Mark Wahlberg and Li Bingbing expected at Transformers world premiere in Hong Kong

Stars of the latest instalment of the Transformers film franchise will return to Hong Kong for the blockbuster's world premiere and a gig by a Grammy award-winning band next Thursday.

Michael Bay, director of Transformers: Age of Extinction, will join cast members including Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz and Li Bingbing at the event at the Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui on June 19.

The premiere will be followed by the appearance of American rock outfit Imagine Dragons, who will perform at the Ocean Terminal rooftop car park at 9pm. Some 5,000 free tickets to the concert will be available from 10am today.

The four-piece band won a Grammy for best rock performance earlier this year, and will debut a song, Battle Cry, written for the new film in Hong Kong.

Last October, Bay led his crew for a 10-day shoot in Hong Kong, following other Hollywood blockbusters filmed in the city, including The Dark Knight (2008) and Contagion (2011).

Director Michael Mann's upcoming film Cyber was also shot in the city last year.

The Transformers movie was also filmed in Wulong in Chongqing and at the Great Wall in Beijing.