It's funny all the flap that was made here about the lyrical content of certain Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton songs, not to mention visa/vulgarity issues for Jay-Z and others, yet Roger Waters slips under the radar and delivers a long, loud set full of blatant references to just about everything that the authorities were presumably guarding against. Who knows, perhaps his lyrics were screened and his set-list given the thumbs up. For the sake of future tours, we hope that's the case. more ›

Shanghaiist has learnt that if you synchronize the seminal Pink Floyd record The Dark Side of the Moon with the evening footage displayed on the Aurora building in Lujiazui, certain previously hidden messages are unearthed. more ›

Shanghaiist has used the Maglev probably a dozen times over the past 18 months, usually at the request of visiting friends who come to Shanghai having heard of this unique form of public transport which, in theory, whisks you from a far-flung international airport into the throbbing heart of one of the world’s truly exciting cities in just 8 minutes, but which actually drops you off in the middle of a paddock, nearby a dusty collection of suburban shopping malls, where tumbleweeds bounce across the road and locals stare in disbelief at all the "big noses". more ›