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Hong Kong has a vibrant music scene, with dozens of local acts playing everything from pop and rock to metal and electronica, and attracts A-list international bands and emerging stars. Read news and previews of the hottest upcoming gigs and interviews with some of the biggest names in music.
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New World Development’s agreement to preserve the 68-year-old State Theatre building in North Point for its historical value in a multibillion-dollar project comes as a relief to historians and local community members
- Hailing from Oahu, Hawaii, Jack Johnson surfed from a young age and scored a Quiksilver sponsorship at a 14 – but then the son of professional surfer Jeff Johnson got into an unfortunate accident
- Now on his Meet the Moonlight world tour, the ‘barbecue rock’ singer confessed ‘all my love songs were written about my wife’, Kim Johnson, who he first bonded with over Pixies and Radiohead
Hong Kong collective Un.tomorrow, started by four local musicians, is putting on its first event, showcasing 10 indie bands from the city on March 9 and 10
Cellist is playing with Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra next month and tickets to sold-out show are being offered on secondary market – if you can afford them.
Few rock bands of the last quarter century have had such an impact on fashion as The Strokes – as they hit Hong Kong and tour Asia, Style breaks down their enduring style legacy
Blending heavy metal and J-pop in a sound known as ‘kawaii metal’, Japanese group Babymetal will perform in Hong Kong for the first time in a show at AsiaWorld-Expo on May 31 as part of their 2023 world tour.
Australian reality TV star and programme host Courtney Act talks about feeling shame being a drag queen and how a conversation with Cher’s trans son Chaz Bono was a watershed moment.
This Town Needs (TTN) is now a show organiser rather than venue host, arranging live rock and metal concerts in Hong Kong while keeping one eye open for a new space of its own.
As two black men, Wesley Jamison and Christopher Onoja get validation on the Hong Kong hip hop scene but feel ‘impostor syndrome’ as foreigners. They counter that by putting on shows with local acts.
Stifled by Covid restrictions, many of Hong Kong’s independent musicians have spent the past three years writing music, and jamming and recording together online.
Justin Siu and his band play in an empty restaurant, but hope their live streams of jazz performances can reach a wider audience in Hong Kong.
Ensuring a healthy entertainment industry will involve the concerted efforts of the government, celebrities and fans.
Tickets for the 2021 edition of Hong Kong’s biggest annual music festival went on sale on March 3. The 2019 and 2020 festivals were cancelled because of the city’s anti-government protests and the coronavirus outbreak.
‘Hong Kong’s Eric Clapton’ Davie Colquhoun, who has been part of the city’s music scene since the 1980s, died suddenly on New Year’s Day. Friends and musicians recall a great guitar player and composer, who had no ego.
We remember George Michael four years on by speaking to Simon Napier-Bell, who explains how Michael thought up Wham!’s groundbreaking China concerts and how the duo ended up being paid in bicycles and coffee rather than cash
South Korea is enjoying unprecedented pop culture success, yet young Koreans have been a driving force behind recent protest movements. Hong Kong’s creative industry should indeed be revived, but for the right reasons.
Hong Kong’s longest-running live-music venue, The Wanch, often likened to New York’s CBGB, is vacating its Wan Chai premises after 33 years. Owners vow to resume operating once Covid-19 crisis is fully over.
Working performers not always eligible for financial support from government, with venues such as bars not recognised under scheme.
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Covid-19 crisis makes it impossible to stage Hong Kong’s biggest annual music and arts festival this November, Clockenflap organisers say. Last year, anti-government protests forced a halt.
Can anyone be funny? Yes, says general manager of Hong Kong club The Riff, comedian Andy Curtain, who will be helping aspiring comics hone their craft.
It’s not just Gadot’s celeb-heavy Imagine singalong – all these other hit music videos have emerged from China
Move over Miley Cyrus, Lizzo and Billie Eilish – these Hong Kong-based artists are also hosting their very own virtual internet concerts well worthy of your attention, wherever you’re streaming
A Hong Kong bar offering free shots to braless women just after Women’s Day this month was forced to back down after social media outrage, begging the question: are ladies’ nights an out-of-date concept?
When Elvis Presley died in 1977, it had a profound effect on Kwok Lam-sang, who had never heard of the singer. Within four years, Kwok had become an Elvis impersonator. Known as Melvis, he has been rocking Hong Kong ever since.
One of Hong Kong’s few independent venues for live indie music, Hidden Agenda: This Town Needs has been forced to close down after cancellations by performers because of travel restrictions following the coronavirus outbreak.
Asia’s live music scene has been decimated by the coronavirus, and more top acts are cancelling dates in the region. US rock band Green Day are the latest to postpones the Asian leg of their world tour.
Fresh off her Grammy four-time win and Academy Award performance, Eilish released the James Bond theme song co-written by brother, Finneas to YouTube
