“Let’s Groove Tonight”…. With UpFront

The Lion’s Bar takes LIVE international music entertainment to new heights with some of the world’s hottest musical talent. The exciting UpFront Band takes centre stage with several new faces, and combines stunning visual fireworks with a hot contemporary repertoire ranging from modern hits and hard driving funk to old school R&B and much more. Get your groove on because The Upfront Band is back... better than ever!

Rob Scott was born in a famous extended musical family, he is the son of Texas blues guitar legend - Carney “CB” Scott, and his cousin is the famous singer / songwriter John Nash of Stir It Up and I Can See Clearly Now fame. In his early 20’s Rob was invited to tour with Grammy award-winning artist Lionel Ritchie for two years, opening up a world of other musical opportunities for him. Later on Rob was the co-founder of a popular TV show in Spokane, Washington called - Nightlights while also writing and performing on a number of TV Jingles. Afterward, he embarked on a busy touring schedule with several top R&B and pop artists throughout the 80’s and 90’s.

All of this eventually culminated in a US recording deal with then Sony A&R director, the multi Grammy award-winning American Idol judge Randy Jackson. After the end of his contract with Sony Music, Rob made his way to Asia and Hong Kong where he has written, produced, recorded and toured with many top Hong Kong and Taiwan Artists including Coco Lee and Alex To.

A native of Bogota, Colombia and steeped in wide-range of musical influences while growing up, Wilson attended Incca University in Colombia. He majored in piano studies while also gaining valuable experience in composition and music production.

Since graduating, Wilson has been touring with various top musical groups throughout Asia and the Middle East as a singer, keyboardist and composer for the past decade. He has also had several successful collaborations with other important independent artists in Colombia, and his second home - Indonesia.

2011 has seen a number of exciting events take place for Wilson with one of his original compositions being selected in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest Latin Pop Category. This global contest selects just 4 song writing finalists in each of the 12 categories, so we are indeed honoured to have such a unique talent with us at the MGM Macau and we wish Wilson the very best of luck!

Talented multi-instrumentalist Keith Marlo hails from Las Vegas where he had performed nightly on the world famous Strip. A ten-year entertainment veteran, Keith has also played centre stage in a variety of a variety of top shows around the world.

Recently he also sang background vocals, played keyboards and was the featured saxophonist in Britain’s Top Talent Showcase at the Las Vegas Orleans Showroom performing with singer Ben Stone.

For five years Keith toured with the band ‘Bruce’ in the USA, playing saxophone in the style of the dearly missed “Big Man”- Clarence Clemons. This show covered all of Bruce Springsteen’s greatest and most beloved hits and was a hugely successful musical review.

Afterward Keith wrote and produced “The Power of Love”, a Luther Vandross tribute show that once again received rave critical reviews. Keith’s amazing voice and his ability to recreate live the magic of a singer like Luther Vandross was indeed tour de force.

In addition to touring with artists such as Sheena Easton, Keith has shared the stage with a wide range of national and international artists like R. Kelly, Cuba Gooding Jr. , All Green, Lonestar, Najee, Joyce Cooling, Taylor Dane, James Moore… and, of course, Clarence Clemons, of Bruce Springsteen’s acclaimed “E Street Band”

Muz was born in Singapore and began exploring music, especially guitar, from a very young age. He has emerged as an impressive all round talent with his ability to sing, play guitar and dance. These skills have led Muz to a wide variety of countries since leaving Singapore. His touring as a professional entertainer has included stints in Taiwan, Morocco, Indonesia, Thailand, China and Macau.

Some of the major acts Muz has shared the stage with include: Ricky Martin, 98 Degrees, Shelia Majid, Achamad Albar and Odi Agam. He’s also been featured in a number of top dance competition awards in Singapore as well as television appearances on France2, TV5 monde, RCTI, SCTV (Jakarta), MTV, SBC, and TCS Suria.

Raul is originally from Bogota, Colombia. He began his musical journey at a young age, studying at the Colombian Innca University Music Programme and with the Colombia Youth Sinfonica. In addition to his formal training Raul has also been a self-taught performer, with a great deal of his focus on Jazz and Latin music.

Raul has had the good fortune to perform with a number of major Colombian artists over the past several years while more recently he has spent much of his time touring in Asia. This is his second stint at the Lion’s Bar as a key member of the exciting Up Front Band. There are few drummers who can comfortably shift between a wide range of musical styles, but Raul is one of those elites who can do it all. We’re glad to welcome him back.

A Bogota native, Julian began performing at the tender age of 5. He followed in his talented father’s footsteps, playing an assortment of Latin percussion instruments. Inculcated with a musical identity from his talented family, Julian was a member of many local school bands while continuing to broaden is exposure to other styles of music.

At 17, Julian left his native Columbia and went to the USA to learn English while attending high school there. Once settled in, he was exposed to an exciting new musical world of R&B, funk, and hip hop… all of which he fused together with his foundations in Latin music. After returning to Colombia, he added new instruments to his Conga set up, which he has been playing regularly for the past 15 years.

Julian began overseas touring in 2003, performing in a wide range of musical genres. His talents have taken him to Dubai, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Taipei, Singapore, China, and now, of course, Macau.

Phoebe is a well-rounded international vocal stand out who began singing professionally at just 13. Born into a family of singers, it wasn’t long until Phoebe was called upon to perform at high profile functions in her native Hong Kong. This led to her being discovered by Hong Kong performing legend Maria Cordero, who took her under her wing to develop Phoebe’s natural vocal gifts. Under Ms. Cordero’s tutelage, Phoebe soon began touring across the globe with some of Hong Kong and China’s top artists as a backing singer and dancer. More recently she was featured in a series of sold out concert tours with international song writing superstar Jim Brickman.

Armed with a powerful voice and killer dance moves, Phoebe is one of the few singers in Asia today with the experience and chops to performing today’s most demanding songs with pure soul and emotion.