HONG KONG – Hong Kong singer Sica He returned to the stage after two years with a highly emotional and accident-plagued solo concert titled “The Eclipse” Live 2026, held on Monday evening at the Whampoa venue to an audience of about 1,000 fans. The show, built around an eclipse theme, was marked by technical failures, broken instruments, lost gear—and three tearful moments—but ended with the performer celebrating the irrepressible energy of her fans.
Dressed in a red checkered skirt and armed with an electric guitar, He opened the night with fiery renditions of her original songs “JET-51CA” and “Be Friend OK?” before shifting into a sultry, hip-swaying performance of the classic “Siren.” The crowd responded with enthusiastic screams. But the high-energy start quickly gave way to a rough stretch behind the scenes.
“The teleprompter broke tonight—I couldn’t see any of the lyrics,” He confessed to the audience after the first few songs. She added that she had recently cracked her guitar and lost her in-ear monitors. “I’m losing money everywhere,” she joked. While technicians rushed to fix the prompter, He ad-libbed by singing a cappella, and the audience eagerly joined in, offering supportive applause.
The night turned deeply personal when a video montage of He’s late pet cat played on screen. Wearing a white dress, she walked onstage holding a bouquet and sang a series of melancholic ballads, including “Farewell Ceremony” and “Goodbye, Someday.” Overcome with emotion while clutching her cat’s old blanket, she wept visibly. Beyond guitar, she had spent months learning a new instrument for the concert and later showcased her versatility with an electronic keyboard self-accompanied performance.
During the encore, He was visibly moved again by the audience’s enthusiastic response. But she quickly regained composure, picked up a recorder, and danced energetically—only to lose her shoe and a hair clip. In true comic relief, she jumped off the stage and asked fans to help retrieve them. “This concert is like a pirate ship,” she quipped. “But it’s a ship full of dreams and joy.”
Post-Concert: A Self-Scored 50 for Performance, 1,000 for Atmosphere
Speaking to reporters backstage, He shrugged off the series of mishaps as part of the live-show experience. She revealed that the teleprompter had been repaired midway through the performance. The broken guitar happened while she was rehearsing on set for her upcoming ViuTV drama Why Secretary Kim?—she accidentally knocked it over the edge of a table. The lost ear monitors, worth over 10,000 Hong Kong dollars and used for three years, have not been found. “I tell myself it’s money spent to ward off bigger disasters,” she said with a smile.
As for the shoe and hair clip, she dismissed those as minor annoyances. What struck her hardest was the memory of her cat and the lyrics of the songs she sang, which triggered tears three times. “The most important thing is that everyone had a good time and the atmosphere was great,” she said. When asked to rate her own performance, He gave herself a humble 50 out of 100 but awarded the night’s atmosphere a perfect score of 1,000. She said she looks forward to her next concert opportunity, whatever the venue size.
