What's On
INDIE CONCERT
About 36 independent musicians and 14 creative bands from indie music label 89268 will take part in Come Out and Play, a multimedia concert organised by the Hong Kong Arts Festival.
The event promises to be an audio-visual feast of live music, photography and video footage.
The lineup includes Joey Tang, Ga Yam Yan, OLIVER, acoustic group inLove as well as mainland band Swamp.
Each member of the audience will be given a CD documenting the backstage scenes.
Come Out and Play will be staged on Saturday and Sunday at 8pm in the Hong Kong City Hall's
Concert Hall.
Tickets at $200, $150 and $120, with half-price concessions for students, are available from Urbtix
on 2734 9009.
CANTO-POP CONCERT
Canto-pop singer and actor Andy Hui Chi-on will take centre stage at the Hong Kong Coliseum from Friday through Sunday at 8.15pm.
Hui is one of Hong Kong's most popular chart-toppers. He will sing his ballads, which are popular among karaoke-goers.
Hui will also perform martial arts and stage mock gunfights during the concert.
He will be accompanied by a special guest performer each night.
Tickets cost $400, $300, $200 and $100, and are available from Urbtix.
Tuesday, February 22
On this day
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1857: German scientist Heinrich Hertz, who gave his name to units of frequency, was born
1967: Indonesia's President Achmad Sukarno surrendered all power to premier General Suharto, remaining president in name only
2004: Consumer advocate Ralph Nader announced he would again stand as an independent candidate in the U.S. presidential election