F1 Singapore: The Top 10 Music Acts To See

Where: Zone 4, Padang Stage
When: Sept 30, 10.30pm

Never seen without his trademark cartoonish mask, American DJ-producer Marshmello is one of the world’s biggest electronic dance music (EDM) stars, with more than 45 million streams monthly on Spotify alone.

Even if you are not into dance music, you would surely have heard his chart-topping collaborations with marquee pop acts, from Wolves (2017) with American singer Selena Gomez to Happier (2018) with English band Bastille.

One of the most-subscribed artistes on YouTube (55.9 million subscribers and counting), his most recent album Shockwave (2021) earned him his first Grammy nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album.

Where: Zone 4, Padang Stage
When: Oct 2, 10.25pm

American rock trio Green Day rose from plying the underground punk circuit in California to conquering arenas around the world.

The Grammy-winning band’s set will be highly anticipated as they were supposed to perform in 2020, a gig that was later postponed to 2021 and eventually cancelled due to the pandemic.

Green Day are famous for rock anthems such as Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (2004) and American Idiot (2004), and many fans in Singapore would also remember their boisterous sold-out gig at the Singapore Indoor Stadium back in 2010.

Where: Zone 4, Padang Stage
When: Oct 1, 7.30pm

Where: Zone 1, Wharf Stage
When: Oct 2, 6.15pm

F1 will bring fans a double dose of American pop group Black Eyed Peas, who ruled the airwaves in the 2000s with catchy hits such as Where Is The Love? (2003), Pump It (2006) and I Gotta Feeling (2009).

The Grammy winners are still active even with a slight change in their line-up, which now comprises will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo, and featuring Filipina singer J. Rey Soul in place of American pop star Fergie, who left to focus on motherhood. Their eighth album, Translation, was released in 2020.

And if you miss their first set on Saturday, do not fret because they are playing a second show, albeit at a smaller venue at the Wharf Stage.

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Where: Zone 1, Wharf Stage
When: Oct 1, 5.20pm

R&B/hip-hop girl groups did not get any bigger than TLC back in the 1990s, thanks to anthems such as Waterfalls (1995) and No Scrubs (1999).

Certified by the Recording Industry Association of America as the best-selling female singing group in American music history, they also set the blueprint for other R&B girl groups that came after them, including Destiny’s Child.

One of the original trio, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, was tragically killed in a car crash in 2002. Instead of calling it quits, remaining members Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas have soldiered on as a duo. Their most recent album, TLC, was released in 2017.

Where: Zone 4, Padang Stage
When: Oct 1, 10.25pm

Veteran Irish boy band Westlife have been to Singapore several times, but you just know the fans will never get enough of them.

A quartet comprising Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan and Nick Byrne, their achievement of scoring 14 No. 1 singles on the British charts is surpassed only by music legends The Beatles and Elvis Presley.

So get ready to sing along to late 1990s and early 2000s radio staples such as My Love (2000), Swear It Again (1999) and Flying Without Wings (1999).

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Where: Zone 1, Wharf Stage
When: Oct 1, 7.20pm

This one is for all the alt-rock and Britpop fans out there. English band Suede made their debut as one of the leading lights of the Britpop movement in the 1990s and have since outlasted most of their peers.

Fronted by singer-songwriter Brett Anderson, their repertoire includes not just indie club night anthems such as Animal Nitrate (1993), The Wild Ones (1994) and Beautiful Ones (1996), but also more recent fare from releases such as their eighth album The Blue Hour (2018).

They even have brand new material too. Autofiction, their ninth album, was released on Sept 16.

Where: Zone 4, Padang Stage
When: Sept 30, 7pm

Malaysian rock veterans Wings will be the first act from South-east Asia to perform at F1’s biggest stage at the Padang.

Formed in 1985, they are one of the most influential bands across the Causeway, with evergreen rock ballads such as Misteri Mimpi Syakilla (1988) and Sejati (1990) under their belt.

Fronted by singer-actor Awie, the band have released 11 albums, including their 1987 debut Belenggu Irama.

Where: Zone 4, Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
When: Sept 30, 8.15pm

Where: Zone 3, Uptown
When: Oct 1, 8.15pm

From colloquial anthems and National Day Parade songs to film soundtracks and collaborations with international artistes, Singaporean rapper Shigga Shay has done them all.

The hip-hop artiste’s list of best-known songs include LimPeh (2013), Frontline Soldiers – the theme song from local film Ah Boys To Men 4 (2017) – and uRight (2021), a collaboration with Korean-American rapper Jay Park.

He put out his most recent EP, I AM U, in April.

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Where: Zone 4, Downtown
When: Sept 30, 8.40pm

Where: Zone 3, Uptown
When: Oct 2, 7.10pm

Like Black Eyed Peas, local singer, songwriter and actress Inch – whose real name is Inch Chua – will also feature twice during the F1 weekend.

Her most significant works include her 2015 album, Letters To Ubin, which resulted from her spending four months living alone on Pulau Ubin.

She picked up the National Youth Award in 2018, and in 2020, her theatrical music production ’Til The End Of The World, We’ll Meet In No Man’s Land won Best Sound at The Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards.

The artiste line-up and schedules could be subject to change. Go to https://str.sg/wrkA for the latest updates.

This article originally appeared in The Straits Times.