and Hacken Lee, first used in 2003. Tam has said that the name plays on the Chinese expression 左鄰右里 (“the neighbours”). The two have said several times that 左麟右李 is not a group; in 2015, Tam described it as “more like a show”.
On February 1, 2003, Lunar New Year's Day, “左麟右李演唱會” opened at the Hong Kong Coliseum. Ten shows had been planned, and two matinees were added because of the strong response. Extra shows planned for early April were postponed because of SARS, and six more were added at the end of June, making 18 shows over the two runs. On September 30 that year, the two performed at Shanghai Stadium; in December they toured Guangdong, playing the Shunde Sports Centre (December 6) and Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou (December 12). The live album “左麟右李演唱會2003” was released by Universal Music in April 2003 and was named one of the Top 10 Best-Selling Cantonese Albums at the IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Awards for 2003.
In December 2003, the two released the studio album “左麟右李” under the 左麟右李 name, with 12 songs. Its song “嗱嗱聲” was the theme song of “左麟右李04開心演唱會”, which opened at the Coliseum on January 22, 2004, Lunar New Year's Day; an added show on February 2 was the last. The live album was released as three CDs plus a VCD, and the DVD captured the final show on February 2. On June 12 that year, the two performed at the Workers' Stadium in Beijing.
From February 1 to 14, 2009, 左麟右李 held twelve concerts at the Coliseum. They were the first concerts at the venue after its renovation and a promotional event for the 2009 East Asian Games in Hong Kong, raising funds for East Asian Games athletes. The live album “左麟右李演唱會2009” was released by Universal Music.
From December 6 to 15, 2013, “左麟右李10周年－香港有聲音演唱會” ran for 13 shows at the Coliseum, 4 years after the pair's previous joint shows there; its theme song was “跳啦河馬”. The tenth-anniversary tour opened at the Guangzhou International Sports Arena on March 8, 2014 and went on to the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing (May 1), Malaysia (May) and the Cotai Arena at The Venetian Macao (July 26), among other places, and to Dongguan, Nanning and elsewhere in 2015. The live recording of the Coliseum shows was released on three CDs, and the concert video in DVD and two-disc Blu-ray editions; a DVD autograph session was held in March 2014. In 2014, the two said they had played more than 100 concerts around the world since first working together in 2003.
In 2016, Hacken Lee joined Emperor Entertainment; Alan Tam said that because the two were with different companies, it would be hard to stage another 左麟右李 concert. In September 2026, Tam held a solo concert at the Coliseum; at the opening show he invited Lee on stage, and the two sang “朋友” together as 左麟右李.
Overview
- Formed
- 200323 yr to date
- Formed in
- Hong Kong
- Active
- 2003 – present
- Aliases
- 左麟右李
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