Jimmy Lin x Nicky Wu Concert 2.0 Live in Malaysia: Dates, Tickets & Venue (Kuala Lumpur)

Two Taiwanese idols, one mountaintop stage

This is a reunion show for a generation of fans. Jimmy Lin and Nicky Wu both became stars in Taiwan in the 1990s. Their careers then stretched well beyond Mandarin pop.

Nicky Wu began in the boy band Little Tigers (小虎队). Many Malaysian viewers later knew him as the Fourth Prince in the period drama Scarlet Heart. Jimmy Lin moved between singing, acting and motorsport, and he played Wei Xiaobao in the 2008 TV version of Royal Tramp. The “2.0” in the title marks this as a follow-up to their earlier joint concert.

Date and venue: Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands

The concert takes place on December 19, 2026. It plays the Arena of Stars at Resorts World Genting. Although the show is billed under Kuala Lumpur, the venue is not in the city. It sits on the summit of Genting Highlands, in Pahang, at roughly 1,800 metres above sea level.

Arena of Stars is a purpose-built indoor concert hall. It has a fixed, tiered bowl of seats facing a proscenium stage, so even the upper rows look straight down at the performers. For decades it has been Genting’s main room for Mandarin and Cantonese acts. The hall connects to the resort’s hotels, restaurants and the SkyAvenue mall, so fans reach it through covered walkways.

From Kuala Lumpur up the mountain

The summit is roughly 50–60 km northeast of central KL. Most visitors use one of three routes:

• Express bus: services run to Genting from KL Sentral and from Terminal Bersepadu Selatan (TBS), climbing the mountain road to the bus terminal near the cable car.
• Awana SkyWay: a gondola from Awana station, partway up the mountain, to the hilltop. It is the quickest way past the last winding stretch of road.
• Driving or ride-hailing: take the Karak Highway out of KL, then the Genting Highlands road. Grab is widely used for the trip, and the hilltop has multi-storey car parks.

The final climb is narrow and twisting. Weekend traffic often backs up near the summit, and a Saturday in December is peak resort season.

Tickets, seats and where the details sit

Seating plans, ticket categories and prices belong to the concert organiser and its ticketing platform. Arena of Stars has no standing pit in its usual layout. Every ticket is for a numbered seat, and the price tiers follow the distance from the stage.

Tickets for big Mandarin acts at Genting are often bundled with hotel rooms at the resort. That matters because getting back down the mountain late at night is the hardest part of the evening.

Concert night above the clouds

The cold catches out people who arrive straight from KL. Evenings on the summit often drop to the mid-teens Celsius, and the hilltop is frequently wrapped in cloud. Fans typically wear a light jacket over their outfit, and the air-conditioned halls stay cool too.

A few things about how these nights usually run:

• Singalongs are in Mandarin. Much of the audience are fans who grew up with these songs, and the choruses get sung back in full. Printed lyrics or a playlist beforehand help newcomers join in.
• Lightsticks and banners are common at Genting concerts. Fans usually bring them from home, since merchandise queues at the venue can be long.
• Paying is easy. Cards and e-wallets such as Touch ‘n Go eWallet are widely accepted at the resort’s food courts and shops.
• Most people stay overnight. Out-of-town fans usually book a room on the hilltop at First World Hotel, Genting Grand or the resort’s other towers, rather than drive the mountain road after the encore.

The casino is part of the same complex, but it has its own entry rules and dress code. Concertgoers walk past its entrances without going through them.

Making a weekend of Genting

The concert is on a Saturday night, so many fans turn it into a two-day trip. Within a short walk or shuttle ride you have:

• SkyAvenue, the indoor mall linked to the cable car station, with restaurants for a pre-show dinner
• The outdoor theme park beside the resort, for a cool-weather morning on the rides
• Chin Swee Caves Temple, a Taoist temple built into the hillside a little below the summit, with a nine-storey pagoda and views over the forested ridges
• Genting Premium Outlets, near Awana station, for a stop on the way down

On Sunday, a mid-morning cable car or bus usually gets you back to Kuala Lumpur by lunchtime.