KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 — Danish band Michael Learns To Rock chose Kuala Lumpur as one of their venues for their silver anniversary celebrations as it is one of their favourite cities.

Its drummer Kare Wansher said Kuala Lumpur always brought back fond memories of their first performance in Asia, that was in 1994.

“We had many great moments in Kuala Lumpur and we still remember all of them very clearly when we played in front of an Asian audience for the first time,” he told Bernama in an exclusive interview, here, recently, in the presence of guitarist Mikkel Lentz and vocalist Jascha Richter.

Wansher said although the landscape of Kuala Lumpur had changed tremendously, the capital city of Malaysia would always be their favourite city to visit, and had been missing Malaysia and their fans here.

“It's so great to be back, the buidings have become taller... When we were here for the first time, those two towers (KLCC) behind us were only like 'small babies' but now they have 'grown up.'

“We are really excited to be here for the concert and Malaysia is special in our hearts since we've had so many great times here,” he said.

Last night, the multi-platinum selling band mesmerised their fans by performing their legendary songs at the “25 Live” concert in Mega Star Arena, Jalan Kuchai Lama.

Among the 17 songs they played were top-of-the-charts like “Paint My Love,” “25 Minutes” and “That's Why.”

The trio also captivated the fans, who joyfully sang along, with their friendliness and charming personality.

The band which was supposed to perform a one-night concert only, had to extend it to two nights by holding their concert one day earlier, and that was yesterday.

Their last visit to Malaysia was in 2012, performing at the opening of Setia City Mall in Selangor.

The band was set up in 1988 by singer and keyboardist Jascha Richter, drummer Kåre Wanscher, guitarist Mikkel Lentz and bassist Søren Madsen. But in 2000, Madsen left the group.

They released their self-titled debut album in September 1991 and the hit song “The Actor” topped the charts in Norway, Sweden, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. — Bernama