Reminiscing the Asian Tour 2011

For a week in July 2011, David Archuleta held four concerts in three countries. First up was Indonesia on July 16th, then  the Philippines on the 16th, two shows in Vietnam on the 22nd, and 24th, and finally, Malaysia on the 26th. In total, he sang 82 songs for those concerts, not counting soundchecks, and other times when he let his beautiful voice fill the place.

Besides the concerts, David released a special Asian Tour Edition of The Other Side of Down, which included several new songs: Everything And More, Love Don’t Hate, Notice Me, and Wait. The ATE became the #1 selling album in the Philippines before the tour was over, #1 on CD-Wow, and had the highest debut in Indonesia’s Creative Disc Top 50 Chart.

Here are some highlights and news from the tour:

Indonesia

The first time David sang Everything And More live:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2x-ZA8XzXk[/youtube]

Video by booradleigh

From Doc’s post when he arrived:

VinnyArchie Vinny Anugraha Putri
@FanScene #selamatdatangarchie (welcome archie) is trending in indonesia twitpic.com/5pqda7

Click here to read Maijesti’s recap, and here for Riri’s.

The Philippines

 BTS video from the OS:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6HwMwleMCE&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Heaven in Araneta

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpTXvNvVk80&feature=related[/youtube]

David rode in a jeepney!

Click here to read JackRyan’s epic recap of DALIM3!

Vietnam

Stomping The Roses

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDougBoK4pQ&feature=plcp[/youtube]

Video by dreamskyhigh

Picture by Huong – click here for more.

Except from khanlynk’s recap:

And specially, his smile made our heart melted. He smiled and waved his hand even though we knew that he should be tired after the flight. Many words were swimming through my head again: David is here.. David is here with us. Is this true??? Or are we just in our dream???

BTS video from the OS:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gpU5GuJ8U8&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Malaysia

Crazy – from soundcheck

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBVQYho128Q[/youtube]

Video by jtmlm1234

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrCr8Gp7Tto&feature=related[/youtube]

Video by rusharr

BTS video from the OS:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cfF5UlCtag&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Click here for Hanna’s recap, which she shared with us at Fanscene, here for my own recap, and listen below for the interview I had with David (squeeee!). Thanks Ozarko for putting up the audio!

Below are a couple more links for your enjoyment.

If you still want to see more of David’s Asian Tour, check out Janey’s mega round-up post.

With that, we wrap up this trip down memory lane of David’s tour to Asia in 2011. It was certainly one to remember, and I know that those who saw him then still squeal at the memory! If you have anything else to add on, do let us know in the comments.